The following grants have been awarded to various nonprofit organizations supporting
projects to improve the quality of living for residents of Blackford County. Awards
are made four times per year.
See grant application information and deadlines
.
Grants Awarded
Grants Awarded in November 2012
Grant Amount: $1,200
Recipient:Blackford County Purdue Cooperative Extension Service
Grant Purpose:To provide equipment for a 4-H archery program that instructs young people in archery skills and safety.
Grant Amount: $1,100
Recipient:Boy Scout Troop #500
Grant Purpose:To provide partial support for a trip to New York for up to 60 scouts.
Grant Amount: $1,000
Recipient:Blackford County Civil War Reenactment Club, Inc.
Grant Purpose:To grant financial assistance for Hartford City Civil War Days 2012
Grant Amount: $1,000
Recipient:Arts Place, Inc.
Grant Purpose:To present the Arts in the Parks Summer Program in Blackford County for 2013.
Grant Amount: $500
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Southside Elementary School
Grant Purpose:To provide materials and other support for the Just Say No Club, which gives prevention and intervention tools to young students for dealing with underage drinking and other drug use.
Grant Amount: $8,500
Recipient:United Way of Blackford County
Grant Purpose:To provide funding to local United Way agencies during 2013.
Grants Awarded in August 2012
Grant Amount: $10,000
Recipient:Blackford County Community & Family Services
Grant Purpose:To provide $25 vouchers to low-income households to purchase food for a Christmas dinner.
Grant at Work:In 2012, your donations helped stock the shelves of our local food pantries in Hartford City and Montpelier. More…
Grant Amount: $8,000
Recipient:Arts Place, Inc.
Grant Purpose:To provide music instruction to Blackford County students in the Music Works program from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013.
Grant Amount: $4,918
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Montpelier, Southside, and Northside Elementary Schools
Grant Purpose:To offer a hands-on approach to science education through labs, demonstrations, family festival nights, and after-school programs.
Grant Amount: $3,500
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Montpelier, Southside, and Northside Elementary Schools
Grant Purpose:To present student workshops that use music to teach creative writing and language arts skills with the goal of increasing student interest in reading and writing.
Grant Amount: $2,750
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Montpelier School
Grant Purpose:To give school supplies and clothing to needy children.
Grant at Work:In 2012, your donations bought clothing and school supplies to stock the Kodiak Korner at Montpelier School for students in need. More…
Grant Amount: $1,000
Recipient:The Salvation Army, Blackford County Service Extension Unit
Grant Purpose:To give emergency financial assistance to Blackford County residents and inform them of additional local resources.
Grant Amount: $900
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Blackford High School
Grant Purpose:To give each incoming ninth grade student a Blackford High School t-shirt in order to foster a sense of school community.
Grants Awarded in May 2012
Grant Amount: $8,000
Recipient: Arts Place Inc.
Grant Purpose: To create an environment for Blackford County children to learn basic music skills.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Recipient: Montpelier Civic Center
Grant Purpose: To help purchase an audio/video light system for the gymnasium/stage area.
Grant Amount: $4,640
Recipient: Cancer Services of East Central Indiana
Grant Purpose: To assist with first year expenses for the Blackford County Satellite Office.
Grant Amount: $ 2,500
Recipient: Montpelier Community Builders
Grant Purpose: To introduce 4- to 12-year-olds and parents to the elements of a healthy lifestyle.
Grant Amount: $2,190
Recipient: Blackford County Schools
Grant Purpose: To implement a six-week high school summer program that focuses on entrepreneurial projects, follows global events, writes personal blogs and makes research presentations.
Grant Amount: $2,000
Recipient: Blackford County Schools
Grant Purpose: To allow 20 students from BHS to learn about entrepreneurial opportunities, work in small groups to develop community projects and compete for seed money to implement selected group projects.
Grant Amount: $1,700
Recipient: Blackford County YMCA
Grant Purpose: To help under privileged families participate in the YMCA programs.
Grant Amount: $1,000
Recipient: Blackford County Veterans Affairs Office
Grant Purpose: To continue the mentoring program between Blackford County students and the Blackford County Veterans Affairs Office.
Grant Amount: $875
Recipient: Purdue University Blackford Co. Extension Service
Grant Purpose: To offer the K-ID’s BMV safety identification card program to Blackford County residents.
Grant Amount: $1,700
Recipient:Blackford County YMCA
Grant Purpose:To help underprivileged youth participate in YMCA activities.
Grant Amount: $500
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Southside Elementary School
Grant Purpose:To afford Southside kindergarten classes the opportunity for a spring field trip.
Grants Awarded in March 2012
Grant
Amount:$9,000
Recipient:Blackford County Schools
Grant Purpose:To extend the Comprehensive Literacy Model to all
elementary schools in the district in order to improve students’ reading skills.
Grant Amount:$6,000
Recipient:Hillcroft Services
Grant Purpose:To support the High Riding Art and Equestrian Day
Camp for local special needs children to participate in equestrian, art, science,
and dance activities for a one-week camp in Blackford County.
Grant
Amount:$6,000
Recipient:Blackford County Schools
Grant Purpose:To provide partial funding for the Blackford High
School Band to perform at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
Grant Amount:$5,000
Recipient:Youth Service Bureau of Jay County, Inc.
Grant Purpose:To provide partial funding to the Born to Learnearn
program that enhances parenting skills to 15-20 families in Blackford County.
Grant at Work:In 2012, your donations helped Born to Learn social workers teach high-quality parenting skills to preschoolers’ families. More…
Grant Amount:
$5,000
Recipient:Blackford United Way
Grant Purpose:To underwrite the cost of high-quality children’s
books mailed monthly to Blackford County children through the Dolly Parton “Imagination
Library” program.
Grant
Amount:$3,000
Recipient:Blackford County Economic Development Corporation
Grant Purpose:To assist in installing fiber optics technology for
public access in Blackford County.
Grant
Amount:$2,500
Recipient:Blackford County Schools
Grant Purpose:To provide the Camp Invention program with math,
science, technology, and engineering activities for Blackford County children in
grades 1-6 during one week in June.
Grant Amount:$2,100
Recipient:Blackford County Schools
Grant Purpose:To provide an anti-bullying program designed to help
local elementary students better respond to confrontation.
Grant Amount:$1,500
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Blackford Junior High School
Grant Purpose:To fund a program that will help students at Blackford
Junior High School respond positively to the school environment.
Grant Amount:$1,200
Recipient:Mental Health Association in Blackford County
Grant Purpose: To send two local special needs students to Camp
Isanogel in Delaware County for a one-week camp.
Grant Amount:$1,000
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Blackford High School
Grant Purpose:To prove a positive behavior intervention program
using student incentives at Blackford High School.
Grant Amount:$1,000
Recipient:Hartford City Parks Department
Grant Purpose:To provide a bench at a new dog park facility.
Grant Amount:$200
Recipient:Montpelier Community Builders
Grant Purpose:To convene a meeting of community stockholders to
discuss Montpelier’s future.
Grant Amount: $1,000
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Blackford High School
Grant Purpose:To train parents of potential college students to use the Center for College Costs website for support in making college applications and financial aid applications.
Grant Amount: $1,000
Recipient:4 Blackford County
Grant Purpose:To grant funds that will launch a rehab effort to improve the major corridors into Montpelier and Hartford City.
Grant Amount: $175
Recipient:Alliance for Strategic Growth, Inc.
Grant Purpose:To support local high school students attending the JAG (Jobs for America’s Graduates) Regional Career Development Conference Competition at Ball State University.
Grants Awarded in November 2011
Grant Amount:$8,500
Recipient:Arts Place, Inc.
Grant Purpose:Assisting in opening the Blackford County Arts Center
and continuing the Arts in the Parks program in Blackford County
Grant Amount: $2,300
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Northside Elementary School
Grant Purpose: Purchasing needed personal hygiene and clothing
items for Blackford County children as a service learning project of the Fifth Grade
Grant Writers
Grant Awarded:$1,400
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Montpelier School
Grant Purpose:Supporting the Kodiak Achievement Teams, which focus
on early dropout prevention for fifth and sixth grade students through peer interaction
and leadership
Grant Amount:$1,302.23
Recipient:First United Methodist Church Treehouse Preschool of
Montpelier
Grant Purpose: Supporting the preschool’s pre-reading program
Grant Amount:$723
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Blackford Junior High School
Grant Purpose:Sending 17 high achieving students to three separate
sessions at the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities on the
Ball State University campus
Grants Awarded in July 2011
Grant Amount:$10,700
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Southside Elementary School
Grant Purpose:Attendance of twelve teachers at training in Comprehensive
Literacy Model in October and March
Blackford County Foundation board member Rita Bell presenting
grant award to Southside principal Ryan Glaze and literacy coach Chirsty
Grant Amount:$10,000
Recipient:Community and Family Services
Grant Purpose:Providing Christmas dinners to 600 local, low-income
families
Lisa Weeks, Blackford County Foundation board member,
presenting grant award of $10,000 to Dr. Steve Laubacher,
executive director of Community and Family Services, Inc.,
Of East Central Indiana, and Tammy Farling, director of
Community and Family Services for Blackford County.
Grant Amount:$10,000
Recipient:Youth Service Bureau of Jay County, Inc.
Grant Purpose:Supporting Born to Learn program in Blackford County
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Blackford County Foundation board member Julie Forcum presents grant check for
$10,000 to Youth Service Bureau of Jay County, Inc. staff responsible for administering
the Born to learn program in Blackford County. |
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Grant Amount:$9,500
Recipient:Blackford County WorkOne
Grant Purpose:Providing scholarships to eligible Blackford County
residents to train for CDL (Commercial Driver’s License)
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| Blackford County Foundation board member Greg Roy presenting check for CDL Scholarship
Program to Rob Cleveland, executive director of Blackford County Economic Development
Corporation, and Karen Bailey, associate director of Eastern Indiana WorkOne.
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Grant Amount:$2,200
Recipient:Blackford County Schools, Blackford High School Library
Grant Purpose:Purchasing e-readers for Bruin E-Reader Club
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Blackford County Foundation board member Diana Holsten presenting $2,200 grant
check to Betty Anderson, librarian at Blackford High School, for e-readers.
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Grant Amount:$800
Recipient:Blackford County Schools
Grant Purpose:Supporting purchase of t-shirts for Freshmen Orientation
workshop
Grant Amount:$500
Recipient:Blackford County Veterans Affairs Office
Grant Purpose:Additional office help for data input
Grants Awarded in May 2011
Grant Amount:$10,000
Recipient:Arts Place, Inc.
Grant Used For:Blackford County Music Works Program
Grant Amount:$7,120
Recipient:Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana
Grant Used For:Tailgate Program for Blackford County
Grant Amount:$3,850
Recipient:Cancer Services of East Central Indiana - Little Red
Door
Grant Used For:Satellite Office Expenses
Grant Amount:$3,000
Recipient:The Boy Scouts of America, Troop 500
Grant Used For:New Cargo Trailer
Grant Amount:$1,750
Recipient:YMCA
Grant Used For:Invest in Youth Campaign
Grant Amount: $1,000
Recipient:Blackford County Civil War Reenactment Club, Inc.
Grant Used For:Hartford City Civil War Days
Grant Amount:$900
Recipient:Boy Scouts of America
Grant Used For:Cub Scout Summer Camp Program
Grant Cycle March 17, 2011
Grant Amount:$4,845
Recipient:Blackford County Schools
Grant Used For:High Riding Art and Equestrian Day Camp
Grant Amount:$3,300
Recipient:Arts Place, Inc
Grant Used For:“Arts in the Parks” Program
Grant Amount:$3,000
Recipient:Ball State University
Grant Used For:Health and Wellness Camp
Grant Amount:$1,200
Recipient:Mental Health Association in Blackford County
Grant Amount:$850
Recipient:Blackford County Schools
Grant Used For:After School Art Program