Announcing Community Grants

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.

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