Wabash Valley Community Foundation’s Sullivan County Affiliate Awards Over $111,500CLAY County Affiliate to Award Over $58,000
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation, through its Clay County affiliate, awarded $58,700 to five non-profit organizations to benefit Clay County on October 24, 2024. The award ceremony was held at the Brazil Public Library at 6:00 PM.
Funding allocations for the benefit of Clay County were awarded as follows:
- Center Point Volunteer Fire Department — $12,000 for the purchase of a generator.
- Clay Youth Football League — $18,700 in support of a new concession stand.
- Community Theatre of Clay County — $15,000 for the purchase of a new sound system.
- Eliza Rizley Stacey NSDAR — $2,500 in support of the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall and Some Gave All Moving Tribute.
- Van Buren Volunteer Fire Department — $10,500 for the purchase of three 800 MHz radios.
The funding for these grant awards is made possible due to the generosity of individuals, families and businesses establishing and/or donating to unrestricted community grant funds held by the Community Foundation. Earnings from these funds are awarded as competitive grants that focus on important charitable projects enriching the lives of those in Clay County. Thanks to Lilly Endowment Inc.’s GIFT matching challenge grants, the amount available to grant has nearly doubled over the past ten years. Now, thanks to a new GIFT initiative, contributions to any new or existing community grant fund will be matched $2-for-$1, but only while matching dollars remain. Interested individuals are encouraged to contact the Community Foundation at 812-232-2234 to take advantage of this opportunity to triple their gift.
The Community Foundation recognizes the philanthropic leadership provided by these individuals and organizations in creating these lasting endowments to provide funding for programs throughout Clay County. The following funds made these grants possible.
100 Women Who Care Clay County Fund
Albert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Community Fund
Andrew and Mary Anne Murphy Fund
Anna Ferrell Endowment Fund
Beulah Ahlemeyer Memorial Fund
Bill and Edna Ahlemeyer Endowment Fund
Brazil Rotary Community Fund
Chris and Shirley Koehler Family Fund
Clay City Lions Community Fund
Clay Civic Memorial Foundation Community Fund
Clay County Community Foundation Board Endowment Fund
Clay County Community Grant Fund
Clay County Farm Bureau Endowment Fund
Clyde and Kathryn Bullerdick Memorial Fund
Coughanowr Insurance Inc. Endowment Fund
Don and Marian Harrison Endowment Fund
Donald and Norma Nicosin Endowment Fund
Dr. Charles and Susie French Family Fund
Dr. Hal and Muriel Glidden Family Fund
Emry's Generation Fund
Ernest and Mary Yelton Community Fund
Eva's Generation Fund
Fred Nevils Family Fund
Gilbert and Wilmadean Schepper Family Fund
Guy & Anne Tribble Family Fund
Guys Who Give Clay County Endowment Fund
H. Michael Lawson Community Fund
Harley and Thelma Andrews Family Fund
Hawkins Nees Endowment Fund
Hendrickson Family Memorial Fund
Herschel and Josephine Morge Endowment Fund
Hostetler Family Fund
Jack and Diane Braden Endowment Fund
Jeffrey A. and J. Shan Bell Memorial Fund
Jeffrey Etling and Dr. Miranda Goodale Endowment Fund
Jim and Alice Romas Endowment Fund
Joe and Betsy Milner Family Endowment Fund
John and Barbara Eder Family Fund
John and Vicki Switzer Community Fund
John E. and Karen E. Mercer Family Endowment Fund
Jon and Sandy Hendrich Endowment Fund
Kathy Knox Memorial Fund
Kenneth and Eleanor Hauser Endowment Fund
Kumpf Family Endowment Fund
L.T. and Janice K. Clark Family Endowment Fund
Larry & Martha Tempel Family Community Fund
Larry and Barbara Nolte Community Fund
Lewis & Eva Berry Endowment Fund
Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County
Lilly Endowment Fund for Clay County
Melvin E., Rosemary and Eugene Nolte Family Memorial Fund
Merle and Louise Crafton Family Endowment Fund
Miller & Stewart, L.L.C., CPA's Clay County Community Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher D. Stitzle Endowment Fund
Norman and Carolyn Keiser Endowment Fund
Patrick J. Knierim Memorial Fund
Paul and Rita Harden Family Fund
Peter R. Varda Endowment Fund
Popcorn Festival Committee Fund
Randy and Cathy Collins Endowment Fund
Richard and Hila Zimmerman Endowment Fund
Richard and Sue Lightfoot Endowment Fund
Richard L. and Mary L. McCullough Family Fund
Riddell National Bank - John H. Riddell Memorial Fund
Ronald and Sarah Reagan Family Fund
Sam J. and Joyce E. Emmert Family Endowment Fund
Steve and Michelle Bell Fund
Tom and Lynne Reberger Endowment Fund
Tommy and Clara Thompson Community Fund
Traci K. Miller Memorial Fund
Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC Community Fund
Virgil and Mary Jo Butts Family Fund
Wabash Valley Pharmaceutical Society Fund - Clay County
Wilburn E. & Barbara A. Jones Family Fund
William and Mary Margaret Kocher Memorial Fund
William Harshbarger, Sr. and Anna Eder Harshbarger Memorial Fund
William Robert Huff Memorial Fund