Community Grants (General Grantmaking)
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Community Grants Overview
Program Type: General grantmaking for nonprofit organizations and community projects in Fayette County
Geographic Scope: Fayette County, Indiana
Current Funding Focus Areas:
- Health and wellness
- Education
- Neighborhood revitalization
- Arts and culture
- Nonprofit capacity building
- Emerging community priorities
Funding Source:
- Fayette County Community Impact Fund - Unrestricted endowment fund providing flexible grantmaking capacity
- Various donor-established Community Impact Funds including:
- NOVA Circular Solutions Community Impact Fund (first grants expected 2027)
- Hilton and Brenda Henry Community Impact Fund
- Maddie Fisher Community Impact Fund
- John and Debbie Clarke Fayette County Animal Shelter Endowment
- John and Debbie Clarke Fire Department Support Fund
Special Initiative:
- GIFT IX Community Support Grant - $750,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. (awarded December 2025) to support first responders (volunteer fire, EMS, law enforcement) over 3 years
Process:
Foundation conducts community needs assessments and opens targeted grant cycles based on priorities. Eligible organizations can apply through the Foundation's grantmaking process.
What Fayette County Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 19
- Total given
- $207K
- Median grant
- $8,750
- Range
- $5,147–$30K
- By dollars: Indiana 100%. Top recipient cities: Connersville, IN; Syracuse, IN; Bentonville, IN.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 19% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Imagine Performing Arts · Connersville, IN
Imagine performing arts community arts center roofing project
$30K
Alquina Blue Arrows Park · Connersville, IN
Park updates - public restroom construction project
$22K
Indiana Audubon · Connersville, IN
Mary gray educational campus expansion
$18K
Fayette County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management · Connersville, IN
Ember control
$14K
First Presbyterian Church · Connersville, IN
Distribution from desginated fund - annual grant
$14K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Community services
- Health education
- Arts
- Capacity building
- First responders
Categories
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