Give to Grant Unrestricted Funds

What does it mean to love where you live?

It’s more than hometown pride. It’s about stepping up—because love, even hometown love, isn’t passive. It’s powerful! It creates parks, supports libraries, funds local nonprofits, and says yes to a brighter future for our community and everyone who calls this place home.

Because we love Grant County—and we know you do too—we’re inviting you to be part of something truly special—when you put your love for Grant County into action with several others, it makes a real difference. Right now, we need your help to build a stronger Grant County by donating to any new or existing Give to Grant Unrestricted Fund. This isn’t just any donation—it’s a chance to multiply your impact. Thanks to the Lilly Endowment Inc. GIFT IX initiative, every $1 you give becomes $3. That means your gift goes further, faster, and fuels important community-building efforts.

A Give To Grant unrestricted fund responds to urgent needs, invest in local ideas, and back the everyday people making extraordinary things happen right here in Grant County. They’re the spark that ignites community transformation—modest gifts, when combined with others that lights the way toward meaningful change. With this GIFT IX match:

💛 $50 💛
becomes $150

💛 $100 💛
becomes $300

💛 $500 💛
becomes $1,500

💛 $1,667 💛
becomes $5,000

(the amount needed to name your own unrestricted fund!)

So, if you love where you live, now’s the time to act. Donate along with many others as we pool our resources for the benefit of building a Grant County we’re all proud to call home.  Click the button above to donate online.

And if you need more reason to give, check out a list of generous donors below who chose to create their own unrestricted funds and how those resources were pooled together to award over $350,000 in grantmaking since January 2025. Read more HERE

Together, we’re not just reading about great communities—we’re creating one. Let’s go! 

Once all the remaining GIFT IX matching dollars are claimed…the matching opportunity ends. So, don’t let this match expire…call us today at 765-662-0065.


Read more about other Give To Grant Collaborative Funds and their local grantmaking:

Addy’s Charitable Fund

Afena Federal Credit Union Fund

Anne Latchaw Gottschalk Memorial Fund

Ann K. and Julian V. Secttor Community Leadership Fund

Big Bob Charitable Fund

Captain John M. Cook Memorial Fund

Charlotte E. Barton Memorial Fund

Community Foundation Board of Directors’ Fund

Community Foundation Memorial Fund

Connie Kay Atkinson Endowed Fund

Cory & Katie Powell Family Fund

Dailey Family Fund

Dennis Banks Family Fund

Earl B. Gottschalk Memorial Fund

First Baptist Church of Marion / Grant County Charitable Fund

First Farmers Bank and Trust Community Impact Fund

Frank and Alice Marshall Endowed Fund

Fred O. Eward Fund 

Geenex Solar Community Endowment Fund

Give to Grant Collaborative Fund 

Grant County Woman’s Life Impact Fund

Indiana Wesleyan University Community Impact Fund

Irving Family Endowment Fund

James R. Browne, Jane Browne Bove, John R. Browne, Jr. Memorial Fund

Janice Scott Charitable Fund

Jerry and Dawn Brown Community Fund

J. E. Trice “Giant” Community Fund

Judy Fitzgerald Community Fund

Leighty Family Community Impact Fund

L. Hewitt and Amelia Carpenter Endowed Fund

Madry Family Charitable Giving Fund

Maidenberg Community Fund

Marcille L. “Grandma” Carter Fund

Marie P. Brown Memorial Fund

Marion Design Co Family Fund

McHarry Family Fund

McVicker Family Fund

Merlin J. Loew Endowment Fund

Mississinewa Boat and Ski Club Endowment Fund

MutualBank Foundation Community Impact Fund

Ned J. Pulley Endowed Fund

Norman and Cheryl Smith Fund

Orville E. & Carrie Maxine Stevens Endowed Fund

P. David Huffman Memorial Fund

Phi Delta Kappa, Alpha Chapter – Marion, Indiana

Prows Family Fund

Ramie Harris Memorial Fund

Raymond A. and Valeria T. Feely Fund

Reba A. Crouch Fund

Robert B. Pence and Dorothy B. Pence Endowment Fund

Roger A. and Phillip E. Young Memorial Fund

Roger and Benita Beck Fund

Rogers Family Endowed Fund

Royce and Jan Mitchell Family Fund

Shelly Jones Charitable Fund

Shey Harris Memorial Fund

Steven and Cynthia Maynard Community Fund

Thais I. Clark Endowed Fund

Van Ness Family Memorial Fund

Ward and Maxyne Arnold Memorial Fund

William and Dorthea Kennedy Family Fund

Wren-Rush Family Fund

W. Scott And Wanda Overman Family Fund

 


The Give To Grant Collaborative Funds listed above have supported Grant County charitable causes through grants given to the following organizations:

Afena Federal Credit Union
Affordable Housing Corporation
Barton Rees Pogue Memorial Library
Boys & Girls Club of Grant County
Bridges to Health
Cancer Services of Grant County
Cardinal Greenway, Inc.
Cardinal Greenway/Rails to Trails
Carey Services
CASA of Grant County, Indiana, Inc.
Christmas City Walkway of Lights
Circles of Grant County
City of Gas City
City of Marion
Community Youth Outreach Center Fund
Crippled Children and Adults
CSA – Community School of the Arts
Dodson Legacy, Inc.
Eastbrook Community School Corporation
East Central Indiana  Robotics-The PhyXTGears
Euclid Neighborhood Association
Fairmount Police Department
Fairmount Public Library
Family Service Society
Family Service Society – Hands of Hope
Feed the Children
Firefly Children and Family Alliance
First Light – Child Advocacy Center of Grant County, Inc
Friends of the Gardens of Matter Park
Gas City Area Chamber of Commerce
Gas City Concerts in the Park, Inc.
Gas City Police Department
Gas City Rescue Squad
Gilead Ministries
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, Inc
Grace House for Transition & Recovery
Grant-Blackford Mental Health
Grant County Defibrillator Committee
Grant County Drug Court
Grant County Family YMCA
Grant County Garfield Fund
Grant County Literacy Council
Grant County Rescue Mission
Grant County Sheriff’s Department
Grant County Sheriff’s Dept Chaplaincy Program
Grant County Special Olympics
Habitat for Humanity of Grant County, Inc.
Helping Hands
Hoosier Shakes Inc.
Hope City
Hope House Ministry, Inc.
Indiana Motorcycle Preservation Society
Indiana Wesleyan PRSSA
Indiana Wesleyan University
Invent Now, Inc. fka National Inventors Hall of Fame
Ivy Tech Foundation
Jonesboro Historical Society
Jonesboro Volunteer Fire Department
Junior Achievement
Kate’s Kart
Lakeview Christian School
Launch Marion, Inc. – The Refinery
LEAD, Inc. dba YES Network
LifeStream Services
Lift – Eastbrook Afterschool
Little Giants Preschool – Justice Intermediate School
Mad Anthonys Children’s Hope House
Madison-Grant United School Corp
Main Street Marion
Marion Civic Theatre
Marion Community Gardens Association
Marion Community School Corp
Marion Design Co.
Marion Fire Department
Marion-Grant County Chamber of Commerce
Marion Grant County Senior Center
Marion Health
Marion High School HOOAH Parents Booster Club Inc.
Marion Housing Authority
Marion Inner City Outreach (MICO)
Marion PAL Judo
Marion Parks & Recreation Department
Marion Philharmonic Orchestra
Marion Police Department
Marion Public Library
Matthews Cemetery Association
Meals on Wheels, Marion Area, Inc
Marion High School Alumni Association
Midwest Case Management, Inc.
Minority Health Coalition
Mississinewa Community Schools
Mississinewa Valley Band
M-Powering Youth
Mt. Olive United Methodist Church
Muscular Dystrophy Association – Northern Indiana
NearSpace Education
Oak Hill United School Corp Orchestra Indiana
PAL Club
PAWSS – People for Animals Working Side-by-Side
Pregnancy Help Center
Project Leadership
Radiant Health
Ronald McDonald House of Indiana, Inc
Sagamore Council Boy Scouts of America
Salvation Army
SAWs – Servants at Work, Inc.
Science Central, Inc.
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana
Services for the Visually and Hearing Impaired
Shriners International – Grant County Shriners
Stillwater Hospice
St. Martin de Porres Community Center
St. Paul Catholic School
Sweetser Switch Trail
Taylor University
The Genesis Place, Inc
The King’s Academy
The Kinwell Academy
The Quilters Hall of Fame
The Training Center
Thriving Grant County, Inc.
Town of Swayzee
Twin City We Care
United Way of Grant County
Upland Ambulance Service
Upland Area Greenways Association
Upland Parks Advisory Board
Upland Greenways Association
Veterans Service Office
White’s Residential & Family Services
Wilson-Vaughan Hostess House, Inc
Wonderspace

Click Grants Recently Awarded to learn how these funds, along with other fund types, support local nonprofits and worthy charitable causes right here in Grant County. 


 

Fund Page Details:
Donating to this fund will increase the charitable impact of its fund purpose and grantmaking abilities. Clicking “Give Online” above will allow you to make a charitable gift to this fund held at the Community Foundation of Grant County. Want to give using cash or check? Download this Printable Giving Form and mail it with your gift (please hand deliver cash donations to the office during normal business hours). Don’t forget…gifts of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, insurance, estate plans, etc. are also encouraged. You’re gift, combined with many other generous donations, significantly increases local grantmaking!

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