Legacy Newsletter, March 2023

LEGACY

Let’s Talk

Another year is off to a great start at The Community Foundation. As we wrapped up 2022, we took time to reflect on the changes and accomplishments we saw at the Foundation and across our community. (Watch for more in our 2022 Annual Report coming in June.) We have already seen the trajectory for 2023 moving upward and onward. We are energized!

In this issue of Legacy, you can find out how to connect with the staff of The Community Foundation and learn about a new fund that will increase grantmaking in the community of Albany. We also introduce Community Grants and share the first quarter awards.

I hope it’s clear that we are your partner in philanthropy. The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County is YOUR community foundation. Please don’t hesitate to give us a call or stop by to learn more about how you can be a partner this year!

Marcy Minton President & CEO

Your Philanthropic Partners

Over the last year, The Community Foundation announced many exciting changes: a change in leadership, a new home, new funds, and new partners. The need for these changes stems from natural growth, as the organization has worked to build and maintain the community’s trust as a resource for community philanthropic dollars.

At the heart of our mission – to encourage philanthropy, assist donors in building an enduring source of charitable assets, and exercise leadership in directing resources to enhance the quality of life for residents of Muncie and Delaware County – is the need for strong relationships. Those relationships require staff to listen, learn, and share with donors, nonprofits, and fellow community leaders.

Albany, Indiana

Community Foundation Staff

To support that focus on relationships, Foundation staff received new titles. An updated organizational structure creates teams focused on operations, donor relations, and nonprofit relations.

Marcy Minton, President & CEO, oversees the teams, assuring the Foundation’s work is representative, responsive, and relevant to the community’s priorities. She welcomes conversations with donors, nonprofits, and other stakeholders of the Foundation, serves in community leadership roles, and works closely with the Board of Directors.

Connecting to The Community Foundation has never been easier.

Your Partners For Outreach and Donor Relations

Kallie Sulanke (left), Chief Community Partner for Outreach & Donor Relations, partners with donors to help them meet their charitable goals and inspire giving through good storytelling. Carol Kosisko (right), Community Partner for Donor Relations, supports education and rural-focused donors. Rachel Spodek (center), Outreach & Donor Relations Manager, promotes the work of the Foundation and acknowledges all gifts to the Foundation.

Get Connected: donations@cfmdin.org

Your Partners for Program and Nonprofit Relations

Amanda Kavars (right), Chief Community Partner for Program & Nonprofit Relations, builds relationships with nonprofit organizations and manages grantmaking. Molly Harty (left), Community Partner for Program & Nonprofit Relations, works with schools and nonprofits serving rural Delaware County and manages scholarships. JoAnna Darda (center), Program & Nonprofit Relations Manager, administers grants and scholarships.

Get Connected: grants@cfmdin.org

Your Partners for Foundation Operations

Marcy Minton (right) leads the operations team as CEO with executive oversight. Trina Bowling (center), Finance Officer, manages the finances and accounting of the Foundation, its supporting organizations, and real estate LLC. Rachel Lunsford (left), Operations Support Manager, orchestrates daily operations and supports all business functions.

Get Connected: commfound@cfmdin.org

For more about The Community Foundation staff and structure visit cfmdin.org/who-we-are

Announcing Community Grants

$947,435 awarded in first quarter of 2023

This year, The Community Foundation shifted to a Community Grants program. Nonprofit organizations have a wide-open door for applications instead of separate applications for our multiple grant programs. This quarter, The Community Foundation had 24 organizations reach out with initial requests for funding.

The flexibility of Community Grants allows the Foundation’s Program & Nonprofit Relations team to develop a deeper understanding of the needs within our community. That knowledge enables Foundation staff and volunteers to connect nonprofits to resources and gives nonprofits more time to focus on their mission work.

Organizations received $974,435 in competitive Community Grants during the first quarter of 2023.

A Better Way Services, Inc. received $60,000 to support the cost of operations.

Animal Rescue Fund received $17,200 to complete the renovation of their adoption center.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie received $65,000 to support operations and defray expansion costs at their Madison Street location.

Cardinal Greenway Inc. received $35,000 to support the cost of operations.

City of Muncie received $27,035 to support the Riverview Park project.

Funders Forum Fund at The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County received $2,500 in proactive support from the Harry and Janet Kitselman Fund to engage in collaborative grantmaking with local funders. Cornerstone Center for the Arts, Inc. received $50,000 to support the cost of operations.

Investing in Albany

New Fund Honors the Legacy of Community Spirit of Albany Family

Rick and Wilma Frazee cared about their hometown. Establishing a fund to support their town only seemed fitting to honor their legacy.

The Albany Fund, in memory of the Frazee Family, was established in 2022 by their daughter-inlaw, Barb Frazee. The fund will support programs and projects that benefit residents in the town of Albany, Indiana.

“Rick and Wilma’s love of the community and passion for doing good will have a much longer impact through an endowment for Albany,” said Barb Frazee.

Professionally, Rick and Wilma served – Rick as a schoolteacher in Dunkirk for 38 years and Wilma as a nurse in Muncie. They also gave their time and talents in many ways. They were members of the Lions Club. Wilma regularly volunteered at the Albany Library. Together Rick and Wilma volunteered at the Albany Halloween Parade, a tradition that holds special memories for visiting grandchildren.

“It’s important that the things that matter in a small town get to continue,” said Barb. “To keep a place thriving, you have to have people willing to reinvest. You’re willing to reinvest if you see good things happening.”

The Albany Fund, in memory of the Frazee Family, is the fourth town endowment fund held at The Community Foundation. Grants awarded from town endowment funds are initially reviewed by a committee of people who live or work in that town. The Albany Fund will award its first grant in 2023. As a permanently endowed fund, the Albany Fund will benefit the town and its residents today, tomorrow, and always. Caring community members are invited to invest in their community with a gift to help grow this fund at cfmdin.org/give.

Delaware Advancement Corporation received $125,000 ($25,000 in proactive support from the Mutual Legacy Fund) to support the Vision 2027 Campaign.

Delaware County Emergency Communications Center received $25,000 to purchase radio equipment for Mobile Dispatch Vehicles.

ecoREHAB of Muncie received $50,000 to support the transformation of the YARD into a construction training center.

Greater Muncie, IN Habitat for Humanity, Inc. received $75,000 to support the cost of operations and 2023 housing program.

Heart of Indiana United Way received $42,000 in proactive support from the Mutual Legacy Fund to support the 2022 Campaign.

Hillcroft Services Inc. received $7,500 to support a yearlong 70th Anniversary Awareness Campaign.

Home Savers of Delaware County received $30,000 to fund urgent home repairs.

Inside Out Community Development received $38,700 for operations to launch a Fresh Market program.

Muncie Arts and Culture Council received $25,000 to support the cost of operations.

Muncie Children’s Museum received $57,500 to support the More to Explore capital campaign.

Muncie Civic Theatre received $20,000 to upgrade the rigging system.

Muncie Community Schools received $7,000 in proactive support from the Harry and Janet Kitselman Fund for the Northside Middle School gym renovation.

Muncie Mission received $12,500 for construction of a neighborhood of sober-living, transitional homes.

Ross Community Center Inc received $40,000 to support the cost of operations.

Shafer Leadership Academy received $12,500 to support operations.

YMCA of Muncie received $100,000 to support the construction of a new facility.

YWCA Central Indiana received $50,000 to support the cost of operating YWCA Emergency Shelter, and C.O.T.S. (complimentary, overnight, temporary, shelter) Stay programs.

Community Grants have been awarded from The Unrestricted Fund of The Community Foundation and the following funds:

5000th Charitable Fund, Inc. Fund, Gary Addison Fund, Stefan and Joan Anderson Unrestricted Fund, The Endowment for the Arts Fund, Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Fund, Esther Ball Fund, Ball Corporation Community Betterment Fund, Bassett Family Fund, J. Robert and Joanne N. Baur Fund, Louisa and Waldo Beebe Unrestricted Endowment Fund, Waldo and Louisa Beebe Donor Advised Fund, Pat and Jane Botts Fund, Patrick and Marilyn Cleary Fund, Gordon and Pam Cox Fund, Day Star Center Fund, William and Margaret Dutton Fund, Economic Development Fund, Edgar Faulkner Sr./Ermal S. Roundtree Fund, Ron and Cheryl Fauquher Fund, John and Janice Fisher Unrestricted Endowment Fund, John and Janice Fisher Quality of Place Endowment Fund, Beulah M. Frogge Fund, Mike and Cathy Galliher Fund, Linda and Connie Gregory Fund, Julian and Suzanne Gresham Fund, Gayle and Jeannine Harrold Fund, Jane E. Hughes Fund, KAKATU Foundation/David and Joanna Meeks Fund, Laura Stanley Keppler Fund, Kid Aid Fund, Harry and Janet Kitselman Fund, Francis Lafferty Fund, Land Conservation Fund, Jeff and Beth Lang Fund, LEAP Managed IT Fund, John and Katherine Littler Fund, Michael O. and Nicole T. Lunsford Fund, Maxon Foundation Fund, Mid-West Metal Products Fund, Bill and Nancy Mitchell Living Well in Delaware County Fund, Jon and Barbara Moll Fund, Morris Youth Fund, Muncie Power Products Community Impact Fund, Mutual Legacy Fund, MutualBank Charitable Foundation Fund, Old National Bank Fund, Ontario Systems-Wil Davis and Ron Fauquher Fund, Mary Kate Pingry Fund, Jim and Mary Rosema Fund, Martin D. and Helen B. Schwartz Unrestricted Named Endowment Fund, Hamer and Phyllis Shafer Fund, Shafer/Muncie Power Products Legacy Fund, Kent Shuff and Steve Fennimore Fund, Jeanne and John Smith Fund, Jeanne and John Smith Unrestricted Fund, Nancy J. Smith Fund, Daniel and Catharine Stewart Fund, Charles and Claudia Sursa Unrestricted Named Endowment Fund, David and Mary Jane Sursa Fund, Mary Jane Sursa Fund, Gary and Amy Thomas Fund, Wayne E. and Carolyn K. Thomas Fund, Mac and Lila Warrell Endowment Fund, Joseph and Janet Wilson Unrestricted Endowment Fund, Faye Wingate Fund, Youth as Resources Fund

Wilma and Rick Frazee

You’re willing to reinvest if you see good things happening.

Total Grants By Area of Interest 2022

Board of Directors

Trent Dowling, Chair

Magi Kirkpatrick Sikora, Vice Chair

Ermalene Faulkner, Treasurer Casey Stanley, Secretary

Staff

Marcy Minton President & CEO

Kallie Sulanke

Chief Community Partner for Outreach & Donor Relations

Amanda Kavars

Chief Community Partner for Program & Nonprofit Relations

Carol Kosisko Community Partner for Donor Relations

Molly Harty Community Partner for Program & Nonprofit Relations

Memorials and Honorariums

John W. Anderson Jr.

Derron Bishop

Sara Shade Hamilton

Dave Heeter

Mia Johnson

Trina Bowling Finance Officer

Rachel Spodek Outreach & Donor Relations Manager

JoAnna Darda Program & Nonprofit Relations Manager

Rachel Lunsford Operations Support Manager

Professional Council Steven D. Murphy Legal Counsel

The following individuals were remembered or honored through gifts to The Community Foundation from October 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023.

Memorials

Sarah E. Adams

Tiny Adams

Earl and Martha Barb

Joan “Mrs. Donald Barnes”

Betty Beeson

Arthur and Meryl

Biggane

Kathy Bow

Stephen and Beatrice

Brademas

Alyx Brinkman

Patricia and Franklyn Brinkman

Larry Brown

William Bruns

Raymond Burcham

Ashley Burgauer

Richard and Dorothy

Burkhardt

Wilma Parker Collier

Charles “Bud”

Conwell

Michael L. Cox

Clyde Cox

Abby Deputy

Larry Dollison

Don Dunnuck

Martha Ervin

Ramona Fields

Nancy Finan

Christopher Frazee

Bill Gaddis

Stephen D. Johnson

Kathleen Kiefer Keil

Betty Kendall

Laura Stanley Keppler

William K. Kerr

Mary Ann King

James and Violet King

Mark Kinman

Anastasios and

Sophia Koumoulides

Kip Laws

Thomas and Betty Leonard

John B. Lotz

Ora Loveless

Frank McCord

Madeline McKinley

Erma McVicker

Harold and Jean Nation

Ellen Payne Osborn

Lois Owen

MacKenzie Petefish

Jill Pickart

John W. Pingry

Charles Retherford

Braden R. Reynolds

David Richman

Dolores Salkoski

Donald Schaaf

Dale E. Schell

Sharon Seager

Dixie Smith

Phone: 765.747.7181

Email: commfound@cfmdin.org Website: cfmdin.org

Rex A. Goen

Zach Greenwalt

Sue Harris

Jon Hunter

Jeanne Smith

Mike Smith

Dylan Stafford

David and Mary Jane Sursa

Callie Thompson

Mr. Robert Thompson

Rex Waldo

Eileen Walters

Sarah Wanthal

Rollin E. Ward

Kaye Whitehead

Earl R. Williams

Gary Wulff

Honorariums

Carly Acree King

Josephine Allton

Julie Bering

Matthew Blake

Jean R. Blake

Jack Buckles

Linn Crull

Jack Demaree

Jeremi Dobbs

Mary Dollison

Trent Dowling

John and Debbie Foster

David and Nancy Galliher

Donna Gilkison

James Gooden

Linda S. Gregory

Connie Gregory

Suzanne Gresham

WaTasha Barnes

Griffin

Amy Heath

The Hendrix’s 60th Anniversary

Aileen Howard

Bill Hughes

Roni Johnson

Jeff and Ruth Kiger

Cheryl LeBlanc

Michael Lunsford

Nicole Lunsford

Bill and Jan McCune

Linda and David McGalliard

MCHS Class of 1961

Fred A. Meyer Jr.

Nancy H. Millard

Missy Modesitt

Petty Family

Laura Reno

Kelly Shrock

Kent Shuff and Steve Fennimore

John Smith

Van and Margaret Smith

Kelly and Donna Stanley

Robert Walters

Katherine E White

Elizabeth Woodgett

Pets

Bo

Maxx

Mojo

Maggie Nation Brinkman

Stella Nation Brinkman

Bo Jackson

Mya Kay