2011 Fourth Quarter Competitive Grants
The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. has announced that eight grants totaling $59,570 have been awarded to local nonprofit agencies and groups in the Foundation’s fourth and final competitive grant cycle of 2011.
The grants are awarded in five areas of interest: arts and culture, human services, economic development, education, and community betterment.
Fourth quarter grant recipients include:
- Ball State University received $10,000 (from the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Fund) to defray the cost of a join campus-community effort to address the impact of globalization in our community while exploring educational reform. The project also seeks to improve participation in the Muncie Action Plan.
- Daleville Community Library received $4,300 (from the Hamer & Phyllis Shafer Fund) to upgrade two existing computers and purchase two additional computer workstations for library patron use.
- Indiana Youth Institute, Inc. received $3,000 (from the Stefan & Joan Anderson Fund) to support the organization’s efforts to provide nonprofit staff professional development to individuals serving youth in our community through the Youth Worker Cafe programs.
- Muncie Community Schools received $5,000 to support the 2011 Community Christmas Sing.
- Muncie Mission received $5,000 (from the Bassett Family Fund) to defray the cost of a van to pick up donations and purchases as well as transport residents to appointments.
- Planet Earth Singers received $3,500 (from the John & Janice Fisher Fund) to defray the cost of choral concerts featuring a varied repertoire of classical, popular, gospel, and folk music.
- Red-tail Conservancy received $26,770 (partial funding from the KAKATU-David & Joanna Meeks Fund) to purchase equipment to maintain the organization’s newly acquired Munsee Woods, as well as their other nature preserves.
- Ronald McDonald House of Indiana received $2,000 (from the Jeanne & John Smith Fund) to provide lodging assistance to families from Delaware County who stay in the Ronald McDonald House while their children are receiving treatment at Indianapolis-area hospitals.
The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. 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 $33 million has been awarded to enrich the lives of the residents of Muncie and Delaware County.
The next application deadline is January 13, 2012.
Grant guidelines and applications, as well as post-grant reports, are available on this website. For additional information, contact our Program Officer, at skadinger@cfmdin.org or by calling 747-7181.
