VOL. 31 NO. 1
MARCH 2021
L E G A C Y
Gateway to Gardening Pavilion at Maring-Hunt Library
Where neighbors create legacies
LET’S TALK In the Shrock household, 2021 marks a major milestone. My two youngest, twin brothers JD and Brenton, prepare for high school graduation. Their senior year has looked much different than they had expected, but as they have transitioned from in-person to virtual learning, they have shown flexibility. Their athletic and extracurriculars have gone-on without spectators and faced cancellations. They have shown grace for the administrators making decisions to keep students, staff, and the community healthy. As they have missed key senior moments, like dances and parties, they have still shown strength to celebrate the final memories they are making with friends in small groups and virtually. As I’ve watched my boys respond to the many changes over the last year, I’ve also watched the community adapt to the events of 2020. It’s become clear that as individuals and as a community, we are resilient. In this issue of Legacy, you’ll learn about how The Community Foundation worked with other community funders and caring community members to help as schools adapted the way they bring instruction to their students through the K-12 Technology Resilience Initiative. You’ll also read how your charitable giving can set the example for those around you and make a bigger impact on the causes that matter most to you. Things may still look different in 2021, but positive things are happening across the community. The Community Foundation looks forward to being a part of the positive change. We hope you will join us this year.
Kelly K. Shrock, President
ENSURING ACCESS TO EDUCATION DESPITE THE PANDEMIC
A Muncie Community School teacher assists a student as he utilizes technology for learning.
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year ago this month, schools across the country shut their doors and moved student learning to a remote model. The inequity of technology access for students from communityto-community and from household-to-household existed long before COVID-19, but the emergence of the pandemic exacerbated the gaps. Some students were able to quickly pick-up learning in a remote setting, while others got lost in the digital shuffle. Recognizing this challenge, The Community Foundation, with support from the Funders Forum Collaborative, launched the K-12 Technology Resilience Initiative to support longer-term and equitable solutions for technology resilience for students and schools across Delaware County. “Technology resiliency in education is the ability to easily transition from in person to digital learning,” explained Marcy Minton, senior program officer at the Foundation. “We want all families, regardless of their situation, to have equitable access to what they need to have quality learning from home.” The initiative provided grant funding to the eight K-12 public schools in Delaware County totaling $241,000 over three funding phases. Requests typically fell into four categories – connectivity, equipment, software, and people resources including training.
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The first phase of funding was provided by the Funders Forum Collaborative, a group of funders across Delaware County convened by The Community Foundation to support planning and research efforts of the schools as they updated or developed technology plans for their districts. In June, each of the eight schools received $2,000. The schools were then invited to submit their unique technology resiliency plan to address the needs of their students and teachers later in the summer. The Community Foundation utilized the strategic grants program and solicited gifts from donors with a passion for education to grant an additional $5,000-$8,000 to each school in October. Grants during this second phase totaled $43,000. A third phase was then announced, and The Community Foundation worked with the members of the Funders Forum Collaborative to raise a final pool of funding. The Community Foundation also partnered with the United Way of Delaware, Henry, and Randolph Counties, a member of the Funders Forum, to apply for funding through the Indiana United Ways COVID-19 Economic Relief Initiative funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. A $100,000 grant was awarded from the United Way of Delaware, Henry, and Randolph Counties for the K-12 Technology Resilience Initiative. Other funders came forward to support the initiative as well. And on Giving Tuesday, The Community Foundation asked for individuals to show their support to schools and teachers through their giving. More than 20 donors made a gift. The collective impact of local funders and individual giving resulted in another $182,000 being granted directly back to the eight K-12 public schools in the third, and final, phase of funding.
The K-12 School Technology Resilience Initiative is a sponsored project of United Way of Delaware, Henry, and Randolph Counties and Indiana United Ways, with funding provided by Lilly Endowment Inc.
FUNDING TOTAL FOR PHASES 1 - 3
$18,000
$38,830
$37,000
$17,000
Liberty - Perry Community Schools
$39,130
$44,776
$29,264
$17,000
FUNDERS FORUM As early as 1997, the Funders Forum convened as a way for local funders to discuss community issues and hear from nonprofit organizations about their programs and services. Since then, the group has evolved to include collaborative grantmaking. The first grant was awarded from the Funders Forum in 2017. Since then, the group has pooled resources to grant more than $300,000 to enhance Muncie and Delaware County.
School looks different for students this year, as they use Zoom to participate in classroom activities from home.
Members with the Funders Forum Collaborative include Ball Brothers Foundation, George and Frances Ball Foundation, The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Delaware Advancement Corporation/Muncie Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, First Merchants Corporation, Indiana Michigan Power, Harry and Janet Kitselman Foundation Fund, Kiwanis Club of Muncie, Maxon Foundation Fund, Muncie Altrusa Foundation, MutualBank Charitable Foundation, Office of Community Development – City of Muncie, Old National Bank Foundation, Psi Iota Xi, Rotary Club of Muncie, Hamer and Phyllis Shafer Foundation, Tri Kappa, United Way of Delaware, Henry, and Randolph Counties, and the Sherman and Marjorie Zeigler Foundation.
YEAR END TOTALS HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2020
Total Grants by Area of Interest for 2020
Grants totaled........................................................................................$3,635,622 Arts & Culture................................................................................ $236,282 / 6% Community Betterment................................................................ $918,519 / 25% Economic Development.................................................................. $174,369 / 5% Education................................................................................... $1,388,141 / 38% Human Services............................................................................ $688,083 / 19% Scholarships..................................................................................... $230,228 / 6%
Other Year-end results for 2020
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Total contributions................................................................................$3,318,452 Total number of gifts......................................................................................1,137 Total number of donors.....................................................................................538 Total number of new donors.............................................................................126 Total number of new funds.................................................................................10
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DONORS IN THE LEAD You aren’t alone if there are key issues or causes that matter to you. You might care about education, arts, children, animals, or something else. Every day we talk with donors who care about Muncie and Delaware County. They also care about specific causes impacting our community.
virtual instruction was going to take an enormous, creative effort by our teachers and administrators. I felt that I had to help supply them with the equipment that could make the transition possible.”
The K-12 Technology Resilience Initiative wasn’t the first time the When the Foundation, in partnership with the Funders Forum Foundation has seen donors take the lead. In 2016, the Foundation Collaborative, launched the K-12 Technology Resilience Initiative, established the Robert P. Bell Teacher Grant Fund to support the we knew there were people in our community who cared about access Bell Grants Program. Several former educators and friends of education to education, too. During phase two of the initiative, the Foundation staff stepped up to make lead gifts. The example set by those early gifts reached out to donors who had expressed their passion for education to encouraged others to give, too. Today, the fund provides a part of the share our plan. All local public schools serving students K-12 in Delaware Robert P. Bell Education Grant Program’s annual budget. The lead County would receive grants to support donors of this fund set a ball rolling. As technology resilience. We invited them to Virtual instruction was going to the fund continues to grow, the program be able to grow and continue to support the effort and increase the award take enormous, creative effort by will pool. Seven individual donors lead the support teachers in the future. our teachers. I had to help make way by contributing more than $13,000 the transition possible.” In fact, The Community Foundation to the second phase. As the Foundation was built upon the passions of its earliest entered the third phase of grantmaking, donors who cared about the future of the community. The earliest leaders board members, Dave Heeter and Carol Seals showed their leadership. set an example by making gifts. Then, they encouraged others around They led the community-wide fundraising effort for Giving Tuesday with them to do the same. That early support was for The Unrestricted Fund, matching gifts. More than 20 donors followed their lead. which gives the Foundation the most flexibility to address the changing “It seemed to me that the Foundation had identified an absolutely needs of the community. critical need,” said a donor who chooses to remain anonymous. “The Today, the Foundation encourages continued support of The Unrestricted pandemic was forcing schools to turn to virtual instruction, and the Fund, but we also want to hear about your passions and the causes that schools couldn’t do it without a significant boost in access to technology matter most to you. A gift of any size can make a difference to the causes for both teachers and for many of the youngsters whom they serve. you care about. Let’s schedule a time to talk about you and find out how Education is key to the development of our children as individuals and you can be a donor in the lead, too. Contact Kelly K. Shrock, president, is key to their participation as future productive community members at 765-747-7181 or kshrock@cfmdin.org. and citizens in our democracy. There was no question in my mind that
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2021 FIRST QUARTER COMPETITIVE GRANTS THE FOUNDATION AWARDS 14 GRANTS TOTALING $597K
We are pleased to announce that $597,500 was awarded to 14 nonprofits during the first Quarterly Competitive Grants cycle of 2021. A Better Way Services, Inc. received
$57,000 to defray the cost of providing advocacy and services for victims of domestic violence or sexual assault and their children, a 24-hour suicide hotline and a general crisis hotline.
Ball State University Foundation received
$17,500 for the expansion of the Dr. Joe and Alice Rinard Orchid Greenhouse.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie received $67,500 to support operations of the clubs, which serves 600 registered youth in our community.
Bridges Community Services received
$40,000 to recruit, retain, and develop qualified staff.
Cardinal Greenway Inc. received $30,000 to support the cost of operations. Community Enhancement Projects, Inc. received $35,000 to support the construction and installation of signage for the Muncie Memory Spiral in Muncie’s Heekin Park.
Cornerstone Center for the Arts received $55,000 to support operational expenses and make technological updates to the historical building.
Greater Muncie, IN Habitat for Humanity, Inc. received $80,000 to support
Habitat’s 2021 housing program and defray the cost of a new administration building for Greater Muncie, IN Habitat for Humanity.
Home Savers of Delaware County
received $57,000 to provide urgent home repairs for low-income homeowners.
Muncie Children’s Museum received $50,000 to support the More to Explore Campaign to create new educational and interactive exhibits for children.
Project Leadership received $30,000 to support college and career and social and emotional programming as part of a Project Leadership pivot to reach students virtually, and to assist the sustainability of the Delaware County Comprehensive Counseling Coalition. Shafer Leadership Academy received $18,500 to support the salary for the newly created virtual programs manager position and to support the nonprofit executive directors’ group.
Urban Light CDC received $20,000 to defray the cost of neighborhood engagement and housing revitalization in Muncie’s South Central and Industry neighborhoods.
YWCA Central Indiana received $40,000 to defray the costs of the Emergency Shelter and C.O.T.S. Stay programs.
First Quarter Competitive 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, Ball Corporation Community Betterment Fund, Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Fund, Esther Ball Fund, Bassett Family Fund, J. Robert and Joanne N. Baur Fund, Louisa and Waldo Beebe Unrestricted Endowment Fund, Pat and Jane Botts Fund, Jane Harrell Buckles 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 Quality of Place Endowment Fund, John and Janice Fisher Unrestricted 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, Historical Preservation Fund, Jane E. Hughes Fund, Roni Johnson Fund, KAKATU Foundation/David and Joanna Meeks Fund, John C. Kelly and Marcia Ressler Kelly Fund, Laura Stanley Keppler Fund, Francis Lafferty Fund, Jeff and Beth Lang Fund, LEAP Managed IT Fund, John and Katherine Littler Fund, Michael O. and Nicole T. Lunsford 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, 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 Unrestricted Fund, Jeanne and John Smith 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, and Youth as Resources Fund
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MEMORIALS AND HONORARIUMS
The following individuals were remembered or honored through gifts to The Community Foundation from November 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021.
Memorials
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Millie Abram Tiny Adams Brenda Applegate Terry Gene Austin Gary Barteau John Blackburn Jacqueline Bodine Patrick Botts Margaret Bow and Nancy Carver Stephen and Beatrice Brademas Alyx Brinkman Michael T. Brodhead William Bruns Richard and Dorothy Burkhardt Mrs. Barbara Clark Adam Cline Richard H. Cole Michael L. Cox Paul Cox Tom Devine Patsy Donn Judy Elam Sue Elliot Melanie Ferguson WH (Dub) Fike Nancy Finan Dr. Ray T. Foster Mrs. Rita Foster DeWayne R. Goldman Muggs Gooden Linda Goodman Zach Greenwalt Julian Gresham Carolyn Grieves Sister Clarence W. Gullion Sue Ann Harris Gregory C. Hill Mike Hirons
Jon Hunter Nina Huxhold Wanda Quinn Isenbarger Charles R. “Dick” Jaggers Sally Johnson Ann Roberts Keener Patricia Ducy Kelly Anastasios and Sophia Koumoulides Jane Kramer Grammy (Susan Land) Alma Lippitt John B. Lotz Harry R. Maxon Jr. Thomas McCarthy Gary Lee Miller Pat Mills J Barbara Murray Ellen Payne Osborn David Palm Marge Parks Jill Pickart Bill and Kate Pingry Bill Putt Mary Melva Ratchford Oscar, Mae, and Rose Rector Bob Rehse Bob Reynard Rodney J. Richard Steve Robert Marianna Rubush Dale E. Schell Tom Schnuck Cathy Schrecongost Howard Schroeder Harold Shaw William Skinner Dixie Smith Jeanne Smith Betty Sollars
Joanne K. Spurgeon David and Mary Jane Sursa Carol Trimmer Charles Van Camp Rex Waldo II Rollin E. Ward Jim Warrner Ben Grady Williams DeVon Yoho
Honorariums
Genevieve and Roni Allen Tiffany Arnold Chuck and Ellie Ball WaTasha Barnes Griffin Goddaughter Eileen Bengert Eileen Bengert Jean R. Blake Susan Bourne Martha Calloway Colleagues and Friends of the David Owsley Museum of Art The Community Foundation Staff Wil and Cindy Davis The wonderful DCHS volunteers whose stories brought the history of our community to us this year Tony and Carol Elliott Mike Farrell Ermalene Faulkner Dylan Fickle John and Debbie Foster Bill and Vicki Gaddis David and Nancy Galliher Donna Gilkison
Suzanne Gresham Alex and Megan Haltom Bronwyn Haltom Crick Haltom Jeannine Harrold Susan Helfrich Rev. Dr. Daren Hofmann Chris and Kathy Hottinger Jeff and Anne Hunter Steve and Kim Hunter Mitch Issacs Betty Kendall Kerry and Lori Ledbetter Steve and Audrey Lunsford Tim and Rachel Lunsford Malcolm and Ann Metzler Thomas Midanek J. Kenneth and Beverly Miller James Mitchell Jon Moll & Nancy Barefoot Katherine Onieal Don and Dana Randall Thomas A. Sargent Carol E. Seals Van and Margaret Smith
John Smith Kelly and Donna Stanley Steve and Lisa Tuttle Mark and Lyn Varner Jim R. Williams Colby Wingate
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Carol E. Seals, Chair Trent Dowling, Vice Chair Gary Thomas, Secretary Magi Kirkpatrick Sikora, Treasurer
ADVISORY BOARD John Anderson Judy Benken Chris Caldwell Chris Day Mark A. Ervin Jaime Faulkner Ronald K. Fauquher
PAST CHAIRS Stefan S. Anderson Jack E. Buckles Wilbur R. Davis Mark A. Ervin
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Ermalene Faulkner Sara Shade Hamilton Dave Heeter Casey Stanley Kathy White
Olivia Fellows Molly Flodder Michael B. Galliher Keith Gary Mark K. Hardwick Tom Heck David W. Heeter
Thomas J. Kinghorn Jeffrey R. Lang John D. Littler Chris Miller Daniel Stallings Marianne Vorhees Leland C. Wilhoite
Ronald K. Fauquher Suzanne Gresham Jeffrey R. Lang John D. Littler
Steven M. Smith Charles V. Sursa David Sursa, deceased Marianne Vorhees
STAFF
Kelly K. Shrock, President Marcy Minton, Senior Program Officer Kallie Sulanke, Community Engagement Officer Carly Acree - King, Program Officer Amy Tuttle, Communications Administrator JoAnna Darda, Administrative Assistant Trina Bowling, Finance Officer
PROFESSIONAL COUNCIL Catharine P. Stewart, Financial Counsel Steven D. Murphy, Legal Counsel
