Grants

Gifts to endowed funds held at the Hendricks County Community Foundation are permanently invested. Annual income from these funds as well as our non-permanent funds provide grants to charitable organizations and worthy causes that will improve the quality of life within our community forever. Grants are directed according to the wishes of the donor who established the fund. See Funds for more information regarding the type of funds we offer and a full listing of our funds.

To meet needs in the community, the Community Foundation awards grants from the Deedee Daniel Opportunity Fund with an annual grant cycle. Letters of Intent are being accepted from May 3 - May 28, 2010 and December 15 - January 31, 2011. View a map of our grant recipients.

The Community Foundation currently manages over 170 funds created by individuals, families, businesses and organizations for charitable purposes. In 2009, funds held at the Community Foundation awarded over $350,000 in grants to local organizations and projects and scholarships to local students.

We thank our donors and fund representatives for their generosity and commitment to Hendricks County!

Funds Awarding Grants in 2009

Anderson Family Fund
    Grant to Sheltering Wings
Anonymous Family Fund
    Grants to Central Indiana Land Trust and Handicapable Camp, Inc.
Blessing in Giving Fund
    Grants to help Hendricks County families in need
Directors’ Unrestricted Fund
    Grant to National Center for College Costs
First Merchants Charitable Foundation Fund
    Grant to National Center for College Costs
Barbara Ford Neher Leukemia Fund
    Grant to help Leukemia patient
Habit of the Heart Fund
    Grants to Brownsburg Cheer Committee, Hendricks County Fraternal Order

    of Police, and Partners in Care as well as grants for eyeglasses, hearing

    aids, medical and dental expenses and school supplies for children in

    emergency need
Hendricks Power Cooperative Operation Round Up Fund
    Grants to Ladoga Fire Department, Leadership Hendricks County, Pittsboro

    Police Department, Susie’s Place, Sycamore Services and United Way of

    Hendricks County
Frank & Phyllis Gladden Family Fund
    Grant to Porcelain Art School of Indiana
Jonnie’s Goodguys Fund
    Grant to help Hendricks County families with medical expenses

David Kiebach Smile Fund

    Grant to Strides to Success and Susie’s Place
Kleenings for Kids Fund
    Grant to Kingsway Care Center
Logan’s Legacy Fund
    Grants to Child Protective Services, Department of Children Services,

    Ronald McDonald House and Wayne Township Schools
Harold Schooler & Virginia Schooler Morrison Fund
    Grant to Historic District through the Plainfield Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Mulholland III Memorial Fund for Children in Need
    Grant to help a Hendricks County family in need
Deedee Daniel Opportunity Fund
    Grants to Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library, Connect2Help, Habitat

    for Humanity of Hendricks County, Hendricks College Network, Hendricks

    County Senior Services, Hendricks Symphonic Society, Kingsway

    Community Care Center, Murray & Associates, LLC, Share the Spirit Food

    Drive Network, Sheltering Wings, Stepping Stones to Life, Susie’s Place,

    and HRH YMCA West District
Sharon Pinnick Educational Fund
    Grants to Avon Community School Corporation teachers of the year and

    elementary school media centersPlainfield Community Schools
Legacy Foundation Fund

   Grant to Plainfield Community School Corporation for field turf at Plainfield

   High School
Psi Iota Xi - Gamma Nu Chapter Fund

    Grant to Sheltering Wings
Saxman Family Fund
    Grants for school supplies for children in emergency need in Plainfield
SCI Hope Fund
    Grants to help individuals with spinal cord injuries
Share the Spirit Food Drive Fund
    Grants to Hendricks County Food Pantries
Sports for All Kids Fund
    Grants to Danville Cheerleading, Girls Softball Association, Junior

    Basketball League, Junior Football League, and Summer Swim Team
Carrie Thomas Youth in Philanthropy Fund
    Grant to Junior Optimist Club at Plainfield Community Middle School

Funds Granting to a Designated Agency

Amo R.A.I.L.S. Fund
Avon High School Alumni Association Fund
Brownsburg Lunch Bunch Fund
GameFX Softball Fund
Hendricks College Network Fund
Hendricks County Museum Fund
Hendricks County Parks & Recreation Fund
Hendricks County Senior Services Fund
Hendricks County Symphonic Society Fund
Home Economist Guild of Indianapolis Fund
Indy Voltage Softball Fund
Jordan’s Place Fund
Pittsboro United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund
Project Blue Light Ceremony Fund
Stepping Stones to Life
Summer Lunch Bunch Fund
TheyreOurKids.org Fund

Funds Awarding Scholarships

V. Lloyd Acton Leadership in Education Scholarship Fund
Amo High School Alumni Education Scholarship Fund
Jennifer N. Atkinson & Melissa S. Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund
Frank W. and Edna Mae Barnes Scholarship Fund
Suzi Biggerstaff Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gregory Alan Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ginny Buehler Memorial Scholarship Fund
Frank Cook Family Creative Arts Scholarship Fund
Dollens Scholarship Fund
Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. Continuing Education Fund

Hal Dunn Outstanding Lineman Scholarship Fund
Edwards-Rigdon Scholarship Fund
Max Gibbs Memorial Fund
Hendricks County Law Enforcement Memorial Scholarship Fund
Hendricks County Tourism Scholarship Fund
Jerry Hinds/Indy Hoops Memorial Scholarship Fund
Marine Corporal Terry A. Hoffman Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kellum-Bly Memorial Scholarship Fund
Damon T. Leach Memorial Scholarship Fund
Logan’s Legacy Fund
Jim Lovell Memorial Scholarship Fund
Betty Masselink Memorial Scholarship Fund
Teresa L. McCoy Memorial Scholarship Fund
Charles & Harriett Muston Scholarship Fund
Plainfield High School Alumni Education Scholarship Fund
Gladys V. (Nickell) Pritchett Scholarship Fund
Kimberly M. Pugh Scholarship Fund
Milburn and Mildred (Bowman) Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Shelby Rae Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Smitherman Family Scholarship Fund
State Bank of Lizton Community Bankers Scholarship Fund
Stilesville High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
Russell M. Webb Memorial Scholarship Fund
Eli Welch Memorial Scholarship Fund
William Wynkoop Scholarship Fund

Funds Awarding Grants in 2008

Amo High School Alumni Education Fund
    Grants to Coatesville Christian Preschool and Coatesville Public Library
Anderson Family Fund
    Grants to Center Community Church, Fellowship of Christian Athletes,

    Hendricks County Meals on Wheels, Hendricks County Senior Services,

    Kingsway Community Care Center, Mental Health Association of Hendricks

    County, North American Riding for the Handicapped, Sheltering Wings and

    Sycamore Rehabilitation Services
Anonymous Family Fund
    Grants to B & O Trail Association Inc., Hendricks County Meals on Wheels,

    and Sycamore Rehabilitation Services
“Bearing” Love Ministry Fund
    Grant to Hendricks Regional Health
Benson Fund
    Grants to Hendricks College Network and Leadership Hendricks County

Cody Cole Blanton Memorial Fund
    Grant to Plainfield High School
Brian’s Wish Fund
    Grants to ALS Association of Indiana and Johns Hopkins Packard Center for

    ALS Research as well as a grant for ALS awareness and fundraising
Brownsburg Beautification Fund
    Grants for Beautification of Brownsburg
Coatesville Community Development Fund
    Grant to Coatesville Volunteer Fire Department
County Seat Genealogical Fund
    Grant to Danville Public Library

Directors’ Unrestricted Fund
    Grant to National Center for College Costs
Jackie Eggers Memorial Fund for Children
    Grant to Mill Creek East Elementary School
Barbara Ford Neher Leukemia Fund
    Grant to Hendricks Regional Health
Habit of the Heart Fund
    Grants to Brownsburg Cheer Committee, Fast Track and Hendricks County

    Fraternal Order of Police as well as grants for eyeglasses, hearing aids,

    medical and dental expenses and school supplies for children in emergency

    need
Steve Hall Family Fund
    Grant to Hendricks County Community Foundation and Kappa Kappa

    Kappa

Hendricks Power Cooperative Operation Round Up Fund
    Grants to Brownsburg Police K9 Fund, Connect2Help (211), Danville Police

    Department and Eel River Township Volunteer Fire
Lincoln Bank Charitable Foundation
    Grant to Kingsway Community Care Center
Logan’s Legacy Fund
    Grant to Brownsburg Parks and Recreation Department
Marsha Louise Moore Family Fund
    Grant to The Salvation Army - Hendricks County
North Salem High School Alumni Association Fund
    Grant to North Salem Elementary School
Opportunity Fund
    Grants to Brownsburg Community Schools, Brownsburg Education

    Foundation, Coatesville-Clay Township Public Library, Connect2Help,

    Danville Community High School, Hazelwood Christian Church Food Pantry,

    Hendricks Civic Theatre, Inc., Hendricks College Network, Hendricks County

    Health Foundation, Hendricks County Historical Museum, Hendricks

    Symphonic Society, Kappa Kappa Kappa-Delta Kappa, Kid’s Summer Lunch

    Bunch, Kingsway Community Care Center, Light and Life Free Methodist

    Church Food Pantry, Mill Creek Academic Boosters, Murray &

    Associates/National Center for College Costs, North Salem 175th

    Celebration, Rotary Clubs of Hendricks County, Share the Spirit Food Drive

    Network, Strides to Success, Susie’s Place, Twenty-first Century Scholars

    Program, United Way of Hendricks County and Washington Township

    Community Park
Hancel and Dorotha Owens Sycamore Services Day Program Fund
    Grant to Sycamore Services
Pingel Memorial Fund
    Grant to Hendricks County Historical Museum
Sharon Pinnick Educational Fund
    Grants to Avon Community School Corporation teachers of the year and

    elementary school media centers
Plainfield Health Care Fund
    Grant to Plainfield Health Care Center
Plainfield High School Legacy Foundation Fund
    Grant to Plainfield Community School Corporation for turf and bell tower at

    Plainfield High School
Psi Iota Xi - Gamma Nu Chapter Fund
    Grant to Brownsburg Public Library
Saxman Family Fund
    Grants for eyeglasses, hearing aids, medical and dental expenses and

    school supplies for children in emergency need in Plainfield
Danny Schenck Memorial Fund

    Grant for benches at Pittsboro park

Sports for All Kids Fund
    Grants to Danville Girls Softball Association, Junior Basketball League,

    Junior Football League, Little League Baseball and Summer Swim Team
Target Metabolism Fund for Fitness and Health
    Grants to Cedar Elementary (Avon), Eagle Elementary School Brownsburg),

    Mill Creek West Elementary School (Amo) and St. Susanna School

    (Plainfield)
Carrie Thomas Youth in Philanthropy Fund
    Grant to Junior Optimist Club at Plainfield Community Middle School
XFUND
    Grants to Avon Aerial Oriole Boosters, Fellowship of Christian Athletes,

    Youth Encouraging Philanthropy/Youth Leadership Hendricks County and

    Project A.N.G.E.L as well as expenses for XFUND events

Funds Granting to the Agency or Project which established the Fund

Amo R.A.I.L.S. Fund
Becky Porter Support the Troops Fund
Hendricks College Network Fund
Hendricks Regional Health Fund
Home Economist Guild of
Indianapolis Fund
Indy Voltage Softball Fund
North West Hendricks School Corporation Fund
Pittsboro United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund
Porcelain Art School Education Fund
Project Blue Light Ceremony Fund
Plainfield Youth Athletic Complex Fund
Share the Spirit Food Drive Fund
Stepping Stones to Life
Summer Lunch Bunch Fund
TheyreOurKids.org Fund

Funds Awarding Scholarships

Amo High School Alumni Education Scholarship Fund
Avon Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Scholarship Fund
Betty Masselink Memorial Scholarship Fund
Charles & Harriett Muston Scholarship Fund
Damon T. Leach Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dollens Scholarship Fund
Duke Energy Indiana Trade Scholarship Fund
Edwards-Rigdon Scholarship Fund
Eli Welch Memorial Scholarship Fund
Frank W. and Edna Mae Barnes Scholarship Fund
Ginny Buehler Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gladys V. (Nickell) Pritchett Scholarship Fund
Gregory Alan Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund
Hal Dunn Outstanding Lineman Scholarship Fund
Hendricks County Law Enforcement Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jennifer N. Atkinson & Melissa S. Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jerry Hinds/Indy Hoops Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jim Lovell Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kellum-Bly Memorial Scholarship Fund
Logan’s Legacy Fund
Major Steve Long Scholarship Fund
Marine Corporal Terry A. Hoffman Memorial Scholarship Fund
Max Gibbs Memorial Fund
Milburn and Mildred (Bowman) Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Pliny and Mildred Randall Scholarship Fund
Richard H. Crosser Memorial (Avon) Scholarship Fund
Richard H. Crosser Memorial (Brownsburg) Scholarship Fund
Richard H. Crosser Memorial (Tri West) Scholarship Fund
Robert Burks Koho Memorial Scholarship Fund
Smitherman Family Scholarship Fund
Russell M. Webb Memorial Scholarship Fund
State Bank of Lizton Scholarship Fund
Stilesville High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
Suzi Biggerstaff Memorial Scholarship Fund
Teresa McCoy Memorial Scholarship Fund
V. Lloyd Acton Leadership in Education Scholarship Fund
William Wynkoop Scholarship Fund

Funds Awarding Grants in 2007

Amo High School Alumni Education Fund
    Grant to Coatesville Public Library
Anderson Family Fund
    Grant to Blue Denim Charity Horse Show
Anonymous Family Fund
    Grants to Avon-Washington Township Public Library, Coatesville Clay

    Township Public Library, Day Nursery Association of Indianapolis, Inc., and

    Share the Spirit Food Drive Network
Benson Fund
    Grant to Leadership Hendricks County
Brian’s Wish Fund
    Grants to ALS Association of Indiana, John Hopkins Packard Center for

    ALS Research as well as grants for awareness and fundraising for ALS
Brownsburg Beautification Fund
    Grants for Beautification of Brownsburg
Brownsburg Parks Foundation Fund
    Grant to Brownsburg Fire Territory as well as expenses for Chili Cook-off,

    Haunts of Hidden River and July 4th parade

Coatesville Community Development Fund
    Grant to Coatesville Volunteer Fire Department
County Seat Genealogical Fund
    Grant to Danville Public Library
Dr. James F. Elrod Fund
    Grants to Amo High School Alumni Education Fund, Coatesville Public

    Library, Greencastle Presbyterian Church, Putnam County Hospital and

    Putnam County Library
Habit of the Heart Endowment Fund
    Grants to Brownsburg Cheer Committee, Hendricks County Community

    Foundation, Plainfield High School, Share the Spirit Food Drive Network and

    Shop with a Cop -- FOP #132, Inc., as well as grants for eyeglasses,

    hearing aids, medical and dental expenses and school supplies for children

    in emergency need
Hendricks County Student Emergency Fund
    Grants to XFUND and Youth Encouraging Philanthropy a program of

    Leadership Hendricks County
Hendricks Power Cooperative Operation Round Up Fund

    Grant to Hendricks County K9 Fund
Narcissa D. Hocker Charitable Fund
    Grant to Lizton Community Welfare Club, Inc.
Major Steve Long Scholarship Fund
    Grant to Cascade High School
Mill Creek Community Fund
    Grant to Cadet Jr. Optimist Club
Opportunity Fund
    Grants to Brownsburg Public Library, Common Ground Christian Ministries,

    Handicapable Camp, Inc., Hendricks College Network, Hendricks Symphonic

    Society, Hope House of Indiana, Inc., National Inventors Hall of Fame,

    Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Kingsway Community Care Center, Murray &

    Associates, LLC, Strides to Success, Sycamore Services,

    TheyreOurKids.org, United Way of Hendricks County, Youth Encouraging

    Philanthropy a program of Leadership Hendricks County and Washington

    Township/Avon Fire Department

    Matching grants to Avon Community Fund, North Salem Community Fund

    and XFUND
Hancel and Dorotha Owens Sycamore Services Day Program Fund

    Grant to Sycamore Services -- Day Program

Sharon Pinnick Educational Fund
     Grants to Avon Community School Corporation -- teachers of the year,

     media centers and the outdoor learning center
Plainfield Student Emergency Fund

     Grant to Plainfield High School

Psi Iota Xi Sorority -- Gamma Nu Chapter Fund

      Grants to Psi Iota Xi National Project Fund (Cleft Palate) and

      Sheltering Wings
Sports for All Kids Fund
      Grants to Danville junior sports leagues (basketball, cheerleading,

      football, softball and swim team)
Stilesville High School Alumni Association Fund
      Grant to Amo High School Alumni Association
XFUND
      Grant to Youth Encouraging Philanthropy a program of Leadership

      Hendricks County as well as expenses for XFUND events

Funds Granting to a Designated Agency in 2007

Amo R.A.I.L.S. Fund
Avon-Washington Township Public Library Fund
Hendricks College Network Fund
Hendricks County Senior Services Fund
Hendricks Regional Health Fund

Home Economist Guild of Indianapolis Fund
Mill Creek School Corporation Fund
North West Hendricks School Corporation Fund
One Room School Fund
Palestine Cemetery Association of Putnam County Fund
Pittsboro United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund
Porcelain Art School Education Fund
Becky Porter Support the Troops Fund
Share the Spirit Food Drive Fund
Stepping Stones to Life
Summer Lunch Bunch Fund
TheyreOurKids.org Fund

Funds Awarding Scholarships in 2007

V. Lloyd Acton Leadership in Education Scholarship Fund
Amo High School Alumni Education Scholarship Fund
Jennifer N. Atkinson & Melissa S. Ellis Memorial Scholarship Fund
Avon Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Scholarship Fund
Frank W. and Edna Mae Barnes Scholarship Fund
Suzi Biggerstaff Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gregory Alan Brown Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ginny Buehler Memorial Scholarship Fund
Richard H. Crosser Memorial (Avon) Scholarship Fund
Richard H. Crosser Memorial (Brownsburg) Scholarship Fund
Richard H. Crosser Memorial (Tri West) Scholarship Fund
Dollens Scholarship Fund
Duke Energy Indiana Trade Scholarship Fund
Hal Dunn Outstanding Lineman Scholarship Fund
Edwards-Rigdon Scholarship Fund
Hendricks County Law Enforcement Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jerry Hinds/Indy Hoops Memorial Scholarship Fund
Marine Corporal Terry A. Hoffman Memorial Scholarship Fund
Kellum-Bly Memorial Scholarship Fund
Robert Burks Koho Memorial Scholarship Fund
Damon T. Leach Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jim Lovell Memorial Scholarship Fund
Betty Masselink Memorial Scholarship Fund
Charles & Harriett Muston Scholarship Fund
Pliny and Mildred Randall Scholarship Fund
Milburn and Mildred (Bowman) Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Smitherman Family Scholarship Fund
State Bank of Lizton Scholarship Fund
Stilesville High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
Russell M. Webb Memorial Scholarship Fund
Eli Welch Memorial Scholarship Fund
William Wynkoop Scholarship Fund