The Fayette Area Community Trust is accepting grant applications for grants to be awarded at the upcoming meeting of the Fayette Area Community Trust Advisory Board. Any tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization in the Fayette area may apply. 

Organizations that have received grants in the past are welcome to apply again.   

Applications should be completed and returned by October 28, 2021. They may be picked up at Commercial Trust Company in Fayette, which serves as Trustee of the trust. Organizations may also request a grant application by e-mail by contacting Janet Jacobs at janet.jacobs@commercialtrust.com or by calling the bank at 660-248-2222. 

Since its establishment in 1991 by Dr. Robert and Mrs. Bertha Mae Barker, The Fayette Area Community Trust has grown to more than $1.8 million dollars, and since that time has awarded more than $1.6 million in grants to organizations in the Fayette community and Central Methodist University.