Allen County Nonprofits Net $470K in Grants
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe St. Joseph Community Health Foundation has awarded more than $470,000 in grants to Allen County nonprofits. The organization says the grants are meant to improve the health and wellness of vulnerable and low-income residents.
The foundation says it focuses its community impact into four main areas. They include assuring a quality, affordable healthcare network, connecting people to health and wellness care, integrating refugee and immigrant health, and promoting life-affirming prenatal and infant care.
"These agencies, whom we have the opportunity to support, are providing excellent service and quality care serving the most vulnerable in our community," said Meg Distler, executive director of the foundation. "We are delighted to partner with them through these grants and other programming."
The recipients and grant amounts, which run through the end of the year, include:
Assuring a Quality, Affordable Healthcare Network (Unrestricted Funds)
- HearCare Connection $25,000.00
Integrating Refugee & Immigrant Health (Unrestricted Funds)
- Catholic Charities $66,000.00 Catholic Charities $36,000.00
- Crime Victim Care of Allen County $35,000.00
- Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health $40,000.00
- GATE-Growth in Agriculture Through Education $19,050.00
Promoting Life-Affirming Prenatal & Infant Care (Unrestricted Funds)
- A Mother’s Hope $17,500.00 Euell A. Wilson Center $7,150.00
- Healthier Moms and Babies $130.00 Healthier Moms and Babies $27,000.00
Connecting People to Health &Wellness Care (Unrestricted Funds)
- Community Transportation Network $35,000.00
- Associated Churches of Fort Wayne and Allen County $20,000.00
- Easter Seals Arc of Northeast Indiana $24,000.00
- Hope Alive $25,000.00
- Redemption House $5,000.00
- SCAN, Inc. $15,000.00
- Wellspring Interfaith Social Services, Inc. $12,000.00
- Fort Wayne Community Schools $1,550.00
Frederick J. Pfeiffer Fund – in Honor of Charles F. and Henrietta Eckart Pfeiffer – for Medical and Surgical Equipment
- Matthew 25 Health and Dental Clinic $15,309.10
- Park Center, Inc. $32,742.00
Blessed Catherine Kasper Award for Outstanding Service to the Poor
- Blue Jacket $1,500.00
- Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana $1,500.00
- Community Harvest Food Bank $1,500.00
- Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry $1,500.00
- Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic $ 1,500.00
- Neighborhood Health Clinics, Inc. $1,500.00
- Society of St. Vincent DePaul $1,500.00
- Turnstone Center for Children and Adults with Disabilities $1,500.00
- Youth for Christ $1,500.00