Foundation News 2024
Spring is a bustling and exciting time at the Community Foundation Serving Howard, Clinton and Carroll Counties! The past year has brought many new faces and new opportunities to the Foundation, and we are privileged to continuously adapt and serve our communities in new ways. If you have followed along with the Community Foundation’s online presence, you surely have noticed some new features and activity. In April, we officially launched our entirely remodeled website, and we strive to find new ways of engaging with you through our social media platforms each and every week.
Each staff division here at the Foundation, from grants and scholarships to marketing and community outreach to finance, continues to dedicate their time and stewardship toward each of our three counties. And since January of this year, the Foundation has created two new positions to even further increase our capacity to serve! Our Scholarships Officer, Bethany Davis, oversees all things scholarship-related for each county, and our Communications Officer, Skylar Shaw, assists with coordinating all the marketing materials that you may see online or sprinkled throughout your community.
We also welcomed President Todd Moser last summer as he transitioned from his role of Executive Vice President after former President Greg Aaron’s retirement. If you have not yet had the opportunity to meet Todd, please don’t hesitate to stop by the Foundation here in downtown Kokomo! Our staff is highly motivated and excited by all the new ideas and opportunities at the Foundation, and we are thrilled to share with you what we have been up to.
Follow the links and videos below to learn more about who we are, and how YOU can make an impact for YOUR community by giving to the Community Foundation.
Meet the Foundation Team.
New Funds in 2024
The following funds have been established at the Community Foundation Serving Howard, Clinton and Carroll Counties in 2024:
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Barbara J. Wolfe Scholarship Fund
Ben and LaCinda Chapman Family Community Fund
Bill and Lyn Shirley Community Fund
Bucheri McCarty and Metz LLP Community Fund
Doris Elzene Chapman Community Fund
Ed and Essie Foster Fund
Judge & Mrs. William C. Menges, Jr. Fund
Kokomo Public Schools Education Foundation - Class of '60 Scholarship
Kristin Brockmann Jansen Memorial Nursing Scholarship
Rotary Club of Kokomo Fund
Tom and Linda Miklik Fund -
Betty J. Paulsen Musical Scholarship Fund
Cynthia Jane "Cindy" Stinson Weir Community Fund
The Nolan Family Scholarship
William J. & R. Jean Beard Scholarship Fund
Wilmer Sr. and Mabel Good Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
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B.C. and T.C. Scholarship Fund
Jason M. Howard Endowment Fund
Triple Your Impact with the Lilly Endowment GIFT Match
The Community Foundation Serving Howard, Clinton and Carroll Counties has been invited to participate in Phase 8 of Lilly Endowment's Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT) Initiative. Throughout this year, any donations made to an Unrestricted Community Endowment fund will be matched $2-for-$1 by Lilly Endowment! You can triple your impact this year when you donate to an Unrestricted fund.
The Lilly GIFT Match period is also a perfect time to start a new Unrestricted Community Endowment fund! With the $2 for $1 matching initiative, you have a unique opportunity to fulfill the needs of our community at an even greater capacity by tripling your impact! See fund establishment example below.
John & Betty Smith
$4,200 Gift
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Lilly Endowment
$8,400 Match
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John & Betty Smith Community Fund
$12,600
Our staff is always happy to answer any questions, and is here to help you accomplish your charitable goals. To read more about establishing a fund at the Foundation and what to expect along the way, visit the "Establish a Fund" section of our website, or call the Foundation office at (765) 454-7298.
Memorial and tribute gifts are a great way to honor or celebrate someone who has enriched your life or your community. The following memorial or tribute donations have been made thus far in 2024:
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Carl Anderson, Claudine Nicole Banush, Anne Marie Budenz Bailey, Marvel M. Butcher, Phoebe Ellen Carter, Doris E. Chapman, LaCinda Chapman, Russena L. Comer, Jesse W. Dunn, Bob and Mary Hingst, Brooke and Sydney Jansen, Kristin Lane Brockmann Jansen, Dave Kitchell, Maureen Helen Lechner, Dimitri Volikas Linville, Stephen M. Lucas, Angela Martino, Elizabeth "Sheila" McKay, Richard B. "Dick" Moore, Jason Robert Mygrant, Elaine S. Needham, James Thomas "Jim" Papacek, Karen Westendorf Perry, Jayne Anne "Jaynie" Ribble, Tom and Judy Sheehan, Craig Shuck, Donna Sipes, Lemon D. Townsend
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Linda Kay Rule Barnett, Melvin "Mel" Charles Brewer, Michael J. Cesare, William "Jay" Funks, Geoffrey L. Smith
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Cheryl L. Bean, Jonathan E. Boyd, Byron Eugene "BC" Carter, Richard Harlan Comer, Loretta Faye Flora, Heather Herron, Jason M. Howard, Fran Lacy, Alice Lambert, John Eugene Lovelace, Dorothy Mills, Richard E. "Dick" Smith, George Edward Wallace, Katheryn Weinberger, Mary Anna Welch, Doyne L. Whiteman,
Tammy L. De Vos
Recent Grants
Spring grant cycles are an exciting time at the Community Foundation! We are thrilled for those organizations who have recently been awarded grants through our unrestricted funds. (YOU can help bolster funding available for nonprofits in YOUR community by donating to an unrestricted fund during the Lilly GIFT Match!)
Here’s just a few of the many grants in 2024 so far!
Grant Resources for Nonprofits
There are many resources available to help your nonprofit find your next funding opportunity. GrantSelect is a wide database that provides a platform for nonprofits to connect with grant funding, awards, fellowships, and more.
GrantSelect can be accessed through our partnership with the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library, or you can find the link in the Nonprofit Resource center of our website!