Nonprofits Score $3.2M From Foellinger Foundation
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowFort Wayne-based Foellinger Foundation Inc. has approved a round of grants totaling more than $3.2 million. Recipients include Catholic Charities, the Literacy Alliance and Turnstone Center for Disabled Children and Adults.
The organization’s receiving support from the foundation are nonprofits serving Allen County.
President Cheryl Taylor says "the grantees on the list reflect the Foundation’s emphasis on funding nonprofits who demonstrate good governance with strong board and staff leaders."
This year’s recipients of grants from the Foundation-invited Initiative are:
- Allen County Public Library – $157,500
- Catholic Charities – $815,000
- Literacy Alliance – $831,570
- Turnstone Center for Disabled Children and Adults – $611,940
Recipients of Community Interests Grants are:
- ACRES – $22,000
- Allen County – Fort Wayne Historical Society – $20,000
- Allen County SPCA – $10,000
- ARCH – $10,000
- Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne – $60,000
- Audiences Unlimited – $10,000
- Blue Jacket – $45,000
- Child Advocacy Center Of Allen County Indiana, Inc. – $10,000
- Embassy Theatre Foundation – $65,000
- Fort Wayne Ballet – $20,000
- Fort Wayne Children’s Choir – $6,500
- Fort Wayne Cinema Center – $15,000
- Fort Wayne Civic Theatre – $60,000
- Fort Wayne Dance Collective – $25,000
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art – $75,000
- Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra – $75,000
- Fort Wayne Trails – $25,000
- Fort Wayne Youtheatre – $16,000
- FAME – $13,000
- HearCare Connection – $25,000
- Little River Wetlands Project – $25,000
- Northeast Indiana Fund – $20,000
- Northeast Indiana Innovation Center – $30,000
- Northeast Indiana Public Radio – $25,000
- Science Central – $55,000
- SCORE Chapter #50 – $5,000
- Soulmedic Media Group – $12,500
- Volunteer Lawyer Program – $23,000
Program support of $5,000 also went to the Drive Alive initiative.
The foundation was created in 1958 by Helene Foellinger and her mother Esther. Helene served as publisher of The News-Sentinel from 1936 to 1980.