Heritage Fund : The Community Foundation of Bartholomew County

2007 Grant Recipients

Heritage Fund administers more than 382 funds.  In 2007 the grants and scholarships awarded from the funds totaled $2.4 million. Grants were awarded to the following: 

Civic Grants

• Anonymous Grants - $76,757 for civic purposes
• Marjorie & Orphie Bridges Philanthropic Fund - $466 to First United Methodist Church
• Calvary Pentecostal Church Endowment Fund - $255 to Calvary Pentecostal Church
• Kyle Carothers Hunt of a Lifetime Memorial Fund - $950 to the National Wild Turkey Federation
• Sarah E. Carter Fund in Memory of William N. Carter - $1,500 to the Columbus Rotary Club
• Coca-Cola Bottling of Columbus Charitable Pass-through Fund - $5,000 to Hawcreek Flat-Rock Endowment
• Coca-Cola Bottling of Columbus Donor Advised Endowment Fund – $3,000 to the Bartholomew County 4-H Fair Inc.
• Columbus Park Foundation - $42,000 for park projects
• Conover Stroud Family Fund - $100,000 to Sandy Hook United Methodist Church
• Hawcreek Flat-Rock Endowment Fund - $2,000 to Clifford Volunteer Fire Department
• Hawcreek Flat-Rock Endowment Fund - $500 to Hope Lions Club
• Hawcreek Flat-Rock Endowment Fund - $1,000 to Heritage of Hope
• Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $25 to Asbury United Methodist Ch Trustees
• Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $75 to the Bartholomew County Humane Society
• Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $75 to First Presbyterian Church
• Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $150 to Happy Labs Rescue
• Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $190 to the Police Athletic Activities League
• Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $25 to Utopia Wildlife Rehabilitators
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $920 to the Columbus Area Chamber Foundation
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $2,000 to the Columbus Chinese Association
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $25,000 to the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,000 to the Columbus Park Foundation
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $35,000 to Columbus Redevelopment Commission
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $2,500 to Columbus Service League
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,000 to the Continuing Our Heritage Endowment Fund
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $2,000 to the Inclusive Community Coalition
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,000 to kidscommons Children’s Museum
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $750 to Purdue CES Ed Fund - Bartholomew County
• Johnson Family Charitable Fund - $25,000 to kidscommons Children's Museum
• Johnson Family Charitable Fund – $1,000 to the Columbus Park Foundation
• Donald W. Jurgemeyer Endowment Fund - $2,045 to the ACTEC Foundation
• Donald W. Jurgemeyer Endowment Fund - $2,045 to Asbury United Methodist Church Trustees
• Donald W. Jurgemeyer Endowment Fund - $2,045 to the Indiana Bar Association
• Edgar & DeLora L. Lauther Endowment Fund - $23,960 to Heritage Fund - Administrative Fund
• Robert J. Marshall Philanthropic Fund - $2,390 to Heritage Fund - Administrative Fund
• Robert A. and Mary F. Orben Fund - $3,000 to First Presbyterian Church
• Joan and Howard Pearcy Fund - $250 to the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives
• Rick and Sharon Pease Fund - $33,500 to Columbus Alliance Church
• Rick and Sharon Pease Fund - $5,000 to the Christian and Missionary Alliance
• Rick and Sharon Pease Fund - $5,000 to the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
• Psi Iota Xi/Grace Turner Fund - $2,700 to Psi Iota Xi
• Reeves First Presbyterian Church Foundation Fund - $ 27,290 to the First Presbyterian Church Foundation
• Carmen and Eric Retrum Family Fund - $1,000 to New Song Ministries
• Sharon Risk Stark Donor Advised Fund - $100 to the First Presbyterian Church

Cultural Grants

• Anonymous Grants -$13,140 for cultural purposes
• Bartholomew County Historical Society Endowment Fund - $3,265 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society
• Bartholomew County Public Library Fund - $1,130 to the Bartholomew County Public Library
• Bartholomew County Public Library Associates Fund - $1,830 to the Bartholomew County Public Library Associates
• Columbus Area Arts Council Endowment Fund - $385 to Columbus Area Arts Council
• Columbus Area Arts Council Robert & Barbara Stewart Arts Education Fund - $5,945 to Columbus Area Arts Council
• Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Endowment Fund - $52,325 to the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic
• Columbus Museum of Art and Design Endowment Fund - $15,970 to the Columbus Museum of Art and Design
• Fodrea Instrumental Music Endowment Fund - $5,725 to the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic
• Hawcreek Flat-Rock Endowment Fund - $575 to Art Guild of Hope
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $2,800 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $10,000 to the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $2,000 to the Columbus Indian Film Lovers Association
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $64 to the Columbus Symphony Orchestra
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $31,019 to The Crump Theatre
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,560 to the Yellow Trail MuseumJohnson Family Charitable Fund - $10,000 to the Columbus Area Arts Council
• Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Reeves Philanthropic Fund - $680 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society
• Reeves Bartholomew County Historical Society Fund  - $74,649 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society
• Charles Taylor & Theresa Ann Ross Fund - $315 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society
• Stevens Family Fund - $1,000 to the Columbus Area Arts Council
• A. Dean & Martha E. Taylor Fund - $2,695 to the Bartholomew County Historical Society

Education Grants

• Anonymous Grants - $64,830 for education purposes
• Arvin Gift Fund - $233,000 to the Community Education Coalition
• Arvin Gift Fund - $100,000 to the Indiana University Foundation
• Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation Fund - $335 to the Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation
• Bartholomew Reads Endowment Fund - $400 to the Bartholomew County Literacy Taskforce
• Sue A. Barton Lincoln Elementary School 1st Grade Memorial Fund - $360 to Lincoln Elementary First Grade
• Nancy Blough Blackwell Memorial Fund - $1,000 to the Indiana University Foundation
• Marjorie & Orphie Bridges Philanthropic Fund - $720 to Ivy Tech Foundation
• Sarah E. Carter Fund in Memory of William N. Carter Fund - $2,500 to Columbus North High School Band Boosters
• Center for Teaching and Learning Fund - $54,180 to the Center for Teaching and Learning
• Leon Cline Family Fund - $700 to Jefferson Education Center
• Community Education Coalition Fund - $54,180 to the Community Education Coalition
• Family School Partners Endowment Fund - $420 to Family School Partners
• Edythe & Max Gosnell Memorial Fund - $340 to Ivy Tech Foundation
• Aileen Marshall Graham Children & Youth Endowment Fund - $1,000 to BCSC/Clifty Creek ESL Afterschool Program
• Lyndsey, Jan and Dave Gray Philanthropic Fund - $1,445 to ABC Stewart School
• Bill and Sally Hanley Excellence in Teaching Award Fund - $2,000 for Excellence in Teaching Awards ($1,000 each) to Barbara Sasse and Luann Starns
• Don and Dody Harvey Philanthropic Fund - $365 to Family School Partners
• Don and Dody Harvey Philanthropic Fund - $700 to BCSC/Clifty Creek ESL Afterschool Program
• Hawcreek-Flat Rock Area Endowment Fund - $1,000 to the Picture Restoration Committee
• Hawcreek-Flat Rock Area Endowment Fund - $800 to the Simmons One Room School House
• Heritage Fund – Pass-through Fund - $100 to Columbus North Bulldog Boosters Inc.
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $57,835 to the Bartholomew County Literacy Task Force 
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $2,100 to The Dictionary Project
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $11,500 to the Peace Learning Center
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $2,000 to the Columbus North Band Boosters
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,475 to Ivy Tech Community College
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,090 North Star Montessori
• Kiwanis Scholarship Fund - $320 to Kiwanis Scholarship Fund
• Lilly Endowment CAPE Pass-through Fund - $291,666 to the Community Education Coalition
• Reams Family Award for Excellence in Teaching - $4,000 each to Lori Lynn, Rachel Staggs and Susan Turner
• Mildred A. Reeves Early Education Fund - $1,000 to the Bartholomew Public Library Associates
• Mildred A. Reeves Early Education Fund - $11,036 to the Bartholomew County Literacy Task Force/Book Buddies Program
• Mike & Phyllis Ryan Education Fund - $350 to Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation
• Judy Huehl Scholtz Memorial Fund - $945 to Family School Partners
• Simmons School Fund - $415 to Simmons One Room School House
• R. Kent Witte, Attorney PC & Stacy Ford Walters in Memory of Shannon Ford Fund - $365 to Ivy Tech Foundation
• In Honor of R.W. Witte & Helen M. Witte and Earl V. & Rosalyn R. Hess Fund - $665 to Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation

Health Grants

• Anonymous Grants - $700 for health purposes
• Sarah E. Carter Fund in Memory of William N. Carter - $1,500 to Volunteers in Medicine
• Carol Ann Boyer Carvin Diabetic Memorial Fund - $600 to the Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana
• Carol Ann Boyer Carvin Diabetic Memorial Fund - $630 to Volunteers in Medicine
• Columbus Emergency Physicians, Inc. Fund - $320 to Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
• Columbus Regional Hospital/Cancer Center Fund - $2,270 to Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
• Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation Endowment Fund - $320 to Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
• Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $2,640 to Healthy Communities
• Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $10,000 to Planned Parenthood of Indiana
• Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,300 to the Pregnancy Care Center of Columbus
• Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $16,640 to Quinco Behavioral Health Systems
• Heritage Fund - Unrestricted Fund - $1,500 to Volunteers in Medicine
• Hospice of South Central Indiana, Inc. Fund - $380 to Hospice of South Central Indiana
• Edgar & DeLora L. Lauther Endowment Fund - $15,970 to Volunteers in Medicine
• Olive Murphy Memorial Hospice Fund - $63,745 to Hospice of South Central Indiana
• Eric and Carmen Retrum Family Fund - $500 to Hospice of South Central Indiana
• Eric and Carmen Retrum Family Fund - $500 to Volunteers in Medicine
• William F. and Lisa C. Schultz Fund - $310 to Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
• Gregg & Judy Summerville Fund - $305 to Columbus Regional Hospital Foundation
• Willett Family Fund - $870 to the Marjolein Friend-to-Friend Cancer Project

Social Service Grants

• Anonymous Grants - $3,700 for social service purposes
• Bob and Charlotte Aldenhagen Fund - $3,170 to Family Self-Sufficiency
• Bartholomew County Bar Association Endowment Fund - $1,060 to Bartholomew Area Legal Aid
• Big Brothers Big Sisters Endowment Fund - $2,620 to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bartholomew County
• Coca-Cola Bottling of Columbus Charitable Pass-through Fund - $10,000 to Foundation for Youth
• Columbus Adult Daycare/Just Friends Endowment Fund - $690 to Just Friends Adult Day Care
• Ecumenical Assembly of Churches/Love Chapel - $295 to Love Chapel Center
• Family Self-Sufficiency Custodial Fund - $1,000 to Family Self-Sufficiency
• Family Self-Sufficiency Endowment Fund - $1,725 to Family Self-Sufficiency
• Foundation for Youth Fund - $710 to Foundation for Youth
• Foundation for Youth/Youth Camp Fund - $2,275 to Foundation for Youth
• Friends of the Children Fund - $2,425 to Friends of the Children
• Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation - $235 to Youth Hope, Inc.
• Aileen Marshall Graham Children & Youth Endowment Fund - $2,500 to the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Bartholomew County
• Aileen Marshall Graham Children & Youth Endowment Fund - $500 to Lincoln Central Neighborhood Family Center
• Aileen Marshall Graham Non-Permanent Fund - $3,500 to Family Self-Sufficiency
• Aileen Marshall Graham Non-Permanent Fund - $3,500 to Turning Point Domestic Violence Services
• Hawcreek-Flat Rock Area Endowment Fund - $1,000 to the Community Center of Hope
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,500 to Childhood Connections
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $575 to Aging and Community Services
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $3,000 to Children, Inc.
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $12,475 to Community Center of Hope
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $44,000 Eastside Community Center
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $62,000 to the Ecumenical Assembly of Churches/Love Chapel Center
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,200 to First Call for Help
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,000 to Foundation for Youth
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,287 to Human Services/Horizon House
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $700 to Indiana Youth Institute
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $3,000 to Lincoln Central Neighborhood Center
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $3,000 to San Souci, Inc.
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $22,532 to Su Casa
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $20,500 to Turning Point Domestic Violence Services
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $28,875 to the Volunteer Action Center
• Heritage Fund – Unrestricted Fund - $1,500 to Young Mothers’ Educational Development (Y-MED)
• Hope Area Food Bank Fund - $765 to Hope Area Food Bank
• David M. & Barbara A. Kirr Fund - $5,000 to Senior Center Services
• Edgar & DeLora L. Lauther Endowment Fund - $13,305 to Foundation for Youth
• In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. W. Carr Lentz and Mr. and Mrs. Forrest R. Marr Fund - $335 to Just Friends
• Joan and Howard Pearcy Fund - $460 to the Ecumenical Assembly of Churches/Love Chapel Center
• Virgil and Vangie Parker Fund - $390 to Friends of the Children
• Eric and Carmen Retrum Family Fund - $1,000 to the Ecumenical Assembly of Churches/Love Chapel
• Sans Souci Inc. Fund - $565 to San Souci, Inc.
• Schicke Children and Youth Fund - $500 to Su Casa
• Senior Center Services of Bartholomew County Custodial Fund - $16,000 to Senior Center Services
• Sharon Risk Stark Donor Advised Fund - $100 to Friends of the Homeless
• Summerville Family Fund - $840 to Just Friends Adult Day Care
• Turning Point Endowment Fund - $1,275 to Turning Point
• Domestic Violence Services

Scholarship Awards

• Analytical Engineering, Inc. Scholarship - $3,000 divided among Sloan Ball, Samantha Olmstead and Jacob Rape
• Paul Arnett Memorial Scholarship - $1,200 to Kailee Fouch
• Duane Barrows Scholarship – 1,100 to Emily Bohall
• Bartholomew/Brown County Medical Society Medical Education Scholarship - $950 to Kevin Simonelic
• Bartholomew County REMC Scholarship - $2,000 divided between Misty McCawley and Andrew Sterling
• J. Howard Beam Memorial Scholarship - $600 to Jill Chrisman
• Keith Bean Medical School Scholarship - $1,600 to Sarah Kamel
• Behrman "Big Dog" Award - $500 to Blake Hangar
• Todd & Julie Bergman Scholarship - $2,000 divided between Rachel Ankney and Kelsey Nichols
• Clif Blake Memorial Scholarship - $500 to Jessica Monroe
• Betty F. Brown Awards for Instrumental Excellence - $10,500 divided among Kristin Cazenave, Samantha Johnson, Kylie Stultz, Kira Vogel, Elaine MacAslan, Sayaka Kikuchi, Ben Cramer, Sara Hager and Ryan Mann
• Anna Newell Brown Awards for Vocal Excellence - $10,500 divided among Chae Colbert, Cameron Welch, Raphael Schwartzman, Mary Claire King, Caleb Blackerby, William Gehring, Kristen Wright, Logan Pankratz and Katie Meyer
• Dr. Glenn E. Callaway Dental Scholarship - $1,800 divided between Luciana Kano-Wilson and Kathryn Petry
• Abigail Carson Memorial Scholarship - $1,000 to Breanna Parmer
• Chadwick Shanks Scholarship - $800 to Brian Richter
• Class of 1948 Scholarship - $950 to Sarah White
• Karen Ann Coffman Memorial Nursing Scholarship - $1,000 to Erica Greathouse
• Columbus Business & Professional Women's Scholarship - $750 to Amy Tracy
• Columbus Herb Society Scholarship - $500 to Emily Stone
• Columbus Rotary Scholarship in Honor of Judson Erne - $1,000 to Elizabeth Kendall
• Columbus Youth Hockey/Bryan Ritz Memorial Scholarship - $3,683 divided among Zach Bruning, Caleb Bryant, Zach Hartford and Evan Shaw
• Charles M. & Frances W. Condit Nursing Scholarship - $4,750 divided among Tiarra Selmeyer, Erica Laws, Aubree Tuell and Kaleigh Brown
• Mildred & Homer Crank Scholarship - $6,250 divided among Rachel Dana, Matthew Ostergaard, Caitlin Robertson, Cameron Stone and Juliana Kimbrell
• Andy Critzer Memorial Scholarship - $10,000 to Bryce Mize
• J. Albert Finkel & Irma Jane Finkel Scholarship - $24,800 divided among Jeff Sipes, Nicole Fitzsimmons, Kelsey Sietsma and Jill Chrisman
• Myron Glick Memorial Scholarship - $850 to Thomas Schroer
• Goldie Gibson Memorial Scholarship - $1,500 to Thomas Crumine
• Becky S. Green Memorial Scholarship - $1,000 to Paul Zielenski
• Waldo & Madge Harrison Scholarship - $3,900 divided between Chris Ayers and Erica Laws
• Bill & Jody Harter Scholarship - $1,700 divided between Emma Burnett and Lananh Tran
• Mary Ann Heise Memorial Scholarship - $2,000 to Christopher Ayres
• Harold H. Heminger Graduate School Scholarship - $1,000 to John Nay
• Heritage Fund Scholarship - $7,000 divided among Emily Bohall, Katie Finke, Matthew Hewitt, Samuel Kirkland, Stephen Lucas, Jacob Rape and Ruta Sardesai
• Heritage Fund Memorial Scholarship - $1,000 to Tom Andrews
• Earl E. & Mildred L. Bless Hudson Scholarship for Education - $1,400 to Kelsi Boas
• Jones Sisters Scholarship - $575 to Amelia Renshaw
• Marvin Johnson Scholarship - $1,700 to Andrew Hehman
• S. Edgar & Delora L. Lauther Memorial Scholarship - $70,000 divided among Robert E. Petry, Eric R. Riddle, Christopher Bean, George Chasteen, Lee Hagedorn, James Hopkins and Aaron Smith
• Corilla B. Lentz Scholarship - $950 to Logan Harvey
• Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship - $115,900 divided between Ashley Narginshani and Julie Schneider
• Mayor's Government Scholarship - $1,400 to Stephen Lucas
• Bob Marshall - Bob Gordon Scholarship for Print Journalism - $2,100 to Rachel Stark
• Julie M. McKinney Memorial Scholarship - $1,000 to Kaitlin Wagner
• John McLachlan Soccer Scholarship - $1,000 to Robert Gustafson
• Dana Barton Merter Memorial Tennis Scholarship - $600 divided between Michael Caldie and Caroline Hedrick
• Anthony Moravec Scholarship - $10,000 divided among Rachel Ankney, Logan Anderson, Ashley Blair, Emma Burnett, Jessica DeHart, Tiadorita Hooker, Andrew Sterling, Michelle Tindall, Raychel Tindall and Jordan Whitehead
• One Step at a Time - $750 to Jackie Diekhoff
• Bob & Marcy Oswald Engineering Scholarship - $1,400 to Spencer Huey
• Andrew Parker Memorial Scholarship - $1,000 to Rachel Ankney
• Dr. & Mrs. Edward L. Probst Medical School Scholarship - $2,800 to Kristen Gilbert
• Kirby & Caroline Risk Scholarship - $1,000 to Alysha Kupferer
• Michael R. Rogers Memorial Scholarship - $850 to Kiara Denholm
• Marguerite Burns Rust Scholarship - $575 to Sheri Adams
• Laura Showalter Memorial Music Scholarship - $350 to Philip Humphrey
• John R. Skobel III Memorial Scholarship - $3,350 to Chase Halter
• Barbara W. Stewart Vocational Scholarship - $1,000 to Tiffany Dyette
• Paul & Prudence Steinbarger Scholarship - $5,500 to Michelle Miles
• Jennifer Strietelmeier Memorial Art Scholarship - $650 divided between John Cummings and Hillary Apple
• Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., Inc. Scholarship - $2,500 to Brad Robertson
• Helmut O. & Hartmut K. Von Buchler 4-H Memorial Scholarship - $1,300 to Katie Finke
• John and Geneva Wickens Scholarship - $2,000 to Kyle Lawson

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