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 $167,000 during our most recent grant cycle: 

Barr-Reeve Community School Corporation
$2,000 for the Literacy Action Plan Program

Beds and Britches Etc.
$6,500 for the Parenting Incentive Program

Carnegie Public Library
$3,000 to buy CybraryN Solution computer software

City of Washington Animal Control and Adoption Facility
$496 for a digital camera and medical care of animals

Daviess County Family YMCA
$6,000 for construction of a sidewalk

Daviess County Historical Society
$6,500 to buy and install shelving, shelving ladders and a security system

Daviess County Partnership
$6,100 for the Connections, Holiday Assistance, and Anti-Meth Education programs

DOULOS
$500 for the Transparenting Program

Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra
$700 for the Youth Concert Series

Feed My Sheep of Daviess County
$1,080 to buy tables and chairs

Four Rivers Resource Services/Red Door
$5,000 to provide transportation services for Daviess County residents

Four Rivers Resource Services/Ride Solution
$3,781 to help with the purchase of a minivan

Friends for Kids of Daviess County
$8,000 for the Life Skills Program

Junior Achievement of Southwestern Indiana
$1,587 to provide business and economics instruction at Lena Dunn, Helen Griffith, and North elementary schools

Lighthouse Recovery Center
$11,550 for a ductless heating system

Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
$3,000 to implement the Heart Healthy Wellness Program in Daviess County

North Elementary School
$3,500 for the Just Say No Program

Odon Police Department
$2,159 for a body armor vest, vest carrier, and lapel microphone

Old Union Community Association
$4,000 to repair and renovate the Old Union Church building and grounds

Plainville Housing Corporation
$1,999 to construct a storage building

Pregnancy Care Center
$3,000 for the Earn While You Learn Program

Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service-Daviess
$2,000 for the Strengthening Families Program

Ronald McDonald House of Indiana
$500 to provide financial assistance for Daviess County clients in need

RSVP of Daviess County
$7,657 for the Little Elves Workshop and Children's Vision Screening Program

Senior and Family Services
$9,074 to buy first aid and CPR training supplies and to provide adult day services to clients in need

Town of Montgomery
$4,000 to buy and install playground equipment at Montgomery Recreation Park

Town of Plainville
$1,783 to buy uniforms and equipment for the Town Marshall

Tri-State Food Bank
$3,850 for the Backpack Food For Kids Program

United Way of Daviess County
$12,250 for the Day of Caring Program and for a matching funds initiative

Wabash Valley Human Services
$2,000 for the Parent Incentive program

Washington Assembly of God
$2,000 for the Single Mom's Auto Care program

Washington Catholic Schools
$17,500 for bleacher improvements

Washington Parks and Recreation Department
$5,000 to help with the construction of a skate park

Washington Soccer Federation
$5,000 to buy and install a fence at the Henry A. Gwaltney Sports Complex

Washington Township Volunteer Fire Department
$14,000 for a thermal imaging system