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Becky Buller Band booked for Benefit!
We are so thrilled to announce that we have secured the incredible Becky Buller and her Band for our Benefit Concert at the Caverns May...
Feb 14, 2024
South Cumberland Community Fund Announces Spring Grant Round
Betty Carpenter, chair of South Cumberland Community Fund’s grant committee, and Katie Goforth, Director of Community Development for the...
Feb 13, 2024
Tracy City Medical Center, highlighted on Sewanee features. "Innovative Partnership Aims for a Healthier Plateau"
A Tracy City free clinic, the Sewanee alum who founded it, and a pandemic-inspired University testing laboratory join forces to take on a...
Jan 22, 2024
SCCF Grant to Tracy City Free Medical Clinic Brings 400x Benefit to the Plateau
Earlier this year, Dr. Tom Phelps and the Tracy City Free Medical Clinic received a grant from the South Cumberland Community Fund with...
Dec 12, 2023
Fall Newsletter 2023
Available for download now! If you would like to be on our mailing list and get future newsletters, please email...
Nov 17, 2023
2023 PIP Grant Awards Announced!
BetterFi: $1,680 project BetterFi will add an online borrower’s portal to their new loan platform, Down Home Solutions. Currently,...
Nov 7, 2023
2023 Make Lasting Connection Grants have been Announced!
Congratulations to this year's MLC grant recipients. This is the second year of this collaborative grant round, which was established in...
Nov 6, 2023
Celebration of the Plateau & Spring Grants Announced!
Celebration of the Plateau is an annual event in which South Cumberland Community Fund salutes the organizations who are doing great work...
May 29, 2023
Benefit Concert at The Caverns
We had a great time! Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate and make music with us last night! Especially all the performers from...
May 29, 2023
South Cumberland Community Fund Announces Grant Schedule
Following the first meeting of its board in 2023, South Cumberland Community Fund announced that it will hold three grant rounds in 2023...
Feb 1, 2023
Board of Directors Updates
Welcome new board members, Ty Burnette, Nicky Hamilton, Lee Limbird, and Jay Fisher. Read more about them on our Board of Directors page,...
Jan 3, 2023
2022 Fall Fundraiser
SCCF’s Fall Fundraiser returns to an in person gathering after COVID. Founding board members were recognized and David Haskell led guests...
Nov 17, 2022
Philanthropy Internship Program Grants!
SCCF Philanthropy Awards Ceremony scheduled for next Friday, November 18th, 5-7 pm at Convocation Hall at the University Arts Inside:...
Nov 14, 2022
Round the Mountain Festival is Fun for the Whole Family
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the South Cumberland Community Fund, the Fund is staging the Round the Mountain Festival on Saturday...
Oct 12, 2022
South Cumberland Community Fund Launches Special Places Project!
Update: The mural is complete! We had a great time collaborating and painting together. Students and community from all over the plateau...
Jul 26, 2022
CELEBRATION FOR THE PLATEAU - June 18
South Cumberland Community Fund invites the public to the “Celebration for the Plateau” on June 18 at 11 am at the Big Red Barn on...
Jun 3, 2022
Dear SCCF Supporter,
As a Sewanee student in the early 1980s, I began to develop a deep love for the community on the South Cumberland Plateau, a love that...
May 19, 2022
Spring Grant Round
The grants committee for the Spring grant round was faced with a challenging task. With over $226,000 in excellent requests to consider,...
May 19, 2022
“Make Lasting Connections Symposium” an Important Moment
On Wednesday, April 20, community leaders from across the Plateau joined with Sewanee faculty and students and board members of the South...
Apr 28, 2022
Save the Date! Make Lasting Connections Symposium to be held April 20
South Cumberland Community Fund and Sewanee’s Office of Civic Engagement Announce Make Lasting Connections Symposium to be held April 20...
Mar 7, 2022
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