First Lady Karen Pence has awarded grants to 40 organizations and charities as part of the Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation. Pence also announced a separate significant grant for the Art Therapy Program at Riley Hospital for Children.
Each organization was awarded a check ranging from $500 to $1,000 from the foundation. The Art Therapy Program received a check for $95,000. The grants were awarded to organizations that serve Hoosier families and children throughout the state.
"When Mike was elected Governor, I was overwhelmed with requests from so many worthy organizations to get involved in their efforts," said Pence. "However, it quickly became clear that I couldn’t be at every event, nor could I champion every cause. That is why I, along with a team of dedicated board members, started the Indiana First Lady’s Charitable Foundation as a way to shine a light on the organizations across Indiana who lift up our communities and make our state strong."
The recipients include:
- ArtMix: Art Redefining Disability
- Aurora, Inc.
- BCH, Inc.
- Best Buddies Indiana
- Bloomington Community Orchard
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington
- Brooke’s Place for Grieving Young People
- Bryson’s Time Out Take Ten
- Caring About People, Inc.
- Cops Cycling for Survivors
- CORE, The Resource Store
- d/b/a/ Chaucie’s Place, Hamilton County Vesta Foundation for Children, Inc.
- Dunebrook, Inc.
- Early Childhood Alliance
- Flight1
- Fort Wayne Youtheatre
- GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne
- Harrison Center for the Arts
- Holly’s House, Inc.
- Hoosier Uplands Afterschool Program
- Indiana Women In Need Foundation (I.W.I.N.)
- Indianapolis Ten Point Coalition
- Jefferson County Transitional Services, Inc.
- Little Oaks Ranch, Inc.
- Muncie Children’s Museum
- RemedyLIVE
- Riley Teen Leadership Council
- RiverBend Cancer Services
- Room Full of SIsters
- School on Wheels Corp
- St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf
- St. Marks United Church of Christ
- Teachers Warehouse
- The Salvation Army Indiana
- Tipton Cam, Inc.
- Trinity Horizons, Inc. dba Trinity Life Ministry
- Westminster Neighborhood Services, Inc.
- Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Indianapolis, Avondale Meadows Center
- Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana c/o Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Foundation
- YWCA of Evansville, IN