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Types of Funds

Give how and when you choose.

  • Unrestricted Fund: Trust the Community Foundation Partnership to use your contribution to administer grants based on community needs.

  • Designated Fund: Give your contribution to the charity of your choice. 

  • Field-of-Interest Fund: Give your contribution to the field or cause of your choice without designating any specific organization.

  • Donor-Advised Fund: Advise the Community Foundation Partnership on which charities your contribution should support without the restrictions of a private foundation. 

  • Scholarship Fund: Fund a scholarship in your name to support those furthering their education. 

  • Deferred Fund: Make provisions to establish a fund with a future gift.

  • Trust Fund:

  • Non-Permanent Fund: The Community Foundation Partnership manages these funds for the benefit of the sponsoring organization.

Unrestricted Funds +

These funds are flexible, and may be directed to address the changing needs of Lawrence County, at the discretion of the Foundation's Board of Directors.

  • Bedford Federal Savings Bank Community Fund
  • Bicentennial Fund
  • Bob Bridge Fund for Community Grants
  • Joe and Sharon Collins Community Fund
  • Wilbur C. Dollens Fund for Community Grans
  • Ferguson Community Fund
  • Paul and Patty Ford Community Fund
  • German American Bancorp Communty Fund for Lawrence County
  • Hoosier Hills Credit Union Better For Our Communities Fund
  • Chloral Hilderbrand Community Grants Fund
  • Earlyn K. and Alvera Burkhart Hill, and Orlin and Imogene Burkett Memorial Fund
  • David Allen Jacobs Community Fund
  • Lawrence County General Unrestricted Fund
  • Lawrence County Memorials and Tributes Fund
  • Jo Ellen (Alhorn) Lee Community Fund
  • Harold "Mac" and Shirley McReynolds Fund
  • William A. Poling Fund for Lawrence County
  • Patrick and Sharon Robbins Fund for Lawrence County
  • Ralph W. “Shorty” and Bette R. Robison Fund
  • Sargent Family Fund
  • Jim and Annette Seib Community Fund
  • Larry and Judy Sipes Community Fund
  • Smithville Charitable Foundation Fund for Lawrence County
  • Brett Terry Community Fund
  • Times-Mail Captain Purple Fund

Designated Funds +

These funds are designated to provide support to specific charitable organizations.

  • Paul & Anna Batz Fund for the Calvary Lutheran Church
  • Becky's Place Endowment Fund (Women & Children's Shelter)
  • Bedford First Christian Church Camp Fund
  • Bedford Lions Club "We Serve" Community Fund
  • Bedford Police Department D.A.R.E Program Fund
  • Bedford Recreation Foundation Fund
  • Bedford Urban Enterprise Association Fund
  • Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence County Fund
  • Greg, Natalie, Chloe and Samuel Buse Fund for First Presbyterian Christian Education
  • Maribelle Dyer Memorial Fund
  • Christopher Nathan Emery Fund for the Center of Behavioral Health
  • Tim, Amanda, Eamon, Carli and Kate Elizabeth Emery Fund for the Indiana University School of Special Education
  • First Presbyterian Church Fund
  • First United Methodist Church Youth Fund
  • Freedom from Violence Women’s Education Fund
  • Frank G. and Frances Fish Fund for the St. Vincent De Paul Catholic School
  • Virgil I Grissom Memorial Fund
  • Hoosier Trails Council #145/Boy Scouts of America Fund
  • Hoosier Uplands Economic Development Corp. Fund
  • Hope Resource Center Fund
  • Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Fund
  • Evan Hughes Fund for the Girls Club
  • Indiana Trails Fund
  • Indiana University Museum of Art Fund
  • Janet Jenner and William McDonald Fund for Little Theatre of Bedford
  • Daivd "Bud" Johnson Fund for Little Theatre of Bedford
  • John Wallace Chapter - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution(DAR)
  • Junior MIss Program Fund
  • Lawrence County Cancer Patients Services Fund
  • Lawrence County Community Foundation Fund
  • Lawrence County Economic Growth Council Fund
  • Lawrence County Historical & Genealogical Society Fund
  • Lawrence Interfaith Endeavor (LIFE) Fund
  • Limestone Girls Club Fund
  • Lilah E. Matson Fund for the Limestone Girls Club
  • Men's Warming Shelter Fund
  • Mitchell Community Public Library Fund
  • Mr. and Mrs. J. Grant Moore Fund for Cultural Arts Committee
  • Francis C. and Anna Maude Nolen Fund for the Bedford Public Library
  • Paralyzed Hoosier Veterans, Inc. Fund
  • Carol Jean Pichler Memorial Fund for the First Christian Church Youth
  • Ruth and Kenny Plummer Fund for the Boys Club
  • Ruth and Kenny Plummer Fund for the Girls Club
  • Popular Culture Archive and Museum Fund
  • Dorothy Jones Rariden Music Fund
  • William and Charlotte Ritchey Museum Fund
  • Robbins Family Fund for the Boys Club
  • Ethan Shirley Memorial Fund for NLCC - FFA
  • Connie Snapp Fund for the Humane Society
  • Dr. George W. Sorrells and Barbara Sorrells Fund for BNL and MHS Music Departments
  • Southern Indiana Center for Independent Living, Inc. (SICIL)
  • St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church Fund
  • St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church Fund
  • St. Vincent de Paul Society of Bedford
  • Thornton Memorial Boys Club Fund
  • Tri Kappa of Mitchell Fund
  • Trippel Family Bedford Christian Church Camp Fund
  • United Way of Lawrence County Fund
  • White River Humane Society Fund
  • WTIU/WFIU Fund
  • Youth for Christ

Field of Interest Funds +

These funds address more broadly defined areas of concern.

  • Blessings in a Backpack (Feeding Lawrence County Children)
  • Opal and Freeda Casada Fund for the Elderly
  • East Oolitic Heritage Fund
  • Fayetteville Heritage Fund
  • Eugene and Marilyn Glick Foundation Fund for Senior Citizens of Bedford
  • Great Grants Fund
  • Heltonville Heritage Fund
  • Betty R. Hilderbrand Bedford Parks & Recreation Betterment Fund
  • Betty R. Hilderbrand Mitchell Parks & Recreation Betterment Fund
  • Chloral Hilderbrand Fund for Hickory Grove Preservation
  • Hopkins Cemetery Association, Inc. Fund
  • Huron Heritage Fund
  • Jack Inman Fund for the Owensburg Cemetery
  • Judah Heritage Fund
  • Lawrence County Community Foundation Education Fund
  • Mitchell Heritage Fund
  • Mitchell Community Recreation Fund
  • Mount Pleasant Cemetery Preservation Endowment Fund
  • M. Jeannette Norman Fund for Abused, Neglected, or Otherwise Needy Children
  • Morris D. Norman Fund for Abused, Neglected, or Otherwise Needy Children
  • Oolitic Heritage Fund
  • James & Barbara Oswalt Fund
  • Margie Marie Pennington Fund for Disadvantaged/Homeless Elderly
  • Sam and Pearl (Toliver) Pennington Fund for Freedom Cemetery
  • Pleasant Run Cemetery Association Fund
  • Lottie (Collins) and Paris P. Porter Education Fund
  • Joan Emery Prentiss Fund for the Families of the Terminally Ill
  • Patrick and Sharon Robbins Humanitarian Fund
  • Springville Heritage Fund
  • Zollman Family Fund for Abused & Neglected Children

Donor Advised Funds +

With advised funds, donors stay involved in recommending how fund distributions are granted from year to year.

  • Jon and Judy Heichelbech Donor Advised Fund
  • Jacobs Family Fund for the Environment in Lawrence County
  • Lee and Nicol Sargent Fund

Scholarship Funds +

These funds support students in pursuing post-secondary education.

Bedford North Lawrence High School +

  • Bedford High School Class of 1969 Scholarship
  • Bedford Kiwanis Scholarship
  • Bedford Rotary Club Scholarship
  • Kenneth and Donna Brumbaugh Family Scholarship
  • Alexandria Chastain Memorial Scholarship
  • Mary R. Cline, Timothy B. Maegerlein, Stephen D. Maegerlein Scholarship
  • Marian J. Duncan Scholarship
  • Emma Ferguson-Wagner and Luther S. Ferguson Scholarship
  • James Clark Fisher Scholarship
  • Melvin L. and Mary E. Hammel Scholarship
  • Devon Kaid Hensley Memorial Scholarship
  • Bruce A. and Julie J. Hewetson Scholarship
  • Betty R. Hilderbrand Scholarship Fund for Bedford
  • Bill and Ruthie Johnson Memorial Fund
  • Jesse and Kathleen King Scholarship Fund
  • Lawrence County Extension Homemakers Scholarship
  • Robert E. Lee II Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Poling Family Scholarship Fund
  • David H. Rariden Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Patrick and Sharon Robbins Scholarship
  • Wayne and Mary Frances Robbins Memorial Scholarship
  • Bonnie Roberts Memeorial Scholarship (BNL)
  • Dr. and Mrs. George W. Sorrells Family Scholarship for North Lawrence Community Schools
  • Ben Tirey Memorial Scholarship (BNL & MHS)
  • Jay Wilson Scholarship

Mitchell High School +

  • Paul and Lela Mae Bass Scholarship
  • Betty Beldon Business Scholarship
  • Diana Dunbar Briscoe Scholarship
  • Walter C. "Bus" Briscoe Memorial Scholarship
  • Robert J. Burton Memorial Scholarship
  • Vera Burton Scholarship
  • Donald H. and Priscilla Smith Cessna Family Scholarship
  • Kenneth and Lorena Chastain Scholarship
  • Mary R. Cline, Timothy B. Maegerlein, Stephen D. Maegerlein Scholarship
  • Terry Cole Memorial Scholarship
  • Emma Ferguson-Wagner and Luther S. Ferguson Scholarship
  • Angel Marie Finn Scholarship
  • JR Hamilton III Scholarship
  • Betty R. Hilderbrand Scholarship Fund for Mitchell
  • Lawrence County Extension Homemakers Scholarship
  • Tony Mann Scholarship
  • Cecil C. Martin Post #250, American Legion Scholarship
  • Betty Mather Scholarship
  • Mitchell Community School Corporation Scholarship
  • Mitchell Education Association Scholarship
  • Mitchell High School Athletic Department Scholarship
  • Mitchell High School Scholarship
  • MHS Class of 1979 Scholarship
  • Robert "Gene" and Maxine Witmer Mundy Scholarship
  • Henry Polson Scholarship
  • Ruby T. Pruett Scholarship
  • Bonnie Roberts Memorial Scholarship for MHS
  • Frank Sanders Award
  • Jim and Annette Seib Scholarship Fund
  • Sherwood Family Scholarship
  • Dr. and Mrs. George W. Sorrells Family Scholarship for Mitchell High School
  • Dorothy A. Stroud - Bank of Mitchell Scholarship
  • Andrew R. Terrell Scholarship
  • Ben Tirey Memorial Scholarship (BNL & MHS)
  • Richard Turner/Debra Turner Powell Memorial Scholarship
  • Karon Chastain Wingard Scholarship

Other +

  • Amalie Ford Barger Scholarship
  • Bedford Elk Ladies - Marie Disbennett Scholarship
  • Joan Elizabeth Emery Scholarship Fund for Vincennes University
  • Ernest B. Heise Bros. Milling Co. Scholarship Manufacturers-Shippers
  • Dr. M.S. and Eleanor C. Mount Scholarship Fund for Greene County
  • Walk with Excellence Returning Women's Scholarship

Unrestricted Funds +

These funds are flexible, and may be directed to address the changing needs of Martin County, at the discretion of the Foundation's Board of Directors.

  • Wendell Bough Family Fund
  • Donald F., Patty A., and Patty J. Bowling Fund
  • James E. and Marilyn C. Burch Community Fund
  • Norbert J. and Brenda S. Burch Community Fund
  • Richard and Joni Parker Burch Community Fund
  • Brick Parker and Ann (Jones) Burch Memorial Fund
  • John T. and Elizabeth J. Chattin Community Fund
  • Courter Family Fund
  • Crane Credit Union Fund for Martin County
  • Ken and Juanita Crane Fund for Martin County
  • George M. and Barbara Cropp Fund for Martin County
  • Al and Helen Friesenhengst Fund
  • German American Bancorp Community Fund for Martin County
  • Kenny and Ruth Greenwell Family Fund
  • Gregory Family Humanitarian Fund
  • Leo Harding Family Unrestricted Fund
  • Rich and Judy Kluesner Fund
  • Joseph and Mary Lannan Family Fund
  • Michael B. and Beth A. Lett Fund for Martin Co.
  • Marshall Community Fund
  • Martin County General Unrestricted Fund
  • Martin County Memorial and Tribute Fund
  • Jeff and Nancy Meyer Fund for Martin County
  • Old National Bank Unrestricted Fund
  • Smithville Charitable Foundation Fund
  • Tri-Kappa of Loogootee-Shoals Community Grants Fund
  • Donald and Janett Walton Fund for the Betterment of Martin County

Designated Funds +

These funds are designated to provide support to specific charitable organizations.

  • Lucile and Rosemary Arvin Whitfield Cemetery Preservation Fund
  • Bill and Pat Daily Fund
  • Good Samaritan Fund of SVDP
  • Leo Harding Memorial Fund
  • Loogootee Public Library Fund
  • Loogootee Methodist Church Fund
  • Martin County 4-H Club Council, Inc. Fund
  • Martin County Food Pantry Fund
  • Martin County Historical Society Fund
  • Martin County Humane Society Fund
  • Shoals Community School Corporation K-12 Fund
  • Shoals Library Fund
  • Shoals United Methodist Church Fund
  • Spirit of St. Martin’s Church Fund
  • St. John’s Cemetery Preservation Endowment Fund
  • St. John’s Perpetual Fund
  • St. Vincent DePaul Society Endowment Fund
  • Whitfield Men's Club Educational Fund

Field of Interest Funds +

These funds address more broadly defined areas of concern.

  • George M. and Barbara Cropp Fund for Goodwill Cemetery
  • Sarah Bowling Fuhrman Memorial Fund for Youth
  • Expectant Mother's Assistance Fund
  • Frye Family Truelove Cemetery Preservation
  • Goodwill Cemetery Fund
  • Loogootee Community Performing Arts and Cultural Events Fund
  • Martin County Community Foundation Education Fund
  • Shoals Betterment Fund in Memory of Sanford A. Deckard
  • South Martin Cemetery Preservation Fund
  • Truelove Cemetery Preservation Fund

Donor Advised Funds +

With advised funds, donors stay involved in recommending how fund distributions are granted from year to year.

  • David Arthur Brown and Jewel Kelso Brown Memorial Fund
  • German American Bank Community Fund
  • KKS Greenwell Fund
  • Carter Lee Kerns Memorial Fund
  • Paul E. "Gene" and Ann Shaw Fund

Scholarship Funds +

These funds support students in pursuing post-secondary education.

  • Wilma L. Bateman Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Ann Jones Burch Tennis Scholarship Fund
  • Rita and Jack Butcher Loogootee Basketball Family Scholarship Fund
  • Walter L. & Betty R. Butler Scholarship
  • Terri Sullivan Callaway Scholarship Fund
  • George M. and Barbara Cropp Scholarship
  • John Hission Family Scholarship
  • Gerdon Jones Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • William McGovern II Fund
  • Lester Page Scholarship
  • St. Vincent de Paul Society Non-Traditional Scholarship Fund
  • St. Vincent de Paul Society Scholarship for Loogootee High School
  • St. Vincent de Paul Society Scholarship for Shoals High School
  • Second Door Scholarship
  • Faye Shobe Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Ben Trout Memorial Student Athlete Scholarship
  • Robert Scott Waggner Memorial Scholarship

Deferred Funds +

The donor has made provisions for a future gift to be used to establish a fund.

  • Robert and Kay F. Ackerman Scholarship Fund
  • Family Scholarship Fund (Anonymous)
  • Curt and Julie Johnson Community Fund
  • Loogootee United Methodist Church Fund