by ExecDir | Jun 23, 2016 | Grants
Shown are United Way Executive Director Nancy Riley and Community Foundation Executive Director Jaime Toppe. United Way received $5,000 for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.? The Scott County Community Foundation (SCCF) has awarded $130,000 in grants to several...
by ExecDir | Jun 22, 2016 | Youth Grantmaking Council News
Shown are YGC seniors Haley Mullins, Jordan Shuler, Lindsey Boswell, Evan Howser and Kaleb Mount (missing Tori Rone and Taylor Means). The Scott County Youth Grantmaking Council, a program of the Scott County Community Foundation, awarded almost $4,900 in grants to...
by ExecDir | Jun 3, 2016 | Education Matters, Scholarships
Austin resident Pamela Rowden is awarded a scholarship for $1,000 from Scott County Community Foundation Board Chairman L.L. Lowry. Rowden is attending Ivy Tech Community College, where she is majoring in early childhood education. The scholarship was available to...
by ExecDir | May 23, 2016 | Education Matters, Scholarships
Scottsburg resident Dylan Bane is awarded a scholarship for $1,000 from Scott County Community Foundation Executive Director Jaime Toppe. Bane is attending Indiana University Southeast, where he will finish his bachelor?s degree in English in August. The scholarship...
by ExecDir | May 18, 2016 | Foundation News, Special Events
Preschool providers and kindergarten teachers recently gathered for an early childhood education round table. The event was sponsored by the Early Childhood Committee of the Scott County Community Foundation and United Way of Scott County, which is chaired by Austin...
by ExecDir | May 17, 2016 | Grants
4-H Youth Development Educator Megan Voyles receives a check for $385 from Russ Comer. The grant was awarded from our?Scott County 4-H Fund and will be used to help sponsor 4-H members to attend camp at Country Lake Christian Retreat in June. Russ and Bonnie Comer...
by ExecDir | Apr 26, 2016 | Grants
Scott County Community Foundation Board Secretary Terry Wolka, second from left, presents a grant for $5,862 to Scott Memorial Hospital Director of Business Development Shelley Lakins, CEO Michael Everett and Chief Nursing Officer Dawn Mays. The grant was awarded from...
by ExecDir | Apr 25, 2016 | Foundation News
The Scott County Community Foundation Board of Directors had plenty to celebrate at its recent board meeting. Executive Director Jaime Toppe shared with the Board the results of the matching grant challenge, Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT), a program of Lilly...
by ExecDir | Apr 21, 2016 | Grants
Greater Scott County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kelly Dulaney, left, receives a grant for $390 from Scott County Community Foundation board member Sheila Carter. The grant was awarded from the Philip Glenn Martin Memorial Fund at the Community Foundation....
by ExecDir | Apr 8, 2016 | Foundation News
We are?welcoming a new intern to our?team, which has been made possible by the Lilly Endowment, Inc.?s grant to the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance. The Community Foundation Internship program?s aim is to build healthy community foundations and to give college students...