Community Engagement Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Purpose: To support designated temporary community initiatives endorsed by the Foundation through collective action groups and community organizations.
Geographic Scope: South Madison County, Indiana
How It Works: Through the use of Foundation back-office services and commitment to expenditure responsibility, community projects can benefit from SMCF's nonprofit infrastructure and structural framework.
Example Projects:
- Lapel Gazebo Project
- Pendleton Log Cabin Project
- ParkFest
Startup Support: Some startup efforts, such as Pendleton Artist's Society and Main Street Pendleton, used the Foundation's structural framework while working to achieve their own nonprofit status.
Services Available:
- Back-office services
- Nonprofit infrastructure
- Structural framework for organizations developing independent status
- Partnership support extending the power of volunteer efforts
Contact Information:
- South Madison Community Foundation
- Phone: 765-778-8444
- Email: info@southmadisonfoundation.org
- Address: 233 S. Main Street, Pendleton, IN 46064
How to Apply
How to Apply
- Review the sample partnership agreement available from SMCF
- Contact the Foundation to begin the conversation about your community project
- Work with SMCF to develop a partnership agreement tailored to your initiative
Contact for Partnership Discussions:
- South Madison Community Foundation
- Phone: 765-778-8444
- Email: info@southmadisonfoundation.org
- Address: 233 S. Main Street, Pendleton, IN 46064
What South Madison Community Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 14
- Total given
- $267K
- Median grant
- $9,113
- Range
- $5,500–$75K
- By dollars: Indiana 100%. Top recipient cities: Pendleton, IN; Anderson, IN; Markleville, IN.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 64% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Pendleton First United Methodist Church · Pendleton, IN
Youth support grants
$75K
Tri Kappa Gamma Pi Chapter · Pendleton, IN
Organizational support
$40K
Town of Markleville · Markleville, IN
Prairie loop trail
$37K
Falls Park · Pendleton, IN
Organizational support
$24K
Ivy Tech Foundation · Anderson, IN
Scholarship support
$24K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Community services
- Capacity building
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