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 $77,000 during our most recent grant cycle:

East Gibson Dollars for Scholars
$4,000 for scholarships for students at Wood Memorial High School

Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra
$1,000 to conduct orchestral concerts for Gibson County students in the third through fifth grades

Gibson County CASA
$1,500 for registration fees for six CASA volunteers to attend the 2008 National CASA Conference in order to enhance their child advocacy skills

Gibson County Habitat for Humanity
$5,000 for the Senior Repair Program

Gibson County Sheriff's Department
$3,000 for the DARE and pre-DARE drug awareness and prevention programs

Gibson County Youth Center
$3,000 to provide an after-school study station for youth

Gibson General Health Foundation
$1,200 to purchase a medical blanket warmer

Girl Scouts of Raintree Council
$1,500 for the Discovering You Program

Heartland Health Care Foundation
$4,000 for the Flour Power Program

Holy Cross School
$2,000 for the Accelerated Reading Program

Junior Achievement
$4,000 to provide business and economic instruction to high school students in Gibson County

Lyles Station Historic Preservation
$4,070 for the School Tutoring Program

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
$800 for the Physical Outreach Program

North Gibson Youth Coalition
$7,000 to provide fifth- and eighth-grade transition camps

Oakland City-Columbia Township Public Library
$6,850 for the Learning To Be One Program

Princeton Area Dollars For Scholars
$4,000 for scholarships for students at Princeton High School

Salvation Army (Tools for Schools)
$3,500 for the Summer Recess summer day camp for Princeton area school children and $1,500 to provide the Tools for Schools program for Gibson County children in need

South Gibson Dollars for Scholars
$4,000 for scholarships for students at Gibson Southern High School

Tales & Scales
$3,500 to bring the performing arts residency to Gibson County elementary schools

Tulip Tree Health Services
$6,000 for the Children's Health and Safety Day at the Park

Youth Resource of Southwestern Indiana
$2,000 to provide the Teenpower Program for Gibson County students

WNIN Ready to Learn
$3,870 for the Ready to Read Together Program