Community Grantmaking
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In 2015 the Blackford County Community Foundation awarded $193,038 in grants and agency distributions. These went to 44 different projects in Blackford County.
Community Grants $99,343
Blackford County 4-H Fair Board
Blackford County Animal Shelter
Blackford County Economic Development
Corporation
Blackford County YMCA
Blackford Softball, Inc.
Blackford United Way, Inc.
Blackford Youth Soccer League, Inc.
Christian Outdoor Ministry Experience (C.O.M.E.)
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Grace United Methodist Church
Hartford City Cemetery Association
Hartford City Public Library
Hartford City Rotary Club
Montpelier Kiwanis Club
Montpelier Youth League
North Central Indiana Youth for Christ
Oddfellows Cemetery
Schuller Stables, Inc.
St. John the Evangelist Church
Tori's Butterfly Garden Foundation
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cultural Grants $27,500
Arts Place, Inc.
Education Grants $42,175
Blackford County Imagination Library Program
Blackford County Schools
East Central Indiana Opportunies, Inc.
The Good Seed Initiative, Inc.
Science Central
Health and Wellness Grants $3,625
Blackford County Concerned Citizens
Carey Services, Inc.
Montpelier-Harrison Twonship Cancer Fund
Social Services Grants $20,395
Blackford County Senior Citizens Center
Community and Family Services
Helping Hands Pregnancy Resources Center
Lifestream Services, Inc.
Mental Health America in Blackford County
Second Harvest Food Bank
The Salvation Army
Camp Invention was supported through a grant to Blackford County Schools. For a week in June, young students used creative thinking to explore science, technology, engineering, and math.
Science Central provided supplementary science enrichment activities to elementary students in Blackford County Schools. Here a student
examines an owl pellet.