2020 Summer Grant Recipients
THE PORTLAND FOUNDATION
The Portland Foundation Announces Summer 2020 Grant Recipients
Out of the requests from 14 different projects totaling $175,385 the Board of Trustees of The Portland Foundation has approved grants totaling $131,904 for 13 Jay County projects for the second half of 2020. $128,222 comes from unrestricted funds and $3682 from field of interest funds. Those grants are as follows:
Arts Place - $15,000 to fund the summer 2021 Arts in the Parks program
Jay Community Center - $15,000 to fund senior citizen programming. $11,692 comes from unrestricted funds and $3,308 comes from field of interest funds that support senior citizens
Jay Community Center - $10,000 to fund equipment for two fitness classrooms
Jay County Fair Association - $20,000 for operating support
Jay County Robotics - $3,000 to fund the purchase of robotics equipment
John Jay Center for Learning - $40,000 to fund Phase III of the replacement of aging heat and air units
Kate’s Kart - $4,000 to fund the purchase of books to be distributed at IU Health Jay Hospital. $3,627 comes from unrestricted funds and $373 comes from the Jay County Endowment for Literacy
National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture - $4,369 to fund the purchase of three laptop computers and backpacks and three copies of Microsoft Office 365 software
Pennville Community Boosters - $1,250 to fund the Pennville Pumpkin Festival
Pennville Community Boosters - $3,000 to fund the purchase of a water heater, refrigerator, sink, baby changing station and folding chairs for the Pennville Community Center building
Psi Iota Xi – Gamma Alpha Chapter - $4,000 to fund the purchase of an ice cream machine
West Jay Community Center - $4,785 to fund the purchase of an upright cooler and the repair of security doors
Youth Service Bureau - $7,500 to fund the Keeping At Risk Students in School (KARSS) program
The next grant application deadline is January 8, 2021 by 5:00 p.m.
