December 2023 Grants Awarded

Thanks to the generosity of donors past and present, the Community Foundation was able to award $183,430 to deserving organizations this month. The following awards were reviewed by a volunteer Grants Committee who made funding recommendations to the Board of Directors with whom all Grant making authority resides.

• BABE, $50,000 matching opportunity
• Camp Whitley, $5,000 to purchase new mattresses.
• Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana, $5,000 for services, funded in part by the Shirley Gates Fund
• Difference Makers, $5,000 as a challenge match to help offset food costs
• Easterseals Passages, $5,000 to help offset costs of training and establishing up a gaming club
• Fort Wayne Philharmonic, $5,000 toward Philharmonic programs in local schools
• Giving Gardens, $5,430 toward programs and projects
• Junior Achievement, $1,500 toward Biztown expenses for local students
• Midweek Meal, $2,500 for food for their weekly free meal program
• Night to Shine, $5,000 toward general event expenses
• Salvation Army, $10,000; $5,000 for Helpline and $5,000 toward holiday programming
• Stillwater Hospice, $7,500 toward grief, hospice and palliative programs for Whitley County residents
• Trinity Presbyterian, $5,000 for food for their weekly outreach youth program
• United Way of Kosciusko & Whitley Counties, $5,000 to supplement Launchpad early childhood efforts
• Veterans Cemetery Headstone Cleaning Project, $2500
• Whitley County 4-H, $20,000 to help resurface the 4-H Center floor
• Whitley County Energy Assistance, $20,000 to aid struggling families who cannot afford energy bills
• YMCA, $10,000 for Whitley County Domestic Violence services

For additional information on the Community Foundation of Whitley County, visit www.cfwhitley.org or call 260-244-5224.