"Triple Your Generosity" Community Foundation Partnership to Apply for Matching Fund Grant

The Community Foundation Partnership, Inc., serving the Lawrence and Martin County Community Foundations, is pleased to announce its intent to apply for a $750,000 Matching Fund Grant for each county through the eighth phase of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT VIII).

This grant is one of three funding opportunities available to the Community Foundation through GIFT VIII for which Lilly Endowment has allocated up to $210 million to support Indiana’s community foundations in their effort to enhance quality of life across the state.

The Community Foundation Partnership will be able to use its Matching Fund Grant to further develop its unrestricted assets. These matching funds will support the growth of the Community Foundation’s unrestricted endowments, which over time will provide financial resources that enable the community foundation to respond to both present and future community needs.

Lilly Endowment will provide $2 for every $1 contributed to the Community Foundation Partnership’s unrestricted endowments during GIFT VIII’s matching period of October 1, 2023, through December 31, 2025.

“This is a wonderful and rare opportunity for donors. By giving during this grant challenge, you can triple your generosity,” said Hope Flores, CEO of the Community Foundation Partnership. “A gift of $100 will be matched with $200 and a $1,000 will be matched with $2,000. We are grateful to the Lilly Endowment for this opportunity to increase our investment in our community.” 

GIFT is a series of statewide initiatives and programs that began in 1990 as part of Lilly Endowment’s efforts to help establish and strengthen community foundations in Indiana and build their capacity to address the needs of their local communities. The primary aim of GIFT is to help Indiana community foundations in all 92 of Indiana’s counties develop the philanthropic capacity to identify, prioritize, and address local opportunities and challenges.

To learn more about GIFT VIII, visit Lilly Endowment’s website at http://lillyedowment.org/gift-viii-2/.

Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based, philanthropic foundation created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly Sr. and sons J.K. Jr. and Eli through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly Company. While those gifts remain the financial bedrock of the Endowment, the Endowment is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff, and location. Although the Endowment funds programs throughout the United States, especially in the field of religion, it maintains a special commitment to its hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana.

Community Foundation Partnership, Inc. (CFP) is a partnership of the Lawrence and Martin County Community Foundations. Through the generosity of our donors, CFP has built assets over $26 million. Grants awarded through these funds address a wide range of needs in Lawrence and Martin Counties including funding programs that impact education, arts, workforce development, women’s issues, safety, food insecurity, senior citizens, recreation, men’s issues, recovery, small communities, youth, animals, and more. Because these funds are permanently endowed, they will continue to have a strong, beneficial impact in our communities for years to come.

If you would like to triple your generosity with matching funds in Lawrence County, please call 812-279-2215 or email LCCF@cfpartner.org. To triple your generosity in Martin County, please call 812-295-1022 or email MCCF@cfpartner.org. To see a full list of unrestricted funds, visit https://www.cfpartner.org/funds.