The Fort Scott Area Community Foundation was founded in 2007 as the result of the hard work and generosity of nearly two dozen local residents:
- James Banwart
- Charles Gentry
- Dave Birk
- Janet I. Braun
- Susan Brown
- James (Tex) Crutcher
- Melvin B. Foster
- John Horn
- Carol A. MacArthur
- H. Dean Mann
- Shirley J. Palmer
- Aileen Pollock
- Carolyn K. Sinn
- Paulette Smith
- John Spencer
- R. Allen Warren
- Richard A. Werling
- Jared L. Witt
- Judy Witt
- Vicki Wright
Thank you to all our founders for your vision of an ever-improving Bourbon County, which laid the groundwork for everything the Community Foundation does today!