Each year the Foundation typically awards 15 to 30 community grants, ranging from $500 to $25,000.
2023
Cycle I
Arts Place, Inc.
Amount: $20,828.77 from the Opal Greenlee Memorial Fund
Purpose: To help fund the MusicWorks Program in 2023
Blackford County Schools
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To help reduce the cost of attendance for Camp Invention
Blackford County Schools
Amount: $20,000
Purpose: To help with costs associated with the Literacy Education program
Blackford Youth Soccer League
Amount: $3,000
Purpose: To help install a sidewalk expansion
Imagination Library
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To provide free books to children ages 0-5
Montpelier Indiana Historical Society
Amount: $2,000
Purpose: To provide additional programming at the Rendezvous on the Reserve
Project Leadership
Amount: $8,500
Purpose: To continue programming in Blackford County that assists in the enrollment and completion of the 21st Century Scholars program
Youth for Christ
Amount: $12,000
Purpose: To provide Campus Life programming to 400+ Blackford County students
2022
Out of Cycle
Project Leadership
Amount: $9,625
Purpose: To help increase enrollment in the 21st Century Scholars program, which provides free tuition to eligible students for up to 4 years
Blackford County 4-H and Open Fair, Inc.
Amount: $600
Purpose: To help re-paint the inside of the 4-H Building
Blackford County 4-H and Open Fair, Inc.
Amount: $4,640
Purpose: To help with the construction of the new cattle barn and show arena
Hartford City Parks Department
Amount: $4,640
Purpose: To help with beautification efforts at the disc golf course
Cycle II
Arts Place, Inc.
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To help fund the Arts in the Parks program for summer 2023
Blackford County 4-H and Open Fair, Inc.
Amount: $5,021.69
Purpose: To help with the construction of the new cattle barn and show arena
Carey Services
Amount: $10,000
Purpose: To help with construction costs associated with the Career Readiness Training Center
Hartford City Parks Department
Amount: $5,021.69
Purpose: To help with beautification efforts at the disc golf course
Indiana University Health Foundation
Amount: $3,684
Purpose: To help with technology costs associated with programming at the Blackford County Senior Citizens Center
McMillen Health
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To help provide preventative health education to Blackford County k-12th graders
Cycle I
Arts Place, Inc.
Amount: $20,675.10 from the Opal Greenlee Memorial Fund
Purpose: To help fund the MusicWorks Program in 2022
Blackford County 4-H and Open Fair, Inc.
Amount: $25,000
Purpose: To help fund the construction of the new cattle barn and show arena
Blackford County Schools
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To help reduce the cost of attendance for Camp Invention
Blackford County Schools
Amount: $5,650
Purpose: To help purchase drumline equipment for the Blackford Jr. Sr. High School Marching Band
Blackford Greenway, Inc.
Amount: $4,500
Purpose: To purchase a storage shed for the Blackford Greenway
Imagination Library
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To provide free books to children ages 0-5
Little Red Door Cancer Agency
Amount: $2,500
Purpose: To support the Rides of Hope and Nutritional Supplements programs
Montpelier, Indiana Historical Society
Amount: $1,350
Purpose: To provide additional programming at the Rendezvous on the Reserve
Science Central
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To provide Science4U Outreach programming to students in Blackford County
Visiting Nurse
Amount: $2,500
Purpose: To help promote hospice and grief support programs in Blackford County
Youth for Christ
Amount: $4,500
Purpose: To provide Campus Life programming to over 800+ Blackford County students
2021
Cycle II
Arts Place, Inc.
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: To help fund the Arts in the Parks program for summer 2022
C.O.M.E. (Christian Outdoor Ministry Experience)
Amount: $2,720 from the Betty L. and Robert W. Renner Community Fund and the Blackford County HOPE Fund
Purpose: To provide updated hunting and fishing equipment for youth mentoring program and support for annual game dinner
McMillen Health Center
Amount: $2,500
Purpose: To provide supplementary health education for Blackford County Schools classrooms
Montpelier Civic Center
Amount: $1,198 from the Betty L. and Robert W. Renner Community Fund and the Rusha J. Marine Fund
Purpose: To purchase additional exercise equipment
Second Harvest Food Bank
Amount: $5,000 from the Vincent F. and Anna C. Cimino Fund, the Jeffery W. and Peggy L. Fisher Unrestricted Endowment Fund, the Betty L. and Robert W. Renner Community Fund, the Paul L. Roderick Memorial Fund, the Joanne and Nolan Willman Unrestricted Fund, the Charles and Betty Walker Fund and the Thomas and Florence Bernice Johnson Memorial Fund
Purpose: To help support hunger alleviation programs in Blackford County
Cycle I
Arts Place, Inc.
Amount: $19,250 from the Opal Greenlee Memorial Fund
Purpose: To help fund the MusicWorks program offering music lessons at the Blackford Arts Center for 2021-22
Blackford County Civil War Reenactment Club, Inc.
Amount: $6,000 from the Joanne and Nolan Willman Unrestricted Fund
Purpose: To help purchase the services of professional reenactors for Civil War Days 2021
Hartford City Parks Department
Amount: $10,000
Purpose: To make improvements to the skate park
Hartford City Parks Department
Amount: $5,000 partially from the Dorothy Gadbury Fund
Purpose: To provide funding for a new disc golf course
Hartford City Public Library
Amount: $5,250 from the CAPE Fund
Purpose: To help construct the outdoor classroom at the Nature Play Area
Blackford County Schools
Amount: $5,000 from the Betty L. and Robert W. Renner Community Fund and the Paul L. Roderick Memorial Fund
Purpose: To help reduce the cost for individual participants attending Camp Invention in 2021
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
Amount: $5,000 from the CAPE Fund
Purpose: To help provide monthly books to local children under 5 years old
Montpelier Civic Center
Amount: $7,800 from the Dorothy Gadbury Fund
Purpose: To purchase additional exercise equipment
