The Vanderburgh Community Foundation announces the recipients of $93,082 in grants that will positively impact a wide range of vital projects and programs in Vanderburgh County. All the grants were made possible by people and organizations establishing and contributing to unrestricted and field of interest endowments held by the Foundation.
Based on the Foundation’s funding priorities of arts and culture, community development, education, health, human services, and other civic endeavors, such as the environment, recreation, and youth development, the grants conclude the Foundation’s 2020 Community Good Grants Program.
Grant recipients include $10,000 to The Ark, Inc. for services provided to children at high risk for abuse and neglect;
$10,000 to Holly’s House, Inc. for the “Think First & Stay Safe” Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program in
Vanderburgh County;
$10,000 to the YWCA of Evansville to support the YES! Women’s Recovery program;
$8,410 to Memorial Community Development Corporation to support the Sowing Seed – Financial Education for Youth
program;
$8,290 to the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office to purchase technology and provide training for
the Cyber Crimes Task Force;
$5,340 to Habitat for Humanity of Evansville to support costs related to the Money
Management classes;
$5,000 to The Arc of Evansville to support programming at their Community Center;
$5,000 to the District of Evansville of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul for the Beds for Success program;
$5,000 to Vanderburgh County CASA, Inc. for the CASA Wish Fund;
$4,500 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Indiana to support the One-to-One Mentoring Program; $4,500 to The Literacy Center to support Basic Adult Literacy and High School Equivalency programming through the On-Site Learning Alliance;
$4,200 to Bread of Life Ministry, Inc. for the Feeding the Hungry program;
$4,000 to Meals on Wheels of Evansville, Inc. to support transportation costs related to the home-delivered meals service;
$3,842 to Tri-State Food Bank for the Summer Weekend Backpack program offered in collaboration with the Dream Center;
$2,500 to Easterseals Rehabilitation Center to purchase items for the “Learning at Play” program;
$2,500 to Junior Achievement of Southwest Indiana for programs offered in Vanderburgh County.
The funds making the grant awards possible are the Charles & Frances Crawford and Beth Ann Mosier Fund, the Rebecca J. Dorr Endowment Fund, the Saleta Evans Memorial Fund, the Friends of Vanderburgh County Fund, the Fund for Health and Human Services in Vanderburgh County, the German American Bank Corporation Community Fund, the Heritage Federal Community Good Fund, the Jeff & Tricia Hollander Henning Family Community Good Endowment Fund, and the Welcoming Indiana’s Next Generation Endowment Fund.