Heritage Fund : The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County

2008 Grant Recipients

During 2008 Heritge Fund awarded more than $10.2 million in grants and scholarships. Grants were awarded from the following funds established within the community foundation.

Civic Awards

A Cause in Common - $246,382 to the Columbus Redevelopment Commission
Anonymous Grants - $33,500 for civic purposes
Arvin Gift Fund - $25,000 to the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives
Arvin Gift Fund - $250,000 to A Cause in Common
Bartholomew County Genealogical Society Endowment Fund - $435 to the Bartholomew County Genealogical Society
Jeff and Lynn Brown Fund - $2,000 to St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Calvary Pentecostal Church Endowment Fund - $275 to the Calvary Pentecostal Church
Kyle Carothers Hunt of a Lifetime Memorial Fund - $950 to the National Wild Turkey Federation
Columbus Park Foundation Fund - $5,496 to the Columbus Park Foundation
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $5,000 to the American Red Cross
Conover Stroud Family Fund - $2,000 to the Sandy Hook United Methodist Church
Conover Stroud Family Fund - $500 to the Indiana Hooved Animal Humane Society
ECO15 Pass-through Fund - $10,000 to the Heritage Fund
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $1,000 to the Fireman's Cheer Fund
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $1,000 to the Salvation Army
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $1,000 to the Columbus Park Foundation
Hawcreek-Flat Rock Endowment Fund - $800 to the Hartsville & Community Fire Department
Hawcreek-Flat Rock Endowment Fund - $1,310 to the Clifford Volunteer Fire Department
Heritage Fund - Capital Fund - $2,225,000 to the Columbus Redevelopment Commission
Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $25 to the Bartholomew County Humane Society
Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $100 to the Columbus Indiana Dog Park Association
Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $25 to the Monroe County Humane Society
Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $3,000 to Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators
Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $50 to Wayside United Methodist Church
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,000 to A Cause in Common
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $5,000 to Atterbury Bakalar Air Museum
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $10,000 to the Bartholomew County Conservation Council
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $11,500 to the Columbus Area Chamber Foundation
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $10,000 to Columbus Area Multi-Ethnic Organization (CAMEO)
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,700 to the Columbus Chinese Association
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $10,000 to the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $2,500 to the Columbus Park Foundation
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,120,000 to the Columbus Redevelopment Commission
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $2,990 to the Columbus Regional Hospital
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $10,000 to Heritage of Hope
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $3,000 to Housing Partnerships
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $2,000 to the Inclusive Community Coalition
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,700 to the Indian Association of Columbus
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $10,000 to Senior Center Services
Donald W. Jurgemeyer Endowment Fund - $2,660 to the ACTEC Foundation
Donald W. Jurgemeyer Endowment Fund - $2,660 to the Asbury United Methodist Church Trustees
Donald W. Jurgemeyer Endowment Fund - $2,660 to the Indiana Bar Foundation
kidscommons Children's Museum Fund - $16,000 to kidscommons
Edgar & DeLora L. Lauther Endowment Fund - $25,755 to Heritage Fund
Leadership Bartholomew County Fund - $700 to Leadership Bartholomew County
Robert J. Marshall Memorial Philanthropic Fund - $2,555 to Heritage Fund
Robert A. and Mary F. Orben Fund - $4,700 to First Presbyterian Church
Joan and Howard Pearcy Fund - $755 to the Community Disaster Relief Fund
Rick and Sharon Pease Fund - $14,150 to the Christian & Missionary Alliance
Rick and Sharon Pease Fund - $7,500 to Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
Pia O'Connor Philanthropic Fund - $175 to the Community Disaster Relief Fund
Reeves First Presbyterian Church Foundation Fund - $29,685 to the First Presbyterian Church Foundation
Henry B. and Nancy Schacht Fund - $257,701 to A Cause in Common
Sharon Risk Stark Donor Advised Fund - $100 to First Presbyterian Church
Stevens Family Fund - $3,000 to the Columbus Park Foundation
Tannenbaum Family Charitable Fund - $2,270 to kidscommons
Tiede Salvation Army Fund - $1,400 to the Salvation Army
Woods & Grooms Endowment Fund - $2,000 to the Bartholomew County Humane Society
Woods & Grooms Endowment Fund - $3,835 to the American Red Cross

Cultural Awards

Anonymous Grants - $19,350 for cultural purposes
Bartholomew County Historical Society Endowment Fund - $3,505 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society
Bartholomew County Public Library Fund - $1,205 to the Bartholomew County Public Library
Bartholomew County Library Associates Fund - $1,995 to the Bartholomew County Library Associates
Borcherding Visual Arts Fund - $755 to the Columbus Area Arts Council
Columbus Area Arts Council Endowment Fund - $415 to the Columbus Area Arts Council
Columbus Area Arts Council Robert & Barbara Stewart Arts Education Fund - $6,385 to the Columbus Area Arts Council
Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Endowment Fund - $71,590 to the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic
Fodrea Instrumental Music Endowment Fund - $6,060 to the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic
Aileen Marshall Graham Children & Youth Endowment Fund - $1,000 to the Mill Race Players
Hawcreek-Flat Rock Endowment Fund - $460 to the Yellow Trail Museum
Hawcreek-Flat Rock Endowment Fund - $250 to the Art Guild of Hope
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $5,000 to the Columbus Area Arts Council
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $12,500 to the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Reeves Philanthropic Fund - $730 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society
Reeves Bartholomew County Historical Society Fund - $205,000 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society
Charles Taylor & Theresa Ann Ross Fund - $340 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society
Summerville Family Fund - $450 to the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic
Dean & Martha E. Taylor Fund - $2,995 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society

Educational Awards

ABC Stewart Endowment Fund - $1,600 to ABC Stewart School
Anonymous Grants - $2,200 for Educational purposes
Arvin Gift Fund - $225,000 to the Indiana University Foundation/IUPUC
Arvin Gift Fund - $100,000 to the Community Disaster Relief Fund
Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation Fund - $375 to the Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation
Bartholomew Reads Endowment Fund - $860 to the Bartholomew County Literacy Task Force
Sue A. Barton Lincoln Elementary School 1st Grade Memorial Fund - $390 to Lincoln Elementary School
Marjorie & Orphie Bridges Philanthropic Fund - $770 to the Ivy-Tech Foundation
Lilly Endowment CAPE Custodial Fund - $309,400 to the Community Education Coalition
Center for Teaching and Learning Endowment Fund - $59,200 to the Community Education Coalition
Leon Cline Family Fund - $745 to the Jefferson Education Center for Alternative Education
Community Education Coalition Endowment Fund - $59,200 to the Community Education Coalition
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $3,660 to Central Middle School
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $57,787 to the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation
ECO15 Pass Through Fund - $90,000 to the Community Education Coalition
ECO15 Pass Through Fund - $487,700 to the Community Foundation of Madison & Jefferson County, Inc.
ECO15 Pass Through Fund - $86,449 to the Community Foundation of Switzerland County
ECO15 Pass Through Fund - $316,534 to the Decatur County Community Foundation, Inc.
ECO15 Pass Through Fund - $217,485 to the Franklin County Community Foundation
ECO15 Pass Through Fund - $103,825 to the Ivy Tech Foundation
ECO15 Pass Through Fund - $385,000 to the Jennings County Community Foundation
ECO15 Pass Through Fund - $535,342 to the Ohio County Community Foundation
ECO15 Pass Through Fund - $431,000 to the Ripley County Community Foundation
ECO15 Pass Through Fund - $594,452 to the Community Foundation of Jackson County
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $3,000 to the Bartholomew County Literacy Task Force
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $1,500 to Family School Partners
Family School Partners Designated Endowment Fund - $495 to Family School Partners
Edythe & Max Gosnell Memorial Fund - $365 to the Ivy-Tech Foundation
Bill and Sally Hanley Excellence in Teaching Award Fund - $1,000 each to Sarah Dunlap, Angie Ginder and Rebecca Monroe
Don and Dody Harvey Philanthropic Fund - $720 to FUNdamental Phonics
Hawcreek-Flat Rock Endowment Fund - $300 to Dollars for Scholars -Hauser Community Scholarship Fund
Hawcreek-Flat Rock Endowment Fund - $2,025 to the Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corporation
Hawcreek-Flat Rock Endowment Fund - $1,500 to Hauser Junior-Senior High School
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $500 to Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $250 to the Bartholomew County Literacy Task Force
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $2,091 to The Dictionary Project
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $4,000 to Foundation for Youth
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,500 to IUPUC
Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $600 to Ivy-Tech Foundation
Kiwanis Scholarship Fund - $345 to the Kiwanis Scholarship Fund
Dr. & Mrs. William R. Laws, Jr. Philanthropic Fund - $1,085 to The Reverend Dr. William R. Laws Memorial Scholarship Fund
Reams Family Award for Excellence in Teaching - $4,000 each to Whitney Vandercar, Abby Perdok and Mary Arnholt
Mildred A. Reeves Early Education Fund - $17,095 to the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation
Mildred A. Reeves Early Education Fund - $1,000 to the Bartholomew County Literacy Task Force
Mildred A. Reeves Early Education Fund - $1,000 to Lincoln Elementary School
Robert N. Brown Fund - $2,000 to Purdue University College of Technology at Columbus
Mike & Phyllis Ryan Education Fund - $375 to the Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation
Schicke Children and Youth Fund - $1,000 to Family School Partners
Schicke Children and Youth Fund - $650 to L. C. Schmitt Elementary School
Judy Huehl Scholtz Memorial Fund - $1,030 to Family School Partners
In Honor of R.W. Witte & Helen M. Witte and Earl V. & Rosalyn R. Hess Fund - $710 to the Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation
R. Kent Witte, Attorney PC & Stacy Ford Walters in Memory of Shannon Ford Fund - $390 to the Ivy-Tech Foundation

Health Awards

Anonymous Grants - $201,000 for health purposes
Carol Ann Boyer Carvin Diabetic Memorial Fund - $1,320 to the Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana
Columbus Emergency Physicians, Inc. Fund - $345 to the Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
Columbus Regional Hospital/Cancer Center Fund - $3,790 to the Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation Cancer Center Fund
Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation Fund - $345 to the Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $2,000 to the Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $1,000 to the Pregnancy Care Center of Columbus
Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $25 to the Alzheimers Association
Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $75 to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,000 to the Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
Hospice of South Central Indiana, Inc. Fund - $380 to Hospice of South Central Indiana
Johnson Family Charitable Fund - $4,986 to the Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
Edgar & DeLora L. Lauther Endowment Fund - $17,170 to Volunteers in Medicine
In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Carr Lentz and Mr. & Mrs. Forrest R. Marr Fund - $360 to the Easter Seal Society
McGuire Fund for Spinal Cord Injury - $1,715 to the Christopher Reeve Foundation
Olive Murphy Memorial Hospice Fund - $68,155 to Hospice of South Central Indiana
Robert N. Brown Fund - $5,000 to the Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
William F. and Lisa C. Schultz Fund - $330 to the Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
Summerville Family Fund - $330 to the Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
Volunteers In Medicine Fund - $613 to Volunteers in Medicine
Woods & Grooms Endowment Fund - $5,000 to the Octoberwoman Foundation

Social Services Awards

Bob and Charlotte Aldenhagen Fund - $3,415 to Family Self Sufficiency
Anonymous Grants - $11,150 for social service purposes
Big Brothers Big Sisters Endowment Fund - $2,715 to Big Brothers-Big Sisters
Nancy Blough Blackwell Memorial Fund - $500 to Human Services
Nancy Blough Blackwell Memorial Fund - $500 to Turning Point Domestic Violence Services
Columbus Adult Daycare Endowment Fund - $1,080 to Just Friends
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $2,500 to Family Self Sufficiency
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $15,000 the Bartholomew County Long Term Recovery Organization
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $7,500 to Eastside Community Center
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $5,000 to Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $5,000 to Sans Souci, Inc.
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $5,000 to the Community Center of Hope
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $5,000 to the Ecumenical Assembly of Bartholomew County Churches/Love Chapel
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $5,000 to Friends of The Children
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $4,200 to the Columbus Fellowship Club
Community Disaster Relief Fund - $200 to Childhood Connections
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $500 to Caring Parents
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $1,000 to First Call for Help
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $1,000 to Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $1,000 to the Ecumenical Assembly of Bartholomew County Churches/Love Chapel
Elwood Staffing Philanthropic Fund - $1,000 to the Child Abuse Prevention Council
Family Self-Sufficiency Endowment Fund - $1,825 to Family Self Sufficiency
Foundation for Youth Fund - $795 to Foundation for Youth
Foundation for Youth/Youth Camp Fund - $3,795 to Foundation for Youth
Friends of the Children Fund - $1,000 to Friends of The Children
Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation - $250 to Youth Hope, Inc.
Aileen Marshall Graham Children & Youth Endowment Fund - $2,500 to the Child Abuse Prevention Council
Aileen Marshall Graham Children & Youth Endowment Fund - $3,000 to Foundation for Youth
Bill and Jody Harter Community Fund - $1,050 to Family Service of Bartholomew County, Inc
Don and Dody Harvey Philanthropic Fund - $480 to Family Service of Bartholomew County, Inc
Hawcreek-Flat Rock Endowment Fund - $594 to the Flat Rock-Hawcreek Parent Solutions Group
Hawcreek-Flat Rock Endowment Fund - $1,000 to the Community Center of Hope
Hawcreek-Flat Rock Endowment Fund - $700 to the Hope Area Food Bank
Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $200 to Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center
Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $24,000 to Senior Center Services
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $11,500 to Advocates for Children
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $500 to BCHS Students Dance Marathon for Turning Point
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $2,000 to Childrens Inc.
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $3,000 to the Community Center of Hope
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $26,400 to the Council for Youth Development
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $40,000 to Eastside Community Center
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - 31,000 to Family Service of Bartholomew County, Inc
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,000 to First Call for Help
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $10,834 to Human Services
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $500 to Indiana Youth Institute
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $38,425 to Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,500 to Red Oak Industries
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $2,099 to Sans Souci, Inc.
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $23,000 to Senior Center Services
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $20,983 to Su Casa
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $3,000 to the Latin American Association
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $135 to Su Casa/LOVE
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,500 to The Granny Connection
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $23,000 to Turning Point Domestic Violence Services
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $5,000 to the United Way of Bartholomew County
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,000 to the United Way of Delaware County
Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $2,000 to the Volunteer Action Center
Hope Area Food Bank Endowment Fund - $1,350 to the Hope Area Food Bank
Lacey Family Fund - $1,000 to Family Self Sufficiency
Edgar & DeLora L. Lauther Endowment Fund - $14,310 to Foundation for Youth
Ecumenical Assembly of Bartholomew County Churches-Love Chapel Endowment Fund - $315 to the Ecumenical Assembly of Bartholomew County Churches/Love Chapel
Virgil & Vangie Parker Philanthropic Fund - $420 to the Ecumenical Assembly/Love Chapel
Pia O'Connor Philanthropic Fund - $175 to Family Self Sufficiency
Reeves Columbus Youth Camp Endowment Fund - $115,300 to Foundation for Youth
Carmen and Eric Retrum Family Fund - $1,000 to the Ecumenical Assembly/Love Chapel
Sans Souci, Inc. Fund - $945 to Sans Souci, Inc.
Sharon Risk Stark Donor Advised Fund - $100 to Friends of the Homeless
Summerville Family Fund - $450 to Just Friends
Turning Point Endowment Fund - $2,045 to Turning Point Domestic Violence Services
Willett Family Fund - $500 to Foundation for Youth
Willett Family Fund - $450 to Just Friends