CLINTON COUNTY

Funds

Create a New Fund

If you aren't interested in donating to an existing fund, you may create your own. To learn more about these fund types and how each would best work for you, call (765) 454-7298 or email us to ask a question or schedule an appointment.

  • Honor a Loved One or Organization

    Anyone may establish a fund of one of these types with a gift of $12,500 or more. These funds may be named to honor a loved one, or named for the purpose of the fund, or the non-profit organization that is supports. Many donors have chosen to establish funds to benefit their church. Foundation staff is available to work with you to make this experience what you really want it to be.

    Call (765) 454-7298 or email us to ask any questions you may have or to schedule an appointment.

    We are always eager to work with your attorney and or your accountant to do all we can to assist you in making a gift in the way that best suits your circumstances.

    Your Legacy in Clinton County

    The Legacy Society is a very special honorary organization within the Foundation. It recognizes those forward thinking individuals who have remembered a fund within the Foundation in their estate planning.

    • Legacy funds can be started with a gift of $1,000.

    • You can have up to six years to grow the fund to $12,500.

    • When the fund reaches that level, it can become a permanent named fund in the Clinton County Community Foundation.

    • It can be named for the type of fund that it is, or with your family name, or in honor/memory of a loved one.

    • You will be recognized in our publications as a Legacy Fund starter, until it has reached the permanent fund level.

    • Grants made from your permanent fund will be a part of your legacy of "making a difference" in Clinton County forever.

    Legacy Fund Starters

    To learn more about this exciting opportunity, call us at (800) 964-0508 or e-mail us at info@cfclinton.org. We would love to help you establish your Clinton County legacy.

Community Endowment or Unrestricted Funds

Recognizing that the community's challenges and needs will change, donors have established community endowment funds to address the changing needs of Howard County now and forever. Donors can entrust the Foundation with the selection of the most needed programs to receive grant funding based on a competitive process.

  • Alan, Jenni, John & Spencer Dunn Community Fund

    Alyce Jonelle smith Community Fund

    Bob and Janet Thorley Community Fund

    Bob and Meg Bracken Community Fund

    Catherine J. Hagans Community Fund

    Clinton Co. Directors Fund

    Clinton County Community Endowment Fund

    Cynthia Jane "Cindy" Stinson Weir Community Fund

    Farmers Bank Community Fund in Memory of Karen Miller

    Gene & Linda Marshall Community Fund

    Herbert & Marjorie Ruch Endowment Fund for Clinton Co.

    John & Connie Milholland Community Fund

    Jon Charles Smith Community Fund

    Kiwanis Club of Frankfort Indiana Fund

    Larry and Carol Price Community Fund

    Lester and Linda Bergum Community Fund

    Lincoln Federal Community Fund

    Lincoln Federal Fund in Recognition of Dr. Frank A. Beardsley

    Mike and Elizabeth Goff Community Fund

    Perry and Elsie Ann Lewis Community Fund

    Ransom Family Community Fund

    Ristow Farm Partners Community Fund

    Robert E. and Martha Lucas Hall Family Endowment Fund for Clinton County

    Robert K. & Eleanor Ryan Community Fund

    Tim and Sue Wolfe Community Fund

    Vincent E. & Lois J. Dowden Unrestricted Fund

    William J. and R. Jean Beard Endowment Fund for Clinton County

Donor Advised Funds

Donors may be actively involved in the grantmaking process by recommending which qualified charitable organizations should receive grants from their advised fund. These flexible funds enable donors to address a wide variety of issues as their charitable interests and priorities change over time. Please Note: You cannot direct a Qualified Charitable Distribution/IRA Charitable Rollover to a Donor Advised Fund or a Sec. 509(a)(3) supporting organization.

  • Beardsley Family Advised Fund

    Clinton Central Education Foundation Advised Fund

    Craig A. Mundell Advised Fund

    Dorner Advised Fund

    Friends of the Hills Cemetery Fund

    Gary and Deanna Wehr Family Advised Fund

    Greg & Karen Miller Advised Fund

    Hunter Family Advised Fund

    Jill Carroll Fund

    Ransom Family Advised Endowment Fund

Designated/Agency Funds

Donors may identify one or more charitable organizations to receive an income stream forever. If at some time in the future the named charity is no longer recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization, the Foundation Board of Directors has the variance power to select another organization with a similar purpose to benefit from the fund.

  • Betty J. Paulsen Musical Scholarship Fund

    Bill and Evelyn Calvert Fund

    Bill Goodwin Youth Fund

    (for memberships and/or equipment for needy children at the Clinton County Boys and Girls club)

    Bob and Jane Mohler Family Fund

    (benefits the Public School Foundation of Rossville Consolidated Schools)

    Bob and Jane Mohler Family Fund for First Christian

    Bob and Phyllis Hawley Fund for Kirklin Christian Church

    Boys and Girls Club Endowment Fund

    Camp Cullom Fund

    Carroll C. Johnson 4-H Fund

    Clinton Central Education Foundation Children in Need Fund

    Clinton Central FFA Endowment

    Clinton County 4-H Scholarship and Education Endowment Fund

    Clinton County Abilities Services-Garald D. Gill Fund

    Clinton County Humane Society Agency Endowment

    Clinton County YMCA Endowment Fund

    COACH Kids

    Community Schools of Frankfort Education Foundation Fund

    Emma J. Dinwiddie Fund for the Benefit of First Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Frankfort

    First Christian Church of Frankfort, IN Fund

    Frankfort Community Public Library Local History & Genealogy

    Frankfort Community Public Library Materials Gift Fund

    Franklin W. and Anna Mae Harper Memorial Fund

    (benefits the Good Samaritan Fund at Wesley Manor)

    Fred W. Carter and Raymond R. Carter and Families Scholarship Fund

    Friends of the Frankfort Public Library Endowment Fund

    George and Mary Ellen Hammersley Endowment Fund

    (benefits Wesley Manor and First Christian Church)

    George and Mary Ogle Fund

    (benefits Witham Hospital)

    Healthy Communities of Clinton County Fund

    Helen Walls & Linda Ryan Fund for the Clinton County Humane Society

    Herbert & Marjorie Ruch Fund

    (benefits Wesley Manor)

    Hills Cemetery Association Fund

    Home for the Night Fund

    Indiana Natural Resources Foundation Fund

    (benefits the Indiana Master Naturalist Program)

    Jackson-Frazier Families Memorial Endowment Fund

    (benefits WeCare of Clinton County)

    Jerry 'Mongo' Thompson Fund

    (benefits Clinton County Civic Theatre and Frankfort Community Public Library)

    Jesse and Martha Killmer Membership Fund

    (benefits First Evangelical Presbyterian Church)

    John and Connie Milholland Scholarship Fund

    Keith and Mildred L. Otterman Fund

    Kirklin Main Street Fund

    Lee E. Fickle Fund for the Friends of the Mulberry Community Library

    Marie Rice Fund

    (benefits First Christian Church, Michigantown, IN)

    Marshall Fund for the Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art

    Mary Lou Stuart Fund for Riley Hospital

    Meurice and Lurline Catron Fund

    (benefits IU Health Frankfort Hospital)

    Mulberry Community Library Endowment Fund

    Mulberry High School Alumni Association Library Endowment Fund

    Nancy N. Fullerton Fund for the Anna & Harlan Hubbard School of Living

    On-Stage Foundation Red Barn Theatre Fund

    Paul & Mary Jane Phillippe Fund

    (benefits Paul Phillippe Resource Center)

    Perry and Elsie Ann Lewis Fund for First Christian Church

    Perry William (Bill) Lewis Scholarship Fund

    (for Frankfort High School graduates)

    Public School Foundation of the Rossville Consolidated School Fund

    Ralph and Mary Butler Endowment Fund II

    Ralph C. and Hilda H. Hinshaw Fund

    (benefits the Frankfort Community Public Library)

    Ralph & Mary Butler Endowment Fund

    (for benefit of St. Paul Cemetery and Forest United Methodist Church)

    R. Maurice Clendenning and W. Forest Clendenning Fund

    (benefits Mulberry Centennial Park)

    Robert and Eleanor Ryan Fund for the United Way for Clinton County

    Robert K. and Eleanor G. Ryan Fund for the Frankfort Community Public Library

    Robert K. and Eleanor G. Ryan Fund for the Indiana University Foundation

    Robert K. Ryan Scholarship Fund

    (for Frankfort High School graduates - through Frankfort Education Foundation)

    Rossville Community Library Endowment Fund

    Rossville Presbyterian Church Fund

    Ruth Derrick Ruch Fund for St.Matthew United Methodist Church

    (benefits St. Matthew United Methodist Church)

    Sara J. Costlow Memorial Elementary Teachers Fund for At-Risk Students

    Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St.Mary's Frankfort, IN Conference Fund

    St. Matthew United Methodist Church, Frankfort, IN. Fund

    The Nolan Family Scholarship

    Tom Rohrabaugh Fund

    (benefits Alzheimer's of North Central Indiana , Inc.)

    United Way for Clinton County Fund

    Walter H. and Vera I. Moore Education Fund

    (benefits Rossville Consolidated Schools)

    Walter V. Coapstick Fund

    (benefits Geetingsville Presbyterian Church)

    William J. and R. Jean Beard Endowment Fund

    (benefits the Clinton County YMCA)

    William M. and Doris Mohr Fund

    (benefits Wesley Manor)

Field of Interest Funds

A field of interest fund allows donors to support a broadly defined area, such as the arts, youth, health, etc. The Foundation awards funding through a competitive process to the most needed programs within the donor's area of interest of the fund.

  • Clinton Central School Corporation Facilities Fund

    Clinton County Education Program Fund

    (for education programs that benefit Clinton County)

Scholarship Funds

Donors may customize a scholarship fund to provide educational opportunities for graduates of certain schools, for studies in specific fields or for programs at particular institutions of higher education. In addition, donors may select eligibility requirements.

  • A. J. Archibald Memorial Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School graduates)

    Anna Fudge Field and Mary S. Field Endowment Fund

    (for graduates of Clinton County public high schools)

    Bailey Trucking Co. Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton County residents)

    Barbara K. Siegfried Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School graduates)

    Beta Tau Chapter of Psi Iota Xi Sorority Advised Fund

    (for graduate degree in speech pathology)

    Charles and Cecelia Nichols Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton County graduates with an associate's degree who are accepted into a baccalaureate degree program)

    Cindy Nichols Bailey Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton County residents enrolled in a college or university)

    Clarence Cochran Agricultural Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School graduates studying vocational education or agriculture)

    Clinton Central Education Foundation Scholarship Fund

    Clinton Central High School Vision Scholarship Fund

    Curt Emanuel 4-H Scholarship Fund

    Frankfort High School Scholarship Fund

    Fred W. Carter and Raymond R. Carter and Families Scholarship Fund

    G.L. and Jean Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Ione Dinwiddie Nurses Fund

    (for IU Health Frankfort Hospital for the continuing education of nurses)

    Jaden Quick Memorial Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School varsity football members)

    J. Allen Wyrick Memorial Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School graduates attending Purdue University)

    Jenny Butler Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School graduates studying nursing, ministry, or Christian education)

    Julia Pearson Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School graduates studying education, engineering or science)

    Louise & Robert A. Hedgcock History Essay Scholarship

    (for Frankfort High School students)

    Michigantown H.S. Alumni Scholarship Fund

    (for students in the Michigan/Warren Township areas)

    Mulberry High School Alumni Assn. Scholarship Endowment Fund

    (for students in the Mulberry/Madison Township area)

    Phyllis M. Widener Music Scholarship

    (for Clinton County high school students pursuing a career in music)

    Robert Brinson Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School graduates)

    Strange Family Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School graduates studying agriculture or technical program at Purdue University)

    Vern & Lillian Kaspar Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie or Frankfort High School students pursuing a degree in physics, engineering or mathematics)

    Vincent and Lois Dowden Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School graduates)

    Wilbur T. Rule Team Player Scholarship Fund

    (for Clinton Central High School graduates who participated in sports)

    William & Doris Mohr Scholarship Fund

    (for graduates of Clinton County public high schools)

    William J. & R. Jean Beard Scholarship Fund

    Wilmer Sr. and Mabel Good Family Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Zachary Lynn Caldwell Memorial Scholarship

    (for Clinton County graduates, preference for 4-H participation)

Operating Endowment Funds

Donors support the work of the Community Foundation through their gifts to operating endowment funds, which provide support to the operating budget of the Foundation forever.

  • Board Designated Operating Endowment Fund-CL

    Citizens Savings Bank Operating Endowment Fund

    Clinton County Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund

    Clinton County Hospital Memorial Fund

    Farmers Bank Operating Endowment Fund

    Frankfort Development Corp. Operating Endowment Fund

    Lincoln Federal Savings Bank Operating Endowment Fund

    Robert & Eleanor Ryan Operating Endowment Fund

Non-permanent Funds

Short-term programs or special projects

  • Clinton County Fair & 4-H Foundation Fund

Legacy Funds

Sometimes a great idea needs a little time to grow. That's why we created our 'Legacy Funds' as a way for our donors to grow an endowment fund that will provide a permanent income stream to the charitable organization of their choice.

Funds established under the Legacy Fund program are intended to grow to the $12,500 minimum over a period of six years. The first payment would be $1,000, and additional payments can be made for any amount at any time by anyone.

This meets the needs of the donor who has the desire to start a fund but requires a little more time in fulfilling the minimum. As the donor builds the fund, the Foundation will reinvest and credit all interest, dividends and market returns to the fund.

Once the fund reaches the $12,500 minimum, the income will be used to award grants from the fund.

  • G.L. and Jean Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund

    Kirklin Main Street Fund