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
Grantee Stories
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
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
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
Grantee Update: Rushville FFA
An anonymous donor started the We Believe in FFA Fund to support our local chapter. This generous gift gave the Top 25 FFA students a trip to St. Louis, an
Grantee Update: Boys & Girls Club of Rush County
2023 Recipient $24,995: Community Grants submitted by Katherine Good, Director of Resource Development The Boys & Girls Club of Rush County purchased an iWall to upgrade our game room. Through its
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
Grantee Update: Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department
2023 Recipient $28,725: Community Grant The Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department would like to graciously thank the Rush County Community Foundation for their generous support for the purchase of new battery
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
Grantee Update: Rush County Soil & Water
2022 Grant Recipient $1,400: Rita Yager Memorial Ag Fund Submitted by: Joyce Miller Our objective was to offer free gardening programs to the community and do “hands-on” training to enhance
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
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
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
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
Grantee Update: Rushville FFA
An anonymous donor started the We Believe in FFA Fund to support our local chapter. This generous gift gave the Top 25 FFA students a trip to St. Louis, an
Grantee Update: Boys & Girls Club of Rush County
2023 Recipient $24,995: Community Grants submitted by Katherine Good, Director of Resource Development The Boys & Girls Club of Rush County purchased an iWall to upgrade our game room. Through its
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
Grantee Update: Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department
2023 Recipient $28,725: Community Grant The Glenwood Volunteer Fire Department would like to graciously thank the Rush County Community Foundation for their generous support for the purchase of new battery
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
Grantee Update: Rush County Soil & Water
2022 Grant Recipient $1,400: Rita Yager Memorial Ag Fund Submitted by: Joyce Miller Our objective was to offer free gardening programs to the community and do “hands-on” training to enhance
