Recent Grants

When our donors give unrestricted gifts, they allow the Foundation's trustees to determine how their gifts can best serve the community from year to year as needs and programs change. The earnings from these gifts are distributed through our Discretionary Grants Program. This program allowed us to award more than $69,000 during our most recent grant cycle: 

College Mentors for Kids
$6,000 for the College Mentors for Kids Program

ECHO Community Health Care
$9,950 for the Diabetic Monitoring Program

Girl Scouts of Raintree Council
$5,000 for the Discovering You Program

Harvest Time Inner City Ministries
$5,000 to purchase food and supplies for the soup kitchen

Keep Evansville Beautiful
$10,000 for the Keep Evansville Beautiful Endowment Campaign

Leadership Evansville
$4,000 for the Youth Leadership Training Program

Little Lambs
$4,870 for the Little Lambs Car Seat Project

Rehabilitation Center
$5,275 for the Adult Day Services-Daily Living Skills Training Program

St. Mary's Medical Center Foundation
$5,000 for the Healthy Kids Healthy Communities Program

Tales and Scales
$6,000 for the Imagine That Program

The Potter's Wheel
$5,305 for equipment and eating utensils for its soup kitchen

Tri-State Food Bank
$7,700 for the Backpack Food for Kids Program

University of Evansville
$3,059 for the UE Reads Program

Youth Resources of Southwestern Indiana
$2,326 for the Teen Advisory Council's Community Service Project

Vanderburgh Community Foundation
18 NW 4th Street, Suite 306 • Evansville, Indiana 47708
Phone 812.422.1245