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The donor allows the Board of Trustees the freedom to choose the grant recipients and respond to changing needs in the community.

Administrative

The donor specifies operating support for the Foundation.

Field of Interest

The donor may specify a field of interest, but leaves selection of the exact recipients to the discretion of the Board of Trustees.

Restricted

The donor may name one or more particular agencies or institutions to receive grants.

Scholarship

The donor outlines the criteria for awards to deserving students so they may pursue educational opportunities.

Donor Advised

The donor may suggest possible grant recipients to the Foundation each year.

Agency

An agency or organization creates a fund which supports its mission.

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Funds of The Portland Foundation

Unrestricted Funds

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  • Abromson-Fleming Memorial Trust
  • James J. Abromson & Marian F. Abromson Memorial Trust
  • Jarrod and Annette Alexander Charitable Fund
  • Russell H., Ruth L. & Richard W. Ashton Memorial Trust - First Merchants
  • Russell H., Ruth L. & Richard W. Ashton Memorial Trust -MainSource Bank
  • Kelly & Margaret Baggs Endowment
  • Charles A. Baird Trust
  • Clifford & Nancy Ball Endowment Fund
  • Charles & Helen Barrenbrugge Memorial General Charitable Trust
  • Berne Ready Mix Endowment Fund
  • Carl Bimel Fund
  • Bollenbacher & Associates, LLC Endowment
  • John & Dr. Carole Brigham Fund
  • William Bynum Memorial Fund
  • Lawrence H. & Mary Jane Calhoun Memorial Fund
  • Community Enhancement Endowment
  • Robert & Kathleen Cue Endowment
  • James L. and Claudia A. Cull & Bill J. and Mary C. Davis Endowment
  • William, Helen, and Gary Fifer Endowment Fund
  • Ted C. Fleming and Alma M. Fleming Endowment
  • Phil & Linda Frantz Family Endowment
  • Ron and Lonette Freeman Family Endowment
  • Charles W. Geeting Memorial Trust
  • General Memorial Fund – First Merchants Bank
  • General Memorial – MainSource Bank
  • General Unrestricted Fund– First Merchants Bank
  • General Unrestricted Fund– MainSource Bank
  • Eugene M. & Jane Anne Gillum Endowment
  • Bertha and Ralph Green - Helen and Tony Saffer Memorial Trust 
  • Donald Hall Memorial Fund
  • Donald & Vadia Hall Fund
  • Lee G. & Corinne Hall Fund
  • Weldon L. and Dorothy H. Hamma Endowment Fund
  • Margaret & John Hardy, Jr. Fund
  • Hinkle Family Endowment Fund
  • Mahlon L. and Eva M. Houser Endowment Fund
  • Hudson Family Fund
  • Doug and Lori Inman Endowment Fund
  • Inman-Myers Endowment Fund
  • Roger and Bev Inman Endowment Fund
  • Rusty and Elizabeth Inman Endowment Fund
  • John J. Jaqua, Sr. & Grace R. Jaqua Endowment Fund
  • Margie and Dean Jetter Family Endowment Fund
  • Charles & Ruth Joos Fund
  • Rex and Carolyn Journay Family Endowment Fund
  • Bob W. & Frances M. Leggett Endowment
  • Lilly Endowment – First Merchants Bank
  • Lilly Endowment – MainSource Bank
  • James E. Luginbill Memorial Fund
  • Jim & Jean Luginbill Endowment
  • MainSource Bank Endowment
  • J.Murl & Opal Smith May Fund
  • May-Denney Endowment Fund
  • Meshberger Brothers Stone Corporation Fund
  • Ray and Roger McKinley Memorial Fund
  • Greg & Marianne Moser Family Fund
  • Maxwell N. Naas & Cornelia Naas Trust
  • Gladys Thomas Pearson Memorial Trust
  • Rob and Lexie Penrod Family Endowment Fund
  • Jacquin S. Peterson Memorial Fund 
  • Charles and Beverly Pressler Endowment Fund
  • Earl G., Genevra J., and Glen E. Pyle Endowment
  • The Portland Foundation Board of Trustees Fund
  • Lydia Naas Raunecker Charitable Trust
  • Ronald Family Endowment Fund
  • Sara Haynes Ronald Fund
  • Jeral and Julia Schwomeyer Endowment Fund
  • Elizabeth A. Starbuck Endowment 
  • Bud & Florence (Limbert) Study Endowment
  • Betty, Ona, Jean, Bill, Jack, Ken, Ina, Ila, Joyce, Earl, Jon, and Larry Study Endowment Fund
  • John and Ruth (DeBolt) Study Memorial Endowment Fund
  • June Shawver Study Endowment Fund
  • Fred M Stultz Endowment
  • Joseph T. & Marlene (Frahm) Suhr Fund
  • Walter A. Suman Fund
  • Glen & Martina Theurer Endowment
  • Virgil & Josephine Thomas Memorial Fund
  • Katherine Timmonds Fund
  • Lou Wasmuth Memorial Fund
  • Dr. Kyle J. Weaver Endowment Fund
  • Dr. Martha E. (Libby) Weaver Endowment Fund
  • Rob and Mindy Weaver Endowment Fund
  • J. Arthur Williams – Orville Easterday Trust
  • Phyllis Badders Williams Fund
  • Young Family Trust

Administrative Funds

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  • 50th Anniversary Administrative Endowment
  • Administrative Endowment - First Merchants Bank
  • Administrative Endowment - MainSource Bank
  • Ann H. Goodrich Administrative Endowment 
  • Hugh N. Ronald, Jr. Memorial Trust
  • Edward A. and Orpha M. Zearbaugh Memorial Endowment Fund

Restricted Funds

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  • James & Marian Abromson Endowment (Arts Place)
  • Asbury United Methodist Church Endowment
  • Zelma Bailey Jay County (Boys Club) Community Center Endowment
  • Charles & Helen Barrenbrugge Arts Place Building Fund
  • Charles & Helen Barrenbrugge Jay County Boys Club Building Fund
  • Bryant Area Community Center Endowment
  • Alwyn A. Carder (Historical) Fund
  • Tom Casey Immaculate Conception Church Children’s Fund
  • Jack Cole Fund For Volunteers Endowment
  • Community Seasonal Decorations Endowment
  • Dunkirk Endowment
  • Dunkirk Scout Cabin Endowment
  • Freedom Park Endowment Fund
  • Friends of Jay County Agriculture Endowment
  • Friends of Jay County Agriculture Fund
  • Friends Of Salamonia School/Park Endowment
  • Ray and Mary Gabbard Pleasant Hill cemetery Trust
  • Gary P. Gibson Fund for Jay County Boy Scouts
  • Glass Museum of Dunkirk Endowment
  • Weldon L. and Dorothy H. Hamma Asbury United Methodist Church Endowment Fund
  • Hawkins Community Trust Endowment
  • John J. & Nancy S. Hawkins Memorial Endowment
  • Larry and Maria Hiatt Endowment
  • Robert Holley Endowment Fund
  • Hudson Charitable Trust
  • IU Health Jay Hospital Legacy Endowment Fund
  • Elizabeth A. Hudson Endowment
  • Zackery W. Hummer Memorial Fund
  • Jay County Boys Club Zelma Bailey Endowment Fund
  • Jay County Christian Academy Endowment
  • JC Historical Society Endowment - First Merchants Bank
  • JC Historical Society Endowment – MainSource Bank
  • Jay County Humane Society Endowment
  • JC Scout Cabin Endowment
  • Jay County Trails Club Fund
  • Jayland Rescue Mission Endowment
  • JRDS Ann Goodrich Endowment
  • Raymond & Vesta Juillerat Memorial Fund
  • Limberlost Swamp Remembered
  • Ray C. & Patricia S. McKinley Fund
  • Meeker Family Endowment
  • Linus F. and Margaret B. Mescher Jay Community Center Endowment Fund
  • Dr. Bob Morrison Memorial Swim Fund
  • Museum Of The Soldier Endowment
  • Maxwell N. & Cornelia S. Naas - Arts Place Building Fund
  • Maxwell N. & Cornelia S. Naas - (Jay County Boys Club) Community Center Building Fund
  • Catherine Ochs Trust
  • Old White Oak Cemetery Fund (Kennedy/Smith)
  • Pennville Community Center Endowment
  • Pennville Endowment
  • Pregnancy Care Center of Jay County Endowment Fund
  • Redkey Community Center Endowment
  • Redkey Endowment
  • Hugh N. & Sara E. Ronald Trust (Arts Place)
  • Helen M. (Spahr) Schafer Memorial Endowment for Jay- Randolph Developmental Services
  • Millard J. & Mary F. (Betty) Schwartz Endowment
  • Ronald L. Shoemaker Fund
  • Spirit of Community Fund
  • Darla Stafford Endowment
  • Elizabeth A. Starbuck Arts Place Fund
  • Elizabeth A. Starbuck Jay County Hospital Foundation Fund
  • Elizabeth A. Starbuck Jay-Randolph Developmental Services Fund
  • Elizabeth A. Starbuck John Jay Center for Learning Fund 
  • Julia Magil Starbuck Memorial Collection
  • Stratton Antioch Cemetery Memorial Fund
  • Janice S. Stucky Jay County Historical Society Endowment Fund
  • Richard A Taylor, MD Memorial Fund
  • Women’s Endowment Fund
  • Women’s Giving Circle Fund
  • Youth for Christ Endowment
  • Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Endowment

Scholarship Funds

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  • Albert & Donna Abromson Scholarship Trust
  • Matt Aker Scholarship Fund
  • Michael A. Alig Jay County FFA Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Alpha Associate Chapter of Tri-Kappa Scholarship Fund
  • Altrusa Club Scholarship Fund
  • Robert M. Anderson Trust
  • John L. Armantrout Science Scholarship Fund
  • Jan Arnold Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Dr. Ara C. & Gay B. Badders Scholarship Fund
  • Ruth Whipple Badders Scholarship Endowment
  • Ferd & Miriam Badt Trust
  • Charles A. Baird Trust
  • James & Florence Baldwin Scholarship Fund
  • Clifford & Nancy Ball Scholarship Fund
  • Roberta Kay Beard Scholarship Fund 
  • Howard C. Berry Vocational Trust
  • Arnold & Eugenia Beumer Scholarship Fund
  • Jeff & Eileen Bickel Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Blaine United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund
  • Luetta J. Bowen Scholarship Fund
  • Alfred and Amy Braddock Scholarship Fund
  • Eric Bricker Memorial Scholarship Fund 
  • Michelle E. Bruggeman Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Bryant High School Scholarship Fund
  • Alwyn A. Carder Scholarship Fund
  • Earl Cartwright Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Tom Casey JCCT Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Tom Casey Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • John L. Chitwood Trust
  • Church Women United Of Jay County Scholarship Fund
  • Joe Scott Clark Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Orda Graves Cook Scholarship Fund
  • Sharon S. Cooper Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Kristan Danae Corwin Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Seth L. Corwin Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • James and Imogene Cowan Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Marseal T. Deweerd Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Sharon Dues Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Dunkirk Kiwanis Club Scholarship Fund
  • East Central Opportunities, Inc. Scholarship Fund
  • Della E. Elberson Fund
  • Tyrus Ellingwood Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Farmers & Merchants Bank of Bryant, Indiana Scholarship Trust
  • Felts-Hanlin Scholarship Fund
  • Russell and Mary Jane Figert Scholarship Fund
  • First Bank of Berne Scholarship Fund
  • Shirley Franck Perseverance Scholarship Fund
  • Fugiett Construction Systems, Inc. Scholarship Fund
  • Dr. Kathleen A. Galbraith Memorial Education Scholarship Fund
  • Edith Gaunt Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Cheryl Lee Geesaman Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Bernice Tharp Gibble Memorial Teacher Scholarship Fund
  • Crystal R. & Patricia A. Gibson Scholarship Fund
  • Lexie Gierhart Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Mary Helen North Gildersleeve Scholarship Fund
  • Dr. Eugene Gillum Education Fund
  • Peggy Glentzer Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Eva Moore Gordon & E. Moore Trust
  • Gov. I. P. Gray Alumni Scholarship Fund
  • Jeannie Habegger MemorialScholarship Fund
  • Weldon L. & Dorothy H. Hamma Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Reg and Nelle Hampson Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Gladys G. Hardy Scholarship Fund
  • James E. Hardy “Portland Panther” Scholarship Fund
  • Edward M. Haynes Trust
  • Wayne W. & Marguerite M. Hinkle Scholarship Fund
  • Joyce A. Horn Scholarship Fund
  • Jack Imel Memorial Music Scholarship Fund
  • Frank A. Inman Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Inman-Myers Scholarship Trust
  • Jay County Aids Task Force, Inc. Scholarship Fund
  • Jay County French Connection Scholarship Fund
  • Jay County Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Fund
  • Jay County High School Alumni Association Scholarship Fund
  • Jay County Pee Wee Football Scholarship
  • Jay Lodge # 87 Free & Accepted Masons F. Edward & Marcelle Smith Scholarship Fund
  • Jay-Sea Scholarship Fund
  • Clarence O. Jelleff Trust
  • John Jay Center for Learning Scholarship Fund
  • Charles & Ruth Joos Scholarship Fund
  • F. Dale Jordan Scholarship Fund
  • Juan Pablo Heart and Attitude Scholarship Fund 
  • Knights Of Pythias Red Cross Lodge #88 Scholarship Fund
  • Legacy 2001 Scholarship Fund
  • Fred Lingo Memorial Scholarship Fund 
  • Madison High School Alumni Scholarship Fund
  • Melissa D. “Missy” Lee Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Ernest & Martha Loy Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Dr. Glade A. & Joyce H. McAfee Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Robert & Helen McCreery Scholarship Fund
  • Elizabeth R. McCurdy Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • John & Imelda McKeown Trust
  • Ray & Samaria J. McKinley Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Linus F. and Margaret B. Mescher Scholarship Fund
  • Meshberger Brothers Stone Corp. Scholarship Fund
  • Madonna Miller Memorial Teacher Scholarship Fund
  • Robert M. & Ruth I. Miller Scholarship Fund
  • Bonnie L. Mills Scholarship Fund
  • Paul L. Minnich Scholarship Fund
  • Maude M. Moran Trust
  • Christine Morrow Honorary Scholarship/Epsilon Phi Chapter of Delta Theta Tau
  • Ashley Muhlenkamp 4-H Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • George E. Myron Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Stephen Myron 4-H Supreme Achiever Award
  • Dorothy O’Brien Geggenheimer Odle Scholarship Fund
  • C.W. Oehler Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Pay It Forward Scholarship Fund
  • Pennville Church of Christ Scholarship Fund
  • James E. Peterson Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund
  • Jerry R Pierce Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Randy O. Poole Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Portland Lions Club Scholarship Fund
  • Portland Vocational Women’s Club Scholarship Fund
  • Eunice R. Pray Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Robert Quadrozzi Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Sheri & Nicholas Reinhart Memorial Trust
  • Betty Lavon Grace Rigby Scholaship Fund
  • Martha Catharine Rockwell Music Scholarship Fund
  • Kris A. Rose Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Stephen Sain, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • S.D.P. Manufacturing, Inc. Scholarship Fund
  • Vecil Bookout Schlechty Memorial Trust
  • Catherine M. & Donald A. Schramm Scholarship Fund
  • Harold E. & Maxine E. Schutz Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • George & Sallie Schwartz Trust
  • Paul B. & Ruth Schumaker Shimp Scholarship Fund
  • Don E. Selvey Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Raymond & Mary Shreeve Trust
  • F. Edward & Marcelle Young Smith Scholarship Fund
  • James H. Smith Memorial Trust
  • Helen P. Spahr Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Christopher Spradling Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Starbuck Endowment
  • Elizabeth A. Starbuck Scholarship II
  • Haynes Starbuck Scholarship II
  • Don Selvey Scholarship II
  • Margie Nesbitt Steffy Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Louis, Glenna, and Gary Stephen Scholarship Fund
  • Georgetta Strait Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • William R. Sudhoff Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Everett and Lisabeth Hiatt Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Orla L. and Ruth E. Tharp Educational Fund
  • Ethel Marie Schumaker Thenis Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Fred M. and Elizabeth L. (Hudson) Stultz Scholarship Fund
  • Justin Valentine Holy Trinity Catholic Church Scholarship Fund
  • Norm Vinson Scholarship Fund
  • Stephen R. Vore of Vore's Welding and Steel Scholarship Fund
  • Joseph F. Vormohr Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Mike Walters Student/Athlete Scholarship Fund
  • Elda Mae (Winger) Weaver Scholarship Fund
  • Warren Wyatt Wells Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Westchester United Methodist Church Scholarship Fund
  • Lance Corporal Andrew F. Whitacre Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • A. Iona Williamson Trust
  • Zachary Allen Wolford 4-H Memorial Scholarship Fund 
  • Loretta E. (Larry) Zeigler Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Margo Zielinski Memorial Scholarship Fund

Donor Advised Funds

  • Pete Brewster Donor Advised Fund
  • Shea M. Briar Memorial Fund
  • Dennis and Marianne Horn Family Endowment Fund
  • Inman Family Endowment
  • David A. Lyons Memorial Endowment Fund
  • James B. Jaqua Endowment Fund
  • MDJ Donor Advised Fund
  • Moser Family MemorialTrust
  • Jake D. Muhlenkamp "Little Patriot" Endowment Fund
  • Naas Family Charitable Trust
  • Patriots Remembered Fund
  • Judith A. Sipe Endowment 
  • Barb Wilkinson Memorial Fund 

Field of Interest Funds

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  • 1776 Fund
  • Paul and Velma Beard Memorial Fund
  • Cincinnatus League Endowment
  • Fund for a More Attractive Community Trust
  • Clyde E. Geeting Memorial Trust
  • Robert M. and Francis O. Gillespie Educational Trust 
  • Ralph and Bertha Green - Tony and Helen Saffer Fund for the Elderly
  • Mel and Evelyn Hanlin Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Fund
  • Harold Rex and Kiku Hardwick Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Fund
  • William and Ruby Hudson Endowment
  • Jay County Endowment for Literacy
  • Jean Leslie Jaqua Fund
  • New Corydon Sports Club Fund
  • Portland Monthly Meeting of Friends Endowment Fund
  • Elizabeth A. Starbuck Fund for the Elderly
  • Ruth Starlin Schafer Fund to Assist Aspiring Artists
  • Ralph Denver Stroud & Helen Stroud Enodowment Fund
  • Virgil B. and Josephine H. Thomas Educational Fund
  • Herman C. Uhrick, Dorothy Uhrick, and Timothy Joe Uhrick Literacy Fund
  • Makayla Tipton Memorial Fund
  • Joseph F. Vormohr Memorial Fund
  • John F. Wible Memorial Fund

Agency Endowments

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  • ACRES, INC.
  • American Culture, Inc. Endowment Fund
  • Arts Place, Inc. – First Merchants Bank
  • Arts Place, Inc. – MainSource Bank
  • Habitat for Humanity of Jay County, Inc. Endowment
  • Lee G. & Linda L. Hall Endowment
  • Tom Hunt Endowment
  • JC Assoc. for Crippled Children/Adults Memorial
  • JC (Boys Club) Community Center Endowment
  • JC Boy Scouts-Myron Freeman Endowment
  • Jay County Cancer Society Endowment
  • JC Fair Assoc. Inc. Endowment.
  • JC 4-H General Endowment
  • JC Fourth of July Committee Endowment
  • JC Historical Society Genealogy Endowment
  • JC Pee Wee Football Endowment
  • JC Public Library Endowment
  • JC Public Library Second Century Fund
  • JC Scout Facility Inc. Endowment
  • Jay-Randolph Developmental Services Inc. Endowment
  • Limberlost Cemetery Association
  • David Brent Miller Jay County Boys & Girls Club Fund
  • Thelma L. Milligan Jay County Hospital Foundation Cardiac Rehabilitation Department Fund
  • Thelma L. Milligan Jay County Hospital Foundation Diabetic Support Services Fund
  • Thelma L. Mlligan Jay County Hospital Foundation Obstetrics Department Fund
  • Meridian Services Endowment
  • National Center for Great Lakes Native
  • Jerry R. Pierce Memorial Endowment
  • Portland Evening Optimist Club
  • Portland Morning Optimist Club
  • Portland Monthly Meeting of Friends Endowment Fund
  • Portland Parks Endowment
  • Portland Rotary Foundation Endowment
  • Linda Ripley and Ann Goodrich Memorial Fund
  • Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana, Inc. Fund
  • United Way Of Jay County Inc. Endowment
  • West Jay Community Center Endowment
  • Westchester Cemetery Endowment
  • Youth Service Bureau of Jay County Inc. Endowment





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