Recent Grants

When our donors give unrestricted gifts, they allow the Foundation's trustees 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 Community Impact Grants Program. This program has allowed the foundation to assist more than 135 agencies over the past 20 years. Listed below are our most recent grants:

Albion Fellows Bacon Center
For the Center-Safe Shelter program

Ark Crisis Child Care Center
To add two classrooms/multipurpose rooms to the crisis day care facility

Boom Squad
To purchase percussion instruments

Discharge Planning Coalition
For programming designed to assist individuals exiting incarceration remain drug and alcohol free and prevent recidivism

Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Foundation
For the Montessori for Adult program to help individuals complete their GED

Holly's House
For the Think First and Stay Safe child abuse prevention program

House of Bread and Peace
To purchase computer equipment to help residents in job searching and applications for benefits

Lampion Center
To provide crisis intervention and counseling services for children, teens, and families

Ozanam Family Shelter
To modernize the facility's dining room and kitchen

The Potter's Wheel
To teach at-risk youth skills for making good decisions, avoiding peer pressure, and building positive relationships with adult mentors

The Rehabilitation Center (Easter Seals)
For speech and language therapy services to children with disabilities

Tri-State Food Bank
For the weekend back-pack food program that targets school children in poverty

Vanderburgh County CASA
For support of volunteer recruitment and training to benefit at-risk children