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 $171,000 during our most recent grant cycle:

Carnegie Public Library

$2,796 for Genealogy Equipment

City of Washington Animal Control & Adoption Center

$585 for the purchase of tags and medications

Connections

$7,000 for Jubileee Christmas

Daviess County Fair

$5,000 for  a roof over the bandstand

Daviess County YMCA

$4, 164 for gym windows

Daviess County Historical Society

$5,000 to purchase air conditioning for the Daviess County Museum

Daviess County United Way

$2,000 for the 2009 Day of Caring

Feed My Sheep of Daviess County

$1,336 for parking shelter and blocks

Four Rivers/Red Door

$5,000 to assit with transportation service expenses

Fours Rivers/Ride Solution

$3,800 for "Keeping Public Transportation Affordable" project

Friends for Kids of Daviess County

$8,440 for the Life Skills program

Generations

$6,000 for the Meals on Wheels in Daviess County

Girl Scouts of Raintree Council

$1,500 for the Discovering You program

Guadalupe Center

$7,000 for Voices in Action for Hispanic families in Washington

Hope Hourse/Church on the Way

$7,000 for Hope House Inventory

Junior Achievement of Southwestern Indiana

$2,000 for the OUr Nation project in Daviess County

Lighthouse Recovery Center

$11,871 for building improvements

Pace Community Action Agency

$2,500 to purchase supplies for the Parent Incentive Project

$2,500 for the Project Lift self-sufficiency program

Parkview Village

$15,000 for Activity Center

Plainville Housing Corporation

$3,720 for plumbing project

Pregnancy Care Cente

$7,000 for the Essentials for Newborns parenting project

Purdue University-Daviess County Extension

$1,000 for the Strengthening Families parenting program

Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Daviess County

$3,740for the Children's Vision Screening Program

$1,255 for the Little Elves Workshop program that provides children enrolled in the Washington and Odon Head Start programs the opportunity to shop for Christmas presents for their parents/caregivers

Samaritan Center

$3,000 for the Wraparound Flex Funds Project

Senior and Family Services

$2,500 to allow clients in financial need to attend the Adult Day Services program

$1,845 to purchase Exercise Equipmetn for the Wellness Center

Southwest Indiana Powerhouse

$4,495 to replace entrance doors

The Salvation Army

$1,000 for emergency assistance in Daviess County

Town of Elnora

$3,072 for safety equipment

$6,885 for downtown improvements

Town of Odon

$12,245 for the Odon Senior/Community Center equipment

Washington Assembly of God

$3,700 for Single Mom's Car Care

Washington Parks & Recreation

$2,500 City of Washington Aquatic Center Renovation

Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department

$10,000 for Daviess County Regional Training Props Training Tower

Total Awards: $171,449