2008 Distributions & Grants

The Wells County Foundation, Inc. expended a total of $784,746.52 for grants, scholarships,
agency and fund income distributions in 2008.

Agency and Fund Distributions – $25,995.40

  • Creative Arts Council of Wells County Endowment Fund
  • Robert E. Covault Endowment Fund (Wells County Revitalization)
  • Claude and Helen Decker Emmanuels Cemetery Endowment Fund
  • Claude and Helen Decker Endowment Fund (First Reformed Church of Bluffton)
  • Downtown Bluffton Revitalization Tree and Floral Maintenance Endowment Fund
  • Espich-Gabet Donor-Advised Endowment Fund (Uniondale United Methodist Church)
  • Eugene and Marilyn Glick Endowment Fund (Kehoe Park Concerts)
  • Limberlost District Scouters Endowment Fund (Anthony Wayne Area BSA Camp Little Turtle)
  • Mossburg Cemetery Endowment Fund
  • Deb Neuenschwander Memorial Endowment Fund (Ossian Elementary School Library)
  • Parlor City Athletic Club Endowment Fund (YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne)
  • Pretzel’s Inc. Endowment Fund (Bluffton/Southern Wells Dollars for Scholars)
  • Pretzel’s Inc. Endowment Fund (Norwell Dollars for Scholars)
  • Psi Iota Xi Sorority (Alpha Eta Chapter) Creative Arts Council Endowment Fund
  • Howard and Beverly Rich Kehoe Park Concerts Endowment Fund
  • Wells Community Boys & Girls Club, Inc. Endowment Fund

Angel of Hope Memorial Park Fund –$926.75

  • Liby Monuments
  • CorpsiteNMD
  • News-Banner Publications, Inc.

Animal Emergency Medical Care Fund – $15,017.08

  • City of Bluffton Animal Care Donations

Mabel M. Wilson Archbold Scholarship Fund – $240,704.58

  • Scholarships for Norwell High School graduates

Janet Baker Memorial Scholarship Fund – $500.00

  • Scholarship to a graduating Bluffton High School senior

Bluffton Business and Professional Women’s Club Scholarship Fund – $500.00

  • Virginia Rowland Scholarships

Bluffton Corning Glassworkers Union Vocational Education Fund – $2,400.00

  • Grants to graduating seniors from accredited Wells County high schools

Bluffton-Harrison Elementary PTO Outdoor Lab Fund – $41,762.00

  • “Tiger Discovery Den”

Bluffton-Harrison Elementary PTO Scholarship Endowment Fund – $1,000.00

  • Scholarships to graduating Bluffton High School seniors

Bluffton-Wells County Animal Shelter Fund – $1,447.43

  • Landscaping expenses
  • Construction materials
  • Quest Medical Equipment, LLC

Harold L. Bowman Fund – $11,000.00

  • Wells County Child Care Provider Network
  • Ouabache River Runners

Burl and Edith Bryan Scholarship Fund – $27,311.13

  • Scholarships to Wells County students (not graduating high school seniors)

Christian Care Retirement Community Scholarship – $1,000.00

  • Scholarships to graduating seniors from accredited Wells County high schools

Ingeburg Clawson and Glenda Kaye Meyer Field of Interest Fund – $500.00

  • Scholarship to an individual pursuing an education in the field of geriatric care

Community Enhancement Endowment Fund – $85,623.52

  • Creative Arts Council of Wells County
  • Wells County Historical Society
  • Wells County Master Gardeners
  • Non-profit Consortium
  • Splashpad at Pickett’s Run
  • Bluffton Parks & Recreation Department

Claude and Helen Decker Scholarship Fund – $3,000.00

  • Scholarships to graduating seniors from the Wells County public high schools

Loren and Helen Decker Scholarship Endowment Fund – $8,000.00

  • Scholarships (graduating seniors from Norwell High School & Huntington North High School who reside in Rock Creek Township in Wells or Huntington County)
  • Panos Free Clinic

Ronald E. DeWitt Memorial Scholarship Fund – $2,000.00

  • Scholarships to graduating seniors from Bluffton High School

Jill Dreyer Memorial Nursing Scholarship Fund – $4,000.00

  • Scholarships to individuals pursuing nursing degrees

K. Robert Ehrman Endowment Fund – $44,025.78

  • Fort Wayne Philharmonic
  • Pleasant Dale Cemetery Association
  • Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren
  • Scholarships for individuals from Adams & Wells Counties
  • Vocational scholarships for high school seniors from Adams & Wells Counties

Daniel M. and Ruth A. Eichhorn Scholarship Fund – $1,000.00

  • Scholarship to a Norwell High School graduating senior

Dr. Walter O. & Bette A. Erxleben Donor-Advised Endowment Fund – $500.00

  • Bi-County Services, Inc.
  • Family Centered Services, Inc.

Ellen A. Gerbers Memorial Scholarship Fund – $1,000.00

  • Scholarship (Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship semi-finalist)

Ellen A. Gerbers Unrestricted Endowment Fund – $5,000.00

  • Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana

Jean and Joe W. Gilliam Scholarship Endowment Fund – $1,000.00

  • Scholarship to a graduating senior from Bluffton High School

Bruce and Willmina Hogg Donor-Advised Endowment Fund – $1,857.39

  • The Fort Wayne Children’s Home of the United Church of Christ, Inc. (Crossroad)
  • Habitat for Humanity of Wells County

Kiwanis Club Designated Fund – $7,000.00

  • Bluffton/Southern Wells Dollars for Scholars
  • Norwell Dollars for Scholars
  • Wells County Council on Aging
  • Community and Family Services
  • First We Care
  • Wells Community Boys & Girls Club, Inc.
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Habitat for Humanity of Wells County
  • Wells County Public Library
  • Bluffton Police Department (D. A. R. E. Program)
  • Bluffton Police Department (Bluffton Crime Stoppers)

Lilly Promotional Grant 2008 – $6,000.00

  • Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship program expenses
  • Promotion of the value of higher education

Harry and Dorothy Lindstrand, Bernard Hookanson and Phoebe Lindstrand Hookanson Memorial Scholarship Fund – $1,000.00

  • Scholarship to a Bluffton High School graduating senior

Margaret J. McPheeters and Nancy Sprague Williams Scholarship Endowment Fund – $4,000.00

  • Scholarships to graduating seniors from Bluffton High School

Bettye J. Minniear Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund – $3,000.00

  • Scholarships to graduating seniors from Southern Wells High School

Lydia Murray Memorial Scholarship Fund – $500.00

  • Scholarship to a graduating senior from Bluffton High School

P. A. Allen Memorial Scholarship Fund – $600.00

  • Scholarship to a graduating senior from Bluffton High School

Painter-Webber Scholarship Endowment Fund – $800.00

  • Scholarship to a graduating senior from Bluffton High School

Edwina Patton Memorial Scholarship Fund – $2,000.00

  • Scholarship to a graduating senior from Bluffton High School

Edwina Patton Unrestricted Endowment Fund – $4,511.62

  • Southern Wells Community Schools (“Musical Magic 2008”)
  • Wells County Leadership Academy

Elizabeth Patton Unrestricted Endowment Fund – $59,425.00

  • Northern Wells Community Schools (Jump Start program)
  • JobWorks, Inc. (Wells County Community GED Tutoring project)
  • Science Central, Inc. (Science 4U program in Well County schools)
  • Fort Wayne Women’s Bureau, Inc. (rape & assault awareness program in Wells County)
  • Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana
  • True Life Choices (Building Healthy Relationships programming)
  • Huntington University Foundation (Wells County Leadership Academy curriculum and training)
  • Youth Philanthropy Endowment Fund

Margaret Powers Unrestricted Endowment Fund – $14,883.50

  • Bluffton Police Department (Safety Park)
  • Creative Arts Council of Wells County (“2008 Fall Paint Out”)
  • House of Hope of Northeast Indiana  (Michael Heister Training Center)
  • Wells County Food Bank
  • Bluffton Parks & Recreation Department (“Funbrella”)

Clare and Edith Prible Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund – $200.00

  • Scholarship to a member of the Boehmer United Methodist Church

Quabache Fund – $5,000.00

  • United Way of Wells County
  • Creative Arts Council of Wells County
  • Habitat for Humanity of Wells County
  • Wells Community Boys & Girls Club, Inc.

Mary V. Reinhard Memorial Endowment Fund – $7,800.00

  • Pleasant Dale Church of the Brethren (Camp Mack scholarships)
  • Scholarships for individuals from Adams & Wells Counties pursuing degrees in education

Resource Library/Seminar Fund – $154.27

  • Purchase books for the Wells County Foundation’s Resource Library

Howard and Beverly Rich Donor-Advised Fund – $662.48

  • Wells County Revitalization, Inc.

Sailsbery Family Donor-Advised Endowment Fund – $1,000.00

  • Ball State University Foundation (Rob Sailsbery Industrial Technology Scholarship)
  • Northern Wells Community School Corporation (stipend for professional development and/or the purchase of classroom materials to be utilized by the “2008 Teacher of the Year”)

James W. Stogdill Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund – $300.00

  • Scholarship to a graduating senior from Bluffton High School

Lou Ann C. Stogdill Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship Endowment Fund – $300.00

  • Scholarship to a graduating senior from Bluffton High School

William J. Stogdill Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund – $300.00

  • Scholarship to a graduating senior from Bluffton High School

August and Eleanor Streater Mathematics and Science Scholarship Endowment Fund – $1,500.00

  • Scholarship to a graduating senior from one of the accredited Wells County high schools

Unrestricted Fund – $12,499.18

  • Bluffton Lions Club
  • Bluffton Parks & Recreation Department (Kehoe Park movie series for 2008)
  • Local non-profit organizations (Holiday Wishes)

Unrestricted Endowment Fund – $30,400.00

  • Science Central Inc. (program support for Wells County schools)
  • Zanesville Lions Club
  • Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Inc.
  • Purchase software and hosting fee for the Non-profit listserve
  • YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne

Wabash Endowment Fund – $10,960.00

  • Fort Wayne Philharmonic (2008 Patriotic Pops Concert)
  • Wells Community Theater Group, Inc. (“Seussical”)

John H. and Cecile D. Waid Youth and Educational Fund – $23,000.00

  • Fort Wayne Philharmonic (2008 Patriotic Pops Concert)
  • Scholarships to graduates from accredited Wells County high schools

Lewis and Eileen Ward Memorial Endowment Fund – $42.50

  • Plaque

Wells Community Boys & Girls Club, Inc. Capital Campaign Project Fund – $5,299.97

  • Wells Community Boys & Girls Club capital campaign distributions

Wells Community Center Endowment Fund – $7,743.23

  • J. R. Flooring, Inc.

Wells Community Swimming Pool Fund – $21,239.28

  • Lincoln Equipment, Inc.
  • Peerless Midwest, Inc.

Wells County Coon Hunters Club Scholarship – $1,500.00

  • Scholarships to graduating seniors from accredited Wells County high schools

Wells County Foundation Scholarship Fund – $1,000.00

  • Scholarship (Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship semi-finalist)

Wells County Leadership Academy – $3,789.35

  • Postage and start-up supplies
  • Books
  • Express Printing
  • Huntington University
  • Wells Business Development, Inc.
  • Baller Signs
  • Print Shop & Office Supply, Inc.
  • Lighted Gardens
  • Freeze Frame Photography

Wells County Neuter/Spay Assistance Fund – $5,468.98

  • Express Printing
  • Assistance vouchers

Wells County Pilot’s Association (Lazy K Airport) Scholarship Fund – $10.00

  • Wells County 4-H Association (“Model Rocketry” championship trophy)

Wells County Society for Crippled Children & Adults Field of Interest Fund - $10,286.10

  • Bi-County Services, Inc. (2008 Summer Fun Program)
  • Muscular Dystrophy Association of Northeast Indiana
  • Bluffton-Harrison Elementary School (Learning Skills Clinic)
  • Riley Children’s Foundation
  • Edith Williamson Scholarship

Wells County Turnaround Scholarship Fund – $4,000.00

  • Scholarships to graduating high school seniors

Wells to Riley Fund – $5,000.00

  • Riley Memorial Association (provides travel/lodging reimbursement for Wells County families whose children are receiving medical treatment at Riley Memorial Hospital)

Vance and Marie Wilson Nursing Scholarship Fund – $500.00

  • Scholarship to an individual pursing a degree in nursing
 
 
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