The Wabash Valley Community Foundation recently distributed grants totaling more than $922,000 to approximately 127 area nonprofit organizations in Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties.
The grants are the annual distribution generated from endowment funds that donors have designated for specific organizations. Known as designated funds, these endowments were established either by donors or the organization itself to provide annual income to the nonprofits.
“These funds are an important part of ensuring sustainability for these nonprofit organizations. Donations to these funds are invested and the proceeds from those investments provide an ongoing, reliable stream of income to the charitable organizations for which the funds were created,” said Beth Tevlin, president and CEO of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation.
The key, Tevlin added, is that the principal in each fund is not touched and remains invested, thereby providing a permanent stream of income for the nonprofit.
“This is a great way for donors who are passionate about the work of a specific organization to support the nonprofit’s efforts now and into the future. It provides a way for them to remain connected to the mission of the nonprofit forever,” she added.
The Community Foundation continually monitors the funds to ensure they honor the individual’s philanthropic intent. The nonprofit organizations benefit from the Community Foundation’s ability to invest and manage the endowed funds and provide the resources to facilitate complex forms of giving including planned gifts, gifts of appreciated stock or real estate and other types of giving.
“The grants provide vital funding to help grow and sustain these nonprofits and ensure that the critical services they provide continue in these communities. These grants are utilized in a variety of ways by the organization based upon the donors’ wishes, which may include staffing, supplies, utilities, facility improvements and other needs they face,” said Tevlin.
Contributions of any size may be added to any of these endowment funds to support a specific cause or agency. Unlike grants from unrestricted endowment funds, these funds are not open to receive applications.
For more information about donating to or establishing a designated fund to benefit a favorite organization, contact the Wabash Valley Community Foundation at (812) 232-2234 or visit www.wvcf.org.
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Below is a listing of the nonprofit organizations receiving Designated and Agency Endowment Fund grants this year listed by county.
Clay County:
AgrIInstitute, Inc., AgrIInstitute Endowment Fund
Annunciation Catholic Church, Annunciation Church Educational Endowment Fund
Ashboro United Methodist Church, Ashboro Church Fund
Center Point United Methodist Church, Center Point United Methodist Church Fund
City of Brazil, Forest Park Endowment Fund and Roy E. Brown Memorial Fund
Clay Building Trades Training Corporation, Clay Building Trades Future Fund
Clay City USA Foundation, Inc., Clay City USA Endowment Fund
Clay Community Schools, Angels for Eastside Fund and Melinda G. Holley Memorial Fund
Clay County Genealogical Society, Clay County Genealogical Society Fund
Clay County Humane Shelter, Dierdorf Fund and Kelly Fuqua Memorial Fund
Clay Youth Baseball League, Clay Youth Baseball League Fund
Community Theatre of Clay County, Community Theatre of Clay County Fund
Forest Park Golf Course, City of Brazil, Mary Ann Hicks Fund for Forest Park Golf Course
North Clay Middle School, North Clay Student Art Collection Endowment Fund
Northview Band Boosters, Northview Band and Guard Endowment Fund
Clay County Community Foundation Operating Fund, Clay County Community Foundation Operating Endowment
Indiana State University Foundation, Dr. Susan M. Latta, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund, Hawkins Nees Scholarship Fund
Poland Chapel Historic Society, Marion and Marie Kattman Sendmeyer Endowment Fund for Poland Historical Chapel
Posey Township Volunteer Fire Department of Clay County, Posey Township Volunteer Fire Department Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Melinda G. Holley Memorial Fund
YMCA of the Wabash Valley, Clay County YMCA Endowment Fund
Sullivan County:
American Cancer Society, Maurine Gambill Endowment Fund
American National Red Cross, West Central Indiana, Leo & Virginia Pellum Endowment Fund
Brown Bagger School Food Program, Brown Baggers School Food Program Endowment Fund
Chances And Services for Youth, Inc., Stair Steps to Success Endowment Fund
First Presbyterian Church of Sullivan, Community Kitchen Endowment Fund and Church Mission Fund
Franklin College, Eleanor Jane Dixon Hoilman Scholarship Fund
Humane Society of Sullivan County, Humane Society of Sullivan County Endowment Fund
Ivy Tech Community College, Pigg Family Charitable Scholarship Fund for Ivy Tech Community College
Johnson University, Sallie Unger Scholarship Fund
Merom Bluff Church, Inc., Merom Bluff Church Endowment Fund
Merom Camp & Retreat Center Inc., Merom Conference Center Endowment Fund
Merom Improvement Assoc., Inc., Merom Improvement Association Agency Fund
Northeast School Corporation, Fund to Honor Coach Paul E. Weekley
Ouabache Land Conservancy, Inc., Ouabache Land Conservancy SCCF Endowment Fund
Our Father’s Arms, Inc, Kay Aubin Memorial Fund and Our Father’s Arms Charitable Fund
Salvation Army Sullivan County Unit, The Salvation Army of Sullivan County Fund
Shelburn Ebenezer Church, Richard and Virginia McHugh Fund
Southwest High Schools Alumni Association Inc., Southwest High Schools Alumni Association – Cooper Endowment
Southwest School Corporation, Angels for Sullivan Junior High School Fund
Sullivan County Community Foundation Operating Fund, Irwin & Mary Reiss Operating Endowment Fund for the Sullivan County Community Foundation and Sullivan County Operating Endowment Fund
Sullivan County 4-H, Sullivan County 4-H Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Community Hospital, Leo & Virginia Pellum Endowment Fund, Sullivan County Community Hospital Foundation Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Community Hospital, Sullivan County Community Hospital Foundation
Sullivan County Public Library, Rev. Willis and Virginia Ross Fund for the Sullivan County Public Library, Sullivan County Public Library Endowment Fund and Sullivan County Public Library Genealogy, Family & County History Endowment Fund
Sullivan Elementary School, Angels for Sullivan Elementary School
Sullivan High School, Paul Edmiston Agriculture Education Fund
Town of Carlisle, Jesse R. Sherwood Fund
Turman Township Youth Foundation, Turman Township Youth Foundation 2000 Limited Fund
Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Norma G. McNeill Fund
Vigo County:
14th & Chestnut Community Center, 14th & Chestnut Community Center Endowment Fund and Col. Peter Baer Memorial Fund
American Cancer Society, Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund
American Heart Association, Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund
ARC of Vigo County, ARC of Vigo County Endowment Fund
Archdiocese of Indianapolis – United Catholic Appeal, Mary Kindrick Memorial Fund and Pfister Fund
Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled, Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled Endowment Fund
Art Spaces, Inc., Art Spaces Endowment Fund
Boy Scouts of America, Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of America, Crossroads of America Council Endowment Fund, Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund and Ronald G. Reeves Endowment Fund
Catholic Charities of Terre Haute, Catholic Charities Endowment Fund, Duane and Mary Alice Klueh Fund, Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund, Pfister Fund and Terre Haute Catholic Charities Foodbank Endowment Fund
Central Presbyterian Church, Jessie E. Hickman Fund
Chances And Services for Youth, Inc., C.H.A.N.C.E.S. and Services for Youth Endowment Fund and Jamie Jacobsen Memorial Endowment Fund
Community Theatre of Terre Haute, Community Theatre of Terre Haute Endowment Fund and Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund
Council on Domestic Abuse, Inc., John Coyt “JC” Brough Memorial Fund
Dispute Resolution Center for the Wabash Valley, Dispute Resolution Center Endowment Fund
Eastside Church of Christ, Mary Ellen Adams Endowment Fund for the Eastside Church of Christ
Farmers’ Chapel Community Church, Harlan Farmers Chapel Church Fund
First Congregational Church, Ronald G. Reeves Endowment Fund
Franciscan Retreats Inc., Pfister Fund
Gibault Foundation, Inc., Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund and Gibault Fund
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Fund and Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund
Greater Terre Haute Chamber Foundation, Greater Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce Foundation Fund
Haley Tower Historical & Technical Society, Haley Tower Historical & Technical Society Endowment Fund
Hamilton Center, Inc., Katherine Hamilton Endowment Fund for Hamilton Center Inc.
Happiness Bag, Inc., Happiness Bag Endowment Fund
Hendricks County Child Advocacy Center dba Susie’s Place, M. Evelyn Peterman Fund
History Center of Vigo County, J. Morton & June K. Swango Fund and Vigo County Historical Society Endowment Fund
Indiana State University Foundation, Bentrup Family Scholarship for Mechanical Engineering Fund, Betty E. and Curt DeBaun, Jr. Aviation Scholarship Fund, Bill Wood Insurance Adjuster’s Scholarship Fund, Charles F. and Nancy A. Bradford Scholarship Fund, Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund, Jo Ann F. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund, Liane R. Page Memorial Scholarship Fund, Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Indiana State University Department of Marketing, Robert P. and Carolyn G. Steinbaugh Scholarship Fund and Ronald K. and Sherrill A. Rich Scholarship Fund
IU School of Law, Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Indiana University School of Law
IU School of Medicine, Peter Anthony Duong Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ivy Tech Community College, Ivy Tech Technology Endowment Fund
League of Terre Haute, Clothes Closet Endowment Fund and League of Terre Haute Endowment Fund
Light House Mission, Inc., Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund, Golish Family Memorial Fund for Light House Mission and Light House Mission Endowment Fund
Maple Ave. United Methodist Church, Don and Jane Fread Memorial Fund
Mary’s Children, Inc., Donna J. Doti Endowment Fund
Mental Health America, Mental Health Association in Vigo County Endowment Fund
Mother Theodore Corporation IV, Pfister Fund
Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church, Larry C. Archer Memorial Fund for Autism Awareness and Understanding
Ouabache Land Conservancy, Inc., Ouabache Land Conservancy Endowment Fund
Purdue Extension, Purdue Extension Vigo County Endowment Fund
Reach Services, Inc., REACH Services, Inc. Endowment Fund
Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League Endowment Fund
Riley Children’s Foundation, Clabber Girl Fund for Camp Riley and George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Avice McCrae Scholarship Fund, Bentrup Family Scholarship for Mechanical Engineering Fund, Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund, George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund, Jessie E. Hickman Fund, Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Mary Kindrick Memorial Fund and Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Scholarship Fund
Sacred Heart Church, Elizabeth Smudde Memorial Fund and Pfister Fund
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Jessie E. Hickman Fund and Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Saint Meinrad School of Theology, Mary Kindrick Memorial Fund
Salvation Army, Sumar Fund for the Salvation Army
SEFI / Science Education Foundation of Indiana, Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Fund
Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Ashley Laughlin Felstein Boyll Fund, Barbara A. Vogel Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Danette Angermeier Memorial Fund, Donna F. and W. Charles Garrison III Fund, Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund, Eileen Stith Jensen Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Fred J. and Nancy Nation Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, George C. Carroll Memorial Fund, Guido and Barbara Miescher Endowment Fund, Harriet McNeal Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Hermine M. Haslem Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Hilda Andres Summer Arts Scholarship Fund, John Rogers Cox Preservation Fund, Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Mary Ann Carroll Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Miriam Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Norma Lemmon Evans Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Robert and Carolyn Steinbaugh Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Ronald G. Reeves Endowment Fund, Shagley Family Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Sheldon Swope Art Museum Endowment Fund, Susie Dewey Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum and Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Endowment Fund for The Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Shriners Hospitals for Children, George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
Sisters of Our Lady Mt. Carmel, Pfister Fund
Sisters of Providence, Mary Kindrick Memorial Fund and Pfister Fund
Spay-Neuter League, Golish Family Memorial Fund for Spay-Neuter League, Inc in Terre Haute Indiana and Spay-Neuter League Endowment Fund
St. Benedict Church, Duane and Mary Alice Klueh Fund, Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund, Pfister Fund, Saint Benedict Church Endowment Fund and St. Benedict Church, Walter and Katherine Bledsoe Foundation Fund
St. Joseph University Parish, Pfister Fund and Saint Joseph University Parish Fund
St. Margaret Mary Church, Mary Kindrick Memorial Fund
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Jessie E. Hickman Fund
Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club, George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund, Jessie E. Hickman Fund, John G. Schmidt Capital Endowment Fund and Max Gibson Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Children’s Museum, Terre Haute Children’s Science and Technology Museum Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Humane Society, Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund, Genevieve E. Klueh Endowment Fund and Terre Haute Humane Society Fund
Terre Haute Parks & Recreation Department, J. Morton & June K. Swango Fund and Terre Haute Parks Department Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Rotary Foundation Inc., Terre Haute Rotary Club Endowment Fund
Terre Haute South Vigo High School, Rod Bradfield Art Fund
Terre Haute Symphony Association, David and Jerry Penman Mitchell Concertmaster Chair Fund, Jerry and David Mitchell Fund for the Terre Haute Symphony, Richard and JoAnne Rowe Educational Fund for Musical Arts, Terre Haute Symphony Association Fund, Walter and Margaret Reed Fund and THSO Fund for the Future
TREES Inc., TREES Inc. Endowment Fund
Union Health Foundation, Inc., George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund and Jessie E. Hickman Fund
United Hebrew Congregation Foundation, Felstein Grandchildren Fund in Memory of Allen & Millie Felstein and George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
United Way of the Wabash Valley, Ronald G. Reeves Endowment Fund, Ada Hodge Fund, United Way of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund and United Way of the Wabash Valley Operating Endowment
VA Illiana Health Care System, Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League Endowment Fund
Vigo County CASA, John Coyt “JC” Brough Memorial Fund
Vigo County Education Foundation, Inc., Backpack Endowment Fund, “Blessed for Another Day” – Matt Luecking Memorial Endowment Fund, Brenda Howell Angel Fund, Nancy Hellmann Educational Fund and Vigo County Education Foundation Endowment Fund
Vigo County Parks & Recreation Department, J. Morton & June K. Swango Fund, Vigo County Public Library Endowment and Friends of, Esther MacBain Meeks Memorial Fund for Children’s Literature
Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Bentrup Family Charitable Fund, Hospice of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund, Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley Inc. Endowment Fund, Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Fund for Hospice, Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund, George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Bentrup Family Charitable Fund, Ronald G. Reeves Endowment Fund, Operating Fund, The Penman Girls Operating Endowment Fund, Myrl & Marie Wilkinson Endowment Fund, Wabash Valley Community Foundation Board Operating Endowment Fund and Wabash Valley Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Family Sports Center. Ronald G. Reeves Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Goodwill Industries, Inc., Goodwill Industries Endowment Fund, Bentrup Family Charitable Fund and Pfister Fund
Wabash Valley Health Center, Saint Ann Clinic Endowment Fund and Walter and Katherine Bledsoe Foundation Fund
Wabash Valley Youth for Christ, Wabash Valley Youth for Christ & Urban Life Endowment Fund
Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc., Western Indiana Community Action Agency Fund
WILL Center, WILL Center Endowment Fund
World Gospel Church, Inc., World Gospel Church Missions Endowment Fund
YMCA of the Wabash Valley, Jessie E. Hickman Fund and Vigo County YMCA Endowment Fund
