Published: October 17, 2009 10:24 pm         

Wabash Valley Community Foundation announces grants

TERRE HAUTE — The Wabash Valley Community Foundation Inc. has completed its final grant cycle for the current year. Funding allocations totaling $135,104.65 for the benefit of Vigo County were awarded to 19 agencies as follows:

n $1,500 — Ronald McDonald House: Vigo County Family Assistance

n $5,830 — Council on Domestic Abuse: case-management software

n $14,300 — Light House Mission: commercial-grade kitchen appliances

n $3,900 — Arts Illiana: computers

n $5,200 — Western Indiana Community Action Agency: rubber mulch for playground

n $4,000 — ISU – Blumberg Center: Autism Spectrum Disorder Series

n $15,000 — Terre Haute Symphony Association: free concert event

n $4,780 — 14th & Chestnut Community Center: projector screen and room divider

n $7,000 — Covenant Cooperative Ministry: forklift and concrete repair

n $3,000 — Terre Haute Children’s Choir: student scholarships

n $2,970 — Lifeline Youth & Family Services Inc.: computers for program support

n $1,500 — Terre Haute Human Relations Commission: MLK Youth Summit

n $30,000 — Sheldon Swope Art Museum Inc.: Education Center remodel and repair

n $15,000 — Riley Township Lions Club: vision screening equipment

n $500 — West Vigo Urban Connection (Families by Choice): literature / resources for clients

n $4,700 — Union Hospital Maternal Health Clinic: smoking cessation program

n $3,000 — North Little League: Community Building remodel

n $9,924.65 — American Red Cross of the Wabash Valley: van

n $3,000 — Vigo County Lifeline: community resource directory

The Community Foundation received 36 letters-of-intent, the first step in seeking funding support through the Foundation’s competitive grants program. Of those 36 letters (seeking a total of $302,945.65 in grant funding), 24 were invited to submit full proposals. The grants review committee received proposals seeking about $223,000 in funding support.

It is important to recognize these grants are funded by donors whose philanthropic desires are to enhance the quality of life in the Wabash Valley. The Community Foundation exists to serve its donors through the administration of the grants program.

The following endowment funds provided the funding support for this round of grants.

n Henry and Geraldine Adelman Memorial Fund

n Andres Family Endowment Fund

n Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund

n O. Earl and Tina Elliott Family Endowment Fund

n Allen and Mildred D. Felstein Charitable Fund

n Hulman George Family Endowment Fund

n Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund

n Carol M. Starkey Kochell Charitable Fund

n Landsbaum Endowment Fund

n Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Lee Jr. Endowment Fund

n Salo and Mary Levite Endowment Fund

n Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund

n Lilly Endowment Fund

n Gerson H. and Janice K. Loeser Endowment Fund

n James. R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund

n Donald O. Springman Endowment Fund

n Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Endowment Fund

n Wabash Valley Community Foundation General Endowment Fund

n David and Joan Zaun Endowment Fund

The next opportunity to seek funding through the Community Foundation’s competitive grants process begins with the letter-of-intent submission due Nov. 15. The application and guidelines can be accessed via the Foundation’s Web site at www.wvcf.com, or by calling Kelli Miller at the Community Foundation at (812) 232-2234.