The Community Foundation presented checks totaling $66,550 to fourteen (14) area non-profit organizations throughout Randolph County at a reception on May 6th at the Community Room in Union City. The Foundation regularly stewards the Foundation’s Community Enrichment Fund and other unrestricted dollars to assist non-profits in annual spring and fall competitive grant cycles. Recently the Foundation’s Grants Committee, having reviewed applications based on established criteria and scoring, met to make decisions, and the following organizations were selected to receive support for the 2021 Spring Grant Cycle. (Photo below by Bill Richmond)
| Winchester Alumni Association Inc. | $1,000 | To assist with the purchase of supplies to mail newsletter |
| City of Winchester – Park Board | $6,000 | For outdoor concerts at Goodrich Park. Faith and Worship series |
| Cardinal Greenway, Inc. | $4,000 | To replace the damaged and aging water fountain at the Losantville Trailhead |
| Randolph County YMCA | $4,800 | To assist with educational needs regarding an abstinence-based sex-education program |
| Art Association of Randolph County | $5,000 | To purchase a new furnace and to buy art supplies for all five area high schools |
| Saving Old Properties, Inc. | $1,500 | To assist with purchasing security cameras |
| Youth Opportunity Center | $5,500 | To provide assistance to help keep children safely in their homes |
| A Better Life Brianna’s Hope | $2,500 | For meeting expenses and to purchase recovery materials |
| Randolph Eastern School Corporation | $15,000 | To assist the Vision Corner project, Phase 1, lower-level windows |
| Preservation Society of Union City IN-OH | $6,000 | To create a streetscape mural as part of a city project to enhance outdoor space in the downtown area |
| State Line Heritage Days | $6,000 | To provide entertainment for the State Line Heritage Festival |
| Children’s Advocacy Center of Randolph County, Inc. | $4,000 | To purchase Team Case Management tracking system and Training Resources |
| United Way of Delaware, Henry, and Randolph Counties | $3,750 | To enroll additional children in the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Program |
| Farmland Friends Church | $1,500 | To assist with playground repairs |