Vanderburgh
Community Foundation
The Community Foundation is a charitable resource devoted to our local community. We help people make meaningful gifts that improve life in Vanderburgh County, Indiana today and for generations to come.
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Greater Good Together
The Vanderburgh Community Foundation is an affiliate of the Community Foundation Alliance, a network of nine community foundations serving counties in southwestern Indiana. The Alliance provides management and administrative expertise to county-wide community foundations, empowering each to promote philanthropy, build endowment and improve wellbeing in our local communities. Learn more!
Recent News
The Vanderburgh Community Foundation awarded more than $198,000 in Community Good grants to 16 nonprofit organizations through our 2025 Community Good Grants Program! Congratulations to the 2025 Community Good Grants Recipients! $33,000 – ECHO Housing Corporation To support the Collective Action Network. $23,400 – Ozanam Family Shelter To purchase dressers and mattresses for the Ozanam Family Shelter. $20,000 – Aurora To support the Street Outreach Program. $20,000 – Immigrant Welcome and Resource Center To support the New Americans Case Manager services. $15,000 – Evansville Wartime Museum To support education programs for K–12 students and senior citizens in Vanderburgh County. $15,000 – Lampion Center To support hope and healing through high-quality mental health therapy services. $10,000 – Evansville Christian Life Center To support the Evansville Christian Life Center Food Pantry. $10,000 – HOPE of Evansville To support the Foreclosure Prevention Program. $10,000 – The Isaiah 1:17 Project To support building communities where every child has a loving, safe family. $10,000 – The Salvation Army – Evansville Corps To support the Pathway to Hope program. $7,000 – Meals on Wheels of Evansville To support homebound meal delivery services. $6,500 – Little Lambs To support the "Building a Community of Safe, Healthy Children" services. $5,260 – Trades for Tomorrow To support field trips for students enrolled in Vanderburgh County schools. $5,000 – Albion Fellows Bacon Center To enhance exterior security. $5,000 – Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites To support Native American Week activities at Angel Mounds. $3,500 – Sleep in Heavenly Peace – Evansville Chapter To support the "No Kid Sleeps on the Floor in Our Town!" program, which provides beds for local children. Grants are made possible by Community Good Unrestricted Funds and Field of Interest Funds, which support a wide variety of needs in Vanderburgh County. Charles & Frances Crawford and Beth Ann Mosier Fund – Vanderburgh Friends of Vanderburgh County Fund German American Bancorp Community Fund – Vanderburgh Heritage Federal Community Good Fund of Vanderburgh County Jeff & Tricia Hollander Henning Family Community Good Endowment Fund John DeWitt Browning Community Good Fund Rebecca J. Dorr Endowment Fund Robert J. and Judy Decker Wargel Community Good Endowment Fund Tank Family Community Good Endowment Fund Vanderburgh Special Project Fund Welcoming Indiana’s Next Generation (WING) Endowment Fund Fund Health and Human Services in Vanderburgh County James A. McCarty Fund for the Arts Saleta Evans Memorial Fund
The Vanderburgh Community Foundation distributed more than $69,000 to 33 local Vanderburgh County students from its Community Scholarship Program. These scholarships are funded by generous donors who have established a scholarship fund with the Vanderburgh Community Foundation. This year’s recipients were celebrated and recognized at a scholarship breakfast with fund founders, recipients, and parents. Congratulations to the Community Scholarship Program recipients! Alfred Savia Distinguished Young Artist Award- David Drury Allison Tenbarge Criminal Justice Scholarship - Claire Harris Camden Hancock '18 Scholarship - Oliver Gates Cassin-David Education Endowment Scholarship B - Denae Raine Central HS Class of 1943 Evelyn Church Hatfield Scholarship - Austin Plisky Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard Leadership Award Claire Harris Katie Bozsa Clarence & Dorothy Gerard Scholarship for Nursing Endowment - Jenna Smith Dahni Jo Memorial Scholarship Addison Heilman Christian Hoffman David A Koehler Sr. Memorial Scholarship - Carson Gibson David L. Cosby Scholarship - Max Renner Dorothy Rapp Music Scholarship - Ella Thornton Greater Evansville USBCA Scholarship - Jessica Sisson Harrison High School Class of 1965 - Jalaysia Allen Jeremy Weil Memorial Art Scholarship - Ella Ellerbrook Legacy Scholarship Endowment - Charli Keith Lois and Betsy Hamburg University of Evansville Scholarship Endowment Sydnee Robinson Nicholas Hirsch Lois and Betsy Hamburg University of Southern Indiana Scholarship Endowment Melina Perez Evan Meyer Lori O'Banion Memorial Scholarship - Avery Coats Manny Heaton Memorial Scholarship - Drake Bellessa Rease Henry McDaniel Memorial Scholarship - Lily Dahmer Robert “Bubba” Jochum Scholarship - Brooke Bishop Russ Mason Memorial Golf Scholarship - Hunter Riggs Southwestern Indiana Master Gardener Association Scholarship - Madelyn Doughman Thomas F. Walls Youth Hockey Scholarship - Brady Reiter Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Addison Greaney Olivia Niemeier David Walling
The Women’s Fund of Vanderburgh County, held by the Vanderburgh Community Foundation, is now accepting applications for its 2025 Grants Program. Nonprofit organizations serving Vanderburgh County can apply through Tuesday, July 15, 2025 . The Women's Fund of Vanderburgh County holds an annual grant cycle to award funding to charitable partners addressing a wide range of local needs. Funding is available to support programs and projects that make a meaningful impact in Vanderburgh County communities. Organizations can find detailed grant guidelines and submit their application online . For questions or assistance, please contact Melinda Waldroup, Chief Program Officer, at 812.429.1191 or mwaldroup@communityfoundationalliance.org.
