The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. has announced that 12 grants totaling $103,725 have been awarded to local nonprofit agencies and groups in the Foundation's third competitive grant cycle of 2009.
The grants are awarded in five areas of interest: arts and culture, human services, economic development, education, and community betterment.
Third quarter grant recipients include:
- Ball State University Bowen Center for Public Affairs received $5,000 (from the Gordon and Pam Cox Fund) to defray the cost of research and technical support for the Muncie-Delaware County Government Reorganization Committee.
- College Mentors for Kids! Inc. received $2,500 to defray the cost of expansion of the program at Ball State University to serve 150 youth in grades one through eight.
- Cornerstone Center for the Arts received $22,525 to defray the cost of scholarships, equipment and supplies, marketing, and printing for the Cornerstone Arts Program.
- Daleville Community Library received $1,000 (from the Stefan and Joan Anderson Fund) to defray the cost of software to catalog items in the library collection and monitor member families.
- Delaware County Special Olympics received $5,000 (from the Bassett Family Fund) to defray the cost of expansion of the Special Olympics program in Delaware County.
- East Central Indiana Chamber Orchestra received $3,000 (from the John and Janice Fisher Fund) to defray the cost of a series of free concerts for the citizens of Muncie and East Central Indiana.
- First Choice for Women, Inc. received $10,000 to defray the cost of a program for local teens to educate them on sexual health and empower them to make healthy decisions by choosing abstinence.
- Harvest Moon Film Festival received $5,000 (from the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Fund) to defray the cost of the 2009 Harvest Moon Film Festival, a three-day event featuring films from the Midwest.
- LEAD-ECI, Inc. received $4,200 to defray the cost of twelve participants from nonprofit organizations in Delaware County attending the fall 2009 leadership development training course.
- Minnetrista received $3,000 (from the Ball Corporation Community Betterment Fund) to defray the cost of the third annual Living Lightly Fair held in September 2009.
- Muncie-Delaware County Chamber of Commerce received $2,500 (from the Mutual Federal Foundation Fund) to defray the cost of a seminar in partnership with the Bowen Center for Public Affairs to educate citizens about participation in the political process.
- Project Leadership Delaware County received $40,000 to defray the cost of an initiative to recruit Delaware County students into the Twenty-first Century Scholars program and mentor them to insure graduation from high school and post-secondary education.
To date, over $30 million has been awarded to improve the lives of the residents of Muncie and Delaware County.
The next application deadline is October 9, 2009.
For grant guidelines, applications or post-grant reports, or for more information, contact Suzanne Kadinger, Community Foundation Program Officer, at skadinger@cfmdin.org or by calling 747-7181
