Catie Summers Scholarship Fund Grant

Catie Summers Scholarship Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Last Updated: August 17, 2025

Summary

The Catie Summers Scholarship Fund, established by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, honors the memory of Catie Summers, a courageous cancer warrior. This scholarship is for graduating seniors in Middle Tennessee, with a preference for those from Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools who have battled cancer. It reflects Catie's love for learning and aims to support students who demonstrate resilience and academic achievement, providing them with opportunities to succeed.

Overview

About Us For over 30 years, Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) has been driving meaningful, positive change in our community. We do this by bringing together those who want to help and those who need help. Through the power of collective philanthropy, our goal is to amplify donor intent while remaining flexible enough to ensure that resources are directed to where they can do the greatest good. We know the greater Nashville area. We understand its neighborhoods, its most pressing challenges, its unsung nonprofit heroes, and its emerging partnerships with the greatest potential. As our region continues to rapidly change, that knowledge gives us a unique vantage point to bring people and places together to do what none of us can do on our own—build a more thriving and inclusive community. Mission Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee strives to build a more thriving and inclusive community — today and for generations to come — by transforming thoughtful generosity into positive change. Catie Summers Scholarship Fund Catie Summers was a daughter, a sister, a friend and a cancer warrior. She was born at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, on July 3, 1991, and grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee. Catie loved school, played softball, and was a black belt in karate. In April of 2004, at age of 12, she was diagnosed with a rare type of osteosarcoma, a bone cancer. While undergoing cancer chemotherapy and multiple surgeries, she maintained straight A’s in middle school and high school and was twice named to the Mid-State Band as a baritone player. The Clarksville High School HOPE Club raised money in her name through sales of ‘Viva Catie’ bracelets and donated the proceeds to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Because of their efforts, she was able to ride alongside fellow cancer survivor Lance Armstrong at the 2005 Ride for the Roses. A few months later, the cancer metastasized to her spine, eventually paralyzing her. Catie fought valiantly to the end, dying at home on December 16, 2007. She touched the lives of many people with her humor and courage. To honor her love of learning, her family established this Scholarship for a graduating senior in Middle Tennessee with preference for the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System who has also battled cancer. Viva Catie!

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must be graduating seniors from the Middle Tennessee areaVerification of cancer diagnosis and/or treatment will be required.