Grantee Stories


September 2024 Grants Update

Helen and Jim Ewing Fund provides grants to agencies that provide food for the needy and/or non-profit agencies serving the elderly with essential needs and services. With a $10,000 grant  … Read more

Grantee Update: Gleaners Food Bank

2023 Recipient $15,000: Community Grants submitted by Linsey Thompson, Grants and Foundation Relations Officer This generous grant was utilized to support programmatic costs for the School-Based Pantry network in Rush  … Read more

Grantee Update: The Heart of Rushville

2023 Recipient $5,150: Community Grants submitted by Raymond Rathz The Heart of Rushville received a 2023 Community Grant to install locally designed art on INDOT traffic control boxes along Main  … Read more

CBAP Grantee: East Hill Cemetery

Most Rush Countians know that U.S. Presidential candidate Wendell Willkie is buried at East Hill Cemetery. But did you know that the composer of the popular gospel song, “Bringing in  … Read more

Grantee Update: Posey Township VFD

2023 Recipient $10,000: Community Grant Picture this. You love your community and feel called to serve it by volunteering. That’s probably not a stretch for you. But now imagine that  … Read more

Grantee Update: Purdue Extension

2023 Grant Recipient $450: Helen and Jim Ewing Fund To Help the Elderly and Feed the Hungry The American Diabetes Association estimates that at least 1.7 million Hoosiers are living  … Read more