FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Katie Ottinger, Community Investment and Grants Officer
CFHC issues Mini Grants GREENFIELD, Ind. (July 2, 2024) –
The Community Foundation of Hancock County (CFHC) recently made grants totaling $10,420 to eight area nonprofits from the Forever Hancock Community Development Fund.
The Forever Hancock Community Development Fund was created by CFHC. This comprehensive, unrestricted fund addresses a broad range of needs, including future needs that often cannot be anticipated at the time a gift is made. Community Development Funds help support long-term solutions; respond quickly to emergencies; and meet changing social, cultural, educational, and environmental needs in our local community.
For a limited time, and thanks to a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. (LEI), your gifts will be tripled when donated to a community development fund. The matching period ends December 31, 2025, or until matching grant resources are exhausted…whichever comes first. Our community needs to secure every dollar of LEI’s matching grant for positive community impact FOREVER. Your generosity will ensure that CFHC secures the full grant on Hancock County’s behalf. Securing this matching grant of $1.375 million will grow grantmaking resources by over $75,000 per year, every year. For more information about this matching opportunity, visit: https://celebratehancock.org/giftviii/. CFHC provides philanthropic leadership by encouraging giving, learning, community pride, and civic engagement. Working with caring individuals, families, and organizations to create or grow existing permanent endowment funds is critical to the organization’s mission. These funds generate income that is distributed in the form of grants and scholarships to enrich and enhance life in Hancock County, as well as support the donor’s favorite charitable causes, both at home and afar forever. CFHC has granted millions of dollars since its inception in 1992.
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The Community Foundation of Hancock County (CFHC) recently made grants totaling $10,420 to eight area nonprofits from the Forever Hancock Community Development Fund.
- Bentley’s Buddies and Friends received a $1,500 grant to assist them with moving its “Doghouse” headquarters to a new location.
- Cross of Grace Lutheran Church was awarded a $1,000 grant for its Comfort Quilts program, which provides quilts to adults and children to support and comfort them in stressful situations such as car accidents, housing displacement, and nursing homes.
- Graceworks Lutheran Services received $1,500 for nutrition and socialization for seniors living in the Good Shepherd Community complex in Greenfield.
- Hancock County Arts was awarded a $1,500 grant to support arts events throughout the organization’s 25th anniversary year.
- The Hancock Wellness Center in McCordsville will expand its community garden expansion with a $1,500 grant.
- Hancock Regional Hospital was awarded a $1,500 grant for its Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program staff to attend the annual International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice.
- Nameless Creek Camp received a $420 grant for PIN (Plug Into Nature) Camp equipment.
- The Arc of Hancock County Is hosting an Adaptive Dance program and will use a $1,500 grant to fund an instructor and refreshments for participants.
The Forever Hancock Community Development Fund was created by CFHC. This comprehensive, unrestricted fund addresses a broad range of needs, including future needs that often cannot be anticipated at the time a gift is made. Community Development Funds help support long-term solutions; respond quickly to emergencies; and meet changing social, cultural, educational, and environmental needs in our local community.
For a limited time, and thanks to a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. (LEI), your gifts will be tripled when donated to a community development fund. The matching period ends December 31, 2025, or until matching grant resources are exhausted…whichever comes first. Our community needs to secure every dollar of LEI’s matching grant for positive community impact FOREVER. Your generosity will ensure that CFHC secures the full grant on Hancock County’s behalf. Securing this matching grant of $1.375 million will grow grantmaking resources by over $75,000 per year, every year. For more information about this matching opportunity, visit: https://celebratehancock.org/giftviii/. CFHC provides philanthropic leadership by encouraging giving, learning, community pride, and civic engagement. Working with caring individuals, families, and organizations to create or grow existing permanent endowment funds is critical to the organization’s mission. These funds generate income that is distributed in the form of grants and scholarships to enrich and enhance life in Hancock County, as well as support the donor’s favorite charitable causes, both at home and afar forever. CFHC has granted millions of dollars since its inception in 1992.
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