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1978 Seed grant from Gebbie Foundation to establish CRCF
1980 Assets reach $660,000 and first fund established (Roger C. Seager Memorial Scholarship Fund)
1981 Assets total $890,642 and the Foundation moves to Hotel Jamestown Office
1982 Assets reach $1 million, Axel W. Carlson Memorial Fund established
1983 Assets total $1,558,110 and the Blossom Fund established
1984 Assets reach $1,697,981.  The Gebbie Foundation provides funding for administrative expenses and the Walter and Grace Hazzard Fund established
1985 Assets grow to over $3 million and First Axel W. Carlson Award recipient honored (David Robbins)
1986 Assets reach $6,947,818 and the Catherine Campbell Rexford Scholarship Fund established
1987 Assets total $7,255,128 and the Gordon and Mabel Morse Danielson Memorial Fund established
1988 After only ten years of existence, Foundation assets total nearly $10 million
1989 Assets grow to over $12 million and the Lucile M. Wright Air Museum Scholarship Fund established
1990 Assets reach $13,040,985 with a total 108 funds and the Kathy Wilson Memorial Educational Fund established
1991 Assets total $14,628,714 and the Cappa Family Fund established
1992 Assets reach $16,494,679 and the Karl Peterson Unrestricted Fund, Karl Peterson Lutheran Social Services Fund, Karl Peterson First Lutheran Church Fund are established
1993 First Year of Expo: Funding an Education. First Annual John D. Hamilton Award Banquet held (recipient, John D. Hamilton)
1994 Assets grow to over $17 million and the Kathleen A. Black Memorial Scholarship Fund, and the Robert “Bobby” Guy Pollino II Memorial Scholarship Fund are established
1995 Assets reach $21,054,233. Fran Grow is honored with the John D. Hamilton Award and the Foundation moved to Office at 21 East Third Street
1996 Assets grow to over $24 million. Reg and Betty Lenna establish funds for Reg Lenna Civic Center and SS Peter & Paul Church. Community Conscious Youth Group, S. Ralph and Frances P. Marra Scholarship Fund, Florence L. and Leonard J. Field Memorial Scholarship Fund are established
1997 Assets reach $30,439,890 and the Allen R. and Margaret H. Findlay Fund established
1998 20th Anniversary, assets total $34 million, 419 scholarships awarded
1999 Assets reach $40,282,322 and the Craig “Swanny” Swanson Memorial Scholarship established
2000 Assets reach $41,101,288 and the Patrick Morales Memorial Scholarship Fund established
2001 Assets grow to over $41 million and the Southern Chautauqua County Retired Teachers Scholarship Fund established
2002 Assets reach $35,825,465 and the Dempsey Lewis Knight Memorial Scholarship Fund, Edwin J. and Katherine M. Hegstedt Memorial Fund are established
2003 25th Anniversary, assets total $42 million, 644 scholarships awarded, 374 total funds, and over $1.8 million awarded in grants
2004 Assets grow to over $49 million, 717 scholarships awarded and the Southwestern Schools Education Foundation established two funds, Roland A. and Doris M. Swanson Fund established
2005 Foundation eclipses $50 million in assets, complies with Council on Foundations National Standards for all U.S. community foundations
2006 Assets total over $60 million and the Jake Ensign Fund established
2007 Assets grow to $62.1 million; The Joanne Nelson Charitable Gift Annuity and The Charles E. Bartkowiak Memorial Scholarship Fund are established 

2008

2009

First Annual Meeting of the Legacy Society

CRCF commits to continue Tree Planting Program in the City of Jamestown.  $23,000 allocated to this program.

 2010  Class of 1950 Fund created

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