Eighty-two area nonprofit organizations received more than $180,000 to support their operations. On Thursday, the Wabash Valley Community Foundation and its affiliates, the Clay County Community Foundation and the Sullivan County Community Foundation, made its annual distribution of grants totaling $187,347.29 from its funds designated for specific organization.

These funds, known as designated funds or agency endowments, are created by donors who are passionate about and devoted to one or more charitable organizations, or by the agency itself, seeking to assure an annual source of revenue. The donors’ original gifts are invested, and each year the fund distributes a grant from its earnings to the specified charitable organization.

By creating or contributing to designated funds or agency endowments within the Community Foundation, donors are assured that their favorite charity or charities will receive an annual grant to assist with the charity’s operations. Operating dollars pay the agency’s staff, purchase office supplies, keep the lights on and provide other essential resources for the delivery of services.

Contributions in any amount can be added to any of these endowment funds to support a specific cause or agency. Grants from the Community Foundation’s unrestricted and scholarship funds will be announced later this year.

For more information about contributing to or creating a fund to benefit a favorite organization, contact the Community Foundation at (812) 232-2234 or visit www.wvcf.com.



Below is a listing of 2010 Designated and Agency Endowment grant recipients and fund listed by county:



CLAY COUNTY

Annunciation Catholic Church, $332 from the Annunciation Church Educational Endowment Fund

City of Brazil Forest Park Golf Course, $135 for the beautification of the Golf Course from the Roy E. Brown Memorial Fund

Clay Community Schools, $231 to provide children attending Eastside Elementary School and/or their families with food, clothing and shelter, medical or health care assistance, field trips or other activity assistance in order to enhance their educational experience, from the Angels for Eastside Fund

Clay County Community Foundation, $3,493 from the Clay County Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund

Clay County Community Foundation, $789.39 from the Penman Girls Operating Endowment Fund

Clay County Genealogical Society, $195 for the air treatment system of the Society’s principal library from the Clay County Genealogical Society Fund

Poland Historical Chapel, $1,313 from the Marion and Marie Kattman Sendmeyer Endowment Fund for Poland Historical Chapel

Posey Township Volunteer Fire Department, $237 from the Posey Township Volunteer Fire Department Endowment Fund

YMCA of Clay County, $1,252 from the Clay County YMCA Endowment Fund



SULLIVAN COUNTY

American Red Cross, $520 from the Leo and Virginia Pellum Endowment Fund

First Presbyterian Church of Sullivan, $316 for support for Community Kitchen from the Community Kitchen Endowment Fund

Gill Township Volunteer Fire Fighters Inc., $139 from the Gill Township Volunteer Fireman’s Operational Fund

Merom Improvement Association, $1,346 from the Merom Improvement Association Agency Fund

Open Arms Christian Ministries, $6,967.55 from the Norma G. McNeill Fund

Our Father’s Arms Inc., $178 from the Our Father’s Arms Charitable Fund

Southwest High Schools Alumni Association, $3,015 from the Southwest High Schools Alumni Association Fund

Southwest School Corporation of Sullivan County, $271 to provide children attending Sullivan Elementary School and/or their families with food, clothing and shelter, medical or health care assistance, field trips or other activity assistance in order to enhance their educational experience, from the Angels for Sullivan Elementary School Fund

Southwest School Corporation of Sullivan County, $267 to provide students attending Sullivan Junior High School and/or their families with food, clothing and shelter, medical or health care assistance, field trips or other activity assistance in order to enhance their educational experience, from the Angels for Sullivan Junior High School Fund

Stair Steps to Success, $424 from the Stairways to Success Mentoring Program

Sullivan County 4-H, $387 from the Sullivan County 4-H Endowment Fund

Sullivan County Community Foundation, $312 from the Irwin and Mary Reiss Operating Endowment Fund for the Sullivan County Community Foundation

Sullivan County Community Foundation, $3,133 from the Sullivan County Operating Endowment Fund

Sullivan County Community Hospital, $520 from the Leo and Virginia Pellum Endowment Fund

Sullivan County Community Hospital, $745 from the Sullivan County Community Hospital Foundation Endowment Fund

Sullivan County Public Library, $262 to promote literacy from the Sullivan County Public Library Endowment Fund

Sullivan County Public Library, $824 to support the Sullivan County Public Library’s Genealogy Department from the Sullivan County Public Library Genealogy, Family County History Endowment Fund

Sullivan High School, $300 to support Future Farmers of America from the Paul Edmiston Agriculture Education Fund

Sullivan Presbyterian Church, $294 for mission support from the Sullivan Presbyterian Church Mission Fund

Sycamore Trails RC Council Inc., $242 from the Sycamore Trails RC SCCF Endowment Fund

Town of Carlisle, $377 for the improvement and beautification of Carlisle town park from the Jesse R. Sherwood Fund

Turman Township Youth Foundation, $144 from the Turman Township Youth Foundation 2000 Limited



VIGO COUNTY

A.L.L.-Washington High School, $288 to support for the nursery from the A.L.L.-Washington High School Nursery Endowment Fund

American Cancer Society, Vigo County Unit, $3,264.50 from the Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund

American Heart Association, $3,264.50 from the Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund

ARC of Vigo County, $148 from the ARC of Vigo County Endowment Fund

Archdiocese of Indianapolis, $418.32 for the United Catholic Appeal to benefit equally Sacred Heart Church and St. Benedict Catholic Church from the Pfister Fund

Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled, $610 from the Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled Endowment Fund

Birthright Inc., $209.16 from the Pfister Fund

Capuchin Franciscan Friars, $209.16 from the Pfister Fund

Catholic Charities of Terre Haute, $486.36 from the Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

Catholic Charities of Terre Haute, $418.32 from the Pfister Fund

Central Presbyterian Church, $1,042.30 from the Jessie E. Hickman Fund

C.H.A.N.C.E.S. for Indiana Youth, $1,547 for the Youth as Resources Program from the C.H.A.N.C.E.S. for Indiana Youth Endowment Fund

Christian Foundation for Children Aging, $125.49 from the Pfister Fund

Community Theatre of Terre Haute, $220 from the Community Theatre of Terre Haute Endowment Fund

Covenant Cooperative Ministry, $562 from the Helping Hand Endowment Fund

Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of America, $1,505 from the Boy Scouts of America, Crossroads of America Council Endowment Fund

The Dispute Resolution Center for the Wabash Valley, $180 from the Dispute Resolution Center Endowment Fund

Family Service Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc., $1,500 for counseling services for a student from North Vigo from the Jamie Jacobsen Memorial Endowment Fund

Franciscan Mission Association, $627.48 from the Pfister Fund

Franciscan Retreats Inc., $104.58 from the Pfister Fund

Friends of Families Inc., $660 from the M. Evelyn Peterman Fund

Gibault Foundation Inc., $486.36 for Gibault School for Boys from the Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

Gibault Foundation Inc., $3,208 for Gibault School for Boys from the Gibault Fund

Gibault Foundation Inc., $1,547.78 for Gibault School for Boys from the Pfister Fund

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, $483 from the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Fund

Hamilton Center Inc., $416 from the Katherine Hamilton Endowment Fund for Hamilton Center, Inc.

Hospice of the Wabash Valley, $486.36 from the Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

Hospice of the Wabash Valley, $647.40 from the George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

Hospice of the Wabash Valley, $471 from the Hospice of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund

Hospice of the Wabash Valley, $782 from the Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Fund for Hospice

Indiana State University Foundation, $516 for an accounting scholarship from the Liane R. Page Memorial Scholarship Fund

Indiana State University Foundation, $807 for a marketing scholarship from the Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Indiana State University Department of Marketing

Indiana State University Foundation, $3,264.50 for scholarship support from the Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund

Indiana State University Foundation, $413.36 for a scholarship at the Scott College of Business from the Jo Ann F. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund

Indiana State University Foundation, $157 for an insurance adjustor’s scholarship from the Bill Wood Insurance Adjustor’s Scholarship Fund.

Indiana University Foundation $991 for a Maurer School of Law Scholarship for the Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Indiana University

Ivy Tech Community College, $890 for technology upgrades from the Ivy Tech Technology Endowment Fund

League of Terre Haute, $235 for the Clothes Closet project from the Clothes Closet Endowment Fund

League of Terre Haute, $439 from the League of Terre Haute Endowment Fund

Light House Mission, $486.36 from the Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

Light House Mission, $562 from the Helping Hand Endowment Fund

Mary Mother of God Mission Society, $209.16 from the Pfister Fund

Mary’s Children Inc., $682 from the Donna J. Doti Endowment Fund

Mental Health America, $214 from the Mental Health Association in Vigo County Endowment Fund

Missionaries of Charity-Bronx, N.Y., $209.16 from the Pfister Fund

Mother Theodore Corporation, $5,229 from the Pfister Fund

Paulist Fathers, $209.16 from the Pfister Fund

Province of Our Lady of Consolation, Inc., $313.75 from the Pfister Fund

Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, $955 from the Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League Endowment Fund

Riley Children’s Foundation, $1,343 for Camp Riley from the Clabber Girl Fund for Camp Riley

Riley Children’s Foundation, $647.40 for Riley Children’s Hospital from the George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, $486.36 for the Edmund J. Dede Scholarship for Mechanical Engineers from the Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, $647.40 for the Hillman Jewelers-George I. Felstein Scholarship Fund from the George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, $2,084.60 from the Jessie E. Hickman Fund

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, $826 scholarship support from the Avice McCrae Scholarship Fund

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, $815 scholarship support from the Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technololgy

Sacred Heart Church of Clinton, $418.32 from the Pfister Fund

Sacred Heart Church, $5,229 from the Pfister Fund

Sacred Heart Church, $179 for religious education program from the Elizabeth Smudde Memorial Fund

St. Ann Clinic, $2,426 from the St. Ann Clinic Endowment Fund

St. Ann Clinic, $562 from the Helping Hand Endowment Fund

St. Ann Clinic, $418.32 from the Pfister Fund

St. Benedict Catholic Church, $486.36 from the Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

St. Benedict Catholic Church, $418.32 from the Pfister Fund

St. Benedict Catholic Church, $882 from the St. Benedict Church Endowment Fund

St. Joseph University Parish, $418.32 from the Pfister Fund

St. Joseph University Parish, $133 from the St. Joseph University Parish Fund

The Salvation Army, $2,348 from the Sumar Fund for the Salvation Army

Science Education Foundation of Indiana, $620 to support the Vigo County science fair, from the Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Fund

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, $21 for its annual juried art exhibit from the Danette Angermeier Memorial Fund

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, $165 from the Mary Ann Carroll Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, $486.36 from the Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, $1,166 from the Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, $1,445 for preservation and/or restoration of works of art from the John Rogers Cox Preservation Fund

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, $106 from the Miriam Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, $1,080 from the Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, $165 from the Robert and Carolyn Steinbaugh Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Sheldon Swope Art Museum, $17,984 from the Sheldon Swope Art Museum Endowment Fund

Shrine Hospital for Children, $647.40 from the George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

Sisters of Providence, $2,091.60 from the Pfister Fund

Sisters of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, $2,091.60 from the Pfister Fund

Spay-Neuter League Inc., $2,053 from the Spay-Neuter League Endowment Fund

St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, $2,084.60 from the Jessie E. Hickman Fund

St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, $440 for scholarship support from the Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for St. Mary-of-the-Woods College

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, $1,042.30 from the Jessie E. Hickman Fund

Sycamore Trails Resource Conservation and Development Council Inc., $1,463 from the Sycamore Trails RC Endowment Fund

Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club, $971.10 from the George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club, $665 from the Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club-Max Gibson Endowment Fund

Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club, $1,042.30 from the Jessie E. Hickman Fund

Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club, $244 for capital expenses from the Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club-John G. Schmidt Capital Endowment Fund

Terre Haute Children’s Science and Technology Museum, $1,417 from the Terre Haute Children’s Science and Technology Museum Endowment Fund

Terre Haute Family Y, $1,042.30 from the Jessie E. Hickman Fund

Terre Haute Humane Society, $1,913 from the Humane Society Fund

Terre Haute Humane Society, $3,264.50 from the Earl Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund

Terre Haute Rotary Foundation Inc., $1,127 from the Terre Haute Rotary Club Endowment Fund

Terre Haute Symphony Association, $3,078 from the Terre Haute Symphony Association Fund

TREES Inc., $327 from the TREES Inc. Endowment Fund

Union Hospital, $2,084.60 from the Jessie E. Hickman Fund

Union Hospital Foundation, $1,618.50 from the George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

United Cerebral Palsy, $143 from the United Cerebral Palsy Endowment Fund

United Hebrew Congregation, $323.60 from the Felstein Grandchildren in Memory of Allen and Millie Felstein Fund

United Hebrew Congregation, $1,294.80 from the George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

United Way of the Wabash Valley, $195 from the United Way of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund

United Way of the Wabash Valley, $7,422 for the annual campaign from the United Way of the Wabash Valley-Ada Hodge Fund

United Way of the Wabash Valley, $3,514 for operating expenses from the United Way of the Wabash Valley Operating Endowment Fund

Veterans Administration Medical Center, $955 from the Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League Endowment Fund

Vigo County Education Foundation, $240 to benefit students at Fayette Elementary School from the Nancy Hellman Educational Fund

Vigo County Education Foundation, $1,646 from the Vigo County Education Foundation Endowment Fund

Vigo County Historical Society, $4,761 from the Vigo County Historical Society Endowment Fund

Vigo County Lifeline, $445.87 from the Vigo County Lifeline Endowment Fund

Vigo County Public Library, $309 from the Vigo County Public Library Endowment Fund

Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley Inc., $170 from the Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley Inc. Endowment Fund

Wabash Valley Community Foundation, $180 from the Wabash Valley Community Foundation Board Operating Endowment Fund

Wabash Valley Community Foundation, $5,252 from the Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Endowment Fund

Wabash Valley Community Foundation, $10,741 from the Wabash Valley Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund

Wabash Valley Goodwill Industries Inc., $2,377 from the Goodwill Industries Endowment Fund

Western Indiana Community Action Agency Inc., $132 from the Western Indiana Community Action Agency Fund