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Community/Unrestricted Grants - Highlights
Grantmaking at the Community Foundation is made possible through gifts from generous donors who choose to support the new and changing needs of our community. Gifts given to Community/Unrestricted Funds are given by donors who direct the Community Foundation to use their gifts wherever the need is greatest.
Community/Unrestricted Grants made in the 2006-2007 fiscal year included:
| Organization | Granted |
Purpose |
Baker Youth Clubs |
$20,000.00 |
Lichtenwalter Youth Center building project |
| Beaver Dam Better 4-Hers 4-H Club | 7,500.00 |
Handicapped accessible food stand |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast IN, Inc. | 2,000.00 |
Marketing and recruitment campaign to attract volunteers in Kosciusko County |
| Boys & Girls Club of Kosciusko County, Inc. | 3,300.00 |
Health and wellness program materials |
| Cardinal Center, Inc. | 5,000.00 |
12 passenger van for Kosciusko Area Bus Service |
5,000.00 |
Renovate cabinets for Day Services program | |
7,030.00 |
Upgrade technology infrastructure | |
| CASA of Kosciusko County, Inc. | 3,462.00 |
Train 10-15 new child advocate volunteers |
| Chapman Lakes Foundation, Inc. | 5,000.00 |
Remove sediment pollution from Chapman Lake |
| Children's Hope | 4,800.00 |
Underwrite cost of 60 overnight stays for families from Kosciusko County who have a hospitalized child |
| The Christian Performing Artists' Fellowship | 8,000.00 |
MasterWorks full-length opera production |
| City County Athletic Complex | 10,000.00 |
Shade/safety canopies for softball field bleachers |
| Classic Arts Program, Inc. | 750.00 |
Lakeland Youth Chorale "At the Hop" concert |
| Combined Community Services | 5,000.00 |
Strategic planning consultant to help shape future programs |
| Family Christian Development Center | 7,000.00 |
Aim Straight Marriage and Family program |
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Inc. | 2,000.00 |
Support of orchestra concerts in Kosciusko County |
| Four Way Ambulance Emergency Services, Inc. | 7,000.00 |
Wall beds and lockers for overnight emergency services personnel |
| Grace College & Seminary | 1,000.00 |
New equipment for Music Department |
| H.O.P.E. Steering Committee | 12,000.00 |
Dr. Ruby Payne workshop for community members to help understand the causes of poverty |
| Health Care Foundation of Kosciusko County | 1,750.00 |
Professionally designed and maintained website |
| Heart of Gold program | 9,000.00 |
Support for Heart of Gold recipient awards |
| Indiana Institute of Technology | 7,600.00 |
Portable lab for Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering program |
| Inner City Soccer, Inc. | 1,000.00 |
Summer soccer camps for Kosciusko County youth |
| Ivy Tech Foundation | 100,000.00 |
Land acquisition for a new Kosciusko County campus |
6,000.00 |
Program matching Information Technology students with non-profits needing IT services | |
| Kosciusko Community YMCA | 2,000.00 |
New furniture in inner lobby and benches in entryway |
| Kosciusko County Council on Aging and Aged, Inc. | 3,341.00 |
New copier |
| Kosciusko Development, Inc. | 10,800.00 |
Business expo to promote small business development |
| Kosciusko Habitat for Humanity | 4,700.00 |
Build a Habitat home in Kosciusko County |
| Kosciusko Literacy Services, Inc. | 10,000.00 |
Three reading programs |
12,500.00 |
Community Book Read | |
| Leesburg-Oswego Nursery School | 2,200.00 |
Educational toys, storage cabinets and lockers |
| Lifeline Youth and Family Services, Inc. | 15,000.00 |
Funding for secured residential wing in group home |
| Lion's Club of Claypool | 11,942.91 |
New park equipment |
| Manchester College | 3,000.00 |
Indiana Heritage program |
| Mizpah Shrine Center Transportation Fund | 10,000.00 |
Replace van used to transport Kosciusko County children to Shriner's hospitals |
| Oakwood Academy, Inc. | 5,000.00 |
Youth leadership program equipment and scholarships |
| Presby Preschool | 1,078.81 |
Materials for preschool program |
| Riley Children's Foundation | 5,000.00 |
Subsidize cost of Kosciusko County campers |
| The Rose Home North | 10,000.00 |
Start up materials and drug testing kits for women's drug and alcohol rehab program |
| Science Central, Inc. | 4,000.00 |
Free field trip admission for 1,250 area students |
| Society of St. Andrew | 3,000.00 |
Packaging and freight to feed local needy families |
| Symphony of the Lakes, Inc. | 6,600.00 |
A 2006-2007 community concert |
| Syracuse Community Preschool | 1,500.00 |
Replace flooring |
| Teen Parents Succeeding, Inc. | 5,000.00 |
New program start-up expenses |
| Town of Mentone | 3,500.00 |
Mentone Mentzer Park renovation project |
| Warsaw Adult Education | 9,000.00 |
Childcare for children of Warsaw Adult Education students |
| Warsaw Girl's Softball League | 2,500.00 |
Replace old equipment, scholarship assistance |
| Warsaw Little League, Inc. | 4,625.00 |
New equipment to maintain ball diamonds |
| Wawasee Christian Academy | 2,799.00 |
Provide K-12 grade classes with a reading program |
| Whitko Soccer Club | 1,480.00 |
Financial aid for 10 students in fall of 2006 |
| Women's Giving Circles | 15,000.00 |
Programs aimed at health and economic opportunities for women |
| TOTAL | $406,758.72 |
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