G E N E R O U S P E O P L E G E N E R A T E G E N E R A T I O N S
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L E G A C I E SF O R
“Life is…a sort of splendidtorch which I’ve got a hold offor the moment and I want tomake it burn as brightly aspossible before handing iton to future generations.” - George Bernard Shaw
The Community Foundation torch is fueled by the generous people among us. Here in the Wabash Valley, we are truly fortunate that there are so many generous individuals, organizations and businesses whose concern for the community generates the flame of giving. We are fortunate, too, that through the Community Foundation, that flame grows and intensifies, lighting the way to improve quality of life for today’s and future generations.
M I S S I O NThe mission of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation is to engage people, build resources and strengthen community in the Wabash Valley.
V I S I O N The Wabash Valley Community Foundation will be the primary steward of endowed funds and a leader that encourages broad-based charitable activity in the Wabash Valley.
15There are Many Ways to
GENERATE Your Legacy
6Harlan Fund
Benefits Hull Cemetery
5The Legacy of
Community Foundations
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Contents 4GENEROUS
P E O P L E
52014 Donors
10Ways to be
GENEROUS
122014 Board of Directors
and Committees
14GENERATE
L E G A C I E S
18Fund Listing
19Useful Will Planning
Guide Available
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24F O R
GENERATIONS
26G R A N T S F O R
Past Generations
30G R A N T S F O R
Future Generations
28G R A N T S F O R
Healthier Generations
322014 Grants
33African Drumming
34Healthy Families
35Clay City Signage
36Stories Along the Wabash
37Wabash Valley Health Center
402014 Memorialsand Honorariums
16Lilly Endowment’s
GIFT Legacy
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222014 Financials
382014
Scholarships
17Generate Legacies
W I T H T R A N S F E R O F W E A L T H
Of all the circumstances that came together – location, resources, commerce, transportation – to make Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties what they are today, none could explain the culture of our communities without one very human attribute: generosity.
Throughout our history, generous men and women, rich and poor, have stepped up to solve problems, provide education, cultural opportunities, help the needy and promote the common good.
For example, Clay County owes much to Dr. Robert Maurer, who helped to found the Clay Civic Memorial Foundation. In Sullivan County, a similar spirit of generosity led Culbert Sherman to start Mary Sherman Hospital and create the Sherman Scholarship Fund, which provides significant aid to county scholars. What would Vigo County have been without entrepreneur Chauncey Rose, who donated generously to education and to care of the sick, widows and orphans? And yet, theirs is only part of the impact of charitable giving.
The Wabash Valley Community Foundation, which celebrated its 23rd anniversary in 2014, is a relative newcomer in our charitable history. It is a vehicle for all of us to provide for scholarships and grants to people and organizations who call this special place “home.” This annual report chronicles some of the reasons that 2014 was a very good year for the Foundation. Words and figures can shed light on deeds, but it is difficult to grasp the enormous impact that thousands of generous contributions have made. High school graduates have seen college made possible. Hunger for
many has been alleviated. Arts and culture have reached young and old. Organizations have been given tools to help them serve our diverse populations.
As our asset base grows, more resources are made available. At the end of our fiscal year, we were managing 498 individual endowments, an increase of 14.6% over 2013, and our asset base had grown to $45.8 million, an increase of $4.3 million.
As our year came to an end, we received an unexpected challenge gift from Lilly Endowment Inc.: the sixth phase of its philanthropic initiative called Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow, or GIFT. GIFT VI provides $1 million in matching money for Vigo County and $500,000 each for Clay and Sullivan counties. At the program’s end in March 2016, we will have added as much as $4 million to our permanent endowment, enabling us to significantly increase the amount of money available to support local needs.
We are grateful to Lilly Endowment for this opportunity, but now the responsibility shifts to you and me to generate the matching funds. In the spirit of Dr. Maurer, Culbert Sherman and Chauncey Rose, please consider how you can help. It is your generosity that enables good to be done, for this and future generations, improving lives and opportunity for all who live here, and making the Wabash Valley a better place.
Sincerely,
Fred Nation President
Dear Friends,
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Generous People Generate Legacies For Generations
G E N E R O U S P E O P L E
The generous donors listed here have created or added to legacies that are at work every day, improving quality of life in the Wabash Valley.
Since it began serving Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties, the Wabash Valley Community Foundation has engaged donors and volunteers from a range of generations. Quite often, an individual or family will establish a named fund to honor parents or grandparents.
For example, three generations of the Felstein family have been generous donors to the Foundation. Allen and Millie Felstein transferred the assets of his parents’ private foundation to create the George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund. Later, Allen and Millie transferred the assets of their own private foundation to create the Allen and Mildred D. Felstein Charitable Endowment Fund. More recently, Allen and Millie’s grandchildren established the Felstein Grandchildren Fund in Memory of Allen and Millie Felstein. Other donor families with multi-generational involvement include the Drummys, the McKees and the Shagleys.
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AALCO Distributing Company, Inc.
Ms. Kay Abbott
Mr. Eric M. Abel
Access Real Estate Company
Mr. Gary L. Acree
Dr. Mary Ellen Adams
Ms. Meredith Addison
Mr. John R. Adkins
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Ahlemeyer
Mr. Jameel Ahmed
Chris & Katie Aimone
Bob & Lorraine Albanesi
Jack & Lana Alexander
Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Allen
Matthew & Dana Allen
Nancy & John Allen
Alpha Omega Masters Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi
AmazonSmile Foundation
Ambucare Clinic
American Legion Inc., Sullivan Post 139
American Legion Post No. 197 Inc.
American Mortgage Service Company
American Structurepoint’s Community Service Committee
Ampacet Corporation
Ms. Judith A. Anderson
Wayne, Betty & Toni Anderson
Mr. Daryl Andrews
Anonymous
Bruce & Margie Anshutz
Lainey Anshutz
Mrs. Barbara Archer
Mr. Dan A. Armstrong
Jerry P. Armstrong
Patricia M. Armstrong
Ms. Sara Arnett
Art Spaces, Inc.
Associated Roofing Professionals, Inc.
Mr. Bill Aubin
Auto House, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. George J. Azar
Ms. Dana Babel
Ms. Linda C. Badger
Mr. Robert Baer
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Baesler
Baesler’s Market
Baesler’s Market - Sullivan
Bagnoche Promotional Products
Jim & Vicki Bailey
Mrs. Catherine A. Baker
Mary Add Baker
Ms. Melony Sue Baker
Mr. & Mrs. George G. Bakker
Mr. & Mrs. Travis Barker
Ms. Shirley A. Barnett
Ms. Kathy A. Baron
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin L. Barr
Mr. & Mrs. Fred Barth
Bartholomew County Beverage
Ms. Sue E. Bass-Harmon
Mrs. Christina M. Bauer
Nancy J. Bauer
Mr. & Mrs. William Bauer
Mrs. Carol Valentine Baum
Roberta L. Beaumont
Mr. Leroy A. Beck
Jacinda, Christie, Lisa & Patty Bedwell
Mr. Gary M. Behan
Bell Farms
Bemis Company
Ms. Judith M. Bengochea
Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd W. Benjamin III
Doris Bennett
Office of Mayor Duke Bennett
Ms. Wendy D. Bennett
Sue Bentrup
Beta Sigma Phi City Council
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Beymer
Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Bezy
Mrs. Miriam E. Billman
Mr. Bradley T. Bilyeu
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bilyeu
Bev Bitzegaio
Ms. Martha Bitzegaio
Ms. Beverly J. Black
Ms. Heather Khan Blasingame
Ms. Jean Blasingame
Estate of Walter & Katherine Bledsoe
Ms. Ann P. Bloxdorf
BMO Harris Bank
Mr. Patrick Board
David & Joyce Boeglin
Boilermakers Local 374
Jim & Rose Boland
Judge & Mrs. Dexter L. Bolin, Jr.
Judge & Mrs. David R. Bolk
Ms. Leigh Ann Bonnet
Mr. Calvin L. Boone
Dalvin & Jean Boone
Mrs. Karen R. Borders
Jeff Boston Auction Service
Ms. Marilyn M. Bott
Brad & Susan Bough
Dr. & Mrs. David Bowden
Tim & Julie Bowers
Dave & Debbie Bradbury
Richard & Leanne Braden
Ms. Jacquelyn Bradfield
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. Bradford
Mark & Katy Bradford
Nancy Bradford & Family
Ms. Susan Bradford
Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Bradley
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold H. Brames
Brampton Brick, Inc
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar R. Branson
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Branum
Mr. Kenneth Brauchle
Ms. Jane Brazzell
Kathy & David Brentlinger
Nancy L. Brentlinger
Curt & Linda Brighton
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Brill
Brown Jewelers
Ms. Linda Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip R. Brown
Steven & Staci Shike Brown
Brown, Woodsmall & Hinkel P.C.
Judge Barbara Brugnaux & Mr. Carl Bender
Mr. Gordon Bryan & Mrs. Polly Gordon
Ms. Christine A. Buckley
Buddee Extreme, Inc.
Bunch Nurseries
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Burdick
Mrs. Betty Burkhart
Bryan & Heidi Burkhart
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan L. Burlison
Becky Buse
Gary & Becky Busiere
Mr. Nathan Busker
Mr. Sylvester F. Bussing
Ms. Bridget K. Butwin
Ms. Patricia Butwin
Mr. & Mrs. Earl A. Byerley
Patrick & Mary Cahill
James & Ellie Caldwell
John & Ann Caldwell
Mr. Robert Kevin Caldwell
Mr. Joshua Canup
Capital Planning Systems, Inc.
CARE Ambulance
2014 Donors
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GENEROUS PEOPLE Generate Legacies For Generations
The Legacyof CommunityFoundations
One hundred years ago, the community foundation concept was born when Frederick H. Goff led the creation of a “community trust” in Cleveland, Ohio, giving rise to a new philanthropy, a new way of participating in community and a new vision for the future.
The trust would pool the charitable resources of Cleveland’s philanthropists into a permanent endowment for the betterment of the city. The interest that the trust’s resources would accumulate would be distributed by community leaders to fund “such charitable purposes as will best make for the mental, moral, and physical improvement of the inhabitants of Cleveland.” Within five years, community foundations were at work in Chicago, Boston, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Indianapolis.
Today – four generations later – our Wabash Valley Community Foundation represents the legacy of that original foundation. Operating on much the same concept developed in Cleveland all those years ago, we are one of more than 700 community foundations in the United States that collectively manage more than $48 billion in assets and distribute some $4.5 billion a year to community needs.
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Banker/lawyer Frederick H. Goff, Cleveland, Ohio
Carlisle Valley Irrigation, Inc.
Ms. Sue Ann Carnahan
Mr. Patrick J. Carney
Dr. Mary Ann Carroll
Mr. Ryan Carroll
Ms. Caroline Carvill
Mr. Jerome Case
Sue Case
Central Wabash Valley Building & Construction Trades Council
Ms. Patricia DeCoursey Cercos
Ceres Soluntions, LLP
Chances & Services for Youth
The Charitable Giving Card Program of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Ms. Pauline G. Cherry
Ms. Joan T. Chervenko
Ruby Saunders Christensen
John & Bev Christopher
York & Noelle Chynn
Elmer & Liz Ciancone
Clabber Girl
Mr. Jefferey J. Claretto
Clay Business Women
Mr. Charles B. Clements
Mr. Daniel J. Cleveland
Mr. & Mrs. Jerre P. Cline
Robert & Bonnidell Clouse
Coalbed Methane Operating Company, LLC
Coca-Cola Refreshments
Mrs. Kendra Cohen-Cook
Coldwell Banker Troy Helman Realtors
Mr. & Mrs. John Cole
Ms. Marlene Collett
Ms. Denise Collins
Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Collins
Mr. Randy Collins
Mr. J. Bart Colwell
Chuck & Ginny Combs
Commercial Interiors, Inc.
Committee to Elect Jon Ford
Community Chest of Terre Haute
Mrs. Jeanne M. Conley
Mr. James Conner
Mrs. Mary Ann Conroy
Mr. James R. Constantine
Mr. Robert A. Coons
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Corley
Ms. Martha Cornelius
Corporate Square
Ms. Marie D. Cosby
Ms. Deborah Cottrell- Smudde
Mr. Daniel Coulson
Country Wide Service Center
Ms. Elizabeth Ann Cowley
Coworx Staffing Services, LLC
Cox Family
Mrs. Cynthia Cox
Dorothy & Ray Cox
Mr. & Mrs. Guille Cox
Ms. Sallie J. Cox
Cox, Zwerner, Gambill & Sullivan
Ms. Kelly Coy
Ms. Susan L. Crick
Dr. James & Mrs. Beverly Cristee
Mr. & Mrs. John Cristee
Ms. Martha J. Crossen
Crossroads of America Council
Ms. Suzanne E. Crowder
Ms. Robin A. Crumrin
CSN
CSX Good Government Fund Pacmatch
Charles & Sandra Culp
Ellen Cunningham, SP
Ralph & Jan Cutter
Dr. Sheron J. Dailey
Ms. LeAnne Daniels
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Danielson
Data Management Services
Dr. Emeline Taylor Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Lant Davis
Ms. Kim Deakins
DeBaun Funeral Homes
Ms. Susan C. Decker
Ms. Pamela Deeter
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Stan & Patrece Dennany
Mr. & Mrs. Ivan E. Denney
Mr. J.W. Dennis
Derby Hill Equipment
Dever Distributing Company, Inc.
Luke & Ann Dever
Tom & Laura Dever
Ms. Susie J Dewey
Thomas & Kate Dexter
Ms. Judie Dierdorf
Mr. Douglas W. Dillion
Ms. Paula Dillion
John & Rolanda Dinkel
Tom & Susie Dinkel
Ms. Margaret Dirker
Distributors Terminal Corporation
Dixie Bee Elementary School
Mr. & Ms. Dan L. Doan
Jerry & Cookie Dooley
Mike & Emily Dorton
Brian & Kim Doti
Mr. & Mrs. David Doti
Mr. & Mrs. Dean F. Doti
Robert & Mary Doti
Mr. Richard W. Dowell
Ms. Virginia Downing
Mr. & Mrs. Wil Downs
Keith, Joyce, Austin & Brittany Drake
Ms. Carole E. Dreher
Mr. & Mrs. Williams F. Driscoll
Dorothy W. Drummond
Mr. William W. Drummy
Ducks Unlimited
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick L. Duffy
Mr. & Mrs. Michael John Dugan
Duke Energy
Jim & June Dunbar
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Duncan
Mrs. Susan L. Duncan
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Dunkin
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Dyer
DYWYKI Corp.
E & M Farms
Bill & Trish Eccles
Lynne & Wayne Eckerle
Estate of Wilma J. Eckerty
Mr. & Mrs. Paul T. Edgerton
Mr. Robert O. Effner
Jo Einstandig
Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Ekstrom
Norm & Janie Elder
Judge & Mrs. Michael H. Eldred
Mr. & Mrs. O. Earl Elliott
John H. & Mary G. Elmore Trust
Mr. John S. Elmore
Embroidery Express
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Emmert
Energizing Indiana
Mr. Gene England
Mr. Donald C. Englert
Dr. Robert E. English
Essence of Red Committee
Ms. Gretchen Holland Etling
John & Carol Pendergast Etling
Mr. Gabe Euratte
Mr. Marc Evans
Ms. Norma C. Lemmon Evans
Ms. Teresa D. Exline
Rev. & Mrs. Timothy J. Fagg
Ms. Roseanne Fairchild
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Farmer
Farr & Associates
Ms. Bonnie Farris
Ms. Beth Ann Fauber
Mr. Troy E. Fears
Vern & Janice Fellows
Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Ferree
Ms. Grace Findley
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Finzel
First Financial Bank
First Financial Bank - Sullivan
First Financial Bank - Trust Services
First Presbyterian Church
Ms. Margaret J. Fischer
Mr. Bruce Fisher & Family
Doug, Janet & Troy Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Fisher
Merrill Fisher & Family
Fleschner, Stark, Tanoos & Newlin
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Fleschner
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Flowers
Floyd-Hunter Incorporated
Followell Real Estate, LLC
Mr. William J. Foraker, Jr.
Ms. Lucy E. Ford
Forrest Sherer, Inc.
Dr. W. Tad Foster
Jim & Beth Foulkes
Mrs. Jeanne Fowler
Mrs. Connie L. Francis
Ms. Paula Frank
Mr. William Frankel
Fraternal Order of Police, Terre Haute Lodge No. 85
Ms. Lana K. Frazier
Frederick Benson Trust
Freitag-Weinhardt
French Funeral Homes
Friday Afternoon Club
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Friedman
Dave & Janet Friedrich
A Friend
Friends’ GIFT Fund, a component fund of the Community Foundation of Bloomington & Monroe County
Friends of the Sullivan County Public Library
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Froderman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Fultz
Fund Evaluation Group, LLC
Ms. Michelle Funkhouser
Ms. Lauren Furrer
Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Gambill
Mr. & Mrs. Jose P. Garcia, Jr.
C. H. Garmong & Son, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Bruno Garzolini
Mrs. Gauer’s 3rd Grade Class
Gavilon, LLC
GE Aviation
Elizabeth S. Gelder
Ms. Pearl L. Gemberling
Ms. Nola J. Gentry
Jim & Mary C. Gephart
Harlan FundBenefitsHull Cemetery
Charles L. Harlan was a U.S. Army veteran and rural mail carrier with deep family ties in southern Vigo County. When he passed away in 2011 at the age of 93, he was buried at Hull Cemetery in Prairieton Township next to his wife Ruth Jean and son Charles W. Charles’s mother Ollie, who was a Hull, was also buried there, and he was concerned about the upkeep of the cemetery where so many family members were interred. He arranged with the Community Foundation to establish the Harlan Hull Cemetery Fund to provide ongoing maintenance. Mike Johnson, president of the Hull Cemetery Association, said it was often a struggle to get the funds for maintenance, even to mow the lawn. “This fund has certainly been important for us,” Johnson said. Upkeep like mowing, tree trimming, brush cleaning and drive improvements can be taken care of now. “We have a long list of new projects we want to do in the future,” Johnson said. “Because it’s through the Foundation, we know the money will be there long after we’re gone and someone else is taking care of it.”
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2014 Donors Continued
The Charles L. Harlan family gravestone rests among the many others in Hull Cemetery.
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gettinger, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Gettinger
Mr. & Mrs. Max Gibson
Mrs. Patrica J. Gifford
Mr. Carl Gene Gilbreath
Gill Township Class of 1958
Gill Township Levee Association
Douglas & Margot Gillespie
E. A. Gilman
Dr. & Mrs. David M. Giltner
Mr. Al Gindale
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Glendening
Ms. Madonna R. Glick
Barbara & David Goeller
Mr. Jonathan Goldbort
The Gondeck Family
Good News Travels
Bobbie Goodman
Dorothy Goodwin
Ms. Cindy Gordon
Junior & Sue Goshen
Mr. & Mrs. David Goss
Gail & Norbert Gottschling
Meg Grandidier
Greater Texting
Green Crop Services, LLC
Mr. Cecil Green & Mrs. Betty Niswonger-Green
Mr. Nate Green
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Green
Dr. & Mrs. William D. Green
Mrs. Evelyn M. Greenwood
Greggs & Reid CPAs PC
Ruth Greiner
Ms. Maria Greninger
Bob & Linda Griffin
Mr. & Mrs. Gene E. Griffin
Bill & Peggy Grimes
David & Pamela Grimes
Ms. Doris M. Grogan
Ms. Peggy Grubb
Mr. Louis J. Gudino
Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Guell
Mrs. Whitney Gurman-Roberts
Ms. Donna J. Gustafson
Hadar Flooring, Inc.
Ms. Jane A. Hadley
Ms. Marylee M. Hagan
Mr. Jackie E. Hall
Brandon Halleck
Hamilton Center, Inc.
Norman & Gail Hammer
Kelly & Rick Hampton
Mr. & Mrs. Butch Hancock
Mr. & Mrs. Owen Hanna
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Harder
Ms. Marsha D. Harder
Ms. Karen L. Harding
Mr. & Mrs. Burch R. Harlan
Dana Harlan
Kay Harper
Ms. Judy K. Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Kent Harris
Harrison College
Jim & Judy Hatch
Mr. Keith B. Hawkins
Tim & Gail Hayes
Mr. John Heck & Mrs. Sue Borders Heck
Mrs. Marsha Hedrick
Karen & Rod Heefner
Mr. Jacob A. Hellman
Troy & Suzanne Helt
Mr. & Mrs. John D. Hemminghouse
Cathy & Merv Hendricks
Mr. & Mrs. D. Andrew Hendricks
Henry Bobe’s Trattoria Italiano, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Brian L. Hewitt
Janet Higgins-Jerry
Ms. Alyce A. Hill
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Hill
Mr. & Mrs. William Hine
Mr. Barry Hines
Mr. Ronald M. Hinsenkamp & Mrs. Susan K. Phillips-Hinsenkamp
Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Hisle
Mr. John Hochhalter
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hochstetler
Mr. & Mrs. Gerry K. Hoffa
Ms. Helen Hoffa
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Hoffman
Camilla L. Hoffman-Patrick
Mrs. Judy Hogan
Judy & Terry Hogan
Mr. & Mrs. David D. Hoilman
Mr. Ryan Hoke
Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Hoke
Holiday Inn of Terre Haute
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Holmes
Honey Creek Collision & Custom Paint
Honey Creek Machine, LLC
Hoosier Energy
Ms. Sharon Horrall
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Horton
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hosking
Mrs. Carolyn M. Houck
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Howard
Jan Howell
Mark Howell
Mr. & Mrs. Ward M. Hubbard
Ms. Sharon Hudson
Mrs. Lynn V. Hughes
Hulman & Company
Humane Society of Sullivan County
Mr. John A. Humphrey
Dr. Paul Humphrey, DDS
Mr. Robert Hunley II
Hunt Monument Works, Inc.
Mr. Hugh R. Hunt
Mr. Larry Hunt
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Hustad
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne R. Hutson
IBEW Local Union #725
Independent Colleges of Indiana
Indiana State Pipe Trades Association
Indiana State University Center for Community Engagement
Indiana State University, Office of the Provost
Industrial Supply Company
International Union Operating Engineers Local 841
Ms. Claudette Irvin
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Irvin
Ms. Kristen Isbell
J. Ford’s Black Angus, Inc.
Dorothy & Ed Jackman
Ms. Gloria E. Jackson
Ms. Brent Jaco
Jadcore, Inc.
Ms. Michelle A. Jahn
Mr. Derek S. James
Mr. Timothy S. Jarvis
JATOGI Farms
Mrs. Carolyn W. Jeffries
Dr. Tara Jenkins
Dr. Louis R. Jensen
Robert & Janet Jerry
Bill & Dorothy Jerse
Jewett Publications, Inc.
Joe’s Italian Foods
Mr. & Mrs. Branden Johnson
Ms. Brenda K. Johnson
Mr. Craig Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Leon Johnson
George & Marion Johnson Charitable Trust
Mr. Keith L. Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Randall H. Johnson
Mrs. Jennifer L. Jones
Ms. L. Sue Jones
Mr. Terry Jones
Sydney Joyner
Jeff & Elizabeth Jungers
Michael T. & Carol A. Kalber
Heather & Josh Karnes
Ms. D. Joan Kasameyer
William F. & Jolinda L. Keane & Friends
Ms. Denise E. Keegan
Ms. Roberta Mitchell Keirce
Norman & Carolyn Keiser
Ms. Barbara J. Keller
Ms. Mary L. Kelly
Bill & Mary Kent
Lida D. Kerlin
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Kersey
Kesler & Kesler
Mr. John A. Kesler II
Ms. Ulla Kesler
Candy Kessel
Estate of Walter L. Kindrick
Dr. Dottie King
Ms. Gail L. King
Mike, Nicole, Tyler, Madison & Abigail King
Mr. Daniel V. Kingery
Ms. Jessica Kirchner
Mr. Thomas W. Kirchner
Kiwanis Club of Terre Haute
Mr. William A. Kline
Ms. Janella K. Knierim
Mr. Robert A. Knierim
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Knotts
Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Knox
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Koehler
Koffee Klass
Mr. & Mrs. Mak A. Koie
Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Kollinger
Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation - Wabash Valley Affiliate
Ms. Eva Kor
Ms. Vicki Kosowsky
Chris & Phyllis Koszewski
Ted & Judy Kraly
Ms. Mary E. Kramer & Mr. Arthur B. Feinsod
Ms. Jean Kristeller
Ms. Elizabeth A. Kult
L.I.F.E. Among the Sycamores
Mr. & Mrs. Terrance La Grange
Ladies Missionary Society
Gay Ladislas
Lake Wealth Consultants & Insurance
Mr. Clint Lamb
Ms. Sherry E. Lamb
Mr. & Mrs. John Lambertus
Mr. Brett Lane
Greg & Angie Lansing
Mr. David E. Larimer
Mr. & Mrs. Edman R. Lash
Mr. & Mrs. Roger G. Lautzenheiser
Ms. Jennifer Lawrence
Mr. Michael Lawson
Mr. Cary Laxer
Don & Martha Layton
Legacy Professionals, LLP
Mr. & Mrs. Larry R. Leinenbach
Ms. Mildred Lemen
Ms. Lori Leo
Leone Stare Services, Inc.
Mr. Jason B. Lester
Mr. Jeffrey A. Lewellyn
Samuel & Jo Ann Ligget
Lighthouse Properties, LLC
Ms. Jessica Livingston
Mr. & Mrs. William Llewellyn, Jr.
Locust Street Company, Inc.
Ms. Susan C. Lonergan
Ms. Karen Long
Ms. Trudy J. Longest
Yvonne C. Longfield
Ms. Sarah Jane Lookabill
Ms. Terri M. Lorenz
Dr. Harold P. & Mrs. Theresa A. Loveall
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Lowe
Ms. Jaqueline L. Lower
Ms. Freda Luers
Mr. & Mrs. John Lukens
Ms. Johna Lumsdon
Mr. Rob Lundstrom
Ms. Linda L. Lutz
Mr. Jim Luzar & Mrs. Ella L. Ingram
Dr. Mark O. Lynch
Mr. & Mrs. John S. MacDonald
Ron & Reggie Magin
Bill & Leanne Malloy
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Manley
Ms. Amy Mann
Dr. & Mrs. John Mann
Mr. Neil L. Marchese
Michael & Susan Mardis
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Marheine
Marketability, LLC
Ms. Susan L. Marr
Mr. & Mrs. H. Larry L. Martin
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Martin
Ms. Tracy Lynn Martin Thomas
Steve & Lana Martindale
Martini Stirs Inc.
Mary Sherman Hospital Foundation
Lois Massinon
Mrs. Diane Gindele Mast
Ms. Lynn Mast
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mattison
Judy & Bill Maxam
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Mayfield
Larry & Patti Mayfield
Dr. C. Jack Maynard
Drs. Steven & Jamie Maynard
Mrs. Carolyn J. Mayrose
Andy & Anna Lee McAleese
Ms. Beth McBride-Labrozzi
Mr. & Mrs. Tom McBroom
Mr. Michael A. McCain
Bob & Susan McCammon
Mr. & Mrs. Ray McCammon
Mr. & Mrs. Conrad W. McCarthy
William & Susan McCarthy
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Mrs. Cindy McClain
Lynn & Marsha McCool
Mr. Ryan McCoy
Mr. Jerry W. McCullough
Mr. Michael D. McCullough
Mr. & Mrs. Scott McCullough
Mr. Rickey N. McCurry
Mr. James O. McDonald
Dr. & Mrs. Rodney McDonald
Mrs. Shirley McDonald
Ms. Kathleen R. McGarvey
Rev. & Mrs. Paul McGlasson
Dan & Diana McGrath
Mr. & Mrs. Craig McKee
Dale & Nancy McKee
Ms. Elizabeth A. McKee
Mr. & Mrs. Gary R. McKenzie
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McLaughlin
Don & Jean McMahan
Mr. Robert D. McMahan
Dr. Harriet McNeal
Ms. Elaine M. McVay
Ms. Nancy Measel
Harold & Malinda Medsker
Medical & Dental Staff of Terre Haute Regional Hospital
Laney & Lu Meis
Meis Ventures, Inc.
Ms. Jeane Melendy
The Melody Lounge
Mrs. Elizabeth Meneghini
Louise Meneghini
Barbara & Leon Mercer
Mr. & Mrs. John Mercer, Jr.
Mr. William M. Merrill
Merry M.O.M.S.
Maxine Metz
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Meyer
Ms. Greta Milburn & Family
Milburn Pharmacy
Mr. Dennis M. Miles
Mr. & Mrs. Don Millard
Brad & Connie Miller
Mr. Bradley Thomas Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Miller
Ms. Hazel E. Miller
Mark & Jan Miller
Mrs. Mary Kate Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Max G. Miller
Ms. Rebecca L. Miller
Rick & Kelli Miller
MillerWhite Marketing
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Mills
Mr. & Mrs. Vince Milnes
Mr. Brian Mimms
Joe & Pat Minnis
Miracle on 7th St. Corp.
Ms. Ann K. Mischler
Ms. Lorre A. Mishler
Mr. Joe Bill Misiniec
Miss Wanda
Ms. Joan Misterka
Dr. David & Mrs. Jerry Penman Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Moats, Jr.
Ms. Katelynn R. Moats
Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Modesitt
Janice L. Modesitt
Jarren Mohanna
Sister Mary Moloney
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Monaghan
Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Monahan
Monarch Beverage Co.
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Monroe
Mr. William Monroe
Col. & Mrs. Donald Moreau
Ms. Rogene A. Morge
Morrison Towing Service
Ms. Jane A. Morse
Mr. John Moser
Jim & Betty L. Moudy
Ms. Patricia J. Mozley
Mr. William R. Mozley
Mr. & Mrs. Victor T. Mullen
Ms. Janine Mullinix
Mr. Rick Murdock
Ms. Andrea Myers
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Myers
Carol A. Myers & Rick Kellam
Mr. & Mrs. Santhana Naidu
Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. Nalin
Ms. Bunny Nash
Fr. John & Loretta Nasser
Fred & Nancy Nation
Don & Gail Nattkemper
Mrs. Emma Jean Neal
Mr. & Mrs. Gerard J. Nee
Mrs. Dorothy Nemeth
Mr. Fred Nevils
John S. & Kris Newlin
Ms. Sara Newlin
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Newlin
Newman Co., Inc
Mr. Bradley M. Newman
Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Newman
Mr. Jack Newman
Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Newman
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Newport
Ms. Leslie Newton
Jeff Nickels Family
Sharon & Steve Nicoson
Mr. Jimm S. Nidlinger
Mrs. Vivian F. Niemeyer
Noon Investment Club
Norris Scale Company, Inc.
North American Latex Corporation
Northview Band Boosters
Rosemary Nudd, SP
Ms. Carolyn L. Nyren
Mr. & Mrs. T.J. Ocasek
Ohio Valley Gas, Inc.
Mr. Rod O’Kelley
Old National Insurance
Old National Wealth Management
Pat & Julie O’Leary
Alta Ooley
Order of Eastern Star Twelve Points Chapter 528
Marlowe A. Owen
P/S Inc.; Amoco/BP Jiffy Mart
Pacesetter Sports, Inc.
Jack & Mae Page
Darice Palmier
Ms. Pamela G. Pangan- Varble
Partners for Resources
Past Mighty Chosen Ones Club
Ms. Alpa Patel
Patrick’s Restaurant & Bowling Center
Sharon & Jack Pattison
Ms. Linda Sue Payton
Peabody Investments Corp.
Ms. Margaret J. Pearman
Ms. Betty L. Pech
Pendergast Family Ltd. Partners
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Pendergast
K. Jane & Jerry Penry
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Perry
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Ms. Barbara J. Phelan
Ms. Sue Ann Phenis
Kelly Pierce
Judge & Mrs. P. J. Pierson
Piety Farms
Pigg Implement Sales, Inc.
Diane Pigg
Lucy Pigg
Dave & Jennifer Piker
Dr. & Mrs. Steven M. Pilipovich
Pirtles Fast Food, Inc
Plumbers & Steam Fitters Local 157 Advancement Fund
Ms. Sharon Polge
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Polky
Ms. Tiffany Polmateer
Mrs. Paula Kay Ponsot
Mr. & Mrs. Rhaundel Porter
Ms. Carol A. Posey
Mr. & Mrs. Barry J. Powell
Mr. E. D. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Powers
Dan & Pam Price
Ms. Gail A. Price
Mrs. Rose Mary Price
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Prickel
Princeton Mining Company
Darrell & Karen Propst
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Prose
Dr. Robert H. Puckett
Drs. J. Robert & Diane J. Quatroche
Quincy Recycle
Ray & Ellen Quist
Mr. Jack W. Ragle
Mr. & Mrs. John Ragle
Ms. Ilene Ralston
Patrick R. Ralston
Dr. John C. Ramer, Ph. D.
Ms. Eleanor Ramseier
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Ratcliffe
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis E. Raubuck
Raybestos Powertrain, LLC
RBW Logistics Co., Inc.
Ron & Cindy Readinger
Realty One, LTD
Mrs. Lynne R. Reberger
Mr. David R. Rector
Waneta R. Rector Estate
Reddy Law Firm, LLC
Dr. & Mrs. V. Venkat Reddy
Mrs. Janice Redenbarger
Monte & Sandy Reece
Ms. Michelle Reeson
Mr. Ronald G. Reeves
Ms. Jill Regan
Retec, Inc.
C. J. Rhoads Income Tax Service
Ron Rich, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Riddell National Bank
Mrs. Eleanor Cox Riggs
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Riley
Rio Grande Full Gospel Church, Inc.
Ms. Susan Smith Roads
Texas Roadhouse
Anthony & Ellen Roberts
Mr. David F. Robinson
Ms. Judith P. Robinson
Dr. & Mrs. Paul E. Roby
Ms. Judith Rodia
Nancy Rodia
Ms. Nancy Rogers
Mrs. Amy L. Roman
Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Roman
Ms. Wilma M. Roman
Chris, Alissa & Olivia Romas
Doris Romas & Family
Matthew, Nicole, Isabelle & Alex Romas
Ms. Rachel Romas
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Ms. Judy S. Ross
Tami Rotem
Ms. Maria Rowe
Richard & Joanne Rowe
Fred & Nancy Rubey
Mr. Al A. Ruckriegel
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Ruckriegel
Dean & Brenda Rummel
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Runion
Mr. Michael S. Runion
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Rusin
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Rusk
Dr. Muriel Drake Ryan
Paul & Ann Ryan
Sackrider & Company, Inc.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Bob & Holly Sanders
Mr. Joe Sanders
Ms. Helen D. Sapp
Steve & Kim Sappington & Family
Dr. Dipa Sarkar
Nicholas, Michelle & Hannah Saucier
Mr. & Mrs. Jason M. Saunders
Kathleen & Paul Saxton
Mrs. Christine Schellenberg
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Schmisek
Roger & Bobbi Schmisek
Drs. Thomas & Norma Schmitz
Mr. & Mrs. Gary W. Schomer
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Schonberger
Ken & Linda Schoof
Mrs. Donna Schopmeyer
Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Schrohe
Ella & Paul Schutt
Mr. Donald T. Scott
Susan & Don Scott
Susan Templeton Scott
Harry & Rosaline Secrest
Mr. Roberto Senderowitsch
Servpro
Richard & Alice Shagley
Rick & Candy Shagley
Ann Shagley Sharp
Teri Sheckles
Mrs. Deanna R. Sheese
Mr. Bradley Shike & Ms. Paula Fricchione
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Shupe
Dr. Thomas & Mrs. Mary Lynn Siefert
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2014 Donors Continued
Sigma Alpha Iota/Patroness Chapter/Terre Haute Alumnae
Ms. April Simma
Mr. Jack Slaby
Mr. & Mrs. John Robert Slack
Mrs. Carol Ann Sloan
Ms. Becky Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Smith
Ms. Dorothy J. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. Smith
Jeff & Sara Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Smith
Ms. Kimberley Smith
LeAnn W. Smith
Ms. Linda L. Smith
Mr. Phillip C. Smith
Mrs. Robin Smith
Mr. Todd Smith
The Smithville Charitable Foundation
Ms. Donna L. Snedeker
Louise & Walter Sommers
Mr. Steve W. Songer, CEP
Sony DADC
Mr. Andrew L. Southard
Dr. Erik P. Southard & Family
Ms. Joanne Spann
Beverly S. Spear
Ann & Ron Speedy
Ms. Lisa C. Spence
The Spencer Group, Inc
SPPRAK, Inc.
Springer Insurance & Financial Services, Inc
Springer Farms
Dr. James C. Springer
Mr. John R. Springer
Mr. Robert E. Springer
Springhill Oaks Development
St. Mary’s Euchre Club
Dr. Gary E. Staadt
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Stadler IV
Mr. Richard E. Stamper
Linda Stanley
Paul Stanley
Ms. Michel Starkey
Mrs. Sharon L. Stearley
Mr. John J. Stefancik
Steimel Communications, Inc.
Robert & Carolyn Steinbaugh
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Sternfeld
Dr. & Mrs. Randall L. Stevens
Bill & Sally Stewart
Gary & Renee Stewart
Ms. Maya Stewart
Drs. David & Kathleen Stienstra
H. Ingrid Stoelting
Dr. J. Lewis Stoelting
Ms. Joyce A. Stone
Peter & Leann Stone
Mr. & Mrs. James O. Stout
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Strack
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Strain
Dr. & Mrs. Gary Stuart
Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Stuckey
Ms. Leslie A. Stultz
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Sturtevant
Ms. Tamara Styga
Sugar & Spice Florist
Sullivan Automotive Group
Sullivan County Abstract, Inc.
Sullivan County Chest Clinic
Sullivan County Community Hospital
Sullivan County Credit Union
Sullivan County Farm Bureau, Inc.
Sullivan County FFA Alumni Association
Sullivan County Public Library
Sullivan County Soil & Water Conservation District
Sullivan Daily Times
Sullivan Elks #911
Sullivan Family Denistry, Gregg W. Smith, DDS & Neil L. Smith, DDS
Sullivan Furniture, Inc.
Sullivan Lodge 263 F&AM
Sullivan Rotary Club
Sullivan Save-A-Lot
Sunrise Coal, LLC
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Sutch
Carolyn Sweeting
Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Swihart
Mr. Chris Switzer
Sycamore Country Club, Inc.
Sycamore Engineering, Inc.
Sycamore Trails RC&D Council, Inc.
Henry & Margaret Tamar
Danny & Claudia Tanoos
Dr. & Mrs. Robert R. Taube, M.D.
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor
Jay & Patricia J. Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Taylor
TBM Building Services
Larry & Martha Tempel
Templeton Coal Company
Mr. & Mrs. William Tennis
Terre Haute Day Nursery
Terre Haute Economic Development Corporation
Terre Haute Park & Recreation Department
Terre Haute Police Department Beard Fund
Terre Haute Regional Hospital
Terre Haute Rotary Foundation Inc.
Terre Haute Savings Bank
Terre Haute South High School Class of 2003
Terry & Beth Tevlin
Mrs. Eleise S. Thiemann
Bill Thomas
Ms. Eileen Austin Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Thomas
Ms. Lila Thomas
Thompson Thrift Development, Inc.
Bob & Marty Thompson
Ms. Judy A. Thompson
Merrill & Emma S. Thompson
Mrs. Rebecca S. Thompson
Ms. Sandra Crafton Thompson
Mr. Thomas E. Thompson
Tom & Clara Thompson
Ms. Patricia Thoms
Ms. Roxanne Thurston
Ms. Lori Tingley
Bob & Nancy Tomey
Mrs. Ruth A. Tooloose
Ms. Caroline S. Toth
Ms. RoseAnn Toulson
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Treash
TREES Inc.
Ms. Stacy L. Trhlik-Gough
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Tribble
Tribune-Star Employees
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard K. Trinkle
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Trinler
Mr. Nancy R. Tupa
Ms. Connie Turner
Dr. & Mrs. James A. Turner
Mr. Kenneth W. Turner
Phyllis & Ned Turner
Wade S. Turner
Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle
Mr. James Twitchell
Tim & Kathy Twitchell
Ms. Mary E. Tyler & Mr. Mark R. Zettell
UAP Clinic
Howard Unger Family
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Unger
Union Hospital Foundation
Union Hospital, Inc.
United Actuarial Services, Inc
United Consulting Engineers, Inc.
United Steel Workers of America, Local No. 7441
UpTown Deli
Dr. Ann M. Valentine
Valley Group Insurance & Investments
Milt & Suzanne Van Reed
Mr. Keith A. Vanwey
Allen & Gerri Varner
Mrs. Jean Ann Veach
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Veevaete
Ms. Ann Venable
Veterans of Foreign Wars - Lawton Byrum Post 972
VFW Men’s Auxiliary #2459
Vigo County Association of Actual Past Masters
Mr. Richard C. Vining
Mrs. Barbara A. Vogel
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Voll
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Voll
Wabash Valley Asphalt Company, LLC
Wabash Valley Blacksmith Shop
Wabash Valley Correctional Facility; Inside Out Dads
Wabash Valley Goodwill Industries, Inc
Wabash Valley Herb Society
Wabash Valley Mechanical Contractors Association
Wabash Valley Packaging Corporation
Mr. Ralph E. Wagle
Mr. & Mrs. Evan Patrick Walker
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wall
Ms. Brigitte M. Wassel
Ms. Judith A. Waters
Jim & Joyce Watson
Mr. Timothy M. Weaver
Eula M. Webb
Les & Linda Webster
Wednesday Breakfast Club at Boo’s
Dr. & Mrs. Edward Weisberger
Tom & Kay Weitekamp
Dr. & Mrs. John C. Welch
Mr. William M Welch
WellFit, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wells
Mrs. Ann Terese Wendecker
Mrs. Mary Werne
Ms. Gwen K. Wessel
Ms. Nicole K. Wessley
Ms. Tammy S. West
Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc
Westminster Village Terre Haute, Inc.
Weston Wabash Foundation
Tom & Sally Whitehurst
Ms. Carol S. Whitman
Ms. P.J. Whitney
Wildlife Land & Resource Management, LLC
Wiley High School Class of 1953
Mr. & Mrs. B. Curtis Wilkinson
Denise Wilkinson, SP
Wilkinson, Goeller, Modesitt, Wilkinson & Drummy
Mr. John C. Wilkinson
Charlie & Donna Williams
Ms. Holly M. Williams
J. Scott & Armeen M. Williams
Ms. Meredith Williams
Williams Randall
Ms. Rebecca G. Williams
Russ & Pat Williams
Steve & Carole Williams
Williamsburg Health Care
Williamsburg Health & Rebhab Nursing Staff
Mr. Mark S. Williamson
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Willis
Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Willis
Ms. Sandra J. Willis
Ms. Carolyn J. Wilson
Mrs. Ruth Ann Wilson
Ms. Teresa Wilson
WIN Energy REMC
Mr. Curtis A. Winkle
Ronald & Heather Winrod
The Winslow Family
Clyde & Priscilla Wolfe
Mrs. Marina D. Wolfe
Woman’s Department Club of Terre Haute, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. James Wood
Mrs. Frances A. Wright
Jan & Bill Wright
Mr. & Mrs. Robert L Wright
Wright, Shagley & Lowery, P.C.
Thomas Wright Foundation
Mary Jane Wynne & Family
Mr. Donn J. Yarbrough
Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Yocom
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Youman
Youngstown United Methodist Church
Joan Zaun
Dr. Anna M. Zimmerman
Sally Zuel
Mr. Josh J. Zuerner
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All donors to the Community Foundation are acknowledged, regardless of the size of their gift. Should a donor prefer anonymity, the Wabash Valley Community Foundation protects the identity and confidentiality of the donor.
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Through the Foundation,there are Many Ways to be
G E N E R O U S .
The generous people of the Wabash Valley can make donations to the Community Foundation in any of the many ways described here. Thanks to the Lilly Endowment GIFT initiative’s $1-for-$1 match, any gift made from August 1,
2014 through March 31, 2016, will be doubled when you give to a new or existing unrestricted endowment fund. Your financial, tax or estate planner can help you select the type of gift that best suits your needs.
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G E N E R O U S .
C A S H is the easiest way to donate, whether it is actual cash or a check. The Foundation’s online giving platform, Wabash Valley Gives is a convenient way to give using a credit or debit card.
R E A L E S T A T E or P E R S O N A L P R O P E R T Y may be given to the Foundation. Of course, all gifts qualify for a charitable tax deduction in the year the gift was made.
A P P R E C I A T E D S E C U R I T I E S, when donated, allow you to avoid paying the capital gains tax while providing an accompanying income tax deduction for the current fair-market value.
A T E S T A M E N T A R Y G I F T, such as a bequest in your will, is one way you can create your charitable legacy .
T R A N S F E R R I N G L I F E I N S U R A N C E , with the Foundation named as the beneficiary and owner of an existing or new policy, allows you an immediate tax deduction, which usually approximates the cash surrender value of the policy. Insurance premiums paid after the transfer of the policy may be deductible as a charitable contribution.
A C H A R I T A B L E R E M A I N D E R T R U S T allows you or someone you choose to receive an income for life from assets transferred to a trust. The transfer also qualifies as a charitable deduction, the amount of which is determined by the age of the income recipient and the payout rate. When the trust ends, the trust remainder is placed in a permanent fund in your name in the Community Foundation, with the charitable distributions made in accordance with your wishes.
A C H A R I T A B L E G I F T A N N U I T Y is a simple way to make a substantial gift while retaining the right to a lifetime income. The amount of income is fixed, based on your age. When the income is no longer needed, the remainder supports the charitable cause you have selected.
A C H A R I T A B L E L E A D T R U S T allows the Foundation to receive an annual payment during your lifetime or for a specified number of years. When the trust terminates, the principal is returned to you or others you have designated.
P R I V A T E F O U N D A T I O N S or T R U S T S often require significant time and money to manage. By transferring your private foundation or charitable trust to the Community Foundation, all responsibilities for reports and administrative duties will be carried out by the staff of the Foundation. Since the Foundation is a public charity and does not pay excise tax, more income is available for charitable purposes.
A D E F E R R E D F U N D may be created, which will not receive any gift from you until some time in the future, perhaps as a part of your estate plan. The Foundation will work cooperatively with you and your financial planner, attorney or accountant to create an endowment that will ensure that your wishes are properly followed when the deferred gift is received.
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2014 Board of Directorsand Committees
W A B A S H V A L L E Y C O M M U N I T Y F O U N D A T I O N B O A R D Fred Nation, President
H. Michael Lawson, Vice President
Jeff Perry, Secretary
David Doti, Treasurer
Daryl Andrews
Cynthia Cox
Lant Davis
Jo Einstandig
Jon Ford
Judy Harris
Jacqueline Lower
Malinda Medsker
David Piker
Lakshmi Reddy
Nancy Rogers
Randall Stevens
Renee Stewart
Richard Vining
C L A Y C O U N T Y C O M M U N I T Y F O U N D A T I O N B O A R DRenee Stewart, President
Randy Collins, Vice President
Connie Turner, Secretary
Daryl Andrews
Kandace Brown
Paul Harden
Jan Howell
Carolyn Keiser
Vickie Mace
Michael McCullough
Lawrence Tempel
S U L L I V A N C O U N T Y C O M M U N I T Y F O U N D A T I O N B O A R DKay Weitekamp, President
Malinda Medsker, Vice President
Janice Knotts, Secretary
Clay Arnett
Jim Conner
Cynthia Cox
LeAnne Daniels
Tim Garrett
Judy Harris
Tara Jenkins
Rita Knotts
Bob McCammon
Jean McMahan
Patti Mayfield
Troy Orwig
Ben Springer
Nancy Tomey
Howard Unger
Generosity comes in many forms. Our board and committee members generously volunteer their time and talents to the work of the Foundation.
Our staff, board and committee members work to ensure that our donors achieve their charitable goals.
A second generation of the “Foundation family” has become involved in carrying out our mission. Ron Jones, Shirley McDonald and Sharon Nicoson, the children of our first founding contributors, Delmar and Betty Jones, have all served on our board and committees. In addition, through the years, a number of our donors’ and board members’ children have served on the Youth Grant Committee.
A S S E T D E V E L O P M E N TJacqueline Lower, Chair
Cynthia Cox
Randy Collins
Jon Ford
Max Miller
Fred Nation
Jeff Perry
Rick Shagley
Renee Stewart
Howard Unger
Kay Weitekamp
D I S T R I B U T I O NC O M M I T T E ERichard Vining, Co-Chair
Jacqueline Lower, Co-Chair
Beverly Cristee
Fred Nation
David Piker
Lakshmi Reddy
Nancy Rogers
Tom Templeton
Katherine Utley
F I N A N C E C O M M I T T E EWilliam Olah, Chair
Patrick Cahill
Jim Conner
David Doti
Andy Hendricks
Ward Hubbard
Fred Nation
Jeff Perry
Earl Elliott, Sackrider & Company, Consultant
Timothy P. O’Donnell, Fund Evaluation Group, Consultant
G O V E R N A N C E & P L A N N I N G C O M M I T T E EH. Michael Lawson, Chair
Curt Brighton
Lant Davis
Jo Einstandig
Bill Lower
Fred Nation
Lakshmi Reddy
S C H O L A R S H I P C O M M I T T E ECL AY COUNT Y
Connie Turner, Chair
Aaron Slater
Barb Wiram
Kimberly White
Martha Knox
SULLIVAN COUNT Y
Tara Jenkins, Chair
Jim Conner
Patti Mayfield
VIGO COUNT Y
Cynthia Cox, Chair
Julie Bowers
Mark Metheny
Aruna Namburi
Scott Small
S P R I N G O U T I N G C O M M I T T E ERichard Vining, Chair
Julie Baesler
David Doti
Carolyn Monaghan
Patricia Mozley
Fred Nation
Sandy Reece
Richard Shagley, II
Rick Shagley
S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y C O M M I T T E ELant Davis, Chair
Daryl Andrews
Earl Elliott
Mike Lawson
Fred Nation
Dave Piker
T E R R E H A U T E D A Y N U R S E R Y C O M M I T T E EMary McLaughlin, Chair
Buddy Berry
Nancy Brentlinger
Jan Cutter
Jo Einstandig
Connie Fowler
Emily Gedrick
Dorothy Goodwin
Jacqueline Lower
Tina Maher
Joan Zahn
Y O U T H G R A N T C O M M I T T E EJodie Bledsoe, Chair
Allison Crick, Co-Chair
Mary Ann Etling, Secretary
Layla Ahmadi
Kirsten Davis
Erin Etling
Logan Fenimore
Carly Mayrose
Mallory Pendergast
Natalie Shanks
Rosalie Shanks
Elizabeth Trausch
Lindsay Welker
S T A F FBeth Tevlin Executive Director
Kathy Davis Program Assistant
Ruth Hallam Administrative Assistant
Kate Kollinger Chief Financial Officer
Kelli Miller Program Director
I N T E R N SThrough the Lilly Endowment Community Foundation Internship Program, the Foundation has been able to offer paid internships to college students. Our interns during Fiscal Year 2014 were:
Jessica Beatty Indiana State University
Jessica Pitts Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Alison Miller Indiana State University
Carissa Yates Indiana State University
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Staff, left to right: Ruth Hallam, Kathy Davis, Beth Tevlin, Kelli Miller and Kate Kollinger
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G E N E R A T E L E G A C I E S
Each of us has the power to improve the
lives of others, now and in the future.
As individuals, we do that by paying forward the good deeds that have been done for us, generating a legacy of good for our children and their children. Collectively, through our gifts to
the Community Foundation, we generate legacies that will last forever. The Community Foundation is a generator, preserving the original gift and distributing the investment earnings for current needs. Each endowment fund is a renewable resource for now and for generations to come. Throughout this section of our annual report, we have listed 498 named endowment funds established by our generous donors over the past 23 years.
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Creating a fund in the Wabash Valley Community Foundation is an effective and efficient way to generate resources that will benefit Clay, Sullivan and Vigo county
communities on a perpetual basis. As a donor to the Foundation, you can customize a fund that will support the charitable purposes or organizations that are most important to you.
U N R E S T R I C T E D E N D O W M E N T F U N D SIf you wish to generate resources for your community to meet future needs, assist an existing program or even start a new one, the unrestricted fund will be your choice. Your resources will be granted by local volunteers in your county for purposes that are meaningful and timely. Gifts to unrestricted funds made now through March 31, 2016 will leverage matching funds from Lilly Endowment.
F I E L D O F I N T E R E S T F U N D SPerhaps you have a particular interest in a specific area or need. It might be the arts, education or improved services such as health, recreation or fire protection. The Foundation board will award grants from your fund within the area you have set forth in your fund agreement.
A D V I S E D F U N D SYou may wish to have more involvement in the annual distributions from your fund. By choosing an advised fund, you may serve on or specify who will serve on your fund’s selection committee. Each year, you can recommend a different charitable grantee.
D E S I G N A T E D F U N D SIf you are devoted to one or more charitable organizations, you may wish to establish a designated fund, thereby assuring that your favorite charity or charities will receive annual grants from your endowed resources.
A G E N C Y E N D O W M E N T F U N D SAn agency may establish an agency endowment fund for its benefit. The agency’s supporters may contribute funds to ensure an uninterrupted and dependable source of revenue to carry out its work on a perpetual basis.
S C H O L A R S H I P F U N D SA scholarship fund will assist students with tuition and fees to pursue a post-secondary education. Unlike generic scholarships, a scholarship through the Community Foundation can be customized to incorporate the donor’s preferences for a particular field of study or a particular institution of higher education. Eligibility of applicants, application procedures and the amount and duration of scholarship support are designed to reflect the wishes of the donor.
S P E C I A L P R O J E C T F U N D SImmediacy is an element in the Foundation’s special projects funds. Perhaps a new project emerges, a need arises or a nonprofit group requests fundraising assistance from the Foundation. Rather than establish a permanent endowment, resources are generated to support these “special” short-term goals now.
Creating a Fund during Lilly GIFT VI Generally, to create a unique fund bearing the name and purpose you select, a gift of cash or assets valued at $5,000 or more needs to be placed with the Foundation. However, from now until March 31, 2016, Lilly Endowment Inc.’s GIFT VI $1-for-$1 matching opportunity makes it possible for you to establish a new unrestricted endowment fund for only $2,500.
You Choose the Way You Generate Your Legacy
Indiana boasts a greater number of community foundations than any other state, thanks in part to the forward-thinking effort launched in 1990 by Lilly Endowment Inc. The Endowment’s GIFT (Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow) initiative was created to strengthen and expand the growth of community foundations in the state.
In 1990, fewer than one dozen viable community foundations dotted the Indiana landscape, with combined assets of about $100 million. Today, 94 community foundations serve every Indiana county with combined assets exceeding $2.6 billion.
A $1 million endowment-building challenge grant from the first phase of the Endowment’s GIFT initiative in 1991 inspired the creation of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation. After five GIFT phases, our Community Foundation has been the beneficiary of more than $8.7 million in GIFT funds and has awarded more than $20 million in grants and scholarships benefitting residents of Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties.
In 2014, for the first time in 10 years, Lilly Endowment announced a new GIFT initiative. From now until March 31, 2016, the Endowment will match, $1-for-$1, gifts made to the Clay, Sullivan or Vigo County Community Grant Funds or any other new or existing unrestricted endowment fund. Individuals taking advantage of this opportunity will double the impact of their gifts to their community through the Foundation’s unrestricted endowment funds.
Unrestricted endowment funds allow the Foundation to use the funds for an emerging or urgent charitable purpose or where there is the greatest need. These funds allow the Foundation to provide grants that focus on the quality of life with the assurance that donor contributions will target improvements where one works and lives for generations to come.
If you have a strong interest in your community and would like to create a fund for its benefit, we encourage you to consider creating an unrestricted fund. Your gift will be doubled through March 31, 2016, and any charitable agency within your community can apply for a grant from unrestricted funds to start new or innovative programs.
Details of the GIFT initiative vary by county. Anyone interested in learning more or taking advantage of this matching gift opportunity should contact the Community Foundation.
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Individuals taking advantage of this opportunity will double the impact of their gifts to the Foundation’s unrestricted endowment funds.
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Generous People GENER ATE LEGACIES For Generations
“Leaving something to the kids” is the goal of most individuals. This has been referred to as the intergenerational transfer of wealth, and it creates a significant opportunity to impact our communities. Local organizations depend on the generosity and forethought of community-minded citizens to help them benefit our community. When wealth transfers from one generation to the next through wills and estates, dollars frequently leave the local area as the inheriting children live in other communities. Assets that previously generated charitable contributions to local programs and projects are no longer available for local philanthropic purposes. Over a decade ago, the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance commissioned the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship to study the transfer of wealth in Indiana. Due in part to the number of baby boomers approaching the time when they would be passing their wealth on to their children, the initial report projected a tremendous opportunity to capture a portion of this transfer for the benefit of our local communities in the coming decades. The study was updated in 2010 to determine the effect of the Great Recession on transfer of wealth. The updated study projected that for Clay, Sullivan
and Vigo counties, the 10-year transfer of wealth could amount to $1.75 billion that would transfer from one generation to the next. If just 5% of this projected transfer was given to create permanent endowments in the Community Foundation to benefit the local community, the grants from these endowments would exceed $3.5 million each and every year! With those funds, the community could:
•Enrichourchildren’seducationalopportunities;
•Assistresidentswiththeirbasicneedsforfood and shelter;
•Securethefutureofourartsandcultural organizations;
•Revitalizeourdowntownandhistoric landmarks;
•Provideemergencyfundsintheeventofa natural disaster or crisis; and,
•Somuchmore!
When finalizing your plans to “leave something to the kids,” consider including a bequest of 5% to benefit your community. Your legacy will impact your children and generations to come. Setting aside 5% of your estate in an endowment fund is a charitable investment that will enhance the quality of life and encourage sustainability in your community now and for generations to come.
Right now, if you earmark that money for an unrestricted endowment fund and finalize your donation by March 31, 2016, the impact of your gift will be doubled thanks to the matching opportunity currently available through the Lilly Endowment’s GIFT VI initiative.
Generate Legacies W I T H T R A N S F E R O F W E A L T H
As an Individual, You Can Generate Your Legacy!
•HelpleveragetheLillyEndowment Gift VI matching funds by contributing now to a new or existing unrestricted endowment fund for your community.
•Talktoyourprofessionaladvisor about including the Community Foundation in your estate plans. Include a bequest of 5% percent of your estate for an unrestricted endowment fund benefitting your community or an endowment benefitting your favorite charitable organization or purpose.
•Tellothersthatyoubelievein the future of our community and encourage them to include a bequest of 5% too.
“Transfer of wealth” bringsopportunity to our three counties.
Fund Listing
U N R E S T R I C T E D F U N D S
CL AY COUNT Y
Beulah Ahlemeyer Memorial Fund
Bill and Edna Ahlemeyer Endowment Fund
Lewis and Eva Berry Endowment Fund
Brazil Rotary Community Fund
Clay City Lions Community Fund
Clay Civic Memorial Foundation Community Fund
Clay County Community Foundation Board Endowment Fund
Clay County Community Grant Fund
Albert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Community Fund
Anna Ferrell Endowment Fund
Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County
Lilly Endowment Fund for Clay County
John E. and Karen E. Mercer Family Endowment Fund
* Traci K. Miller Memorial Fund
Herschel and Josephine Morge Endowment Fund
Riddell National Bank - John H. Riddell Memorial Fund
Spencer Miller and Associates, L.L.C., CPAs Clay County Community Fund
Richard and Hila Zimmerman Endowment Fund
SULLIVAN COUNT Y
Allomatic Products Community Enrichment Fund
Lois A. Andrews Foundation Fund for Sullivan County
Black Beauty Sullivan County Community Fund
Guy and Wilma Edds Charitable Endowment Fund - Gammie’s Closet
First National Bank & Trust Employee Fund
Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County
Lilly Endowment Fund for Sullivan County
John and Yvonne Longfield Endowment Fund
Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund
Milam Family Endowment Fund
Lorene B. and Malcolm Pigg Endowment Fund
William Snyder Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Community Foundation Board Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Community Grant Fund
William and Joanne Wright Family Endowment Fund
VIGO COUNT Y
Henry and Geraldine Adelman Memorial Fund
Andres Family Endowment Fund
Walter and Katherine Bledsoe Family Endowment Fund
Curt and Linda Brighton Family Endowment Fund
Thelma Maxine Dever Memorial Fund
Thomas and Susan Dinkel Family Fund
* Gene and Wilma J. Eckerty Memorial Fund
O. Earl and Tina Elliott Family Endowment Fund
Allen and Mildred D. Felstein Charitable Endowment Fund
First Financial Bank Community Fund
Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Charitable Endowment Fund
Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund
Steve Harris Memorial Endowment Fund
Hulman George Family Endowment Fund
Dr. Paul and Nadine Humphrey Charitable Fund
Ray G. Ingram Endowment Fund
Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Landsbaum Endowment Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Lee, Jr. Endowment Fund
Salo and Mary Levite Endowment Fund
Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund
Lilly Endowment Fund
Gershon H. and Janice K. Loeser Endowment Fund
Lukens Family Endowment Fund
MillerWhite Community Endowment Fund
PMC Fund
Jacqueline H. Phillips Endowment Fund
Carl W. (“Bang”) and Josephine M. Price Memorial Fund
Leon and Roberta Sackrider Endowment Fund
Gary W. and Judy A. Schomer Family Endowment Fund
Donald O. Springman Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Endowment Fund
John Tipton Memorial Fund
* Richard C. Vining Community Fund
Wabash Valley Community Grant Fund
Wabash Valley Asphalt Endowment Fund
Wernsing Fund
White Family Endowment Fund
Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Community Endowment Fund
J. Scott and Armeen Williams Fund
David and Joan Zaun Endowment Fund
F I E L D O F I N T E R E S T F U N D S
CL AY COUNT Y
* Brazil High School Class of 1957 Fund
Clay City Community Recreation Fund
Connley-Hall-Rentschler Fund
Rolene Moore Fund
Targeting Hunger in Clay County Fund
SULLIVAN COUNT Y
Brown Baggers School Food Program Endowment Fund
Dana M. Burton Memorial Endowment Fund
Carlisle Community Endowment Fund
Cemetery Preservation Endowment Fund
Joe and Betty Dukes Family Endowment Fund
JAC (Job and Career) Fund
Merom Community Endowment Fund
Lorene B. and Malcolm Pigg Beautification Fund
Harry J. Stanley Memorial Fund for Children of Sullivan County
Sullivan County Volunteer of the Year Fund
Youth Endowment for Sullivan County Fund
VIGO COUNT Y
Altrusa Foundation Fund
Larry C. Archer Memorial Fund for Autism Awareness and Understanding
Backpack Endowment Fund
Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
Encouraging Access & Success in Education Fund
Larry P. Fleschner Good Samaritan Fund
Home Packing Monument Fund
Harlan Hull Cemetery Fund
Carol M. Starkey Kochell Charitable Fund
James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund
Sara Lou Fund
Tribune Star Christmas Basket Fund
Volunteer Action Center Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Long Term Disaster Recovery Fund
Youth Grant Committee Endowment Fund
A D V I S E D F U N D S
CL AY COUNT Y
Carbon Town Fund
Clay Civic Memorial Foundation Advised Fund
Clay County Hospital Health Improvement Fund
Judge Silas D. Coffey Memorial Fund
SULLIVAN COUNT Y
James and June Conner Civic Endowment Fund
Dugger Community (Jefferson/Cass Townships) Endowment Fund
J. Carter Hale Memorial Fund
* Lloyd R. “Scotty” & Helen Irvin Memorial Fund
Richard and Virginia McHugh Fund
Sullivan Business and Professional Women’s Club Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Ag Day Fund
Sullivan County Women in Giving Support “WINGS”
Sullivan High School Athletic Fund
VIGO COUNT Y
100+ Women Who Care Endowment Fund
Richard Alcock Memorial Fund
Marilyn Scott Allen Fund
Primo A. and Sylvia A. Andres Fund
The Barnabas Fund
Georgia Marie Bird Memorial Fund
Bruce Brentlinger Endowment Fund
Patrick and Mary Cahill Endowment Fund
James and Beverly Cristee Fund
Jerry and Jo Einstandig Endowment Fund
O. Earl and Tina Elliott Advised Fund
Gilbert and Virginia Gambill Charitable Endowment Fund
Pamela Gresham Angel Fund
* Guys Who Give Endowment Fund
The Halo Fund
Jason A. Harvey Memorial Endowment Fund
Terry Ho, M.D. Memorial Fund
Jackie’s Garden Fund
W. Edward and Connie K. Jukes Family Fund
Thomas L. and Patricia W. Kelly Fund
Kiwanis Club of Terre Haute Fund
Baldwin Kloer Endowment Fund
Fred and Nancy Nation Endowment Fund
Newman Family Endowment Fund
J. Laurence and Barbara A. Passmore Charitable Fund
Jack and Joann Ragle Charitable Endowment Fund
Henry Monroe Shagley Memorial Fund
Vincent G. Sison, M.D. Memorial Education Program for Nurses Fund
Haley Kathryn Smith Memorial Fund
Mary and Don Smith Fund
Mary Ann Stadler Memorial Fund
Terre Haute Bar Association Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Cityscape Fund
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* Funds created in 2014
Terre Haute Day Nursery Association Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Regional Hospital Foundation Fund
Ralph and Helen Tevlin Endowment Fund
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 972 Charitable Endowment Fund
Richard C. Vining Endowment Fund
Herman and Coriene White Charitable Fund
D E S I G N A T E D F U N D S
CL AY COUNT Y
Angels for Eastside Fund
Roy E. Brown Memorial Fund
Forest Park Endowment Fund
* Kathy Knox Memorial Fund
Mauri and Janice Modesitt Dictionary Fund
North Clay Student Art Collection Endowment Fund
Penman Girls Operating Endowment Fund
Marion and Marie Kattman Sendmeyer Endowment Fund for Poland Historical Chapel
SULLIVAN COUNT Y
Angels for Sullivan Elementary School Fund
Angels for Sullivan Junior High School Fund
Kay Aubin Memorial Fund
CAPE Endowment Fund for Sullivan County
Paul Edmiston Agriculture Education Fund
Norma G. McNeill Fund
Leo and Virginia Pellum Endowment Fund
Irwin and Mary Reiss Operating Endowment Fund for the Sullivan County Community Foundation
Jesse R. Sherwood Fund
Stairways to Success Mentoring Program Fund
* Fund to Honor Coach Paul E. Weekley
VIGO COUNT Y
Mary Ellen Adams Endowment Fund for the Eastside Church of Christ
Danette Angermeier Memorial Fund
Col. Peter Baer Memorial Fund
Mary Ann Carroll Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Clabber Girl Fund for Camp Riley
John Rogers Cox Preservation Fund
Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund
Susie Dewey Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Donna J. Doti Endowment Fund
Norma Lemmon Evans Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
* Fayette Elementary School Dictionary Project Fund
Felstein Grandchildren Fund in Memory of Allen and Millie Felstein
George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Fuqua Dictionary Project Fund
Golish Family Memorial Fund for Light House Mission
Golish Family Memorial Fund for Spay-Neuter League, Inc. in Terre Haute, Indiana
Goodwill Industries Tennis Family Dictionary Fund
Charles L. Harlan Fund for Farmers Chapel Church
Hermine M. Haslem Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Nancy Hellmann Educational Fund
Helping Hand Endowment Fund
Jessie E. Hickman Fund
Humphrey Honor Award Fund
Jamie Jacobsen Memorial Endowment Fund
Eileen Stith Jensen Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Fund for Hospice
* Mary Kindrick Memorial Fund
Duane and Mary Alice Klueh Fund
Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League Endowment Fund
Julie McLaughlin Memorial Fund
Harriet McNeal Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Esther MacBain Meeks Memorial Fund for Children’s Literature
Guido and Barbara Miescher Endowment Fund
Chuck Miles Memorial Fund
Miriam Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Evelyn Peterman Endowment Fund
Pfister Fund
Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund
Ronald G. Reeves Endowment Fund
Scottish Rite Preservation Fund
Mary Ann Shagley Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Robert and Carolyn Steinbaugh Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Susan Templeton Scott Dictionary Project Fund
Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Fund
Terre Haute Rotary Club Endowment Fund
Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund
Vigo County Public Library West Terre Haute Wabashiki Wetland Observatory Fund
* Barbara A. Vogel Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Wabash River Development and Beautification, Inc. Nonpermanent Fund
Wabash Valley Dictionary Project Endowment Fund
Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Endowment Fund
Karen J. Wright Memorial Fund
A G E N C Y E N D O W M E N T F U N D S
CL AY COUNT Y
Annunciation Church
Brazil City Fire Department Safety and Equipment Fund
Clay Youth Baseball League Fund
Clay Community Schools CAPE Fund
Clay County Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund
Clay County Genealogical Society Fund
Clay County YMCA Endowment Fund
Educational Endowment Fund
Posey Township Volunteer Fire Department Endowment Fund
R.E.I.N. Center Endowment Fund
SULLIVAN COUNT Y
Community Kitchen Endowment Fund
Gill Township Volunteer Fireman’s Operational Fund
Humane Society of Sullivan County Endowment Fund
Merom Conference Center Endowment Fund
Merom Improvement Association Fund
Merom United Methodist Church Endowment Fund
Our Father’s Arms Charitable Fund
Southwest High Schools Alumni Association - Cooper Endowment Fund
Sullivan City Endowment Fund
Sullivan County 4-H Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Community Hospital Foundation Fund
Sullivan County Public Library Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Public Library Genealogy, Family and County History Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Soil and Water Conservation Fund
Sullivan Presbyterian Church Mission Fund
Sycamore Trails RC&D SCCF Endowment Fund
Turman Township Youth Foundation 2000 Limited Fund
VIGO COUNT Y
14th & Chestnut Community Center Endowment Fund
A.L.L. – Washington High School Nursery Endowment Fund
ARC of Vigo County Endowment Fund
Useful Will Planning Guide Available
Not surprisingly, 64% of adults don’t have a will, according to a recent Harris Poll online survey for Rocket Lawyer. Most of those, 57%, say they just haven’t gotten around to it.
For many, the thought of estate planning and drawing up a will is daunting, and is a task that we find easy to put off tackling.
The Community Foundation has made it easier for you to “get around to” setting up your will and estate plan with its guide, “Planning Your Will and Trust.”
The guide encourages you to think about how you want your assets to be distributed at death and assists you in gathering the essential information your attorney will need to prepare a will or trust to accomplish your goals.
Please take advantage of this free booklet, prepared for you by the Community Foundation, by calling 812.232.2234.
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Generous People GENER ATE LEGACIES For Generations
Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled Endowment Fund
Art Spaces Endowment Fund
Boy Scouts of America, Crossroads of America Council Fund
Catholic Charities Endowment Fund
C.H.A.N.C.E.S. for Indiana Youth Endowment Fund
Clothes Closet Endowment Fund
Community Christian School Endowment Fund
Community Theatre of Terre Haute Endowment Fund
Crossroads of America Youth Orchestra Endowment Fund
Davis Gardens Health Center Fund
Dispute Resolution Center Endowment Fund
Gibault Fund
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Fund
Goodwill Industries Endowment Fund
Katherine Hamilton Endowment Fund for Hamilton Center Inc.
Happiness Bag Endowment Fund
Hospice of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund
Humane Society Fund
Ivy Tech Technology Endowment Fund
* John Paul II Catholic High School Endowment Fund
League of Terre Haute Endowment Fund
Light House Mission Endowment Fund
Mental Health Association in Vigo County Endowment Fund
* David & Jerry Penman Mitchell Concertmaster Chair Fund
* Richard & JoAnne Rowe Educational Fund for Musical Arts
Saint Ann Clinic Endowment Fund
Saint Benedict Church Endowment Fund
Saint Joseph University Parish Fund
Spay-Neuter League Endowment Fund
Sumar Fund for the Salvation Army
Sheldon Swope Art Museum Endowment Fund
Sycamore Trails RC&D Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club - Max Gibson Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club - John G. Schmidt Capital Fund
Terre Haute Children’s Science & Technology Museum Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Parks Department Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Symphony Association Fund
Terre Haute Symphony Association - Walter and Margaret Reed Fund
TREES, Inc. Endowment Fund
United Cerebral Palsy Endowment Fund
United Way of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund
United Way of the Wabash Valley - Ada Hodge Endowment Fund
United Way of the Wabash Valley Operating Endowment Fund
Vigo County Education Foundation Endowment Fund
Vigo County Historical Society Endowment Fund
Vigo County LifeLine Endowment Fund
Vigo County Park & Recreation Department Endowment Fund
Vigo County Public Library Endowment Fund
Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc. Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Community Foundation Board Operating Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Youth for Christ & Urban Life Endowment Fund
Western Indiana Community Action Agency Endowment Fund
World Gospel Church Missions Endowment Fund
S C H O L A R S H I P F U N D S
CL AY COUNT Y
Roy W. Barnhart Scholarship Fund
Denise D. and John C. Bell Scholarship Fund
Blair Endowment Fund
Brazil Business & Professional Women’s Club Scholarship Fund
Virginia M. Buell Memorial Scholarship Fund
Clay County Scholarship Fund
Robert and Barbara Deakins Scholarship Fund
Albert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Scholarship Fund
Rob and Lisa Denker Scholarship Fund
* Thomas H. & Mary G. Elmore Scholarship Fund
Sam J. and Joyce E. Emmert Family Fund
Barbara H. Fenton Scholarship Trust
Kelly Fuqua Memorial Fund
Halie’s Rainbow-The Halie Hite Memorial Scholarship Fund
Harry M. and Rosemary L. Grandey Scholarship Fund
Harriet Hicks Scholarship Fund
Earl F. Hopkins Scholarship Fund
Mabel Kidwell Scholarship Fund
Roll and Dora King Moore Scholarship Fund
Renis and Fern Knust Scholarship Fund
Albert A. Landes Endowed Scholarship Fund
Roy and Louie E. Lucas Scholarship Fund
* Traci K. Miller Memorial Scholarship Fund
Janice Hart Modesitt, R.N. Nursing Scholarship Fund
Rolene Moore Scholarship Fund
Gary and Leesa Nesty Scholarship Fund
Martha and Mary Ann Pedlar Scholarship Fund
Max and Helen Pierce Scholarship Fund
John and Myrtle Price Scholarship Fund
Brent and Helen Rentschler Scholarship Fund
Dan and Jane Robbins Northview Marching Knights Scholarship Fund
Bob Romas Memorial Scholarship Fund
Camden Scott Romas Memorial Fund
SERCOLBE Scholarship Fund
Dedia M. Sexton Scholarship Fund
Dedia M. Sexton Scholarship Fund for the Indiana School for the Deaf
Richard and Margaret Shattuck Memorial Scholarship Fund
Everett E. and Fern A. Tucker Scholarship Fund
Geraldine Ullery Scholarship Fund
Dr. Robert K. Webster & Wanda Webster, R.N. Scholarship Fund
SULLIVAN COUNT Y
Richard and Veada Akers Medical Education Scholarship Fund
J.P. Alexander Memorial Scholarship Fund
Allomatic Products Machine Trades Scholarship Fund
Elizabeth A. Bledsoe Scholarship Fund
Jim Case Scholarship Fund
Janet Romine Chatfield Business Award
Jeffrey Alan Cole Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dr. James Harvey Crowder Memorial Scholarship Fund
Farmersburg Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
Sarah Geitz Scholarship Fund for the John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship & the Rex E. Pierce Salutatorian Scholarship
Evelyn W. Gettinger Indiana University Scholarship Fund
John D. Gettinger Purdue Scholarship Fund
Chris Gilbert Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gill Township Scholarship Fund
David A. Gilman, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund
Fred A. and Nannie O. Graham Scholarship Fund
* Bernard C. Hoilman Scholarship Fund
* Eleanor Jane Dixon Hoilman Scholarship Fund
Leon D. and Nancy Shake Huff Scholarship Fund
Leon D. and Nancy Shake Huff Sigma Kappa Scholarship Fund
James F. Jackson Scholarship Fund
Michael Ryan Keane Memorial Scholarship Fund
Esther Ruddell Ladson Scholarship Fund
Albert and Verna McKee Memorial Scholarship Fund
Floyd and Irene Phillips Scholarship Fund
Jesse O. & Martha L. Reynolds Scholarship Fund
Reid & Nina Ross Scholarship Fund
Sherman Educational Fund
Dercie E. (Hawkins) Simmons Education Scholarship Fund
Sara W. Springer Memorial Scholarship Fund
Sullivan County Purdue Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
Sullivan County Scholarship Fund
Sullivan High School Automotive Scholarship Fund
Sallie Unger Scholarship Fund
Valentine Family Scholarship Fund
Robert P. White Elks Charitable Fund
VIGO COUNT Y
Joe and Dorothy Archer Scholarship Fund
Bentrup Family Scholarship Fund
Charles F. & Nancy A. Bradford Scholarship Fund
Walter and Katherine Bledsoe Foundation Fund
Dr. Charlotte M. Boener Scholarship Fund
Beta Sigma Phi City Council Scholarship Fund
Rex Buntain Tribune Star Scholarship Fund
Fred Christman Scholarship Fund
Rachael Dawn Clark Memorial Scholarship
Tina Clem Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dr. and Mrs. James O. Conklin Scholarship Fund
Betty E. and Curt DeBaun, Jr. Aviation Scholarship Fund
Hazel A. Dennis, R.N., Scholarship Fund
Dr. William W. Drummy Memorial Scholarship Fund
William W. Drummy III, Rebecca A. Drummy, R.N., and Lillian A. Drummy, R.N., Nursing Scholarship Fund
Vigo County Education Foundation - Jennifer M. Dunham Memorial Scholarship Fund
Peter Anthony Duong Memorial Scholarship Fund
Lloyd and Lela Ewbank Scholarship Fund
Senator Herman J. Fanning, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
William Fenton Scholarship Fund
Larry Paul Fleschner Scholarship Fund
Gay Floyd, R.N. Memorial Scholarship Fund
Don and Jane Fread Memorial Fund
Dr. John E. Freed, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gerstmeyer Technical High School Scholarship Fund
Glenn High School Alumni Scholarship Fund
Lavelda M. Goble Scholarship Fund
Don and Mary Goltry Scholarship Fund
Sgt. Dale Russel Griffin Memorial Scholarship Fund
Charles Carter Hedrick Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jo Ann F. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund
Josh Kackley Memorial Scholarship Fund
Vigo County Education Foundation - John Kassis Memorial Scholarship Fund
Carol M. Starkey Kochell Scholarship Fund
Harold Paul Loveall III Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jack Lower Memorial Scholarship Fund
Tom McCarthy Memorial Scholarship Fund
Avice McCrae Scholarship Fund
Laura Brooke McDonald Memorial Scholarship Fund
Nancy and Dale McKee Family Scholarship Fund
John and Carol Myers Scholarship Fund
Liane R. Page Memorial Scholarship Fund
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Fund Listing Continued
* Funds created in 2014
Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Funds for:
- Indiana State University Department of Marketing
- Indiana University School of Law
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
* Dr. John B. Pollock Dentistry Scholarship Fund
Dorothy Wurst Porter Scholarship Fund
Ambrose and Miriam Rubey Scholarship Fund
* Bob & Olive Sanders Family Scholarship Fund
Gene K. Shike Memorial Scholarship Fund
Travis James Smith Memorial Fund
Elizabeth Smudde Memorial Scholarship Fund
* Robert P. & Carolyn G. Steinbaugh Scholarship Fund
* Cameron Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund
Terre Haute Exchange Club Annual Speech Contest Fund
Terre Haute Junior Golf Association Scholarship Fund
Terre Haute Regional Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship Fund
Andy and Edythe Turner Memorial Scholarship Fund
VFW Post 972 Voice of Democracy Scholarship Fund
Vigo County Scholarship Fund
Wabash Valley Community Foundation Scholarship Fund
* Wabash Valley Mechanical Contractors Association Scholarship Fund
Erskine Lee and Eula Webb Scholarship Fund
Wiley High School Alumni Scholarship Fund
Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Scholarship Fund
Bill Wood Insurance Adjuster’s Scholarship Fund
Wright, Shagley and Lowery Scholarship Fund
Thomas J. Wright Scholarship Fund
Kimberley Jeanne Fowler Wulf Scholarship Fund for Catholic Education
YWCA of Terre Haute Scholarship Fund
S P E C I A L P R O J E C T A N D N O N P E R M A N EN T F U N D S
CL AY COUNT Y
Literacy Initiative in Clay County Fund
SULLIVAN COUNT Y
Humane Shelter of Sullivan County Fund
Sullivan Central Park Project Fund
VIGO COUNT Y
Art Spaces Preservation Fund
CARE Council Project Fund
Duke Energy Grants Fund
The Essence of Red Committee Fund
Holiday Wish List
Indiana EASE - Vigo County Grant Fund
Janet Sue’s Helping Hand Fund
* Kiwanis Club of Terre Haute Project Fund
Scottish Rite of Wabash Valley Capital Project Fund
Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund
Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund - Deming Park
Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund - Dobbs Park
Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund - Gold Medal Plaza
Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund - Maple Ave.
Veterans Memorial Plaza Project Fund
Vigo County Park & Recreation Department Projects Fund
Wabash River National Road Wetland Reservation Project Fund
Wabash Valley Gives - Community Engagement Platform
The Legacy Society recognizes those individuals who have made arrangements in their wills or estate plans to benefit the community through a gift to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation. We sincerely thank them for their generosity.
You, too, may become a Legacy Society member by simply declaring your intention to include the Foundation in your estate plan. No confidential details need be disclosed, and if you wish to remain anonymous, you can be a member without public recognition.
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Generous People GENER ATE LEGACIES For Generations
Richard and Veada Akers*
Daryl Andrews
Roy Barnhart*
Anonymous
Margaret Halleck Blair*
Frank Bledsoe*
Walter and Katherine Bledsoe*
Charlotte Boener*
Dana Burton*
Pat and Mary Cahill
Anonymous
Mary Ann Carroll
Anonymous
Nancy Crowder Cochran*
Judge Silas Coffey*
Clarabelle Conklin *
Jim Conner
Anonymous
Edmund J. Dede*
J. W. Dennis
Wilma Eckerty*
Jo Einstandig
Allen and Millie Felstein*
George and Rose Felstein*
Barbara Fenton*
Anonymous
Sara Lou Joelson Garrard*
Virginia M. Ginter*
Lavelda M. Goble*
Harry and Rosemary Grandey*
Charles Harlan*
Hermine Haslem*
Jessie Hickman*
Anonymous
Helen E. Hixson*
Leon D. Huff*
Anonymous
Jeff and Shelley Hyatt
Rudolf Jacobsen*
Eileen Stith Jensen*
Walter Kindrick*
Duane and Mary Alice Klueh
Carol M. Starkey Kochell*
Esther Ruddell Ladson*
Anonymous
Anonymous
Jackie Lower
Louie Lucas*
Norma G. McNeill*
Norman Mendenhall*
Harold and Malinda Medsker
Guido and Barbara Meischer*
Bradley T. Miller
Rolene Moore*
Ted and Anna Nesty*
Chester W. “Pat” Patton
Evelyn Peterman*
Jacqueline H. Phillips*
Anonymous
John and Myrtle Price*
Anonymous
Jack W. and Joan Ragle
Waneta R. Rector*
Ron Reeves
Helen C. Rentschler*
Jesse and Martha Reynolds*
Reid and Nina Ross*
Fred and Nancy Rubey
Roberta L. Sackrider*
Gary and Judy Schomer
Anonymous
Dedia Sexton*
Cuthbert J. Sherman*
Jesse Sherwood*
Carl A. Smudde*
Ralph Spelbring
Randy and Debbie Stevens
Anonymous
Anonymous
Larry and Martha Tempel
Terry and Beth Tevlin
Hazel Travioli*
Everett and Fern Tucker*
Howard and Norma Unger
Dick Vining
Chris and Melinda Wall
Gwendolyn Wernsing*
Anna M. White
Coriene White*
Earl and Pam White
J. Scott and Armeen Williams
Anonymous
Anonymous
* Deceased member
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Wabash Valley Community Foundation ANNUAL REPORT 2014
2014 Financials
A full copy of the audit can be found on our website.www.wvcf.com/au_vitals.html
A S S E T S 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 3
Cash $ 152,019 $ 205,782
Investments 45,599,457 41,070,017
Office Furniture and Equipment 118,732 107,072 Less: Accumulated Depreciation (103,169) (99,292) 15,563 7,780
Other Receivables - 227,350 Total Assets $ 45,767,039 $ 41,510,929
L I A B I L I T I E S & N E T A S S E T S 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 3
Agency Endowments $ 3,167,547 $ 2,970,663Scholarships and Grants Payable 1,012,391 740,902HRA Payable 12,028 21,965Annuity Liability 56,705 56,705 Total Liabilities 4,248,671 3,790,235
Net Assets Unrestricted 38,601,300 34,912,449 Temporarily Restricted 304,577 195,754 Permanently Restricted 2,612,491 2,612,491 Total Net Assets 41,518,368 37,720,694 Total Liabilities and Net Assets $ 45,767,039 $ 41,510,929
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C U M U L A T I V E G R A N T S G I F T S B Y F U N D
2 0 1 4 S T A T E M E N T O F A C T I V I T I E S UNRESTRICTED TEMPOR ARILY PERMANENTLY TOTAL RESTRICTED RESTRICTED
Public Support Total Amounts Raised $ 2,567,638 $ - $ - $ 2,567,638 Less: Amounts Received as Agency Endowments (46,569) - - (46,569) Total Contributions 2,521,069 - - 2,521,069
Seminar Fees 3,551 - - 3,551 Fundraising Revenue 63,372 - - 63,372 Other Fees 29,911 - - 29,911 Total Public Support 2,617,903 - - 2,617,903
Revenue and Gains Investment Income - Net of Custodial Fees 905,641 33,382 - 939,023 Investment Management Fees (50,000) - - (50,000) Gain (loss) on Sale of Investments 1,797,116 108,889 - 1,906,005 Unrealized Gain (loss) on Investments 301,302 57,463 - 358,765 Excess Mgmt. Fees from Agency Endowments 35,310 - - 35,310 Net Assets Released from Restrictions: Satisfaction of Donor Restrictions 90,911 (90,911) - - Total Revenues and Gains 3,080,280 108,823 - 3,189,103
Total Public Support, Revenue and Gains 5,698,183 108,823 - 5,807,006
Expenses Community Activities: Total Grants and Distributions 1,324,386 - - 1,324,386 Less: Grants Made from Agency Endowments (65,042) - - (65,042) Total Grants and Distributions 1,259,344 - - 1,259,344
Fundraising Expenses 17,161 - - 17,161 Total Community Activities Expenses 1,276,505 - - 1,276,505
Supporting Activities: Personnel Expenses 433,094 - - 433,094 Administrative Expenses 186,241 - - 186,241 Occupancy Expenses 34,362 - - 34,362 Development Expenses 79,130 - - 79,130 Total Supporting Activities Expenses 732,827 - - 732,827
Total Expenses 2,009,332 - - 2,009,332
Change in Net Assets 3,688,851 108,823 - 3,797,674
Net Assets at Beginning of Year 34,912,449 195,754 2,612,491 37,720,694
Net Assets at End of Year $ 38,601,300 $ 304,577 $ 2,612,491 $ 41,518,368
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Special Projects$54,994
Unrestricted$296,182
Field of Interest$79,521
Operating $80,751
Scholarship$522,642
Advised$124,756
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The hallmark of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation is that local citizens make decisions about local grants. Each county has its own individual review process and deadlines for granting available unrestricted funds. Foundation guidelines place a high priority on grant requests that prevent problems, are proactive and creative, respond to the changing needs of the community, encourage community cooperation and collaboration, leverage other funding sources and make a significant improvement to our communities.
Included in this section are grant awards made in Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties in 2014. These grants – which honor our ancestors; make us mindful of our history; preserve and support the arts and culture; promote happier, healthier, safer children and families; contribute to community improvements and economic development and provide education for the leaders of the future – have impact on our communities today and in generations to come.
The Community Foundation’s grant process takes advantage of one of the greatest strengths of our three-county partnership –
the use of local volunteers todetermine the organizationsand agencies to be fundedwithin each county.
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G R A N T S F O R Past Generations
“History…is the storyof us, had we beenborn a little earlier.” - Stephen Fry, “History Matters”
The world is changing rapidly and sometimes we lose touch with the importance of those generations that have gone before us. In the Wabash Valley, however, many individuals and organizations are keenly aware that an understanding of our history and a knowledge of our ancestors’ trials and triumphs can ground us and teach us much about ourselves.
Keeping the story of past generations alive and within our reach has been the goal of many projects funded by the Wabash Valley Community Foundation. Prime examples include
the effort to honor those who have served in past conflicts with the Vigo County Veterans Memorial Plaza, providing resources to study our ancestors at the Clay County Genealogical Society and the genealogy department at the Sullivan County Public Library, and preservation of past cultures, historic landmarks and cemeteries across the Wabash Valley.
In 2014, several grants made significant contributions to remembering the past and preserving it for future generations.
John Rogers Cox (1915-1990)Scales Mound, 1974Oil on canvas; 35” x 45 1/8”Given in memory and from the collection of Edward Burch Ijams and Elisabeth Alexander Ijams, 2013.14
Conservation funding provided by a grant from the Wabash Valley Community Foundation
Far left: Before cleaning (detail)Middle: After cleaningBelow: During cleaning (detail)
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S C A L E S M O U N D C O N S E R V A T I O N
Works of art are as much a reflection of our past as are landmarks, monuments and genealogies. Last fall, the Swope Art Museum received a 1974 John Rogers Cox work, Scales Mound, from the Ijams family. The painting depicts a rural scene from an earlier era and features wheat fields and farm equipment in the foreground, the mound on the horizon and billowing clouds in the sky.
The artist is a Terre Haute native who gained recognition for his work in the 1940s and also as the Swope Art Museum’s first director. In his short tenure with the Swope, Cox acquired several works by contemporary American artists that remain at the core of the museum’s collection.
When museum staff assessed the painting’s condition, they decided it needed conservation, a very special technique used to restore paintings to their near-original state.
The museum applied for grant funding from the Wabash Valley Community Foundation to have conservator Linda Witkowski treat the painting. This included filling in small areas of paint loss and cleaning accumulated grime, dust, nicotine, grease and oil from the work’s surface. The $2,850 grant came from the Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund, the Andres Family Endowment Fund and the Walter & Katherine Bledsoe Family Endowment Fund.
The Swope’s Executive Director Marianne Richter explained that before and after photographs show a dramatic change in the treated paining, noting that “Cox’s vibrant use of color is shown to full, glorious effect after treatment.” The resulting stabilized and preserved work of the past can now be safely shared with generations to come.
A M E R I C A N I N D I A N H E R I T A G E G A R D E N
Long before Europeans and other cultures arrived in the Wabash Valley, Miami Indians made their home on the land near the Wabash River. Today, Native Americans like those involved with the Sullivan County American Indian Council, Inc. (SCAIC), continue to honor their ancestors and educate their communities about their rich heritage. In 2012, archaeological research identified an Indian mound site in Fairbanks Township, Sullivan County, dating back at least 1,000 years. SCAIC reached an agreement with the landowners, Indiana Michigan Power Company/AEP, to serve as keepers of the two Woodland Era mounds. Council president Susan Petoskey said council members developed the cultural park on the site, Waapaahsiki Siipiiwi Mound Historical Park (the Miami linguistic spelling for Wabash River), so they can continue to share their heritage with others. SCAIC members volunteer to maintain the park and provide educational opportunities for visitors. They have created a heritage garden to restore indigenous plant species, thus enhancing the park’s educational value. At seasonal gatherings, the group uses the garden’s wild sage and sweet grass in ceremonies to honor their ancestors. They have hosted garden clubs and church groups, and they often receive plant cuttings from neighbors to add to the garden. A $500 Sullivan County Community Foundation grant from the Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund helped with the start-up of the heritage garden, which will also benefit from a matching private donation.
D R E S S E R H O U S E R E P A I R S
Terre Haute native Paul Dresser is one of the most important American composers of the 1890s, and the author of Indiana’s State Song, “On the Banks of the Wabash.” The Vigo County Historical Society acquired Paul Dresser’s boyhood home in 1963 and later moved it to its present location in Fairbanks Park. This example of a working-class home of the 1850s plays an important role in the cultural experience of the citizens of Vigo County. Visitors and Vigo County students tour the home, and it is used for special events.
Last year’s especially harsh winter took its toll on the house, and repairs were needed to restore the building for events and visitors. “We’ve been entrusted with this piece of our history,” said the Society’s executive director Marylee Hagan. “We need to keep it in good repair so that people can learn about the birthplace of the man who composed our State Song.”
The needed repairs were made thanks to a $10,000 Community Foundation grant from the Hulman George Family Endowment Fund. These included exterior trim, porch supports, shutters, siding, gutter installation and mortar re-pointing, as well as plaster to repair a damaged interior wall.
Repairs to the Dresser House included new porch supports and shutters and new plaster and paint to restore a damaged interior wall.
Plantings in the Waapaahsiki Siipiiwi Mound Historical Park heritage garden help members of the Sullivan County American Indian Council honor their ancestors and share their heritage.
In the Wabash Valley, where more than half the population is either overweight or obese, and nearly a third reports being inactive, adults and children face the likelihood of developing chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and hypertension. These problems are exacerbated by the reality that a quarter of people in Vigo County live in poverty.
Understanding that poor nutrition and physical inactivity are habits that can be improved through education and motivation, local health leaders and organizations including United
Way of the Wabash Valley, the YMCA, Vigo County School Corporation, Vigo County Purdue Extension and our local institutions of higher education are focused on combating this serious threat through community-wide programs.
A number of Community Foundation grants in 2014 were directed toward helping adults and children develop better health habits and improve their overall health for a future of healthier generations.
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G R A N T S F O R Healthier Generations
“The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that…determines its own destiny.” - Jimmy Carter
ISU Applied Health Sciences students lead exercises and give demonstrations on preparing healthy foods at a Women on the Move event.
W O M E N O N T H E M O V E T O H E A L T H Y E A T I N G
Faculty and students in Indiana State University’s Department of Applied Health Sciences are committed to promoting healthy habits in the community. Under the direction of Assistant Professor Darleesa Doss, they planned and implemented the Women on the Move to Healthy Eating event. The goal of the program, which was supported by several community partners, was to improve the health of two at-risk groups – low-income women and children – through nutrition and physical activity education, as well as hands-on experience in meal preparation and exercise. The event also provided Allied Health students with important experiential learning opportunities. Participants at the November and December event sessions, held at Booker T. Washington Community Center, learned where to purchase healthy foods and how to cook healthy, low-cost, easy dishes; took home a cookbook with information on preparing those meals and snacks; and even received pedometers and health tips on ways to increase their level of activity. Applied Health Sciences students helped prepare the materials and present the demonstrations. Doss said, “Our participants showed an interest in future programs that focus on improving and increasing healthy behaviors.” The program was supported by a $1,500 Community Foundation grant from the Landsbaum Endowment Fund and the Wabash Valley Asphalt Endowment Fund.
Y O U T H H E A L T H Y L I F E S T Y L E A N D W E I G H T P R O G R A M
The Maple Center, Inc., a nonprofit integrative health center, provides health education and clinical services to the Wabash Valley. Among its many services, is the Wabash Valley LEAF (Lifestyle Education and Food) Program, an affordable eight-week lifestyle-changing course offered twice a year.
Childhood obesity is evident in the Wabash Valley and was identified as one of the three top health-related problems in the community. To address this issue, The Maple Center developed The Youth Healthy Lifestyle & Weight Program, or Youth LEAF, for children ages 8 through 12. Activities include healthy lifestyle and eating habits, stress control and fun ways to exercise. Supporting the program are UAP Clinic, Indiana State University, Union Hospital Center for Fitness and Performance, WICAA, CASY, Purdue
Extension, Vigo County Health Department and Vigo County School Corporation. To make it possible for children in need to attend the Youth LEAF program, a $3,000 Community Foundation grant from the PMC Fund, the Gary W. and Judy A. Schomer Family Endowment Fund and the Dr. Paul and Nadine Humphrey Charitable Fund provides scholarships to cover the $65-per-youth cost.
P O M E R O Y W E L L N E S S P R O G R A M
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) launched the Pomeroy Wellness Program for Vigo County to help improve the health of area residents and expand the use of its new Jeanne Knoerle Sports and Recreation Center. This initiative is made possible through the support of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation and the Wabash Valley Community Foundation. Except for activities in the local schools, the western Vigo County area where the College is located offers fewer health and wellness activities than other areas of the county. Pomeroy Wellness focuses on healthy lifestyle changes that residents can practice throughout their lives and offers classes like yoga, Pilates and total body cardio, taught by instructors from the YMCA, as well as healthy recipes, stress management tips and more. The success of the program depended on the participation of residents in the area, so getting the word out was critical. A $10,000 Community Foundation grant from Lilly Endowment Fund supported a comprehensive campaign to market the program. The program’s kick-off drew more than 100 people who came out to register, despite below-zero temperatures. Coordinator Jenn Kersey said, “The turnout speaks volumes about western Vigo County’s overall commitment and desire to live a healthy lifestyle.”
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Marilyn Byrd performs a health screening for April Simma (top) and Beth Neeley leads a Pilates session (bottom) at a Pomeroy Wellness registration event at the new Knoerle Center.
Youngsters at the Maple Center’s Youth LEAF program prepare a salad while learning the benefits of eating healthy foods.
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“It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.” - Christine Gregoire
The Wabash Valley is well-known for its generosity. Whether on an individual basis or as part of a group, people here are never hesitant about donating their time, talent and dollars when there is a need.
This kind of generosity builds community. Our donors establish legacies that make possible the awarding of grants in Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties, many of which are focused on building a better future for the generations that will follow us.
Examples include planting trees in Brazil’s Forest Park; beautification efforts in towns like Sullivan and Carlisle; presenting dictionaries to Wabash Valley third graders; building young leaders through Terre Haute’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day program; mentoring youth in Sullivan County; stocking the emergency food pantry in Clay County and buying equipment for the new Ivy Tech Community College Vet Tech program. All these grants and dozens more in 2014 will have the long-range effect of improving opportunities for future generations.
G R A N T S F O R Future Generations
Lions Club members Marvin Meriele and Paul Elkins perform an eye exam for Kambo Harris at Kiddie Carousel Day Care-Preschool. She is excited to receive her book after the exam is over.
L I O N S P R O M O T E S E E I N G B E T T E R , R E A D I N G M O R E
Lions clubs throughout Vigo County have embarked on a Reading Action Program designed to increase literacy rates by promoting reading for preschoolers and their families.
Best known internationally for their work in fighting blindness, Vigo County’s Lions clubs – the New Goshen-West Vigo, Prairie Creek, Pierson Township, Riley Township, Terre Haute, Downtown Terre Haute and Terre Haute Evening Lions – have been instrumental in making sure children receive essential vision screenings.
Five years ago, with grant assistance from the Wabash County Community Foundation, the clubs provided equipment to assist the Vigo County School Corporation in meeting State of Indiana vision screening requirements. They also purchased advanced vision-screening equipment for use in daycares and preschools. Such equipment can detect several vision problems common in small children, including a condition that may lead to amblyopia (lazy eye), which can be reversed if caught and treated early enough.
Raymond Collins of the Riley Lions Club, who heads up the effort to vision screen the county’s preschoolers, said the clubs’ goal is to screen every one of the more than 6,300 preschool-aged children in Vigo County. “More than 20 Lions Club member volunteers have been trained to do vision screening,” he said. “Even though there are more than 100 daycares and preschools, we’re making progress every year as we’re able to screen more sites.”
Now, Lions International’s Reading Action Program also gives local volunteers the opportunity to provide each one of those vision-screened preschoolers an age-appropriate book to take home, promoting the importance of parents and children reading together. Books will be provided with the support of a $3,600 Community Foundation grant from the Steve Harris Memorial Endowment Fund, the Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund and the Gershon H. and Janice Loeser Endowment Fund.
S U P P O R T I N G S T U D E N T -P A R E N T S I N C L A Y C O U N T Y
Clay County’s Cultivating Responsible Adults by Developing Education, Leadership, and Self-Sufficiency (CRADLES) is a community-based collaboration whose mission is to help student-parents take their place in local communities as self-sufficient citizens within healthy family units.
With nearly one-quarter of the county’s children living in poverty, it is the CRADLES’ philosophy that only by educating parents and working in support of families can the cycle of poverty be broken.
CRADLES of Clay County provides developmentally appropriate childcare while parents improve their education by finishing high school, preparing for the GED and going on to further their education. It also helps improve parenting and life skills.
With paid staff and volunteers, and supported by 20 partnering agencies, this family learning ministry has the potential to serve 36 children and 30 parents at two locations – the Children’s Pavilion at the Wabash Camp and Retreat Center in Clay City and the First Baptist Church in Brazil.
CRADLES program director Mary Yelton said, “We hope that by giving student-parents this opportunity to learn, grow and become contributing citizens who will in turn support their children throughout their K-12 education, CRADLES will change lives and impact future generations.”
A $5,000 Clay County Community Foundation grant from the Anna Ferrell Endowment Fund, the Lilly Endowment Fund for Clay County and the Richard and Hilda Zimmerman Endowment Fund will provide for childcare services through the program.
R E D C R O S S T O “ B U I L D R E S I L I E N T C O M M U N I T I E S ”
Support from the American Red Cross can be key when citizens and communities are recovering from disasters such as the area’s severe flooding in 2008.
The Wabash Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross serves eight counties in Indiana, including Sullivan County. In 2013, 25 individuals in Sullivan County received assistance after losing their homes in a disaster. Knowing well that being prepared for a disaster is much less expensive than responding to one, the Red Cross is committed to increasing Sullivan County’s disaster preparedness and ability to bounce back with its Delivering Hope program.
The program will recruit and train at least 20 new volunteers to provide a shelter to be set up in a disaster where multiple families are affected. It will also partner with schools, churches, civic groups and government agencies to increase the amount of disaster preparedness and fire prevention education available in the county, and it will reach at least 10 businesses with disaster preparedness assessment and information. Businesses that are able to survive a disaster and recover quickly without closing for a long period assure their workers of continued employment and the community of economic stability.
The Sullivan County Community Foundation provided a $3,000 grant from the Lois A. Andrews Foundation Fund for Sullivan County, the Guy and Wilma Edds Charitable Endowment Fund and the Harold and Melinda Medsker Endowment Fund for disaster response, volunteer recruitment, retention and training supplies and program materials.
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Site coordinator Evalyn Walton oversees children enjoying a sensory activity at the sand table during their day at CRADLES’ Clay City childcare center.
The Red Cross is on the scene with meals as volunteers make sandbags to protect property from rising floodwaters in southern Indiana. The Delivering Hope program will help Sullivan County prepare for disasters of this kind.
2014 Grants
A R T S & C U L T U R E$79,970.35
Art Spaces, Inc. General support $241.00 Art Spaces Endowment Fund
Arts Illiana Arts educational initiative $2,900.00 Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund
Children’s Theatre of Terre Haute, Inc. Co-sponsor for Aladdin, Jr. $2,500.00 Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Charitable Endowment Fund and Lilly Endowment Fund
Clay County Genealogical Society General support $124.00 Clay County Genealogical Society Fund
Community Theatre of Terre Haute General support $349.00 Community Theatre of Terre Haute Endowment Fund
Community Theatre of Terre Haute General support $96.67 Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund
Poland Chapel Historical Society General support $1,119.00 Marion and Marie Kattman Sendmeyer Endowment Fund for Poland Historical Chapel
Terre Haute Children’s Choir Scholarships and new music $2,500.00 Hulman George Family Endowment Fund and Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Terre Haute Symphony Association General support $5,397.00 Terre Haute Symphony Association Fund
Terre Haute Symphony Association General support $3,421.00 Terre Haute Symphony Association - Walter and Margaret Reed Fund
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. Juried art exhibition $19.00 Danette Angermeier Memorial Fund
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. Preservation and/or restoration of art collection $1,349.00 John Rogers Cox Preservation Fund
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $1,038.00 Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $15,500.00 Sheldon Swope Art Museum Endowment Fund
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $282.00 Susie Dewey Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $290.00 Harriet McNeal Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $2,145.00 Hermine M. Haslem Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $12,346.00 Eileen Stith Jensen Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc.Acquisition of art$11,551.00Guido and Barbara Miescher Endowment Fund
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc.General support$268.00Mary Ann Carroll Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc.General support$724.97Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc.General support$412.00Miriam Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc.General support$270.00Robert and Carolyn Steinbaugh Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc.General support$313.00Norma Lemmon Evans Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc.General support$1,000.00Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc.General support$250.00Mary Ann Shagley Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc.Conservation for Scales Mound$2,850.00Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund,Andres Family Endowment Fund and Walter and Katherine Bledsoe Family Endowment Fund
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc.General support$500.00Fred and Nancy Nation Endowment Fund
Vigo County Historical SocietyGeneral support$4,049.00Vigo County Historical Society Endowment Fund
Vigo County Historical SocietyBuilding campaign$6,165.71Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
C O M M U N I T Y D E V E L O P M E N T$163,120.36
Allen Chapel Friends of HistoricIndiana Theatre fundraiser$250.00Duke Energy Grants Fund
Chances and Services for YouthDancing with the Terre Haute Stars $500.00Duke Energy Grants Fund
Chances and Services for YouthKitchen remodel$10,000.00Felstein Grandchildren Fund in Memory of Allen & Millie Felstein, Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Commuity Endowment Fund and Lilly Endowment Fund
City of BrazilBeautification of Forest Park$115.00Roy E. Brown Memorial Fund
City of BrazilTrees for Forest Park$663.00Forest Park Endowment Fund
City of SullivanPaving at Center Ridge Cemetery$16,000.00Sullivan County Community Grant Fund
City of SullivanReplace shelter house tables$4,710.00John and Yvonne Longfield Endowment Fund and Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund
Clay City USARefurbish the city signs$5,050.00Clay City Lions Commuity Fund, Clay County Community Grant Fund, Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County and John E. and Karen Mercer Family Endowment Fund
Clay County Parks AssociationAmerican Softball Kids backstop construction project$5,000.00Brazil Rotary Commuity Fund, Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County and Spencer Miller and Associates, L.L.C., CPA’s Clay County Community Fund
CRADLESChildcare for parents returning to school$5,000.00Anna Ferrell Endowment Fund, Lilly Endowment Fund for Clay County and Richard and Hilda Zimmerman Endowment Fund
Friends of Goose Pond, Inc.Frog gigging event$220.00Youth Endowment for Sullivan County
Gill Township Volunteer Fire Fighters Inc.General support$233.00Gill Township Volunteer Fireman’s Operational Fund
Greater Terre Haute Chamber FoundationTerre Haute Tomorrow$5,000.00Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
Hull Cemetery Association, IncPreservation, maintenance and beautification $8,870.00Charles Harlan Fund for the Hull Cemetery
Indiana Nonprofit Resource NetworkNonprofit Learning Series$5,000.00Wabash Valley Community Foundation Special Account
Merom Conference CenterRe-roofing of Holt Hall$7,500.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County, William Snyder Endowment Fund and Lorene B. and Malcolm Pigg Endowment Fund
Merom Improvement Assoc., Inc.Basketball court renovation$5,000.00Leo & Virginia Pellum Endowment Fund, Lilly Endowment for Sullivan County and Lilly Endowment Board Designated for Sullivan County
Providence Food PantryKitchen remodel$16,136.00Lilly Endowment Fund, PMC Fund and Leon & Roberta Sackrider Endowment Fund
Ryves Youth CenterNew flooring$11,080.00Vigo County Community Grant Fund and Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund
Shelburn Youth LeagueNew concession stand$10,000.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County, Sullivan County Community Grant Fund and William and Joanne Wright Family Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Community HospitalGeneral support$935.00Sullivan County Community Hospital Foundation Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Public LibraryGeneral support$228.00Sullivan County Public Library Endowment Fund
Sycamore Trails RC&D Council, Inc.General support$206.00Sycamore Trails RC&D SCCF Endowment Fund
Sycamore Trails RC&D Council, Inc.General support$1,243.00Sycamore Trails RC&D Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Boys and Girls ClubGeneral support$1,324.65George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club$1,700.00Gilbert and Virginia Gambill Charitable Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Humane SocietyGeneral support$2,773.25Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Humane SocietyGeneral support$3,432.00Humane Society Fund
Terre Haute Park and Recreation DepartmentTerre Haute Park project$333.00Terre Haute Parks Department Endowment Fund
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Terre Haute Park and Recreation DepartmentFlowers at Maple Ave Park$123.57Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund - Maple Ave.
Terre Haute Rotary Foundation Inc.General support$957.00Terre Haute Rotary Club Endowment Fund
Town of CarlisleImprovement and beautification of Carlisle Town Park$2,147.00Jesse R. Sherwood Fund
Town of Center PointGeneral support$2,838.89Center Point Town Project Fund
TREES Inc.General support$599.00TREES Inc. Endowment Fund
Turman Township Youth FoundationGeneral support$112.00Turman Township Youth Foundation 2000 Limited Fund
Vigo County Historical SocietyRepairs to Paul Dresser house$10,000.00Hulman George Family Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Inc.Will planning session for Sullivan County$2,500.00Sullivan County Community Grant Fund
Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Inc.2014-2015 Nonprofit Learning Series$6,000.00Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
Wabash Valley Senior Citizens CenterRepairs to furnace$2,775.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
West Terre Haute Little LeagueBuilding a shelter, bleachers and picnic tables at the ballpark$5,500.00Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
YMCAs of the Wabash Valley General support for Clay County YMCA$1,066.00Clay County YMCA Endowment Fund
E D U C A T I O N$132,185.45
A.L.L.- Washington High SchoolGeneral support$308.00A.L.L. - Washington High School Nursery Endowment Fund
A.L.L.- Washington High SchoolRocking babies: purchase of one new rocker$500.00Terre Haute Day Nursery Association Endowment Fund
CANDLES Holocaust MuseumGenocide awareness program$50.00Wabash Valley Gives - Community Engagement Platform
Clay Community SchoolsDiscretionary funds for principal of Eastside Elementary School to advance students’ ability to learn$204.00Angels for Eastside Fund
Clay County Genealogical SocietyNew copier and lease$3,388.00Bill and Edna Ahlemeyer Endowment Fund, Clay Civic Memorial Foundation Advised Fund and Albert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Community Fund
Community Christian School, Inc.General support$284.00Community Christian School Endowment Fund
Dictionary ProjectDictionary Project$4,200.00Mauri and Janice Modesitt Dictionary Fund; James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund
Gibault Foundation, Inc.General support$724.97Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund
Gibault Foundation, Inc.General support$330.02Pfister Fund
Guerin Outreach MinistriesTutoring program for children and adults$3,000.00Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund; James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund and Altrusa Foundation Fund
Indiana State University College of Arts & SciencesAfrican drumming afterschool program$2,875.00Donald O. Springman Endowment Fund, White Family Endowment Fund and Thelma Maxine Dever Memorial Fund
Indiana State University Early Childhood Education CenterPatio improvements/renovations$500.00Terre Haute Day Nursery Association Endowment Fund
Indiana State University/ West Central Indiana Small Business Development CenterSupport of training for entrepreneurs$2,500.00Lukens Family Endowment Fund and John Tipton Memorial Fund
Indiana University Foundation-WTIU/IUDocumentary Along the Wabash$6,000.00Henry and Geraldine Adelman Memorial Fund and Salo and Mary Levite Endowment Fund Indiana Youth InstituteYouth Worker Café in Vigo County$800.00Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Charitable Endowment Fund and Lukens Family Endowment Fund
Ivy Tech Community CollegeComputer updates$1,237.00Ivy Tech Technology Endowment Fund
Ivy Tech FoundationLab equipment at new Humane Shelter$20,000.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Meridian Elementary SchoolSupport for backpack program$5,000.00Clay Civic Memorial Foundation Advised Fund, Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County, Lilly Endowment Fund for Clay County, Spencer Miller and Associates, L.L.C., CPA’s Clay County Community Fund and Richard and Hilda Zimmerman Endowment Fund
Merom Improvement Assoc., Inc.General support$616.00Merom Improvement Association Agency Fund
Northeast School CorporationE-Books for North Central High School library$20,000.00Sullivan County Community Foundation General Endowment Fund
Northeast School CorporationProjector & mic for Hymera Elementary School$6,500.00Sullivan County Community Foundation General Endowment Fund
Riley Township Lions ClubBooks$3,600.00Steve Harris Memorial Endowment Fund, Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund and Gershon H. & Janice Loeser Endowment Fund
Rural Community Schools, Inc.iPads for student use$3,980.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County and Dana M. Burton Memorial Endowment Fund
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods CollegeGeneral support$2,729.46Jessie E. Hickman Fund
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods CollegeMarketing for community-wide fitness program$10,000.00Lilly Endowment Fund
SEFI/Science Education Foundation of IndianaVigo County Science Fair$300.00Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Fund
Southwest High Schools Alumni Association Inc.General support$3,129.00Southwest High Schools Alumni Association - Cooper Endowment
SPPRAK in Vigo CountySPPRAK Pack for Vigo County$800.00Carl W. (“Bang”) and Josephine M. Price Memorial Fund and Allen and Mildred D. Felstein Charitable Endowment Fund
St. Patrick ChurchGeneral support for John Paul Catholic High School$150.00Terry Ho M.D. Memorial Fund
Stair Steps to SuccessMentoring program for homeless, court-involved or fostered youth in Sullivan County$594.00Stair Steps to Success Endowment Fund
African Drumming
Indiana State University’s Community School of the Arts (CSA) is the only comprehensive educational outreach of its kind in Indiana and one of very few in the country. Through the CSA, students of all ages, backgrounds and ability levels can experience year-round professional and affordable instruction in the performing and fine arts. The CSA’s African Drumming Program reaches out to Terre Haute’s only Title I middle school, Sarah Scott, with a 30-week afterschool music program. In middle school, music and the other arts become electives, and not many students who want to take these types of classes can afford private instruction, so this introduction to percussion may be the only opportunity this predominantly underserved population has to take music classes. “The impact of this program goes beyond the students’ enjoyment and appreciation of music,” said CSA director Petra Nyendick. “It also provides creative and critical problem-solving skills, strengthened concentration and improved memory skills that have been shown to help students improve scholastically.” A $2,875 Community Foundation grant from the Donald O. Springman Endowment Fund, the White Family Endowment Fund and the Thelma Maxine Dever Memorial Fund purchased African drums for the program.
Students at Sarah Scott Middle School practice their percussion skills on African drums as part of a music program made possible by ISU’s Community School of the Arts. Indiana State University Photography Services
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Wabash Valley Community Foundation ANNUAL REPORT 2014
Sullivan County 4-HGeneral support$151.00Sullivan County 4-H Endowment Fund
Sullivan County American Indian CouncilCreation/maintenance of a heritage garden$500.00Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund
Sullivan County Public LibrarySupport for the Genealogy Department$537.00Sullivan County Public Library Genealogy, Family & County History Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Children’s MuseumGeneral support$13,160.00Terre Haute Children’s Science and Technology Museum Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Children’s Museum2014 Fairytale Ball sponsorship$500.00Duke Energy Grants Fund
Terre Haute Children’s MuseumMoonjars and materials for budgeting program$1,500.00Ray G. Ingram Endowment Fund, Lilly Endowment Fund and Donald O. Springman Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Human Relations CommissionMartin Luther King, Jr. Youth Summit$2,000.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
United Child Care CenterStudent scholarships$2,000.00James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund
Vigo County CASADaycare costs$3,500.00James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund
Vigo County Education FoundationSupport for school activities and personal items for children in need at Fayette Elementary School$197.00Nancy Hellmann Educational Fund
Vigo County Education FoundationGeneral support$690.00Vigo County Education Foundation Endowment Fund
Vigo County Education FoundationNorth Vigo High School- Tote Bag Club $150South Vigo High School- Blanket Project $500- School Essential Bundles and Food Drive $500West Vigo Middle School- B is for Bullying book $500- Heroes in Action $130West Vigo High School- West T Pride Day $390Youth Grant Committee Endowment Fund
Vigo County Public LibraryGeneral support$163.00Vigo County Public Library Endowment
Vigo County Public LibraryChildren’s literature program$568.00Esther MacBain Meeks Memorial Fund for Children’s Literature
Wabash Valley Right To Life Education FundGeneral support of Right to Life education$250.00Terry Ho M.D. Memorial Fund
H E A L T H & H U M A N S E R V I C E S$275,998.91
14th & Chestnut Community Center/UMCGeneral support$868.0014th & Chestnut Community Center Endowment Fund
14th & Chestnut Community Center/UMCGeneral support$260.00Col. Peter Baer Memorial Fund
American Cancer Society, Vigo County UnitGeneral support$2,773.25Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund
American Heart AssociationGeneral support$2,773.25Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund
American Heart AssociationHeart health research$500.00The Essence of Red Committee
American Red CrossBuilding Resilient Communities program$4,000.00Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Lee Jr. Endowment Fund and Hulman George Family Endowment Fund
American Red CrossDisaster preparedness for Sullivan County$3,000.00Lois A. Andrews Foundation Fund for Sullivan County, Guy and Wilma Edds Charitable Endowment Fund and Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund
ARC of Vigo CountyGeneral support$52.00ARC of Vigo County Endowment Fund
Area 7 Agency on Aging and DisabledGeneral support$521.00Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled Endowment Fund
Big Brother Big SisterStart programming at West Vigo Schools$10,000.00James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund and Carol M. Starkey Kochell Charitable Fund
Catholic Charities Terre HauteGeneral support$724.97Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund
Catholic Charities Terre HauteGeneral support$359.47Pfister Fund
Catholic Charities Terre HauteGeneral support$105.00Catholic Charities Endowment Fund
Catholic Charities Terre HauteBuilding campaign$6,165.71Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
Catholic Charities Terre HauteGeneral support$100.00Terry Ho M.D. Memorial Fund
Catholic Charities Terre HauteBunk beds for Bethany House$5,320.00Ray G. Ingram Endowment Fund and Wabash Valley Asphalt Endowment Fund
Chances and Services for YouthYouth Resources program$1,322.00C.H.A.N.C.E.S. and Services for Youth Endowment Fund
Chances and Services for YouthSmoking cessation for youth$500.00The Essence of Red Committee
Christian Foundation for Children & AgingGeneral support$107.84Pfister Fund
Clay Co. Emergency Food PantryFood for pantry$10,000.00Clay County Hospital Health Improvement Fund
Covenant Cooperative Ministry Inc.Thanksgiving Food program$150.00Duke Energy Grants Fund
Crisis Pregnancy CenterMedical testing supplies$3,900.00Vigo County Community Grant Fund, Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Fund and Jacqueline H. Phillips Endowment Fund
Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of AmericaGeneral support$842.00Boy Scouts of America, Crossroads of America Council Endowment Fund
Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of AmericaGeneral support$96.67Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund
Dispute Resolution Center for the Wabash ValleyGeneral support$161.00Dispute Resolution Center Endowment Fund
Families By ChoiceCoOp to Feed program support$2,000.00Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
Family Service Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc.Counseling support for Terre Haute North Vigo High School students with non-drug related mental health issues$1,278.00Jamie Jacobsen Memorial Endowment Fund
2014 Grants Continued
Healthy Families
For more than 40 years, Hamilton Center Inc. (HCI) has been the area’s leading behavioral health organization. Its Healthy Families Program, serving Greene, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties, strives to prevent child abuse and promote the importance of early learning for all children. Now in its 20th year, the program has served more than 4,000 children and their parents. Healthy Families’ intervention begins as soon as a child is born, with home- and center-based activities that provide resources, programming and role models to help parents embrace their role as their child’s first teacher. Most current evaluation results show that the state rate of child abuse and neglect for the general population is more than double that of Healthy Families participant families. In support of home visits, Healthy Families provides materials such as community resource information; safety notebooks and printed materials on child abuse, well-baby care, child safety, positive discipline and more. Handouts also include DVDs, developmental assessments and screening tools. A gift card is used as an incentive to encourage interest and participation. Recent funding cuts have caused HCI to seek additional sources of revenue for Healthy Families. A $4,000 Foundation grant from the James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund provided materials for home visits and incentive gift cards for families.
A Hamilton Center representative shares safe-sleep and other baby care information with a mother during a Healthy Families session.
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Generous People Generate Legacies FOR GENER ATIONS
Family Service Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc.Breathalyzer and copy/fax machine$8,000.00Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund and Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Farmers Chapel Community ChurchGeneral support$4,289.00Charles L. Harlan Fund for Farmers Chapel Church
First Presbyterian Church of SullivanSupport for Community Kitchen program$839.00Community Kitchen Endowment Fund
Friends of Families, Inc.General support$561.00M. Evelyn Peterman Fund
Gibault Foundation, Inc.Support for Gibault School for Boys$2,727.00Gibault Fund
Girl Scouts of Central IndianaGeneral support$663.00Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Fund
Girl Scouts of Central IndianaGeneral support$96.66Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund
Hamilton Center, Inc.General support$539.00Katherine Hamilton Endowment Fund for Hamilton Center, Inc.
Hamilton Center, Inc.Healthy Families program$4,000.00James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund
Harmony Haven, Inc.General support$131.00Newman Family Endowment Fund
Humane Society of Sullivan CountyPreventive medicine$5,700.00Lilly Endowment Fund for Sullivan County, Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County and Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund
Humane Society of Sullivan CountyGeneral support$1,243.00Humane Society of Sullivan County Endowment Fund
Indiana State University Bayh College of EducationAcquire ADOS-2$2,000.00Larry C. Archer Memorial Fund for Autism Awareness and Understanding
Indiana State University College of NursingWomen on the Move to Healthy Eating program$1,500.00Landsbaum Endowment Fund and Wabash Valley Asphalt Endowment Fund
Lewis Township Volunteer Fire DepartmentFire prevention week$1,600.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County and Hershel and Josephine Morge Endowment Fund
Light House Mission, Inc.General support$724.97Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund
Light House Mission, Inc.General support$1,443.00Helping Hand Endowment Fund
Light House Mission, Inc.New computers$3,000.00Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
Maple Center, Inc.Healthy Weight and Lifestyle Program for Youth$3,000.00PMC Fund, Gary W. and Judy A. Schomer Family Endowment Fund and Dr. Paul and Nadine Humphrey Charitable Fund
Mary’s Children, Inc.General support$109.00Donna J. Doti Endowment Fund
Mental Health AmericaGeneral support$271.00Mental Health Association in Vigo County Endowment Fund
Missionaries of Charity - Bronx, NYGeneral support$179.74Pfister Fund
Mother Theodore Corporation IVGeneral support$4,493.31Pfister Fund
Mount Pleasant United Methodist ChurchCelebrate Recovery program support$150.00Newman Family Endowment Fund
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Heart health research$1,000.00The Essence of Red Committee
Next Step Foundation, Inc.Equipment to outfit daycare center for residents$10,000.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund, Thomas and Susan Dinkel Family Fund and O. Earl and Tina Elliott Family Endowment
Open Arms Christian MinistriesGeneral support$4,838.00Norma G. McNeill Fund
Our Father’s Arms, Inc.General support$306.00Anonymous Fund
Our Father’s Arms, Inc.Brown Baggers program $435.00Brown Baggers School Food Program Endowment Fund
Our Father’s Arms, Inc.Food for those in need$5,000.00Allomatic Products Community Endowment Fund, Black Beauty Sullivan County Community Fundand Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County
Parke Co. EMSPads & equipment for AEDs$420.00The Essence of Red Committee
Purdue Extension Vermillion CountyPedometers for 10,000 steps program$1,000.00The Essence of Red Committee
Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical CenterSupport for the veterans$156.50Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League Endowment Fund
Riley Memorial AssociationGeneral support for Camp Riley$3,334.00Clabber Girl Fund for Camp Riley
Riley Memorial AssociationGeneral support$883.10George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods CollegePower of the Purse$500.00Duke Energy Grants Fund
Salvation ArmyGeneral support$4,695.00Sumar Fund for the Salvation Army
Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenGeneral support$883.10George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
Sisters of ProvidenceCPR Training for White Violet Center$200.00The Essence of Red Committee
Spay-Neuter LeagueGeneral support$3,523.00Spay-Neuter League Endowment Fund
St. Vincent Clay HospitalFestival of Trees$500.00Duke Energy Grants Fund
Sullivan County Auditor’s OfficeSullivan County Supervised Visitation Center$23,000.00Sullivan County Community Grant Fund
Sullivan County Community HospitalGeneral support$221.00Leo & Virginia Pellum Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Boys and Girls ClubGeneral support$1,364.73Jessie E. Hickman Fund
Terre Haute Boys and Girls ClubGeneral support$954.00Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club - Max Gibson Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Boys and Girls ClubSupport for capital projects$318.00Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club - John G. Schmidt Capital Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Boys and Girls ClubEarly Bird Day Camp tuition scholarships$10,000.00David and Joan Zaun Endowment Fund, Curt & Linda Brighton Family Endowment Fund and Lilly Endowment Fund
Terre Haute Junior Tennis AssociationSupport for the2014 Tournament $1,132.00Mary Ann Stadler Memorial Fund
The League of Terre HauteGeneral support$205.00Clothes Closet Endowment Fund
The League of Terre HauteGeneral support$379.00League of Terre Haute Endowment Fund
Clay City Signage
Hometown values are all-important in the southern Clay County community of Clay City, described by a visitor as “a throwback to the days when people waved to friends, knew neighbors on a first-name basis and took time to enjoy visitors.”
Since 1999, Clay City USA Foundation has been working for the betterment of the town, converting an old downtown gas station into a welcome center, supporting creation of a community library and sponsoring community events. Wishing to have people identify Clay City with the family values portrayed on the 1960s television show, “The Andy Griffith Show,” which took place in fictional Mayberry, North Carolina, the group nicknamed its town “Mayberry of the Midwest.” For years, travelers entering town from every direction have been greeted with signs welcoming them to “Mayberry of the Midwest.” The signs had fallen into disrepair and needed restoration, which include painting, metal work and minor fabrication, to give visitors a better first impression of the town. Clay City USA went to the Clay County Community Foundation for grant assistance to cover the cost, which was provided by a $5,050 grant from the Clay City Lions Community Fund, the Clay County Community Grant Fund, the Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County and the John E. and Karen Mercer Family Endowment Fund.
One of the refurbished “Mayberry of the Midwest” signs is stored at the sign shop awaiting good weather to be reinstalled at the entrance to Clay City.
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Wabash Valley Community Foundation ANNUAL REPORT 2014
Tribune Star Christmas Basket programFood for baskets$17,965.00Tribune Star Christmas Basket Fund
Union Hospital Foundation, Inc.General support$2,207.75George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
Union Hospital Foundation, Inc.General support$2,729.46Jessie E. Hickman Fund
United Cerebral PalsyGeneral support$227.00United Cerebral Palsy Endowment Fund
United Way of the Wabash ValleyGeneral support$270.00United Way of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund
United Way of the Wabash ValleyGeneral support$6,320.00United Way of the Wabash Valley - Ada Hodge Fund
United Way of the Wabash ValleyGeneral support$2,985.00United Way of the Wabash Valley Operating Endowment
United Way of the Wabash Valley$6,000.00Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
United Way of the Wabash ValleyEvent sponsorships$1,360.00Duke Energy Grants Fund
United Way of the Wabash Valley2014 Campaign$6,165.71Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
VA Illiana Health Care SystemSupport for the veterans$156.50Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League Endowment Fund
Vigo County Education FoundationHeart health education for youth$2,000.00The Essence of Red Committee
Vigo County LifeLineGeneral support$274.53Vigo County LifeLine Endowment Fund
Vigo County School CorporationBackpack Program$11,165.71Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund
Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc.General support$253.00Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley Inc. Endowment Fund
Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc.General support$724.97Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund
Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc.General support$883.10George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc.Support for Hospice of the Wabash Valley$664.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Fund for Hospice
Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc.Support for Hospice of the Wabash Valley$277.00Hospice of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Goodwill Industries, Inc.General support$2,154.00Goodwill Industries Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Health CenterGeneral support$5,089.00Saint Ann Clinic Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Health CenterGeneral support$1,443.00Helping Hand Endowment Fund
Wabash Valley Health CenterGeneral support$359.47Pfister Fund
Wabash Valley Health CenterEquipment for medical care$15,000.00James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund, Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund and Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund
West Terre Haute Police DepartmentRecognition Banquet support$750.00Carol M. Starkey Kochell Charitable Fund
Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc.General support$130.00Western Indiana Community Action Agency Fund
Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc.Residential ramps$1,427.71Janet S. Newman Helping Hand Fund
Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc.Shoes for kids$5,265.00Vigo County Community Grant Fund and Lilly Endowment Fund
YMCAs of the Wabash ValleySupport for the Vigo County YMCA$1,364.73Jessie E. Hickman Fund
R E L I G I O N$25,149.58
Annunciation Catholic ChurchGeneral support$282.00Annunciation Church Educational Endowment Fund
Archdiocese of Indianapolis - United Catholic AppealGeneral support$359.47Pfister Fund
Capuchin Franciscan FriarsGeneral support$179.64Pfister Fund
Carmelite MonasteryGeneral support $100.00Terry Ho M.D. Memorial Fund
Central Presbyterian ChurchGeneral support$1,364.73Jessie E. Hickman Fund
First United Presbyterian ChurchGeneral support$146.00Sullivan Presbyterian Church Mission Fund
Merom United Methodist ChurchGeneral support$4,564.00Merom United Methodist Church Endowment Fund
Province of our Lady of Consolation Inc.General support$269.60Pfister Fund
Sacred Heart ChurchEducation program support$77.00Elizabeth Smudde Memorial Fund
Sacred Heart ChurchGeneral support$4,673.04Pfister Fund
Sisters of Our Lady Mt. CarmelGeneral support$1,797.33Pfister Fund
Sisters of ProvidenceGeneral support$1,797.33Pfister Fund
St. Benedict ChurchGeneral support$724.97Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund
St. Benedict ChurchGeneral support$753.00Saint Benedict Church Endowment Fund
St. Benedict ChurchGeneral support$359.47Pfister Fund
St. Joseph University ParishGeneral support$54.00Saint Joseph University Parish Fund
St. Joseph University ParishGeneral support$359.47Pfister Fund
St. Stephen’s Episcopal ChurchGeneral support$1,364.73Jessie E. Hickman Fund
United Hebrew Congregation FoundationGeneral support$1,766.20George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund
United Hebrew Congregation FoundationGeneral support$79.60Felstein Grandchildren Fund in Memory of Allen & Millie Felstein
World Gospel Church, Inc.Support for its mission projects$4,078.00World Gospel Church Missions Endowment Fund
2014 Grants Continued
Stories Alongthe Wabash
Certainly the 2013 “Year of the River” celebration gave us all an awareness of the rich heritage of the Wabash River and our ancestors’ strong ties to and deep dependence on the State River of Indiana. As Board President Fred Nation put it, the Wabash is, “in many ways…why we are here.” This year, WTIU Public Television came to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation with a request to support the production of Along the Wabash: The State River of Indiana in Seven Vignettes. The one-hour special will illustrate major events in history with ties to the Wabash and stories of everyday people whose lives and livelihoods depended on the river. Producer Suzanne Schwibs made several visits to the Wabash Valley to research aspects of the river’s influence here, including late 19th century pearl fishing and manufacture of pearl buttons. Set to air in March 2016, the state’s bicentennial year, the program will connect viewers with past generations and highlight the importance of the Wabash River as a setting for events that shaped Indiana and, ultimately, our lives today. Supporting the production of Along the Wabash is a $6,000 Foundation grant from the Henry & Geraldine Adelman Memorial Fund and the Salo & Mary Levite Endowment Fund.
Passengers prepare to board a barge, pushed by the steamer E. Rutledge, at a time when river travel and trade was common scene along the Wabash River.
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Generous People Generate Legacies FOR GENER ATIONS
Wabash ValleyHealth Center
Wabash Valley Health Center, formerly known as St. Ann’s Clinic, has served the Wabash Valley since 1997, providing a range of medical services for all persons, regardless of their ability to pay. With the clinic’s 2013 designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center, a CEO, full-time medical director and additional staff were hired. Renovation and expansion of facilities was necessary to accommodate new staff members and treatment space for the anticipated 3,000 additional visits the first year. The expansion included five exam rooms and office space. Implementation of an electronic medical records system necessitated more computers, scanners and printers. As a result of the expansion, the phone and communications system had to be upgraded, and additional furnishings and clinical equipment was required. The clinic turned to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation for assistance to purchase additional clinical equipment. A $15,000 grant from the James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund, the Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund and the Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund enabled the clinic to acquire the needed equipment for medical care to support the expansion.
Wabash Valley Health Center nurse Jennifer Long reads a patient’s blood pressure using the equipment panel provided by a Community Foundation grant. The exam bed was also grant-funded.
H O L I D A Y W I S H L I S T $14,409.74
Big Brother Big SisterHygiene Kits and healthy snacks for children Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$251.74Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Catholic Charities of Terre HauteMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$300.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County
Catholic Charities of Terre HauteMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$100.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Catholic Charities of Terre HauteMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$750.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Catholic Charities of Terre HauteMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$250.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Children’s Theatre of Terre Haute, Inc.Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$100.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Clay County Genealogical SocietyMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$100.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County
Clay County Historical SocietyMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$450.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County
Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of AmericaMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$100.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Families By ChoiceMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$400.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Happiness Bag, Inc.Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$100.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Indiana State University College of Arts and SciencesMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$200.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Indiana State University Center for Community EngagementMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$52.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Indiana State University Early Childhood Education CenterMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$200.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Junior Achievement of the Wabash ValleyMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$250.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County
Junior Achievement of the Wabash ValleyMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$1,000.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County
Junior Achievement of the Wabash ValleyMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$4,256.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
The League of Terre HauteMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$200.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Light House Mission, Inc.Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$200.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
McMillan Adult Day CareMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$100.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Meals on Wheels, Inc.Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$100.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Ronald McDonald House of IndianaMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$100.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County
Ronald McDonald House of IndianaMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$100.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Salvation ArmyMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$400.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Senior Education Ministries, Inc.Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$50.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Sisters of ProvidenceMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$100.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
Stair Steps to SuccessMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$200.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County
Sullivan County Community KitchenMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$3,010.00Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County
Wabash Valley Health CenterMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$290.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
United Way of the Wabash ValleyMatching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program$700.00Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund
G I V I N G C I R C L E S$26,000
100+ Women Who Care$18,300
- CANDLES Holocaust Museum $4,600.00 - Catholic Charities of Terre Haute $4,900.00 - Ivy Tech Foundation $3,800.00 - The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. $700.00
- United Way of the Wabash Valley $4,300.00
Guys Who Give$7,700
- Catholic Charities of Terre Haute $3,000.00
- Vigo County Education Foundation $3,300.00
- West Vigo Community Center $1,400.00
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2014 Scholarships
S C H O L A R S H I P S$ 500,102.25
Anderson University$500 - Gabrielle PruittWright, Shagley and Lowery Scholarship
$500 - Gabrielle PruittHazel A. Dennis, R.N. Scholarship
Ball State University$400 - Jared WellsJack Lower Memorial Scholarship
$400 - Jared WellsWabash Valley Community Foundation Scholarship
Carnegie Mellon University$500 - Jacob JohnsonVigo County Education Foundation - John Kassis Memorial Scholarship
Cincinnati Christian University$14,000 - Gabriela VijilSherman Educational Scholarship
DePauw University$1,000 - Kourtney ClarkTerre Haute Regional Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship
Embry-RiddleAeronautical University$200 - Adam La GrangeTerre Haute Junior Golf Association Scholarship
Georgetown University$7,425 - Zachary HughbanksElizabeth A. Bledsoe Scholarship
$14,000 - Zachary HughbanksSherman EducationalScholarship
Indiana State University$2,300 - Emma AutersonLarry Paul Fleschner Scholarship
$3,000 - Emma AutersonVigo County Scholarship
$14,000 - Kaitlin BasingerSherman EducationalScholarship
$4,229 - Brooke BrownMyrl and Marie Wilkinson Scholarship
$14,500 - Kennedy CamdenLavelda M. Goble Scholarship
$455 - Alek CopelandAlbert and Verna McKee Memorial Scholarship
$1,500 - Taylor DickisonAlbert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Scholarship
$180 - Kelsie FischerClay County Scholarship
$1,000 - Kelsie FischerDenise D. and John C. Bell Scholarship
$14,000 - Brentney FulfordSherman EducationalScholarship
$1,330 - Samuel HallDr. James Harvey Crowder Memorial Scholarship
$14,000 - Samuel HallSherman EducationalScholarship
$352 - Jake MathisBetty E. and Curt DeBaun, Jr. Aviation Scholarship
$2,500 - Halie SciottoGeraldine Ullery Scholarship
$500 - Halie SciottoHarriet Hicks Scholarship
$3,000 - Halie SciottoMartha & Mary Ann Pedlar Scholarship
$1,000 - Cooper SmithJanice Hart Modesitt, R.N. Nursing Scholarship
$26,000 - Dylan StolzDr. and Mrs. James O. Conklin Scholarship
$500 - Nicholas StuckerJim Case Scholarship
$1,000 - Kristin SutliffTerre Haute Regional Hospital Foundation Scholarship
$2,000 - Kristin SutliffWilliam W. Drummy, III, Rebecca A. Drummy, RN, and Lillian A. Drummy R.N. Nursing Scholarship
$140 - Kylee TruaxVirginia M. Buell Scholarship
$500 - Brittany VancilLloyd and Lela Ewbank Scholarship
$220 - Brittany VancilTina Clem Memorial Scholarship
$300 - Hannah VanHornBrazil Business & Professional Women’s Club Scholarship
$1,000 - Hannah VanHornTerre Haute Regional Hospital Foundation Scholarship
$133 - Kourtey VanweyBill Wood Insurance Adjuster’s Scholarship
$2,773.25 - Andres VelazquesEarl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment
$500 - Ryan TurnerCharles F. and Nancy A. Bradford Scholarship
$703 - Leisel YoungMarilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Indiana State University Department of Marketing
Indiana University$844 - Kelsie AckmanMarilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Indiana University School of Law
$1,000 - Ricky BrookinsTravis James Smith Mental Attitude Award
$650 - Corrina GunnGill Township Scholarship
$7,800 - Corrina GunnSherman Educational Scholarship
$360 - Kexin HeAmbrose and Miriam Rubey Scholarship
$1,400 - Kexin HePeter Anthony Duong Memorial Scholarship
$500 - Andrew MathiesTom McCarthy Memorial Scholarship
$1,400 - Alexandra MillerDedia M. Sexton Scholarship
$5,000 - Claire MillerJohn & Myrtle Price Scholarship
$700 - Claire MillerMabel Kidwell Scholarship
$2,375 - Claire MillerRoy W. Barnhart Scholarship
$550 - Jake PirtleValentine Family Scholarship
$500 - Lynzie ThomannBeta Sigma Phi City Council Scholarship
$100 - Minh TongRichard and Margaret Shattuck Memorial Scholarship
$2,360 - Minh TongRoy & Louie E. Lucas Scholarship
$200 - Mikayla TurnerEvelyn W. Gettinger Indiana University Scholarship
$14,000 - Mikayla TurnerSherman Educational Scholarship
$500 - Aubrey WashburnBeta Sigma Phi City Council Scholarship
Indiana University- Bloomington$150 - Jordan Gomes-KuehnerFred Christman Scholarship Fund
$1,000 - Jordan Gomes-KuehnerLaura Brooke McDonald Memorial Scholarship
$2,000 - Alexandra MillerDr. William W. Drummy Memorial Scholarship
Indiana University School of Medicine$570 - Taylor TwiggsDr. John E. Freed, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
$22,676 - Anthony WittFred A. & Nannie Graham Scholarship
Indiana Wesleyan$500 - Drew CahillTravis James Smith Memorial Scholarship
$26,000 - Michaela GambillDr. and Mrs. James O. Conklin Scholarship
IUPUI$14,000 - Ryan NailSherman Educational Scholarship
$250 - Guy WissSam J. and Joyce E. Emmert Family
Ivy Tech Community College$460 - Dustin BoyllFarmersburg Alumni Association Scholarship
$150 - Dustin BoyllJ.P. Alexander Memorial Scholarship
$7,800 - Halie BrownSherman Educational Scholarship
$900 - Mackenzie BrushHalie’s Rainbow-The Halie Hite Memorial Scholarship
$380 - Nelson EffnerBob Romas Memorial Scholarship
$1,150 - Nelson EffnerRenis and Fern Knust Scholarship
$200 - Shelby HoyesJanet Romine Chatfield Business Award
$2,000 - Cassidy MahurinReid & Nina Ross Scholarship
$2,500 - Richard McClainCarol M. Starkey Kochell Scholarship
$7,800 - Paige PassenSherman Educational Scholarship
$500 - Logan QuickJeffrey Alan Cole Memorial Scholarship
$1,350 - Kristine ZukokasYWCA Scholarship
Lincoln Trail College$1,000 - Parker RadeckiSally Unger Scholarship
$1,000 - Aaron SchueitzerSally Unger Scholarship
$380 - Brooks WeszelyEsther Ruddell Ladson Scholarship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology$16,800 - Ryan ChungJames F. Jackson Scholarship
Mulligan College$200 - Craig RiceEverett E. and Fern A. Tucker Scholarship
$550 - Craig RiceRob and Lisa Denker Scholarship
Purdue University$225 - Jennifer EbleJohn D. Gettinger Purdue Scholarship
$800 - Samantha IvaturiErskine Lee and Eula Webb Scholarship
$4,700 - Paige StevensonTed and Anna Nesty Scholarship
$19,600 - Jacob WheatleyJoe and Dorothy Archer Scholarship
$275 - Luke WillisSullivan County Purdue Alumni Association
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$2,600 - Elizabeth BeddowGerstmeyer Technical High School Scholarship
$365 - Elizabeth BeddowGlenn High School Alumni Scholarship
$19,600 - Adam BlackburnJoe and Dorothy Archer Scholarship
$1,000 - Adam BlackburnLaura Brooke McDonald Memorial Scholarship
$1,127 - Carson BishopAvice McCrae Scholarship
$14,000 - Bradley DrakeSherman Educational Scholarship
$1,700 - David DrummondHarold Paul Loveall III Memorial Scholarship
$14,000 - Jaron GoodmanSherman Educational Scholarship
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$7,800 - Kynon JohnsonSherman Educational Scholarship
$883 - George McCammonGeorge I. and Rose E. Felstein Scholarship
$704 - Lindsay VencelMarilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College$1,000 - Bonnie McCammonTerre Haute Regional Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship
$378 - Casey DustMarilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Southern Illinois University$15,500 - Dennis RamsookThomas J. Wright Scholarship
$500 - Abigail SwitzerAndy and Edythe Turner Memorial Scholarship
$5,500 - Garrett WissHarry M. & Rosemary L. Grandey Scholarship
$4,500 - Garrett WissDr. Robert K. Webster & Wanda Webster, R.N. Scholarship
University of Indianapolis$500 - Eileen StinnettEarl F. Hopkins Scholarship
University of Nevada, Las Vegas$4,000 - Aaron ShemaCameron Taylor Memorial Scholarship
University of Southern Indiana$1,000 - Michaela HaydenMax & Helen Pierce Scholarship
Vincennes University$500 - Gabe BondMichael Ryan Keane Memorial Scholarship
$1,150 - Gabe BondSara W. Springer Memorial Scholarship
$7,800 - Gabe BondSherman Educational Scholarship
$7,800 - Elijah HollisSherman Educational Scholarship
$7,800 - Olivia PinkstonSherman Educational Scholarship
$660 - Grant PrindivilleRobert and Barbara Deakins Scholarship
Wabash College$18,000 - Joey DierdorfBrent & Helen Rentschler Scholarship
$350 - Tyler MixDorothy Wurst Porter Scholarship
Undecided$100 - Trey HuntSullivan High School Automotive Scholarship
$540 - Dustin SartorAllomatic Products Machine Trades Scholaship
$100 - Makylie SiplesSERCOLBE Scholarship
2014 VFW Voice of Democracy Awards$5,000 - Alejandro Contramaestre$4,000 - Jose Jiminez$3,000 - Micah Breitweiser$2,500 - Chloe Arini$2,000 - Taryn Ashley$1,500 - Matthew Jenkins
Sgt. Dale Russel Griffin Memorial Scholarship$2,500 - Trey BoorAnderson University
$2,500 - Ryan MoshakUS Military Academy
$2,500 - Ian NewtonUtah State University
$2,500 - Sam BowdenUndecided
Lilly Community Endowment ScholarsFirst offered in 1998 by Lilly Endowment, Inc., the purpose of the Lilly Endowment Scholarship Program is to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana and to leverage further the ability of Indiana’s community foundations to enhance the quality of life of the state’s residents.
Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are chosen by local volunteers from their county. They receive full tuition and an annual book stipend for four years at a four-year Indiana college or university.
Clay CountyEmily SandsGraduate of Northview High SchoolUniversity of Indianapolis
Sullivan CountyHunter KingGraduate of Sullivan High SchoolUniversity of Evansville
Vigo CountyMary Ann EtlingGraduate of Terre Haute North Vigo High SchoolDePauw University
Grant PottsGraduate of Terre Haute North Vigo High SchoolDePauw University
Donor Honors Wife with Scholarships
Leon and Nancy Shake Huff were married in June of 1960, and just 13 years later, Nancy passed away. Having lost his wife at such an early stage in their marriage, Leon chose to honor her when he was considering decisions about his estate. Leon followed his father’s lead in the carpentry trade and was a member of Carpenters Local Union 133. He enjoyed life in general, especially outdoor activities and sports, and was a longtime Indiana State University season ticket holder.
Nancy earned an elementary education degree from ISU, where she was an active member of Sigma Kappa Sorority. After graduation, she taught at Collett Park and Dixie Bee elementary schools, among others.
Knowing how much Nancy’s sorority experience meant to her, Leon established the Leon D. & Nancy Shake Huff Sigma Kappa Scholarship Fund to benefit a Sigma Kappa member at ISU with financial need and outstanding involvement with the sorority. After Leon’s passing in 2013, the Leon D. and Nancy Shake Huff Scholarship Fund was established from a bequest in his estate to benefit a Sullivan High School graduate planning to study elementary education at ISU.
Thanks to Leon Huff’s decision to honor his wife and her love of education, he was able to create a lasting legacy that will benefit Sullivan County students forever.
Leon and Nancy Shake Huff
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2014 Memorialsand Honorariums
M E M O R I A L S Katherine Bledsoe AhrensJ.P. AlexanderMr. Paul Dean AkersBrent AndersonRichard E. AndersonRose M. AntoniniLou AterKay AubinTom Baker Stephen BaldwinTerry Dean BarnettElaine Neese BerkowitzMartha BoatmanMichael L. BoltonWanda “Tink” A. BoydCharles F. BradfordBilly Brant Bruce BrentlingerMarilyn BrittRick BrooksEckler BrooksRobert BrownCharles L. Bryan, Sr.Linda BurgerE. L. BurkhartMillie & Leonard BusiereJeremy ByerleyGregory R. CampbellCharles CarterMargie Stigler CauldwellLinda Stigler ChaneyAndy CherryAlex ChervenkoMr. & Mrs. James H. Clement, Sr.Wanda Bruer CoffinJackie CollettHenry ConradJohn ConradRichard ConradFrancis CookVirginia CottonDave CoxHaskell CoxJames E. CoxWoodrow Wilson CreasonAnna CrissKaren Crooks-AlumbaughBenjamin Allen & Doris Elizabeth Broderick CrowderMr. Bud CunninghamDonna M. Curley
Suzie DavisPastor Richard Joseph DayhuffLuken E. DeverBetty DodsonE.R. DorsettRalph & Helen DowellTim DriscollJohn Dugger, Jr.Peter Anthony DuongGene EasterBilly R. EastonFamily & FriendsKenneth C. FarrisJim & Marie FavreJason Allen FellMelba & Bill Fenoglio Sheila Ann FisherOrren L. FisherMichael B. FowlerThomas L. FrancisSidona Z. FrazierDonald & Jane Ann FreadJean & John FreedJerry FriedrichCatherine E. “Betty” GauerGeorge & “Patches”Herbert R. GerdinkJohn D. Gifford, Sr.Stella GilbreathJohn Thomas “Tom” GillDavid A. Gilman, PhDPaula Goff’s dadRichard GossPhilip GreinerSgt. Dale Russell GriffinCharlotte S. HarkerMary Lou HartzlerIna Mae HaskettEleanor HawkinsHarvey H. & Mildred HayhurstHazel & Olen HaymakerTravis R. HeatonCharles Carter HedrickEric HemminghouseAmelia HighamPaul HightowerHillary & RayGeorge HinesHaley HiteTerry J. Ho, M.D.Nellie HodgersNancy Hodges
Margaret Hoggatt Alyssa HogueMary HoughLeon D. HuffDale A. HultzRobert H. JerryElmer & Jessie Johnson Pauline L. JohnsonThomas J. JonesTom & Charlotte Jones Josh KackleyMichael Ryan KeanePatrick “Pat” KellyRobert L. KennedyLeonard P. KincadeWalter L. KindrickDick KnottsKathy KnoxCarol LandesJim LandesMargie LarimerRonald LaswellJoy Weathers LeachMary Legg Max LendermanMarjorie Marie LisbyWilliam J. Llewellyn, Sr.Harold Paul LoveallJohn “Jack” LowerHelen LustigBill MannWendell ManwaringJoAnn MardisBob MartinVeronica C. MartinPete MassinonPaul W. MauselJane, Wayne & Bob MaynardThomas McCarthyEthel L. McClainDouglas James McCrackenEster McCoyLaura Brooke McDonaldJudy K. McDowell-GloverIva MengClarence H. Metz, Jr.Shane MillerTraci K. MillerDonna MillerGeorge B. MullenGeorge E. MullenMr. & Mrs. Jacob M. MullenMaggie May MurrayMartin A. Myers
Dr. Stephen C. NasserDonald NeuenschwanderMarjorie A. NewlinJanet Sue NewmanRaymond L. NorrisRobert NortonPat O’ Leary Audrey & Chuck OlahDaisy Deane “DeDe” OoleyTim OrwigPeggy L. OsmonHenry OzokEthel Maxine Page Rick G. PaitsonJane E. PaitsonHarold W. “Pat” PattersonPaul, Marcella, Rick & JesseMarilyn Wheeler PendergastPhyllis PhenisBill PiersonJames & Hazel Piety André G. PonsotSteve PoseyCharles PowellPhillis PriceCarl “Bang” & Josephine PriceBetty ProseRaymond Theodore “Ted” ProseJohn QuatrocheMichael QuatrocheGeorge RalstonRichard RalstonAbby RaubuckChristopher RayRandy ReadingerRoy & Eddith ReevesRob RobbinsLarry RobinsonCamden Scott RomasBob RomasDavid RowlettBrad RusinPatty & Morris SalterOscar SandersHelen Weber ScherbWayne SchopmeyerBretta SchrinerJerry A. SearsHenry Monroe ShagleyMary Ann Rassel ShagleyGene K. ShikeNina Shoemaker
Bonnie Sisson Carroll D. SmeltzerHaley K. SmithHollis & Sue SmithPat SmithRichard L. SmithThomas SmithDr. Carl SmuddeRobert L. SnedekerNorma Ruth SotakIrene SoughersMary Alice SpahrJerry SpelbringRobert P. SteinbaughEarl StevensonJack & Hazel StoutEarl & Betty StrainRev. Elmer & Mary StrainJames E. Sullivan, Jr.Margaret T. SullivanWilliam J. TaborHenry TamarCameron TaylorMarjorie “Marci” TennisWilma Jean Brown TennisJudy Gettinger TerrellCindy TevlinSandra M. ThackerJohn & Ruth ThomasJean Elizabeth ThompsonMaxine Shake ThrasherMatthew, LaDonna & Mattox ToolooseTucker TitusCarolyn L. ToopsKatherine TruebloodDan K. TuckerD. Kirk TuckerEuleta Slover TurnerHoward R. TurnerEmmitt Tyler, Sr.Geraldine UlleryLadonna UngerRobert & Florine VollLouis F. WaillyKathleen Bell WalkerRoyce WaltmanMary WaltrupBarbara WebsterRuby WeinzPaul & Doyne WeirFrank WeissElizabeth WhiteRonald R. Whitlock
Kenneth H. WilliamsJess & Donna WilliamsThomas F. & Alma E. WilsonRay Allen WinnettAnne E. WoelfleGretchen WoodardRalph WoodardLarry WrightMary House WrightKent WrightKimberley Fowler WulfSara C. YoumanJoe & Margot Zumar
H O N O R A R I U M S Dr. Mary Ellen AdamsFrank & Polly AnshutzLib Barnhart’s 90th BirthdayLarry BirdNancy Bradford’s BirthdayDavid A. BrentlingerRandy BrownMrs. Susie J. DeweyCarol Etling’s BirthdaySusie FischerEmily & John Gedrick’s 50th AnniversaryMr. & Mrs. Armand Gottardi’s 60th Wedding AnniversaryLynn Hayes’s Birthday Noah Horowitz’s BirthdayChristy & Layla KnottsElaine MarheineHarold & Malinda MedskerLu & Laney MeisOrder of the Eastern Star 12 Points #528 Shut-insDr. David & Jerry Penman MitchellJohn MutchnerJohn T. MyersFred NationCurt Pendergast’s BirthdayMarilyn Pendergast GrandchildrenRichard & Joanne RoweMr. & Mrs. Raymond SchroederTom & Carol TempletonEmma L. ThompsonJane WoodDavid J. Wulf
The individuals on this page were memorialized or honored with gifts to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation made from October 1, 2013, to September 30, 2014.
The complete list of all persons memorialized through the Wabash Valley Community Foundation since 1991 can be found at www.wvcf.com/memorials_home.html.
“Carve your name on hearts,not tombstones. A legacy isetched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” - Shannon L. Alder
This Annual Report covers the Wabash Valley Community Foundation's 2014 fiscal year, October 1, 2013 - September 30, 2014.
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