Home About Us For Donors For Nonprofits Contact Us Improving the quality of life in Western Kentucky, both today and in the future Celebrating 25 years of Community Investment 2021 Paxton Challenge The Paxton Challenge is now complete. THANK YOU to all who donated. The Challenge Celebration is canceled due to Covid. We WILL see you next year! Now in its 19th year, the Fred Paxton Challenge for Charities has been instrumental in building nonprofit endowment funds. Because of Mr. Paxton’s vision and his families continued commitment, the Community Foundation of West Kentucky will match donations raised by each organization up to $10,000 until $100,000 is given away. Thank you for joining hundreds of others in supporting our nonprofit organizations! CFWK and MSU Partnership The Community Foundation of West Kentucky is proud to announce a partnership with Murray State University's Nonprofit Leadership Program to provide the region's nonprofit sector with support through the establishment of a Nonprofit Resource Center. The center is the result of years of collaboration between Dr. Bob Long and CFWK’s CEO, Tony Watkins. This is just one step of a larger vision to help our local nonprofits increase organizational capacity and impact on our communities. More information can be found below in the MSU public release. Your Nonprofit NONPROFIT AGENCY FUNDS Your Choice DONOR ADVISED FUNDS For Their Survival Designated Funds This fund operates much like a personal or family foundation. You may contribute to your fund whenever it's convenient, and recommend gifts as you prefer. Donor Advised Funds allow donors to be actively involved in the grant distribution process. A specific charitable organization can be supported in perpetuity through this type of fund. The Foundation's Board will ensure that the designated recipient receive maximum financial support as long as it continues to fulfill the original charitable purpose. Agency funds remain fully accessible to your organization if the fund is non-endowed, meaning that the corpus of the fund does not have to be held in perpetuity. The interest earned in an agency fund can be drawn by your organization or be reinvested into the agency fund to help it grow over time. At the Community Foundation of West Kentucky, we provide our donors with a variety of attractive ways to give to the communities in Western Kentucky. We make giving easy. CREATING COMMUNITY TOGETHER See More Giving Options PROJECT/PROGRAM Planning  PROJECT/PROGRAM Evaluation   GRANT Review/Writing  EXECUTIVE Support At the Community Foundation of West Kentucky, we provide local nonprofits with the support they need to maximize community impact. SUPPORTING OUR NONPROFITS Learn More About the Nonprofit Support Partnership Program At the Community Foundation of West Kentucky, we professionally manage over 180 charitable funds and distribute over $3 million grants a year into our community and those of our affiliate foundations. OUR AFFILIATES   If you are a philanthropist and would like to know more about the benefits of our giving options or a nonprofit interested in our partnership support program, contact us today. GET IN TOUCH Full Name Phone Email Submit  At the Community Foundation of West Kentucky, for 25 years we have been managing funds to ensure maximum community impact as intended by our donors. We witness small impacts, major impacts, and everything in between! COMMUNITY IMPACT At the Community Foundation of West Kentucky, as a nationally accredited community foundation, we proudly adhere to the Council on Foundations' National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations to ensure high-quality services that advance the common good. NATIONAL STANDARDS "The institutions that donors choose to support must be credible and trustworthy. As a symbol of excellence and rigor, the National Standards Seal helps philanthropists and their professional advisers recognize and choose community foundations as a sound place to give and make a difference." Council on Foundations  © 2017 - Community Foundation of West Kentucky CONTACT US PO Box 7 333 Broadway, Suite 530 Paducah, KY 42002 270-442-8622 855-242-CFWK CEO- Tony Watkins tjwatkins51@aol.com Finance Director- Rhonda Henderson rhenderson@cfwestky.org NPO Consultant- Chris Dockins cdockins.cfwestky@gmail.com  