The Community Foundation’s mission ensures that grants from each of its over 350 funds and endowments serve the philanthropic purpose intended by the donor, both now and after the donors’ lives have ended. Below are the organizations and individuals who received grants and scholarships from one or more of the Community Foundation’s funds in 2022.
2022 Grantees
*100 Plus Men Community Endowment
*100 Women Who Care Putnam County Endowment
*4-H Putnam County Dog Club Scholarship
A Kinetic Change
ACM International
AgriInstitute
*Al and Joan Tucker Family Endowment
Alzheimer’s Association of Indiana
Amity Missionary Baptist Church
Asbury Towers Retirement Community
Barbara and Edward Brookshire Scholarship
*Beyond Homeless, Inc.
Care Net Pregnancy Center of Putnam County, Inc.
Castlemakers
*Charles A. Jones Family Endowment
Clear Run Cemetery
Cloverdale Community Dollars for Scholars
*Cloverdale Community Dollars for Scholars – Cloverdale FFA Alumni Scholarship
Cloverdale Community Dollars for Scholars – Ernst Family Scholarship
*Cloverdale Community Dollars for Scholars – First National Bank Scholarship
*Cloverdale Community Dollars for Scholars – Millgrove UMC Scholarship
*Cloverdale Community Dollars for Scholars – Tucker Family Scholarship
*Cloverdale Community Dollars For Scholars Endowment
Cloverdale Community School Corporation
Cloverdale Elementary School
*Community Connect Community Project Fund
*Community Grants Endowment
*Constellation Stage + Screen
Deer Meadow Primary School
Delta Theta Tau
*Donna Draper Welter and William J. Welter Family Endowment
*Dorothy Patch Christian Educational Endowment
*Dusk-to-Dawn Bereavement Services
Edge 21
*Family Support Services of West Central Indiana
Feed the Children
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Fillmore Christian Church
*Fillmore High School Alumni Association Scholarship
*First Baptist Church
*Friends of the Park Association of Putnam County, Inc.
*Friends of the Putnam County Public Library
*Gleaners Foodbank of Indiana
Gobin Memorial United Methodist Church
Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce
Greencastle Alumni Dollars For Scholars, Inc.
Greencastle Boys Basketball Club
*Greencastle Christian Church
*Greencastle Civic League
*Greencastle Civic League Community Endowment
Greencastle Community School Corporation
*Greencastle Dollars for Scholars – Maxine Haskett Memorial Scholarship Endowment
*Greencastle High School
*Greencastle High School Alumni Scholarship
Greencastle Middle School
Greencastle Parents Football Club
Greencastle Parks & Recreation Department
*Greencastle Police Department
*Greencastle Presbyterian Church
Greencastle Summer Music, Inc.
*Greencastle/Putnam County Development Center, Inc.
Grounded
Heart to Heart Hospice
Heifer International
Heritage Preservation Society of Putnam County
*Heritage Preservation Society Projects Endowment
*Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry
Humane Society of Putnam County
Humane Society of Putnam County Endowment Fund
Indiana 4-H Foundation
Indiana Special Olympics
Indiana University Foundation
*Ivy Tech Foundation
Jeff and Denise Sigworth Endowment
*Jinsie Scott Bingham Community Endowment
Johnson Nichols Health Clinic
*Kiwanis Club of Greencastle Endowment
Lakeland Center
Lambda Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Philanthropy Fund
Lupus Foundation of America – Indiana Chapter
*Lyon Family Fund
*Main Street Greencastle, Inc.
Mary Allison Children’s Trust
Memorial Menders
*Mental Health America of Putnam County
*Morris-Ensley Family Endowment
*Neil and Michele Irwin Family Endowment
*New Maysville Cemetery Association
North Putnam Alumni Association Dollars for Scholars
North Putnam Community School Corporation
*North Putnam Dollars for Scholars – Ronald W. Price Scholarship
*North Putnam Dollars for Scholars – Bainbridge High School Alumni Scholarship
North Putnam High School
Old National Trail Special Services
Patty Packs Fund
People Pathways
Phil the Need
Plainfield Christian Church
Portland Mills Christian Church
Purdue CES Area V
*Purdue Club of Putnam County Scholarship
*Purdue Extension Putnam County
Purdue University Center for Cancer Research
*Putnam County 4-H General Scholarship
*Putnam County Ag Breakfast Group
*Putnam County Coalition for Education and Creative Arts
*Putnam County Community Emergency Response Team
Putnam County Comprehensive Services, Inc.
*Putnam County Comprehensive Services, Inc. Operating Endowme
Putnam County Council on Aging
Putnam County Fair – Adult Open Class
*Putnam County Fair & 4H Club Association Inc
*Putnam County Fairgrounds Endowment
Putnam County Habitat for Humanity
*Putnam County Historical & Cultural Museum Endowment
Putnam County Hospital
Putnam County Housing Authority
*Putnam County Library Endowment Fund
Putnam County Museum, Inc.
*Putnam County Playhouse
Putnam County Public Library
Putnam County Soil & Water Conservation District
*Putnam County YMCA Endowment
*Putnam County YMCA Non-Endowed Fund
Putnam County Youth Development Commission
Reading Improvement Center
Reelsville Community Center
*Reelsville Water Authority
Return-A-Gift
Ridpath Primary School
Riley Children’s Foundation
Roachdale Presbyterian Church
Rocket Enterprise, Inc.
Russellville Cemetery Association
*Russellville Community Center, Inc.
*Russellville Volunteer Fire Department
Sigworth Travel Abroad Scholarship
South Putnam Central Elementary PTO
South Putnam Community School Corporation
South Putnam Dollars for Scholars
*South Putnam Dollars for Scholars – South Putnam High School Scholarship
South Putnam Dollars for Scholars – Belle Union High School Alumni Association Scholarship
*South Putnam High School
South Putnam Youth League
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
St. Meinrad Arch Abbey
St. Paul The Apostle Catholic Church
*St. Paul the Apostle Ladies Guild Scholarship
Susan & Lee Stewart Museum Endowment
Sycamore Trails R. C. & D. Council
Tzouanakis Intermediate School
Union Chapel Cemetery
United Way of Putnam County, Inc.
WFYI – Public Radio
WFYI- Public Television
Wounded Warriors
WTIU-PBS
YMCA of the Wabash Valley, Inc
*Your Life Speaks
*Grantees which received funds from the Putnam County Community Foundation Community Grants Endowment in 2022.
2022 Scholarship Recipients
4-H Dog Club Scholarship – Ruby Massing, Jayden Simpson
4-H General Scholarship – Brayden Mann
4-H Livestock Scholarship – Bree Mahoney-Sutherland, Ethan Maier
Alpha Gamma Delta – Eta Alumnae Chapter Scholarship – Emma Caldwell, Abigail Carpenter, Henry Carter, Grace Castellese, Kaelyn Crane
Barbara & Edward Brookshire 4-H Scholarship – Jacob Beadles, Brant Sheldon
Barbara & Edward Brookshire Purdue Scholarship – Marietta McGinnis, Jayden Simpson
Betty L. & Marjorie Dierdorf Memorial Scholarship – Jacob Beadles
Brian John & Roberta (Berdee) Lanie Memorial Scholarship – Eli Hardwick, Olivia Headley
Clinton Township Scholarship- Erica Pearl
Darrel Thomas 4-H Scholarship – Gayle Baugh
Ethel V. Frazier Putnam County Hospital Guild Scholarship – Veronica Carter, Emily Crowder, Madison Williams
Fillmore High School Alumni Association Scholarship – Jacob Beadles, Matthew Goodpaster
Francis and Betty Hamilton Memorial Scholarship – Ben Huff
Greencastle Community Schools Educational Endowment – Eli Hardwick
Greencastle NAACP Branch Growing Roots Scholarship – Maieasha Rashid
Harold H. Hardman Memorial Scholarship – Anna Zellers
Lilly Finalist Scholarship – Ben Huff, Maieasha Rashid, Tyler Rodgers
Lyon Family Scholarship – Emily Crowder, Juliette Tomamichel, Madison Williams, Kinzee Wilson
Marjorie B. Oliver Fund for Nursing Scholarship – Marin Davies, Lilly Vittetow
Michael Rokicki Memorial/ City Council Scholarship – Eli Hardwick
Murray and Sara Pride Scholarship – Baylee Miller
North Putnam Community Schools- Evan Baker
Purdue Club of Putnam County – Stephen Dombrowski, Ben Huff, Tyler Rodgers
Putnam County Board of Realtors Scholarship – Annabelle Gross, Evan Scott, Ben Staggers
Putnam County Building Trades Scholarship – Kayla Perdue
Putnam County Soil & Water Conservation Scholarship – Kyley Pelfrey
Putnamville Correctional Facility Memorial Scholarship – Lindsey Tomaw
Rick and Vickie Parker Family Scholarship – Isabella Branneman
Robert L. Harbison Family Scholarship – Evelyn Tharp
Roscoe & Flossie N. Zeiner Scholarship – Marin Davies
Russell Township Scholarship – Haley Dickson, Zoey Dickson, Jayden Simpson
St. Paul Ladies Guild Memorial Scholarship – Stephen Dombrowski, Brady Koosman
Thompson Family Scholarship – Lathen Worman
Tim & Viki Tillotson Scholarship – Matthew McHargue, Seth Thompson
Tri Kappa Scholarship – Jessica Draper
Wilma & Forrest Hadley Scholarship – Catherine Fry
Zella Marie Tabor Thomas Scholarship – Marietta McGinnis