49 Organizations Participate in Wayne County Foundation Challenge Match
The Wayne County Foundation announced the organizations selected to participate in its 2020 Challenge Match Initiative. This year’s award will be the largest in the program’s nine year history.
Last year the Challenge Match generated over $1.8 million for 47 local non-profits, including $257,500 of match dollars made available by the Foundation and its Match Partners.
This year, $265,000 matching dollars are available for the initiative. “Our generous Match Partners enable us to support more organizations and are critical to the initiative’s success”, said Wayne County Foundation’s Executive Director, Rebecca Gilliam. Participating Match Partners include: Doxpop Charitable Giving Fund, First Bank Community Fund, Fund for Tomorrow, Reinke Donor Advised Fund, and Carla and Dave Stidham.
The 49 participating organizations will have the opportunity to receive funding from the Foundation up to their Match Goal, based on the gifts they receive from the community during the November 2 – 10, 2020, match period.
“The Challenge Match is critical this year. Our nonprofit organizations have continued to address the needs of our community through the COVID-19 pandemic while seeing loss of revenues due to canceled events and fundraisers. We hope all participating organizations are able to raise significant operating funds during with this initiative.
The following organizations were selected to participate in the Wayne County Foundation 2020 Challenge Match with their match goals:
Participating Organizations |
Match Goal |
2nd Chance Animal Rescue of Richmond |
$2,500 |
Achieva Resources Corporation, Inc. |
$2,500 |
Amigos Richmond Latino Center |
$5,000 |
Birth to Five |
$5,000 |
Boys & Girls Clubs of Wayne County |
$10,000 |
Brighter Path Inc. |
$2,500 |
Cambridge City Main Street |
$2,500 |
Center City Development Corporation |
$2,500 |
Christian Charities |
$2,500 |
Circle U Help Center, Inc. |
$10,000 |
Communities In Schools of Wayne County |
$10,000 |
Community Christian School |
$2,500 |
Cope Environmental Center |
$10,000 |
Every Child Can Read |
$5,000 |
Friends of Morrisson Reeves Library |
$2,500 |
Gateway Hunger Relief Center |
$5,000 |
Genesis of Richmond |
$5,000 |
Girls Inc. of Wayne County |
$10,000 |
Golay Community Center Inc. |
$5,000 |
Good News Habitat for Humanity |
$2,500 |
Hand-in-Hand Adult Day Care of Richmond, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Hayes Arboretum |
$10,000 |
HELP the Animals |
$5,000 |
Hope House |
$5,000 |
Independent Living Center of Eastern Indiana |
$2,500 |
JACY House |
$5,000 |
Junior Achievement of Eastern Indiana |
$2,500 |
Model T Ford Club of America |
$5,000 |
Natco Community Empowerment Center |
$2,500 |
Open Arms Ministries |
$5,000 |
Richmond Art Museum |
$10,000 |
Richmond Civic Theatre |
$5,000 |
Richmond Day Nursery |
$5,000 |
Richmond Family YMCA |
$5,000 |
Richmond Friends School |
$10,000 |
Richmond Indiana Pickleball Inc |
$2,500 |
Richmond Neighborhood Restoration |
$5,000 |
Richmond Parks and Recreation |
$10,000 |
Richmond Rose Garden |
$5,000 |
Richmond Shakespeare Festival |
$10,000 |
Richmond Symphony Orchestra |
$10,000 |
Starr Gennett Foundation |
$2,500 |
Sunrise, Inc. Therapeutic Riding Center |
$2,500 |
Townsend Community Center Inc. |
$2,500 |
Wayne County Cardinal Greenway |
$10,000 |
Wayne County Historical Museum |
$5,000 |
Western Wayne Dollars for Scholars |
$10,000 |
Whitewater Valley Pro Bono Commission, Inc. |
$2,500 |
Williamsburg Area Community Center, Inc. |
$2,500 |
More information about specific details of qualifying gifts is available on the Foundation’s website. Additional information may also be obtained by contacting Lisa Bates at lisa@waynecountyfoundation.org or by calling 765-962-1638.