The Community Foundation has announced that 15 grants totaling $158,400 have been awarded to local nonprofit agencies and groups in the Foundation's second competitive grant cycle of 2010.
The grants are awarded in five areas of interest: arts and culture, human services, economic development, education, and community betterment.
Second quarter grant recipients include:
- Animal Rescue Fund (ARF) received $1,400 (from the Mary Kate Pingry Fund) to defray the cost of replacing the floor in ARF's main doghouse area.
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters received $10,000 (from the Gordon and Pam Cox Fund) to defray the cost of recruiting, screening, training, and supporting twenty volunteers in one-to-one mentoring relationships.
- Bridges Community Services, Inc. received $15,000 to defray the cost of furnishing 19 transitional housing units.
- Ball State University Downtown Dinner Theatre received $2,000 (from the Jane Harrell Buckles Fund) to defray the cost of Downtown Dinner Theatre's 2010 and 2011 seasons.
- Cardinal Greenway received $15,000 to defray the cost of resealing older asphalt trail on the Cardinal Greenway.
- Energize-ECI received $25,000 to defray the cost of the organization's regional economic development initiatives.
- First Choice for Women, Inc. received $10,000 to defray the cost of a program to educate teenagers on sexual health and empower them to make healthy decisions by choosing to remain abstinent until marriage.
- Gateway Health Clinic, Inc. received $2,000 (from the Charles and Claudia Sursa Fund) to defray the cost of an electrocardiogram machine, electrodes, and a microscope.
- Hearts and Hands United received $3,000 (from the Robert P. Bell Education Fund) to defray the cost of backpacks and calculators for the 2010 Back to School Tools for School supply giveaway.
- Masterworks Chorale received $1,200 (from the Stefan and Joan Anderson Fund) to defray the cost of new computers and software.
- Muncie Symphony Orchestra received $5,000 (from the Mary Jane Sursa Fund) to defray the cost of the 2010 Concert on the Green.
- Red-tail Conservancy received $3,300 (from the Martin and Helen Schwartz Fund) to defray the cost of the 2010 Living Lightly Fair.
- Robert P. Bell Education Committee received $13,500 to provide small grants (of up to $350) to teachers in Delaware County with innovative classroom projects.
- United Way of Delaware County received $50,000 to provide matching funds for leadership giving in the 2010 United Way Campaign.
- Yorktown-Mt. Pleasant Township Community Library received $2,000 (from the Charles and Claudia Sursa Fund) to defray the cost of a new seating area and activities in the children's area of the library.
The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc., celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, is a publicly supported philanthropic institution governed by a volunteer board of local citizens. The Foundation manages contributions donated by individuals, businesses and corporations as a permanent community endowment. Distributions from these funds are given back to the community in the form of grants to nonprofit organizations and agencies. To date, over $31 million has been awarded to enrich the lives of the residents of Muncie and Delaware County.
The next application deadline is July 9, 2010.
Grant guidelines and applications, as well as post-grant reports, are available online at www.cfmdin.org.
Download grant guidelines and applications, as well as post-grant reports, by clicking on the highlighted form name.
For more information, contact our Community Foundation Program Officer or call 765-747-7181.
