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
- John and Andrea Castrale Community Fund
- Joe and Sharon Collins Community Fund
- Reath and Karen Cosner 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
- Chloral Hilderbrand Community Grants Fund
- John & Carol Highhouse Community Fund
- Earlyn K. and Alvera Burkhart Hill, and Orlin and Imogene Burkett Memorial Fund
- Hoosier Hills Credit Union Better For Our Communities 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
- Steve & Becky Skillman Community Fund
- Smithville Charitable Foundation Fund for Lawrence County
- Dr. Ray & Connie Snapp Community Fund
- Dr. George & Barbara Sorrells Community Fund
- 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
- Mackenzie Drew Peabody-Hutton Scholarship
- 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
- Bric 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