Advisory board members of the Wortman Family Foundation for Shelby and Hancock counties convened in January to evaluate the 32 requests received for funding through the foundation’s second grant cycle.
Nonprofit organizations serving Shelby and Hancock counties were invited to submit proposals that focused on health and education as well as projects and programs that enhanced the quality of life within the two communities.
Mr. Wortman and the Wortman Family Foundation advisory board are again pleased with the nonprofit community’s response to this new opportunity. Eleven more applications were received than during the inaugural cycle in 2022.
Blue River Community Foundation is pleased and delighted to announce this year’s grant recipients on behalf of Mr. Wortman and the Wortman Family Foundation advisory committee. Twenty-one individual nonprofit agencies were chosen through the competitive process to receive funding that totaled over $236,000.
The following organizations will be receiving funding for various projects and programs in 2023:
- Little Yellow Jackets Preschool (Morristown)
- Major Health Partners
- Morristown Community Development Partnership
- Shelby Supply Co. in care of the Bridge Ministries
- Family Services and Prevention Programs
- Shelby Eastern Schools
- Girls Inc. of Shelbyville and Shelby County
- Shares, Inc.
- Shelby County Meals on Wheels, Inc.
- St. Vincent DePaul Society of Shelby County
- Turning Point Domestic Violence
- J. Kenneth Self Shelbyville Boys Club (Waldron Elementary)
- Shelby County Public Library
- Agape Therapeutic Riding Resources
- Dinner Before Bedtime
- Greenfield Central School Foundation
- Hancock County Children’s Choir
- Mt. Vernon Education Foundation
- Love INC of Greater Hancock County
- Firefly Children and Family Alliance
- Society of St. Andrew
In addition to the competitive cycle grantees, the Wortman Family Foundation for Shelby and Hancock Counties will continue supporting the following projects with annual gifts over the next four years:
- Early Learning Shelby County – capital campaign for a quality daycare facility in Shelby County
- Hancock Health Foundation – programming for mental health and addiction services
- Shelby County Players – capital campaign for new performance facility
The Wortman Family Foundation Fund for Shelby and Hancock Counties also provides non-competitive annual gifts to the following charities:
- Blue River Youth Choir
- Hancock County Children’s Choir
- Hancock Senior Services
- Indiana Masonic Home Foundation
- Indiana Scottish Rites Cathedral
- Love INC.
- Morristown Boys and Girls Club
- SCUFFY
- Shelby County Pantry Pals
- Shelby County Players
- Shelby Senior Services
The total philanthropic contribution from the fund for 2023 is more than $340,000.
For more information about the Wortman Family Foundation for Shelby and Hancock Counties, visit https://www.blueriverfoundation.com/wortman-family-foundation.
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