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2014 ANNUAL REPORT

G E N E R O U S G E N E R A T E G E N E R A T I O N S PEOPLE

LEGACIES FOR

“Life is…a sort of splendid torch which I’ve got a hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” The Community Foundation torch is fueled by the generous people among us. Here in the Wabash Valley, we are truly fortunate that there are so many generous individuals, organizations and businesses whose concern for the community generates the flame of giving. We are fortunate, too, that through the Community Foundation, that flame grows and intensifies, lighting the way to improve quality of life for today’s and future generations.

MISSION The mission of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation is to engage people, build resources and strengthen community in the Wabash Valley.

VISION The Wabash Valley Community Foundation will be the primary steward of endowed funds and a leader that encourages broad-based charitable activity in the Wabash Valley.

- George Bernard Shaw

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2014 Donors

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PEOPLE

Ways to be

The Legacy of Community Foundations

Harlan Fund Benefits Hull Cemetery

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GENERATE LEGACIES

GENERATE

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Your Legacy

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Fund Listing

GENEROUS

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There are Many Ways to

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Lilly Endowment’s GIFT Legacy

2014 Board of Directors and Committees

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Generate Legacies WITH TRANSFER O F W E A LT H

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2014 Financials

Useful Will Planning Guide Available

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GRANTS FOR

GRANTS FOR

GRANTS FOR

Past Generations

Healthier Generations

Future Generations

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African Drumming

Healthy Families

Clay City Signage

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Stories Along the Wabash

Wabash Valley Health Center

GENERATIONS

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2014 Grants

2014 Scholarships

2014 Memorials and Honorariums

3 Generous People Generate Legacies For Generations

Dear Friends, Of all the circumstances that came together – location, resources, commerce, transportation – to make Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties what they are today, none could explain the culture of our communities without one very human attribute: generosity.

many has been alleviated. Arts and culture have reached young and old. Organizations have been given tools to help them serve our diverse populations.

Throughout our history, generous men and women, rich and poor, have stepped up to solve problems, provide education, cultural opportunities, help the needy and promote the common good.

As our year came to an end, we received an unexpected challenge gift from Lilly Endowment Inc.: the sixth phase of its philanthropic initiative called Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow, or GIFT. GIFT VI provides $1 million in matching money for Vigo County and $500,000 each for Clay and Sullivan counties. At the program’s end in March 2016, we will have added as much as $4 million to our permanent endowment, enabling us to significantly increase the amount of money available to support local needs.

For example, Clay County owes much to Dr. Robert Maurer, who helped to found the Clay Civic Memorial Foundation. In Sullivan County, a similar spirit of generosity led Culbert Sherman to start Mary Sherman Hospital and create the Sherman Scholarship Fund, which provides significant aid to county scholars. What would Vigo County have been without entrepreneur Chauncey Rose, who donated generously to education and to care of the sick, widows and orphans? And yet, theirs is only part of the impact of charitable giving. The Wabash Valley Community Foundation, which celebrated its 23rd anniversary in 2014, is a relative newcomer in our charitable history. It is a vehicle for all of us to provide for scholarships and grants to people and organizations who call this special place “home.” This annual report chronicles some of the reasons that 2014 was a very good year for the Foundation. Words and figures can shed light on deeds, but it is difficult to grasp the enormous impact that thousands of generous contributions have made. High school graduates have seen college made possible. Hunger for

As our asset base grows, more resources are made available. At the end of our fiscal year, we were managing 498 individual endowments, an increase of 14.6% over 2013, and our asset base had grown to $45.8 million, an increase of $4.3 million.

We are grateful to Lilly Endowment for this opportunity, but now the responsibility shifts to you and me to generate the matching funds. In the spirit of Dr. Maurer, Culbert Sherman and Chauncey Rose, please consider how you can help. It is your generosity that enables good to be done, for this and future generations, improving lives and opportunity for all who live here, and making the Wabash Valley a better place. Sincerely,

Fred Nation President

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G E N E R O U S PEOPLE

The generous donors listed here have created or added to legacies that are at work every day, improving quality of life in the Wabash Valley. Since it began serving Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties, the Wabash Valley Community Foundation has engaged donors and volunteers from a range of generations. Quite often, an individual or family will establish a named fund to honor parents or grandparents.

For example, three generations of the Felstein family have been generous donors to the Foundation. Allen and Millie Felstein transferred the assets of his parents’ private foundation to create the George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund. Later, Allen and Millie transferred the assets of their own private foundation to create the Allen and Mildred D. Felstein Charitable Endowment Fund. More recently, Allen and Millie’s grandchildren established the Felstein Grandchildren Fund in Memory of Allen and Millie Felstein. Other donor families with multi-generational involvement include the Drummys, the McKees and the Shagleys.

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2014 Donors

Banker/lawyer Frederick H. Goff, Cleveland, Ohio Judge & Mrs. Dexter L. Bolin, Jr. Judge & Mrs. David R. Bolk Ms. Leigh Ann Bonnet Mr. Calvin L. Boone Dalvin & Jean Boone Mrs. Karen R. Borders Jeff Boston Auction Service Ms. Marilyn M. Bott

Baesler’s Market - Sullivan

Brad & Susan Bough

Bagnoche Promotional Products

Dr. & Mrs. David Bowden

Ms. Kay Abbott Mr. Eric M. Abel

Jim & Vicki Bailey

Dave & Debbie Bradbury

Access Real Estate Company

Mrs. Catherine A. Baker

Richard & Leanne Braden

Mr. Gary L. Acree

Mary Add Baker

Ms. Jacquelyn Bradfield

Dr. Mary Ellen Adams

Ms. Melony Sue Baker

Ms. Meredith Addison

Mr. & Mrs. George G. Bakker

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey C. Bradford

Mr. John R. Adkins

Mr. & Mrs. Travis Barker

Mark & Katy Bradford

Mr. & Mrs. John H. Ahlemeyer

Ms. Shirley A. Barnett

Nancy Bradford & Family

Ms. Kathy A. Baron

Ms. Susan Bradford

Mr. Jameel Ahmed

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin L. Barr

Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Bradley

Chris & Katie Aimone

Mr. & Mrs. Fred Barth

Mr. & Mrs. Arnold H. Brames

Bob & Lorraine Albanesi

Bartholomew County Beverage

Brampton Brick, Inc

Jack & Lana Alexander Mr. & Mrs. Brian E. Allen

Ms. Sue E. Bass-Harmon

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Branum

Matthew & Dana Allen

Mrs. Christina M. Bauer

Mr. Kenneth Brauchle

Nancy & John Allen

Nancy J. Bauer

Ms. Jane Brazzell

Alpha Omega Masters Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi

Mr. & Mrs. William Bauer

Kathy & David Brentlinger

Mrs. Carol Valentine Baum

Nancy L. Brentlinger

AmazonSmile Foundation

Roberta L. Beaumont

Curt & Linda Brighton

Ambucare Clinic

Mr. Leroy A. Beck

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Brill

American Legion Inc., Sullivan Post 139

Jacinda, Christie, Lisa & Patty Bedwell

Brown Jewelers

American Legion Post No. 197 Inc.

Mr. Gary M. Behan

Mr. & Mrs. Phillip R. Brown

American Mortgage Service Company

Bell Farms

Steven & Staci Shike Brown

Bemis Company Ms. Judith M. Bengochea

Brown, Woodsmall & Hinkel P.C.

Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd W. Benjamin III

Judge Barbara Brugnaux & Mr. Carl Bender

Ampacet Corporation

Doris Bennett

Ms. Judith A. Anderson

Office of Mayor Duke Bennett

Mr. Gordon Bryan & Mrs. Polly Gordon

AALCO Distributing Company, Inc.

American Structurepoint’s Community Service Committee

Wayne, Betty & Toni Anderson

Tim & Julie Bowers

Mr. & Mrs. Edgar R. Branson

Ms. Linda Brown

Ms. Christine A. Buckley

Ms. Wendy D. Bennett

Buddee Extreme, Inc.

Mr. Daryl Andrews

Sue Bentrup

Bunch Nurseries

Anonymous

Beta Sigma Phi City Council

Mr. & Mrs. James L. Burdick

Bruce & Margie Anshutz

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Beymer

Mrs. Betty Burkhart

Lainey Anshutz

Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Bezy

Bryan & Heidi Burkhart

Mrs. Barbara Archer

Mrs. Miriam E. Billman

Mr. Dan A. Armstrong

Mr. Bradley T. Bilyeu

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan L. Burlison

Jerry P. Armstrong

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bilyeu

Becky Buse

Patricia M. Armstrong

Bev Bitzegaio

Gary & Becky Busiere

Ms. Sara Arnett

Ms. Martha Bitzegaio

Mr. Nathan Busker

Art Spaces, Inc.

Ms. Beverly J. Black

Mr. Sylvester F. Bussing

Associated Roofing Professionals, Inc.

Ms. Heather Khan Blasingame

Ms. Bridget K. Butwin

Mr. Bill Aubin

Ms. Jean Blasingame

Mr. & Mrs. Earl A. Byerley

Auto House, Inc.

Estate of Walter & Katherine Bledsoe

Patrick & Mary Cahill

Ms. Ann P. Bloxdorf

John & Ann Caldwell

BMO Harris Bank

Mr. Robert Kevin Caldwell

Mr. Patrick Board

Mr. Joshua Canup

David & Joyce Boeglin

Capital Planning Systems, Inc.

Boilermakers Local 374

CARE Ambulance

Mr. & Mrs. George J. Azar Ms. Dana Babel Ms. Linda C. Badger Mr. Robert Baer Mr. & Mrs. Robert Baesler Baesler’s Market

Jim & Rose Boland

Ms. Patricia Butwin

James & Ellie Caldwell

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YEARS

The Legacy of Community Foundations One hundred years ago, the community foundation concept was born when Frederick H. Goff led the creation of a “community trust” in Cleveland, Ohio, giving rise to a new philanthropy, a new way of participating in community and a new vision for the future. The trust would pool the charitable resources of Cleveland’s philanthropists into a permanent endowment for the betterment of the city. The interest that the trust’s resources would accumulate would be distributed by community leaders to fund “such charitable purposes as will best make for the mental, moral, and physical improvement of the inhabitants of Cleveland.” Within five years, community foundations were at work in Chicago, Boston, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Indianapolis. Today – four generations later – our Wabash Valley Community Foundation represents the legacy of that original foundation. Operating on much the same concept developed in Cleveland all those years ago, we are one of more than 700 community foundations in the United States that collectively manage more than $48 billion in assets and distribute some $4.5 billion a year to community needs.

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The Charles L. Harlan family gravestone rests among the many others in Hull Cemetery.

2014 Donors Continued

Charles L. Harlan was a U.S. Army veteran and rural mail carrier with deep family ties in southern Vigo County. When he passed away in 2011 at the age of 93, he was buried at Hull Cemetery in Prairieton Township next to his wife Ruth Jean and son Charles W. Charles’s mother Ollie, who was a Hull, was also buried there, and he was concerned about the upkeep of the cemetery where so many family members were interred. He arranged with the Community Foundation to establish the Harlan Hull Cemetery Fund to provide ongoing maintenance. Mike Johnson, president of the Hull Cemetery Association, said it was often a struggle to get the funds for maintenance, even to mow the lawn. “This fund has certainly been important for us,” Johnson said. Upkeep like mowing, tree trimming, brush cleaning and drive improvements can be taken care of now. “We have a long list of new projects we want to do in the future,” Johnson said. “Because it’s through the Foundation, we know the money will be there long after we’re gone and someone else is taking care of it.”

Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Ferree

Brian & Kim Doti

Ms. Grace Findley

Mr. & Mrs. David Doti

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Finzel

Mr. & Mrs. Dean F. Doti

First Financial Bank First Financial Bank Sullivan

Carlisle Valley Irrigation, Inc.

Mr. Daniel Coulson

Robert & Mary Doti

Ms. Sue Ann Carnahan

Country Wide Service Center

Mr. Richard W. Dowell

Mr. Patrick J. Carney

Ms. Elizabeth Ann Cowley

Ms. Virginia Downing

Dr. Mary Ann Carroll

Coworx Staffing Services, LLC

Mr. & Mrs. Wil Downs

Mr. Ryan Carroll Ms. Caroline Carvill

Cox Family

Keith, Joyce, Austin & Brittany Drake

Mr. Jerome Case

Mrs. Cynthia Cox

Ms. Carole E. Dreher

Mr. Bruce Fisher & Family

Sue Case

Dorothy & Ray Cox

Doug, Janet & Troy Fisher

Central Wabash Valley Building & Construction Trades Council

Mr. & Mrs. Guille Cox

Mr. & Mrs. Williams F. Driscoll

Ms. Sallie J. Cox

Dorothy W. Drummond

Merrill Fisher & Family

Cox, Zwerner, Gambill & Sullivan

Mr. William W. Drummy Ducks Unlimited

Fleschner, Stark, Tanoos & Newlin

Ms. Patricia DeCoursey Cercos

Harlan Fund Benefits Hull Cemetery

Mike & Emily Dorton

First Financial Bank Trust Services First Presbyterian Church Ms. Margaret J. Fischer

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey H. Fisher

Ms. Kelly Coy

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick L. Duffy

Mr. & Mrs. Steve Fleschner

Ceres Soluntions, LLP

Ms. Susan L. Crick

Mr. & Mrs. Randall Flowers

Chances & Services for Youth

Dr. James & Mrs. Beverly Cristee

Mr. & Mrs. Michael John Dugan Duke Energy

Followell Real Estate, LLC

The Charitable Giving Card Program of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

Mr. & Mrs. John Cristee

Jim & June Dunbar

Mr. William J. Foraker, Jr.

Ms. Martha J. Crossen

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Duncan

Ms. Lucy E. Ford

Mrs. Susan L. Duncan

Forrest Sherer, Inc.

Ms. Pauline G. Cherry

Crossroads of America Council

Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Dunkin

Dr. W. Tad Foster

Ms. Joan T. Chervenko

Ms. Suzanne E. Crowder

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Dyer

Jim & Beth Foulkes

Ruby Saunders Christensen

Ms. Robin A. Crumrin

DYWYKI Corp.

Mrs. Jeanne Fowler

John & Bev Christopher

CSN

E & M Farms

Mrs. Connie L. Francis

York & Noelle Chynn

CSX Good Government Fund Pacmatch

Bill & Trish Eccles

Ms. Paula Frank

Lynne & Wayne Eckerle

Mr. William Frankel

Estate of Wilma J. Eckerty Mr. & Mrs. Paul T. Edgerton

Fraternal Order of Police, Terre Haute Lodge No. 85

Mr. Robert O. Effner

Ms. Lana K. Frazier

Jo Einstandig

Frederick Benson Trust

Mr. & Mrs. Peter T. Ekstrom

Freitag-Weinhardt

Norm & Janie Elder

French Funeral Homes

Judge & Mrs. Michael H. Eldred

Friday Afternoon Club

Dr. Emeline Taylor Davis Mr. & Mrs. Lant Davis

Mr. & Mrs. O. Earl Elliott

Dave & Janet Friedrich

Coca-Cola Refreshments

Ms. Kim Deakins

A Friend

Mrs. Kendra Cohen-Cook

DeBaun Funeral Homes

John H. & Mary G. Elmore Trust

Coldwell Banker Troy Helman Realtors

Ms. Susan C. Decker

Mr. John S. Elmore

Ms. Pamela Deeter

Embroidery Express

Mr. & Mrs. John Cole

Delta Theta Tau Sorority

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Emmert

Ms. Marlene Collett

Stan & Patrece Dennany

Energizing Indiana

Ms. Denise Collins

Mr. & Mrs. Ivan E. Denney

Mr. Gene England

Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Collins

Mr. J.W. Dennis

Mr. Donald C. Englert

Mr. Randy Collins

Derby Hill Equipment

Dr. Robert E. English

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Froderman

Mr. J. Bart Colwell

Dever Distributing Company, Inc.

Essence of Red Committee

Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Fultz

Chuck & Ginny Combs

Ms. Gretchen Holland Etling

Fund Evaluation Group, LLC

Commercial Interiors, Inc.

Luke & Ann Dever

Ms. Michelle Funkhouser

Committee to Elect Jon Ford

Tom & Laura Dever

John & Carol Pendergast Etling

Community Chest of Terre Haute

Ms. Susie J Dewey

Mr. Gabe Euratte

Thomas & Kate Dexter

Mr. Marc Evans

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Gambill

Mrs. Jeanne M. Conley

Ms. Judie Dierdorf Mr. Douglas W. Dillion

Ms. Norma C. Lemmon Evans

Mr. & Mrs. Jose P. Garcia, Jr.

Mr. James Conner Mrs. Mary Ann Conroy

Ms. Paula Dillion

Ms. Teresa D. Exline

Mr. & Mrs. Bruno Garzolini

Mr. James R. Constantine

John & Rolanda Dinkel

Rev. & Mrs. Timothy J. Fagg

Mrs. Gauer’s 3rd Grade Class

Mr. Robert A. Coons

Tom & Susie Dinkel

Ms. Roseanne Fairchild

Gavilon, LLC

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas O. Corley

Ms. Margaret Dirker

Mr. & Mrs. Philip Farmer

GE Aviation Elizabeth S. Gelder

Corporate Square

Distributors Terminal Corporation

Farr & Associates Ms. Bonnie Farris

Ms. Pearl L. Gemberling

Ms. Marie D. Cosby

Dixie Bee Elementary School

Ms. Beth Ann Fauber

Ms. Nola J. Gentry

Ms. Deborah Cottrell Smudde

Mr. & Ms. Dan L. Doan

Mr. Troy E. Fears

Jim & Mary C. Gephart

Jerry & Cookie Dooley

Vern & Janice Fellows

Elmer & Liz Ciancone Clabber Girl Mr. Jefferey J. Claretto Clay Business Women Mr. Charles B. Clements Mr. Daniel J. Cleveland Mr. & Mrs. Jerre P. Cline Robert & Bonnidell Clouse Coalbed Methane Operating Company, LLC

Ms. Martha Cornelius

Charles & Sandra Culp Ellen Cunningham, SP Ralph & Jan Cutter Dr. Sheron J. Dailey Ms. LeAnne Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Steve Danielson Data Management Services

Floyd-Hunter Incorporated

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Friedman

Friends’ GIFT Fund, a component fund of the Community Foundation of Bloomington & Monroe County Friends of the Sullivan County Public Library

Ms. Lauren Furrer

C. H. Garmong & Son, Inc.

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Mr. & Mrs. John J. Gettinger, Sr.

Kay Harper

Hunt Monument Works, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Kersey

Lighthouse Properties, LLC

Ms. Judy K. Harris

Mr. Hugh R. Hunt

Kesler & Kesler

Ms. Jessica Livingston

Mr. & Mrs. Paul A. Gettinger

Mr. & Mrs. Kent Harris

Mr. Larry Hunt

Mr. John A. Kesler II

Mr. & Mrs. Max Gibson

Harrison College

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Hustad

Ms. Ulla Kesler

Mr. & Mrs. William Llewellyn, Jr.

Mrs. Patrica J. Gifford

Jim & Judy Hatch

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne R. Hutson

Candy Kessel

Locust Street Company, Inc.

Mr. Carl Gene Gilbreath

Mr. Keith B. Hawkins

IBEW Local Union #725

Estate of Walter L. Kindrick

Ms. Susan C. Lonergan

Gill Township Class of 1958

Tim & Gail Hayes

Ms. Karen Long

Mr. John Heck & Mrs. Sue Borders Heck

Independent Colleges of Indiana

Dr. Dottie King

Gill Township Levee Association

Ms. Gail L. King

Ms. Trudy J. Longest

Mrs. Marsha Hedrick

Mike, Nicole, Tyler, Madison & Abigail King

Yvonne C. Longfield

Douglas & Margot Gillespie

Indiana State Pipe Trades Association

E. A. Gilman

Karen & Rod Heefner

Mr. Daniel V. Kingery

Ms. Terri M. Lorenz

Dr. & Mrs. David M. Giltner

Mr. Jacob A. Hellman

Ms. Jessica Kirchner

Mr. Al Gindale

Indiana State University Center for Community Engagement

Troy & Suzanne Helt

Dr. Harold P. & Mrs. Theresa A. Loveall

Mr. & Mrs. Eric Glendening

Kiwanis Club of Terre Haute

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Lowe

Ms. Madonna R. Glick

Mr. & Mrs. John D. Hemminghouse

Indiana State University, Office of the Provost

Mr. Thomas W. Kirchner

Industrial Supply Company

Mr. William A. Kline

Ms. Jaqueline L. Lower

Barbara & David Goeller

Cathy & Merv Hendricks

Ms. Freda Luers

Mr. & Mrs. D. Andrew Hendricks

International Union Operating Engineers Local 841

Ms. Janella K. Knierim

Mr. Jonathan Goldbort

Mr. Robert A. Knierim

Mr. & Mrs. John Lukens

Mr. & Mrs. John A. Knotts

Ms. Johna Lumsdon

Mr. & Mrs. Harold E. Knox

Mr. Rob Lundstrom

Mr. & Mrs. Chris Koehler

Ms. Linda L. Lutz

Koffee Klass

Mr. Jim Luzar & Mrs. Ella L. Ingram

The Gondeck Family

Ms. Sarah Jane Lookabill

Henry Bobe’s Trattoria Italiano, Inc.

Ms. Claudette Irvin

Mr. & Mrs. Brian L. Hewitt

Ms. Kristen Isbell

Janet Higgins-Jerry

J. Ford’s Black Angus, Inc.

Ms. Alyce A. Hill

Dorothy & Ed Jackman

Mr. & Mrs. Frank Hill

Ms. Gloria E. Jackson

Mr. & Mrs. William Hine

Ms. Brent Jaco

Mr. Barry Hines

Jadcore, Inc.

Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Foundation Wabash Valley Affiliate

Mr. Ronald M. Hinsenkamp & Mrs. Susan K. Phillips-Hinsenkamp

Ms. Michelle A. Jahn

Ms. Eva Kor

Bill & Leanne Malloy

Mr. Derek S. James

Ms. Vicki Kosowsky

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Manley

Mr. Cecil Green & Mrs. Betty Niswonger-Green

Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Hisle

Mr. Timothy S. Jarvis

Chris & Phyllis Koszewski

Ms. Amy Mann

Mr. John Hochhalter

JATOGI Farms

Ted & Judy Kraly

Dr. & Mrs. John Mann

Mr. Nate Green

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Hochstetler

Mrs. Carolyn W. Jeffries

Mr. Neil L. Marchese

Dr. Tara Jenkins

Ms. Mary E. Kramer & Mr. Arthur B. Feinsod

Dr. Louis R. Jensen

Ms. Jean Kristeller

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Marheine

Good News Travels Bobbie Goodman Dorothy Goodwin Ms. Cindy Gordon Junior & Sue Goshen Mr. & Mrs. David Goss Gail & Norbert Gottschling Meg Grandidier Greater Texting Green Crop Services, LLC

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Green Dr. & Mrs. William D. Green

Mr. & Mrs. Gerry K. Hoffa

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Irvin

Mr. & Mrs. Mak A. Koie Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Kollinger

Dr. Mark O. Lynch Mr. & Mrs. John S. MacDonald Ron & Reggie Magin

Michael & Susan Mardis

Mrs. Evelyn M. Greenwood

Ms. Helen Hoffa

Robert & Janet Jerry

Ms. Elizabeth A. Kult

Greggs & Reid CPAs PC

Mr. & Mrs. John M. Hoffman

Bill & Dorothy Jerse

Marketability, LLC

Ruth Greiner

Camilla L. Hoffman-Patrick

Jewett Publications, Inc.

L.I.F.E. Among the Sycamores

Ms. Maria Greninger

Mrs. Judy Hogan

Joe’s Italian Foods

Mr. & Mrs. Terrance La Grange

Mr. & Mrs. H. Larry L. Martin

Bob & Linda Griffin

Judy & Terry Hogan

Mr. & Mrs. Branden Johnson

Ladies Missionary Society

Mr. & Mrs. Gene E. Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. David D. Hoilman

Ms. Brenda K. Johnson

Gay Ladislas

Ms. Tracy Lynn Martin Thomas

Bill & Peggy Grimes

Mr. Ryan Hoke

Mr. Craig Johnson

Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Hoke

Ms. Doris M. Grogan

Holiday Inn of Terre Haute

Mr. & Mrs. Elmer Leon Johnson

Lake Wealth Consultants & Insurance

Steve & Lana Martindale

David & Pamela Grimes

Mr. Clint Lamb

Ms. Peggy Grubb

Mr. & Mrs. David A. Holmes

Ms. Sherry E. Lamb

Mary Sherman Hospital Foundation

Mr. Louis J. Gudino

Honey Creek Collision & Custom Paint

Mr. & Mrs. John Lambertus

Lois Massinon

Mr. Brett Lane

Mrs. Diane Gindele Mast

Greg & Angie Lansing

Ms. Lynn Mast

Mrs. Jennifer L. Jones

Mr. David E. Larimer

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Mattison

Ms. L. Sue Jones

Mr. & Mrs. Edman R. Lash

Judy & Bill Maxam

Mr. Terry Jones

Mr. & Mrs. Roger G. Lautzenheiser

Mr. & Mrs. Bill Mayfield

Ms. Jennifer Lawrence

Dr. C. Jack Maynard

Mr. Michael Lawson Mr. Cary Laxer

Drs. Steven & Jamie Maynard

Don & Martha Layton

Mrs. Carolyn J. Mayrose

Legacy Professionals, LLP

Andy & Anna Lee McAleese

Mr. & Mrs. Larry R. Leinenbach

Ms. Beth McBride-Labrozzi

Ms. Mildred Lemen

Mr. Michael A. McCain

Ms. Lori Leo

Bob & Susan McCammon

Leone Stare Services, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Ray McCammon

Mr. Jason B. Lester Mr. Jeffrey A. Lewellyn

Mr. & Mrs. Conrad W. McCarthy

Samuel & Jo Ann Ligget

William & Susan McCarthy

Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Guell

George & Marion Johnson Charitable Trust Mr. Keith L. Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Randall H. Johnson

Mrs. Whitney Gurman-Roberts

Honey Creek Machine, LLC

Ms. Donna J. Gustafson

Ms. Sharon Horrall

Hadar Flooring, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Horton

Ms. Jane A. Hadley

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hosking

Ms. Marylee M. Hagan

Mrs. Carolyn M. Houck

Mr. Jackie E. Hall

Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Howard

Brandon Halleck

Jan Howell

Hamilton Center, Inc.

Mark Howell

Norman & Gail Hammer

Mr. & Mrs. Ward M. Hubbard

Kelly & Rick Hampton

Ms. Sharon Hudson

Mr. & Mrs. Butch Hancock

William F. & Jolinda L. Keane & Friends

Mrs. Lynn V. Hughes

Mr. & Mrs. Owen Hanna

Ms. Denise E. Keegan

Hulman & Company

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph T. Harder

Ms. Roberta Mitchell Keirce

Ms. Marsha D. Harder

Humane Society of Sullivan County

Norman & Carolyn Keiser

Ms. Karen L. Harding

Mr. John A. Humphrey

Mr. & Mrs. Burch R. Harlan

Dr. Paul Humphrey, DDS

Dana Harlan

Mr. Robert Hunley II

Hoosier Energy

Sydney Joyner Jeff & Elizabeth Jungers Michael T. & Carol A. Kalber Heather & Josh Karnes Ms. D. Joan Kasameyer

Ms. Barbara J. Keller Ms. Mary L. Kelly Bill & Mary Kent Lida D. Kerlin

Ms. Susan L. Marr Mr. & Mrs. James R. Martin

Martini Stirs Inc.

Larry & Patti Mayfield

Mr. & Mrs. Tom McBroom

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Sharon & Steve Nicoson

Mrs. Paula Kay Ponsot

Chris, Alissa & Olivia Romas

Mr. Jimm S. Nidlinger

Mr. & Mrs. Rhaundel Porter

Doris Romas & Family

Mrs. Vivian F. Niemeyer

Ms. Carol A. Posey

Noon Investment Club

Mr. & Mrs. Barry J. Powell

Matthew, Nicole, Isabelle & Alex Romas

Mrs. Cindy McClain

Miracle on 7th St. Corp.

Norris Scale Company, Inc.

Mr. E. D. Powell

Ms. Rachel Romas

Lynn & Marsha McCool

Ms. Ann K. Mischler

Mr. & Mrs. Joshua Powers

Mr. Ryan McCoy

Ms. Lorre A. Mishler

North American Latex Corporation

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Mr. Jerry W. McCullough

Mr. Joe Bill Misiniec

Northview Band Boosters

Ms. Gail A. Price

Miss Wanda

Rosemary Nudd, SP

Mrs. Rose Mary Price

Mr. & Mrs. Scott McCullough

Ms. Joan Misterka

Ms. Carolyn L. Nyren

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy J. Prickel

Mr. Rickey N. McCurry

Dr. David & Mrs. Jerry Penman Mitchell

Mr. & Mrs. T.J. Ocasek

Princeton Mining Company

Ohio Valley Gas, Inc.

Darrell & Karen Propst

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Moats, Jr.

Mr. Rod O’Kelley

Mr. & Mrs. Ted Prose

Old National Insurance

Ms. Katelynn R. Moats

Dr. Robert H. Puckett

Old National Wealth Management

Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Ruckriegel

Drs. J. Robert & Diane J. Quatroche

Dean & Brenda Rummel

Pat & Julie O’Leary

Quincy Recycle

Mr. Michael D. McCullough

Mr. James O. McDonald Dr. & Mrs. Rodney McDonald Mrs. Shirley McDonald Ms. Kathleen R. McGarvey

Dan & Pam Price

Ms. Judy S. Ross Tami Rotem Ms. Maria Rowe Richard & Joanne Rowe Fred & Nancy Rubey Mr. Al A. Ruckriegel

Rev. & Mrs. Paul McGlasson

Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Modesitt

Dan & Diana McGrath

Janice L. Modesitt

Mr. & Mrs. Craig McKee

Alta Ooley

Jarren Mohanna

Ray & Ellen Quist

Dale & Nancy McKee

Sister Mary Moloney

Order of Eastern Star Twelve Points Chapter 528

Mr. Jack W. Ragle

Ms. Elizabeth A. McKee

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Monaghan

Marlowe A. Owen

Mr. & Mrs. Gary R. McKenzie

Mr. & Mrs. Mark E. Monahan

Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McLaughlin

Monarch Beverage Co.

P/S Inc.; Amoco/BP Jiffy Mart

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Monroe

Pacesetter Sports, Inc.

Dr. John C. Ramer, Ph. D.

Mr. William Monroe

Jack & Mae Page

Ms. Eleanor Ramseier

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Col. & Mrs. Donald Moreau

Darice Palmier

Bob & Holly Sanders

Ms. Rogene A. Morge

Ms. Pamela G. Pangan Varble

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence L. Ratcliffe

Don & Jean McMahan Mr. Robert D. McMahan Dr. Harriet McNeal Ms. Elaine M. McVay Ms. Nancy Measel Harold & Malinda Medsker Medical & Dental Staff of Terre Haute Regional Hospital

Morrison Towing Service

Mr. & Mrs. John Ragle Ms. Ilene Ralston Patrick R. Ralston

Mr. & Mrs. Curtis E. Raubuck

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Runion Mr. Michael S. Runion Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Rusin Mr. & Mrs. Donald Rusk Dr. Muriel Drake Ryan Paul & Ann Ryan Sackrider & Company, Inc.

Mr. Joe Sanders Ms. Helen D. Sapp

Partners for Resources

Raybestos Powertrain, LLC RBW Logistics Co., Inc.

Mr. John Moser

Past Mighty Chosen Ones Club

Steve & Kim Sappington & Family

Ron & Cindy Readinger

Jim & Betty L. Moudy

Dr. Dipa Sarkar

Ms. Alpa Patel

Realty One, LTD

Ms. Patricia J. Mozley

Mrs. Lynne R. Reberger

Nicholas, Michelle & Hannah Saucier

Ms. Jane A. Morse

Laney & Lu Meis

Mr. William R. Mozley

Patrick’s Restaurant & Bowling Center

Meis Ventures, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Victor T. Mullen

Sharon & Jack Pattison

Waneta R. Rector Estate

Mr. & Mrs. Jason M. Saunders

Ms. Jeane Melendy

Ms. Janine Mullinix

Ms. Linda Sue Payton

Reddy Law Firm, LLC

Kathleen & Paul Saxton

The Melody Lounge

Mr. Rick Murdock

Peabody Investments Corp.

Dr. & Mrs. V. Venkat Reddy

Mrs. Christine Schellenberg

Mrs. Elizabeth Meneghini

Ms. Andrea Myers

Ms. Margaret J. Pearman

Mrs. Janice Redenbarger

Mr. & Mrs. John E. Schmisek

Louise Meneghini

Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Myers

Ms. Betty L. Pech

Monte & Sandy Reece

Roger & Bobbi Schmisek

Barbara & Leon Mercer

Carol A. Myers & Rick Kellam

Ms. Michelle Reeson

Mr. & Mrs. John Mercer, Jr.

Mr. & Mrs. Santhana Naidu

Pendergast Family Ltd. Partners

Drs. Thomas & Norma Schmitz

Mr. William M. Merrill

Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. Nalin

Ms. Jill Regan

Merry M.O.M.S.

Ms. Bunny Nash

Mr. & Mrs. James W. Pendergast

Maxine Metz

Fr. John & Loretta Nasser

Mr. & Mrs. Greg Meyer

Fred & Nancy Nation

Ms. Greta Milburn & Family

Don & Gail Nattkemper

Milburn Pharmacy

Mrs. Emma Jean Neal

Mr. Dennis M. Miles

Mr. & Mrs. Gerard J. Nee

Mr. & Mrs. Don Millard

Mrs. Dorothy Nemeth

Brad & Connie Miller

Mr. Fred Nevils

Mr. Bradley Thomas Miller

John S. & Kris Newlin

Mr. & Mrs. Dean Miller

Ms. Sara Newlin

Ms. Hazel E. Miller Mark & Jan Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Newlin

Mrs. Mary Kate Miller

Newman Co., Inc

Mr. & Mrs. Max G. Miller

Mr. Bradley M. Newman

Ms. Rebecca L. Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Bradley R. Newman

Rick & Kelli Miller MillerWhite Marketing

Mr. Jack Newman

Mr. & Mrs. Gerald L. Mills

Mr. & Mrs. Steven C. Newman

Mr. & Mrs. Vince Milnes

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Newport

Mr. Brian Mimms

Ms. Leslie Newton

Joe & Pat Minnis

Jeff Nickels Family

K. Jane & Jerry Penry Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Perry Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Ms. Barbara J. Phelan

Mr. David R. Rector

Mr. Ronald G. Reeves Retec, Inc. C. J. Rhoads Income Tax Service Ron Rich, Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

Mr. & Mrs. Gary W. Schomer Mr. & Mrs. James R. Schonberger Ken & Linda Schoof Mrs. Donna Schopmeyer Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Schrohe

Riddell National Bank

Ella & Paul Schutt

Mrs. Eleanor Cox Riggs

Mr. Donald T. Scott

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Riley

Susan & Don Scott

Rio Grande Full Gospel Church, Inc.

Susan Templeton Scott

Piety Farms Pigg Implement Sales, Inc.

Ms. Susan Smith Roads

Mr. Roberto Senderowitsch

Diane Pigg

Texas Roadhouse

Servpro

Lucy Pigg

Anthony & Ellen Roberts

Richard & Alice Shagley

Dave & Jennifer Piker

Mr. David F. Robinson

Rick & Candy Shagley

Dr. & Mrs. Steven M. Pilipovich

Ms. Judith P. Robinson

Ann Shagley Sharp

Dr. & Mrs. Paul E. Roby

Teri Sheckles

Ms. Judith Rodia

Mrs. Deanna R. Sheese

Nancy Rodia Ms. Nancy Rogers

Mr. Bradley Shike & Ms. Paula Fricchione

Ms. Sharon Polge

Mrs. Amy L. Roman

Mr. & Mrs. William D. Shupe

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. Polky

Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Roman

Ms. Tiffany Polmateer

Ms. Wilma M. Roman

Dr. Thomas & Mrs. Mary Lynn Siefert

Ms. Sue Ann Phenis Kelly Pierce Judge & Mrs. P. J. Pierson

Pirtles Fast Food, Inc Plumbers & Steam Fitters Local 157 Advancement Fund

Harry & Rosaline Secrest

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Mr. & Mrs. James L. Veevaete

Mr. John C. Wilkinson

Ms. Ann Venable

Ms. Holly M. Williams

Mrs. Eleise S. Thiemann

Veterans of Foreign Wars Lawton Byrum Post 972

J. Scott & Armeen M. Williams

Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Stuckey

Bill Thomas

VFW Men’s Auxiliary #2459

Ms. Meredith Williams

Ms. Leslie A. Stultz

Ms. Eileen Austin Thomas

Williams Randall

Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Sturtevant

Mr. & Mrs. John B. Thomas

Vigo County Association of Actual Past Masters

Ms. Dorothy J. Smith

Ms. Tamara Styga

Ms. Lila Thomas

Mr. & Mrs. Henry T. Smith

Sugar & Spice Florist

Jeff & Sara Smith

Sullivan Automotive Group

Thompson Thrift Development, Inc.

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Smith

Sullivan County Abstract, Inc.

Bob & Marty Thompson

Ms. Kimberley Smith

Sullivan County Chest Clinic

Ms. Judy A. Thompson

Ms. Linda L. Smith

Sullivan County Community Hospital

Merrill & Emma S. Thompson

Sullivan County Credit Union

Mrs. Rebecca S. Thompson

Wabash Valley Correctional Facility; Inside Out Dads

Mr. & Mrs. Jack W. Willis

Mr. Phillip C. Smith Mrs. Robin Smith

Ms. Sandra Crafton Thompson

Wabash Valley Goodwill Industries, Inc

Ms. Carolyn J. Wilson

Mr. Todd Smith

Sullivan County Farm Bureau, Inc.

The Smithville Charitable Foundation

Sullivan County FFA Alumni Association

Mr. Thomas E. Thompson

Wabash Valley Herb Society

Tom & Clara Thompson

Ms. Teresa Wilson

Sullivan County Public Library

Ms. Patricia Thoms

WIN Energy REMC

Ms. Donna L. Snedeker

Wabash Valley Mechanical Contractors Association

Sullivan County Soil & Water Conservation District

Ms. Lori Tingley

Ronald & Heather Winrod

Mr. Steve W. Songer, CEP

Wabash Valley Packaging Corporation

Sony DADC

Bob & Nancy Tomey

Mr. Ralph E. Wagle

Sullivan Daily Times

Mr. Andrew L. Southard

Sullivan Elks #911

Mrs. Ruth A. Tooloose

Dr. Erik P. Southard & Family

Mr. & Mrs. Evan Patrick Walker

Beverly S. Spear

Sullivan Family Denistry, Gregg W. Smith, DDS & Neil L. Smith, DDS

Ann & Ron Speedy

Sullivan Furniture, Inc.

TREES Inc.

Ms. Lisa C. Spence

Sullivan Lodge 263 F&AM

Ms. Stacy L. Trhlik-Gough

The Spencer Group, Inc

Sullivan Rotary Club

Mr. & Mrs. James D. Tribble

SPPRAK, Inc.

Sullivan Save-A-Lot

Tribune-Star Employees

Springer Insurance & Financial Services, Inc

Sunrise Coal, LLC

Mr. & Mrs. Leonard K. Trinkle

Mr. & Mrs. James E. Sutch

Mr. & Mrs. William A. Trinler

Springer Farms

Carolyn Sweeting

Mr. Nancy R. Tupa

Dr. James C. Springer

Mr. & Mrs. Keith A. Swihart

Ms. Connie Turner

Dr. & Mrs. Edward Weisberger

Mr. John R. Springer

Mr. Chris Switzer

Dr. & Mrs. James A. Turner

Tom & Kay Weitekamp

Mr. & Mrs. Charles D. Yocom

Mr. Robert E. Springer

Sycamore Country Club, Inc.

Mr. Kenneth W. Turner

Dr. & Mrs. John C. Welch

Springhill Oaks Development

Sycamore Engineering, Inc.

Phyllis & Ned Turner

Mr. William M Welch

Mr. & Mrs. William R. Youman

St. Mary’s Euchre Club

Wade S. Turner

WellFit, Inc.

Dr. Gary E. Staadt

Sycamore Trails RC&D Council, Inc.

Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wells

Mr. & Mrs. Henry Stadler IV

Henry & Margaret Tamar

Mr. James Twitchell

Mrs. Ann Terese Wendecker

Mr. Richard E. Stamper

Danny & Claudia Tanoos

Tim & Kathy Twitchell

Mrs. Mary Werne

Linda Stanley

Dr. & Mrs. Robert R. Taube, M.D.

Ms. Mary E. Tyler & Mr. Mark R. Zettell

Ms. Gwen K. Wessel

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Taylor

UAP Clinic

Jay & Patricia J. Taylor

Howard Unger Family

Mr. & Mrs. William R. Taylor

Mr. & Mrs. William E. Unger

TBM Building Services

Union Hospital Foundation

Larry & Martha Tempel

Union Hospital, Inc.

Westminster Village Terre Haute, Inc.

Robert & Carolyn Steinbaugh

Templeton Coal Company

United Actuarial Services, Inc

Weston Wabash Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. William Tennis

Tom & Sally Whitehurst

Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Sternfeld

Terre Haute Day Nursery

United Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Terre Haute Economic Development Corporation

United Steel Workers of America, Local No. 7441

Ms. P.J. Whitney

Terre Haute Park & Recreation Department

UpTown Deli

Terre Haute Police Department Beard Fund

Valley Group Insurance & Investments

Terre Haute Regional Hospital

Milt & Suzanne Van Reed

Mr. & Mrs. B. Curtis Wilkinson

Mr. Keith A. Vanwey

Denise Wilkinson, SP

Terre Haute Rotary Foundation Inc.

Allen & Gerri Varner

Wilkinson, Goeller, Modesitt, Wilkinson & Drummy

Sigma Alpha Iota/Patroness Chapter/Terre Haute Alumnae Ms. April Simma Mr. Jack Slaby Mr. & Mrs. John Robert Slack Mrs. Carol Ann Sloan Ms. Becky Smith

LeAnn W. Smith

Louise & Walter Sommers

Ms. Joanne Spann

Paul Stanley Ms. Michel Starkey Mrs. Sharon L. Stearley Mr. John J. Stefancik Steimel Communications, Inc.

Dr. & Mrs. Randall L. Stevens Bill & Sally Stewart Gary & Renee Stewart Ms. Maya Stewart Drs. David & Kathleen Stienstra H. Ingrid Stoelting Dr. J. Lewis Stoelting Ms. Joyce A. Stone

Peter & Leann Stone

Terre Haute Savings Bank

Mr. & Mrs. James O. Stout Mr. & Mrs. Mike Strack

Terre Haute South High School Class of 2003

Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Strain

Terry & Beth Tevlin

Dr. & Mrs. Gary Stuart

Mr. & Mrs. John W. Thomas

Ms. Roxanne Thurston

Ms. Caroline S. Toth Ms. RoseAnn Toulson Mr. & Mrs. David A. Treash

Dr. Ann M. Valentine

Mrs. Jean Ann Veach

Mr. Richard C. Vining Mrs. Barbara A. Vogel Mr. & Mrs. Matthew J. Voll Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Voll Wabash Valley Asphalt Company, LLC Wabash Valley Blacksmith Shop

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wall Ms. Brigitte M. Wassel Ms. Judith A. Waters Jim & Joyce Watson Mr. Timothy M. Weaver Eula M. Webb Les & Linda Webster Wednesday Breakfast Club at Boo’s

Ms. Nicole K. Wessley

Charlie & Donna Williams

Ms. Rebecca G. Williams Russ & Pat Williams Steve & Carole Williams Williamsburg Health Care Williamsburg Health & Rebhab Nursing Staff Mr. Mark S. Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Willis Ms. Sandra J. Willis Mrs. Ruth Ann Wilson

Mr. Curtis A. Winkle The Winslow Family Clyde & Priscilla Wolfe Mrs. Marina D. Wolfe Woman’s Department Club of Terre Haute, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. James Wood Mrs. Frances A. Wright Jan & Bill Wright Mr. & Mrs. Robert L Wright Wright, Shagley & Lowery, P.C. Thomas Wright Foundation Mary Jane Wynne & Family Mr. Donn J. Yarbrough

Youngstown United Methodist Church Joan Zaun Dr. Anna M. Zimmerman Sally Zuel Mr. Josh J. Zuerner

Ms. Tammy S. West Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc

Ms. Carol S. Whitman Wildlife Land & Resource Management, LLC Wiley High School Class of 1953

All donors to the Community Foundation are acknowledged, regardless of the size of their gift. Should a donor prefer anonymity, the Wabash Valley Community Foundation protects the identity and confidentiality of the donor.

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Through the Foundation, there are Many Ways to be

G E N E R O U S .



11 G E N E R O U S P E O P L E Generate Legacies For Generations

The generous people of the Wabash Valley can make donations to the Community Foundation in any of the many ways described here. Thanks to the Lilly Endowment GIFT initiative’s $1-for-$1 match, any gift made from August 1,

CASH is the easiest way to donate, whether it is actual cash or a check. The Foundation’s online giving platform, Wabash Valley Gives is a convenient way to give using a credit or debit card.

R E A L E S T A T E or PERSONAL PROPERTY may be given to the Foundation. Of course, all gifts qualify for a charitable tax deduction in the year the gift was made.

A P P R E C I A T E D S E C U R I T I E S, when donated, allow you to avoid paying the capital gains tax while providing an accompanying income tax deduction for the current fair-market value.

2014 through March 31, 2016, will be doubled when you give to a new or existing unrestricted endowment fund. Your financial, tax or estate planner can help you select the type of gift that best suits your needs.

A C H A R I TA B L E REMAINDER TRUST allows you or someone you choose to receive an income for life from assets transferred to a trust. The transfer also qualifies as a charitable deduction, the amount of which is determined by the age of the income recipient and the payout rate. When the trust ends, the trust remainder is placed in a permanent fund in your name in the Community Foundation, with the charitable distributions made in accordance with your wishes.

A C H A R I TA B L E GIFT ANNUITY

may be created, which will not receive any gift from you until some time in the future, perhaps as a part of your estate plan. The Foundation will work cooperatively with you and your financial planner, attorney or accountant to create an endowment that will ensure that your wishes are properly followed when the deferred gift is received.

such as a bequest in your will, is one way you can create your charitable legacy .

is a simple way to make a substantial gift while retaining the right to a lifetime income. The amount of income is fixed, based on your age. When the income is no longer needed, the remainder supports the charitable cause you have selected.

TRANSFERRING L I F E I N S U R A N C E,

A C H A R I TA B L E LEAD TRUST

with the Foundation named as the beneficiary and owner of an existing or new policy, allows you an immediate tax deduction, which usually approximates the cash surrender value of the policy. Insurance premiums paid after the transfer of the policy may be deductible as a charitable contribution.

allows the Foundation to receive an annual payment during your lifetime or for a specified number of years. When the trust terminates, the principal is returned to you or others you have designated.

A T E S T A M E N T A R Y G I F T,

PR I VAT E FOUN DAT I O N S

or T R U S T S often require significant time and money to manage. By transferring your private foundation or charitable trust to the Community Foundation, all responsibilities for reports and administrative duties will be carried out by the staff of the Foundation. Since the Foundation is a public charity and does not pay excise tax, more income is available for charitable purposes.

A DEFERRED FUND

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2014 Board of Directors and Committees Generosity comes in many forms. Our board and committee members generously volunteer their time and talents to the work of the Foundation. Our staff, board and committee members work to ensure that our donors achieve their charitable goals.

A second generation of the “Foundation family” has become involved in carrying out our mission. Ron Jones, Shirley McDonald and Sharon Nicoson, the children of our first founding contributors, Delmar and Betty Jones, have all served on our board and committees. In addition, through the years, a number of our donors’ and board members’ children have served on the Youth Grant Committee.

WABASH VA L L E Y COMMUNITY F O U N DAT I O N BOARD

C L AY C O U N T Y COMMUNITY F O U N DAT I O N BOARD Renee Stewart, President

SU L L I VA N COUNTY COMMUNITY F O U N DAT I O N BOARD

Fred Nation, President

Randy Collins, Vice President

Kay Weitekamp, President

H. Michael Lawson, Vice President

Connie Turner, Secretary

Malinda Medsker, Vice President

Jeff Perry, Secretary David Doti, Treasurer Daryl Andrews Cynthia Cox Lant Davis Jo Einstandig Jon Ford Judy Harris

Daryl Andrews Kandace Brown Paul Harden Jan Howell Carolyn Keiser Vickie Mace Michael McCullough Lawrence Tempel

Janice Knotts, Secretary Clay Arnett Jim Conner Cynthia Cox LeAnne Daniels Tim Garrett Judy Harris Tara Jenkins

Jacqueline Lower

Rita Knotts

Malinda Medsker

Bob McCammon

David Piker

Jean McMahan

Lakshmi Reddy

Patti Mayfield

Nancy Rogers

Troy Orwig

Randall Stevens

Ben Springer

Renee Stewart

Nancy Tomey

Richard Vining

Howard Unger

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ASSET DEVELOPMENT

S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y COMMITTEE

Jacqueline Lower, Chair

GOVERNANCE & PLANNING COMMITTEE

Cynthia Cox

H. Michael Lawson, Chair

Daryl Andrews

Randy Collins

Curt Brighton

Earl Elliott

Jon Ford

Lant Davis

Mike Lawson

Max Miller

Jo Einstandig

Fred Nation

Fred Nation

Bill Lower

Dave Piker

Jeff Perry

Fred Nation

Rick Shagley

Lakshmi Reddy

Renee Stewart Howard Unger Kay Weitekamp

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

Lant Davis, Chair

TERRE HAUTE DAY N U R S E R Y COMMITTEE Mary McLaughlin, Chair

C L AY C O U N T Y

Buddy Berry

DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE

Connie Turner, Chair

Nancy Brentlinger

Aaron Slater

Jan Cutter

Richard Vining, Co-Chair

Barb Wiram

Jo Einstandig

Jacqueline Lower, Co-Chair

Kimberly White

Connie Fowler

Beverly Cristee

Martha Knox

Emily Gedrick Dorothy Goodwin

Fred Nation David Piker

S U L L I VA N C O U N T Y

Jacqueline Lower

Lakshmi Reddy

Tara Jenkins, Chair

Tina Maher

Nancy Rogers

Jim Conner

Joan Zahn

Tom Templeton

Patti Mayfield

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Cynthia Cox, Chair

YOUTH GRANT COMMITTEE

Julie Bowers

Jodie Bledsoe, Chair

William Olah, Chair

Mark Metheny

Allison Crick, Co-Chair

Patrick Cahill

Aruna Namburi

Mary Ann Etling, Secretary

Jim Conner

Scott Small

Layla Ahmadi

Katherine Utley VIGO COUNTY

David Doti Andy Hendricks Ward Hubbard Fred Nation Jeff Perry Earl Elliott, Sackrider & Company, Consultant Timothy P. O’Donnell, Fund Evaluation Group, Consultant

Kirsten Davis

SPRING OUTING COMMITTEE

Erin Etling

Richard Vining, Chair

Mallory Pendergast

Julie Baesler

Natalie Shanks

David Doti

Rosalie Shanks

Carolyn Monaghan

Elizabeth Trausch

Patricia Mozley

Lindsay Welker

Fred Nation Sandy Reece Richard Shagley, II Rick Shagley

Logan Fenimore Carly Mayrose

Staff, left to right: Ruth Hallam, Kathy Davis, Beth Tevlin, Kelli Miller and Kate Kollinger

S TA F F

INTERNS

Beth Tevlin Executive Director

Through the Lilly Endowment Community Foundation Internship Program, the Foundation has been able to offer paid internships to college students. Our interns during Fiscal Year 2014 were:

Kathy Davis Program Assistant Ruth Hallam Administrative Assistant Kate Kollinger Chief Financial Officer Kelli Miller Program Director

Jessica Beatty Indiana State University Jessica Pitts Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Alison Miller Indiana State University Carissa Yates Indiana State University

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G E N E R A T E LEGACIES

Each of us has the power to improve the lives of others, now and in the future. As individuals, we do that by paying forward the good deeds that have been done for us, generating a legacy of good for our children and their children. Collectively, through our gifts to

the Community Foundation, we generate legacies that will last forever. The Community Foundation is a generator, preserving the original gift and distributing the investment earnings for current needs. Each endowment fund is a renewable resource for now and for generations to come. Throughout this section of our annual report, we have listed 498 named endowment funds established by our generous donors over the past 23 years.

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You Choose the Way You Generate Your Legacy Creating a fund in the Wabash Valley Community Foundation is an effective and efficient way to generate resources that will benefit Clay, Sullivan and Vigo county

UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS If you wish to generate resources for your community to meet future needs, assist an existing program or even start a new one, the unrestricted fund will be your choice. Your resources will be granted by local volunteers in your county for purposes that are meaningful and timely. Gifts to unrestricted funds made now through March 31, 2016 will leverage matching funds from Lilly Endowment.

FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS Perhaps you have a particular interest in a specific area or need. It might be the arts, education or improved services such as health, recreation or fire protection. The Foundation board will award grants from your fund within the area you have set forth in your fund agreement.

ADVISED FUNDS You may wish to have more involvement in the annual distributions from your fund. By choosing an advised fund, you may serve on or specify who will serve on your fund’s selection committee. Each year, you can recommend a different charitable grantee.

communities on a perpetual basis. As a donor to the Foundation, you can customize a fund that will support the charitable purposes or organizations that are most important to you.

D ES I G N AT ED FUN DS

SPECIAL PROJECT FUNDS

If you are devoted to one or more charitable organizations, you may wish to establish a designated fund, thereby assuring that your favorite charity or charities will receive annual grants from your endowed resources.

Immediacy is an element in the Foundation’s special projects funds. Perhaps a new project emerges, a need arises or a nonprofit group requests fundraising assistance from the Foundation. Rather than establish a permanent endowment, resources are generated to support these “special” short-term goals now.

AGENCY ENDOWMENT FUNDS An agency may establish an agency endowment fund for its benefit. The agency’s supporters may contribute funds to ensure an uninterrupted and dependable source of revenue to carry out its work on a perpetual basis.

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS A scholarship fund will assist students with tuition and fees to pursue a post-secondary education. Unlike generic scholarships, a scholarship through the Community Foundation can be customized to incorporate the donor’s preferences for a particular field of study or a particular institution of higher education. Eligibility of applicants, application procedures and the amount and duration of scholarship support are designed to reflect the wishes of the donor.

Creating a Fund during Lilly GIFT VI Generally, to create a unique fund bearing the name and purpose you select, a gift of cash or assets valued at $5,000 or more needs to be placed with the Foundation. However, from now until March 31, 2016, Lilly Endowment Inc.’s GIFT VI $1-for-$1 matching opportunity makes it possible for you to establish a new unrestricted endowment fund for only $2,500.

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$1 $1 -FOR-

L I L LY E N D O W M E N T ’ S GIFT LEGACY

Individuals taking advantage of this opportunity will double the impact of their gifts to the Foundation’s unrestricted endowment funds.

In 2014, for the first time in 10 years, Lilly Endowment announced a new GIFT initiative. From now until March 31, 2016, the Endowment will match, $1-for-$1, gifts made to the Clay, Sullivan or Vigo County Community Grant Funds or any other new or existing unrestricted endowment fund. Individuals taking advantage of this opportunity will double the impact of their gifts to their community through the Foundation’s unrestricted endowment funds.

Indiana boasts a greater number of community foundations than any other state, thanks in part to the forward-thinking effort launched in 1990 by Lilly Endowment Inc. The Endowment’s GIFT (Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow) initiative was created to strengthen and expand the growth of community foundations in the state.

Unrestricted endowment funds allow the Foundation to use the funds for an emerging or urgent charitable purpose or where there is the greatest need. These funds allow the Foundation to provide grants that focus on the quality of life with the assurance that donor contributions will target improvements where one works and lives for generations to come.

In 1990, fewer than one dozen viable community foundations dotted the Indiana landscape, with combined assets of about $100 million. Today, 94 community foundations serve every Indiana county with combined assets exceeding $2.6 billion.

If you have a strong interest in your community and would like to create a fund for its benefit, we encourage you to consider creating an unrestricted fund. Your gift will be doubled through March 31, 2016, and any charitable agency within your community can apply for a grant from unrestricted funds to start new or innovative programs.

A $1 million endowment-building challenge grant from the first phase of the Endowment’s GIFT initiative in 1991 inspired the creation of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation. After five GIFT phases, our Community Foundation has been the beneficiary of more than $8.7 million in GIFT funds and has awarded more than $20 million in grants and scholarships benefitting residents of Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties.

Details of the GIFT initiative vary by county. Anyone interested in learning more or taking advantage of this matching gift opportunity should contact the Community Foundation.

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Generate Legacies W I T H T R A N S F E R O F W E A LT H

“Transfer of wealth” brings opportunity to our three counties. “Leaving something to the kids” is the goal of most individuals. This has been referred to as the intergenerational transfer of wealth, and it creates a significant opportunity to impact our communities. Local organizations depend on the generosity and forethought of community-minded citizens to help them benefit our community. When wealth transfers from one generation to the next through wills and estates, dollars frequently leave the local area as the inheriting children live in other communities. Assets that previously generated charitable contributions to local programs and projects are no longer available for local philanthropic purposes. Over a decade ago, the Indiana Philanthropy Alliance commissioned the Center for Rural Entrepreneurship to study the transfer of wealth in Indiana. Due in part to the number of baby boomers approaching the time when they would be passing their wealth on to their children, the initial report projected a tremendous opportunity to capture a portion of this transfer for the benefit of our local communities in the coming decades. The study was updated in 2010 to determine the effect of the Great Recession on transfer of wealth. The updated study projected that for Clay, Sullivan

and Vigo counties, the 10-year transfer of wealth could amount to $1.75 billion that would transfer from one generation to the next. If just 5% of this projected transfer was given to create permanent endowments in the Community Foundation to benefit the local community, the grants from these endowments would exceed $3.5 million each and every year! With those funds, the community could: • Enrich our children’s educational opportunities; • Assist residents with their basic needs for food and shelter; • Secure the future of our arts and cultural organizations; • Revitalize our downtown and historic landmarks; • Provide emergency funds in the event of a natural disaster or crisis; and, • So much more! When finalizing your plans to “leave something to the kids,” consider including a bequest of 5% to benefit your community. Your legacy will impact your children and generations to come. Setting aside 5% of your estate in an endowment fund is a charitable investment that will enhance the quality of life and encourage sustainability in your community now and for generations to come. Right now, if you earmark that money for an unrestricted endowment fund and finalize your donation by March 31, 2016, the impact of your gift will be doubled thanks to the matching opportunity currently available through the Lilly Endowment’s GIFT VI initiative.

As an Individual, You Can Generate Your Legacy! • Help leverage the Lilly Endowment Gift VI matching funds by contributing now to a new or existing unrestricted endowment fund for your community. • Talk to your professional advisor about including the Community Foundation in your estate plans. Include a bequest of 5% percent of your estate for an unrestricted endowment fund benefitting your community or an endowment benefitting your favorite charitable organization or purpose. • Tell others that you believe in the future of our community and encourage them to include a bequest of 5% too.

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Fund Listing UNRESTRICTED FUNDS

First National Bank & Trust Employee Fund

Dr. Paul and Nadine Humphrey Charitable Fund

C L AY C O U N T Y

Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County

Ray G. Ingram Endowment Fund

Beulah Ahlemeyer Memorial Fund

Lilly Endowment Fund for Sullivan County

Bill and Edna Ahlemeyer Endowment Fund

John and Yvonne Longfield Endowment Fund

Lewis and Eva Berry Endowment Fund

Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund

Brazil Rotary Community Fund

Milam Family Endowment Fund

Clay City Lions Community Fund

Lorene B. and Malcolm Pigg Endowment Fund

Clay Civic Memorial Foundation Community Fund Clay County Community Foundation Board Endowment Fund Clay County Community Grant Fund Albert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Community Fund Anna Ferrell Endowment Fund Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County Lilly Endowment Fund for Clay County John E. and Karen E. Mercer Family Endowment Fund * Traci K. Miller Memorial Fund Herschel and Josephine Morge Endowment Fund Riddell National Bank - John H. Riddell Memorial Fund Spencer Miller and Associates, L.L.C., CPAs Clay County Community Fund Richard and Hila Zimmerman Endowment Fund S U L L I VA N C O U N T Y Allomatic Products Community Enrichment Fund Lois A. Andrews Foundation Fund for Sullivan County Black Beauty Sullivan County Community Fund Guy and Wilma Edds Charitable Endowment Fund - Gammie’s Closet

* Funds created in 2014

FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Lee, Jr. Endowment Fund

Clay City Community Recreation Fund

Volunteer Action Center Endowment Fund

Salo and Mary Levite Endowment Fund

Connley-Hall-Rentschler Fund

Wabash Valley Long Term Disaster Recovery Fund

Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund

Rolene Moore Fund

Youth Grant Committee Endowment Fund

Sullivan County Community Foundation Board Endowment Fund

Lukens Family Endowment Fund

Walter and Katherine Bledsoe Family Endowment Fund Curt and Linda Brighton Family Endowment Fund Thelma Maxine Dever Memorial Fund Thomas and Susan Dinkel Family Fund * Gene and Wilma J. Eckerty Memorial Fund O. Earl and Tina Elliott Family Endowment Fund Allen and Mildred D. Felstein Charitable Endowment Fund First Financial Bank Community Fund Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Charitable Endowment Fund Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund Steve Harris Memorial Endowment Fund Hulman George Family Endowment Fund

Bruce Brentlinger Endowment Fund

Tribune Star Christmas Basket Fund

S U L L I VA N C O U N T Y

Andres Family Endowment Fund

Sara Lou Fund

* Brazil High School Class of 1957 Fund

Gershon H. and Janice K. Loeser Endowment Fund

Henry and Geraldine Adelman Memorial Fund

The Barnabas Fund

Landsbaum Endowment Fund

William Snyder Endowment Fund

VIGO COUNTY

James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund

C L AY C O U N T Y

Targeting Hunger in Clay County Fund

William and Joanne Wright Family Endowment Fund

Primo A. and Sylvia A. Andres Fund

Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund

Lilly Endowment Fund

Sullivan County Community Grant Fund

Carol M. Starkey Kochell Charitable Fund

MillerWhite Community Endowment Fund

Brown Baggers School Food Program Endowment Fund

ADVISED FUNDS C L AY C O U N T Y

PMC Fund

Dana M. Burton Memorial Endowment Fund

Jacqueline H. Phillips Endowment Fund

Carlisle Community Endowment Fund

Clay Civic Memorial Foundation Advised Fund

Carl W. (“Bang”) and Josephine M. Price Memorial Fund

Cemetery Preservation Endowment Fund

Clay County Hospital Health Improvement Fund

Joe and Betty Dukes Family Endowment Fund

Judge Silas D. Coffey Memorial Fund

Leon and Roberta Sackrider Endowment Fund Gary W. and Judy A. Schomer Family Endowment Fund Donald O. Springman Endowment Fund Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Endowment Fund

JAC (Job and Career) Fund Merom Community Endowment Fund Lorene B. and Malcolm Pigg Beautification Fund Harry J. Stanley Memorial Fund for Children of Sullivan County

John Tipton Memorial Fund

Sullivan County Volunteer of the Year Fund

* Richard C. Vining Community Fund

Youth Endowment for Sullivan County Fund

Wabash Valley Community Grant Fund

VIGO COUNTY

Wabash Valley Asphalt Endowment Fund Wernsing Fund White Family Endowment Fund

Carbon Town Fund

Altrusa Foundation Fund Larry C. Archer Memorial Fund for Autism Awareness and Understanding

Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Community Endowment Fund

Backpack Endowment Fund

J. Scott and Armeen Williams Fund

Encouraging Access & Success in Education Fund

David and Joan Zaun Endowment Fund

Larry P. Fleschner Good Samaritan Fund

Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund

Home Packing Monument Fund Harlan Hull Cemetery Fund

S U L L I VA N C O U N T Y James and June Conner Civic Endowment Fund Dugger Community (Jefferson/Cass Townships) Endowment Fund J. Carter Hale Memorial Fund * Lloyd R. “Scotty” & Helen Irvin Memorial Fund Richard and Virginia McHugh Fund Sullivan Business and Professional Women’s Club Endowment Fund Sullivan County Ag Day Fund Sullivan County Women in Giving Support “WINGS”

Georgia Marie Bird Memorial Fund

Patrick and Mary Cahill Endowment Fund James and Beverly Cristee Fund Jerry and Jo Einstandig Endowment Fund O. Earl and Tina Elliott Advised Fund Gilbert and Virginia Gambill Charitable Endowment Fund Pamela Gresham Angel Fund * Guys Who Give Endowment Fund The Halo Fund Jason A. Harvey Memorial Endowment Fund Terry Ho, M.D. Memorial Fund Jackie’s Garden Fund W. Edward and Connie K. Jukes Family Fund Thomas L. and Patricia W. Kelly Fund Kiwanis Club of Terre Haute Fund Baldwin Kloer Endowment Fund Fred and Nancy Nation Endowment Fund Newman Family Endowment Fund J. Laurence and Barbara A. Passmore Charitable Fund Jack and Joann Ragle Charitable Endowment Fund Henry Monroe Shagley Memorial Fund

Sullivan High School Athletic Fund

Vincent G. Sison, M.D. Memorial Education Program for Nurses Fund

VIGO COUNTY

Haley Kathryn Smith Memorial Fund

100+ Women Who Care Endowment Fund Richard Alcock Memorial Fund Marilyn Scott Allen Fund

Mary and Don Smith Fund Mary Ann Stadler Memorial Fund Terre Haute Bar Association Endowment Fund Terre Haute Cityscape Fund

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Terre Haute Day Nursery Association Endowment Fund

Col. Peter Baer Memorial Fund

Terre Haute Regional Hospital Foundation Fund

Mary Ann Carroll Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Ralph and Helen Tevlin Endowment Fund

Clabber Girl Fund for Camp Riley

Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 972 Charitable Endowment Fund

John Rogers Cox Preservation Fund

Richard C. Vining Endowment Fund Herman and Coriene White Charitable Fund

Miriam Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Educational Endowment Fund

Susie Dewey Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Posey Township Volunteer Fire Department Endowment Fund

C L AY C O U N T Y

* Fayette Elementary School Dictionary Project Fund

* Kathy Knox Memorial Fund Mauri and Janice Modesitt Dictionary Fund North Clay Student Art Collection Endowment Fund Penman Girls Operating Endowment Fund Marion and Marie Kattman Sendmeyer Endowment Fund for Poland Historical Chapel S U L L I VA N C O U N T Y Angels for Sullivan Elementary School Fund Angels for Sullivan Junior High School Fund

Felstein Grandchildren Fund in Memory of Allen and Millie Felstein George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum Fuqua Dictionary Project Fund Golish Family Memorial Fund for Light House Mission Golish Family Memorial Fund for Spay-Neuter League, Inc. in Terre Haute, Indiana Goodwill Industries Tennis Family Dictionary Fund Charles L. Harlan Fund for Farmers Chapel Church

CAPE Endowment Fund for Sullivan County

Hermine M. Haslem Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Paul Edmiston Agriculture Education Fund

Nancy Hellmann Educational Fund

Norma G. McNeill Fund

Helping Hand Endowment Fund

Kay Aubin Memorial Fund

Leo and Virginia Pellum Endowment Fund Irwin and Mary Reiss Operating Endowment Fund for the Sullivan County Community Foundation

Evelyn Peterman Endowment Fund

S U L L I VA N C O U N T Y

Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund

Community Kitchen Endowment Fund

Ronald G. Reeves Endowment Fund

Gill Township Volunteer Fireman’s Operational Fund

Scottish Rite Preservation Fund Mary Ann Shagley Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum Robert and Carolyn Steinbaugh Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum Susan Templeton Scott Dictionary Project Fund Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Fund Terre Haute Rotary Club Endowment Fund Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund Vigo County Public Library West Terre Haute Wabashiki Wetland Observatory Fund * Barbara A. Vogel Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum Wabash River Development and Beautification, Inc. Nonpermanent Fund

Merom Improvement Association Fund Merom United Methodist Church Endowment Fund Our Father’s Arms Charitable Fund Southwest High Schools Alumni Association Cooper Endowment Fund Sullivan City Endowment Fund Sullivan County 4-H Endowment Fund Sullivan County Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund Sullivan County Community Hospital Foundation Fund Sullivan County Public Library Endowment Fund

Wabash Valley Dictionary Project Endowment Fund

Humphrey Honor Award Fund

Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Endowment Fund

Sullivan County Soil and Water Conservation Fund

Jamie Jacobsen Memorial Endowment Fund

Karen J. Wright Memorial Fund

Sullivan Presbyterian Church Mission Fund Sycamore Trails RC&D SCCF Endowment Fund

* Fund to Honor Coach Paul E. Weekley

Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Fund for Hospice * Mary Kindrick Memorial Fund

C L AY C O U N T Y

Danette Angermeier Memorial Fund

Merom Conference Center Endowment Fund

Jessie E. Hickman Fund

AGENCY ENDOWMENT FUNDS

Mary Ellen Adams Endowment Fund for the Eastside Church of Christ

Humane Society of Sullivan County Endowment Fund

Sullivan County Public Library Genealogy, Family and County History Endowment Fund

Stairways to Success Mentoring Program Fund

VIGO COUNTY

R.E.I.N. Center Endowment Fund

Pfister Fund

Eileen Stith Jensen Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Jesse R. Sherwood Fund

Clay County Genealogical Society Fund

Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

Norma Lemmon Evans Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Forest Park Endowment Fund

Guido and Barbara Miescher Endowment Fund

Clay County Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund

Clay County YMCA Endowment Fund

D E S I G N AT E D FUNDS

Roy E. Brown Memorial Fund

Esther MacBain Meeks Memorial Fund for Children’s Literature

Clay Community Schools CAPE Fund

Chuck Miles Memorial Fund

Donna J. Doti Endowment Fund

Angels for Eastside Fund

Harriet McNeal Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

Duane and Mary Alice Klueh Fund Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League Endowment Fund Julie McLaughlin Memorial Fund

Turman Township Youth Foundation 2000 Limited Fund VIGO COUNTY

Annunciation Church

14th & Chestnut Community Center Endowment Fund

Brazil City Fire Department Safety and Equipment Fund

A.L.L. – Washington High School Nursery Endowment Fund

Clay Youth Baseball League Fund

ARC of Vigo County Endowment Fund

Useful Will Planning Guide Available Not surprisingly, 64% of adults don’t have a will, according to a recent Harris Poll online survey for Rocket Lawyer. Most of those, 57%, say they just haven’t gotten around to it. For many, the thought of estate planning and drawing up a will is daunting, and is a task that we find easy to put off tackling. The Community Foundation has made it easier for you to “get around to” setting up your will and estate plan with its guide, “Planning Your Will and Trust.” The guide encourages you to think about how you want your assets to be distributed at death and assists you in gathering the essential information your attorney will need to prepare a will or trust to accomplish your goals. Please take advantage of this free booklet, prepared for you by the Community Foundation, by calling 812.232.2234.

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Fund Listing Continued

SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS C L AY C O U N T Y

Bob Romas Memorial Scholarship Fund Camden Scott Romas Memorial Fund SERCOLBE Scholarship Fund

Leon D. and Nancy Shake Huff Sigma Kappa Scholarship Fund James F. Jackson Scholarship Fund

Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled Endowment Fund

Sheldon Swope Art Museum Endowment Fund

Roy W. Barnhart Scholarship Fund

Art Spaces Endowment Fund

Sycamore Trails RC&D Endowment Fund

Denise D. and John C. Bell Scholarship Fund

Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club - Max Gibson Endowment Fund

Blair Endowment Fund

Dedia M. Sexton Scholarship Fund for the Indiana School for the Deaf

Brazil Business & Professional Women’s Club Scholarship Fund

Richard and Margaret Shattuck Memorial Scholarship Fund

Albert and Verna McKee Memorial Scholarship Fund

Virginia M. Buell Memorial Scholarship Fund

Everett E. and Fern A. Tucker Scholarship Fund

Floyd and Irene Phillips Scholarship Fund

Clay County Scholarship Fund

Geraldine Ullery Scholarship Fund

Robert and Barbara Deakins Scholarship Fund

Dr. Robert K. Webster & Wanda Webster, R.N. Scholarship Fund

Jesse O. & Martha L. Reynolds Scholarship Fund

Boy Scouts of America, Crossroads of America Council Fund Catholic Charities Endowment Fund C.H.A.N.C.E.S. for Indiana Youth Endowment Fund Clothes Closet Endowment Fund Community Christian School Endowment Fund Community Theatre of Terre Haute Endowment Fund Crossroads of America Youth Orchestra Endowment Fund Davis Gardens Health Center Fund Dispute Resolution Center Endowment Fund

Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club - John G. Schmidt Capital Fund Terre Haute Children’s Science & Technology Museum Endowment Fund Terre Haute Parks Department Endowment Fund Terre Haute Symphony Association Fund Terre Haute Symphony Association - Walter and Margaret Reed Fund TREES, Inc. Endowment Fund

Gibault Fund

United Cerebral Palsy Endowment Fund

Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Fund

United Way of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund

Goodwill Industries Endowment Fund Katherine Hamilton Endowment Fund for Hamilton Center Inc. Happiness Bag Endowment Fund Hospice of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund Humane Society Fund

Albert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Scholarship Fund Rob and Lisa Denker Scholarship Fund * Thomas H. & Mary G. Elmore Scholarship Fund Sam J. and Joyce E. Emmert Family Fund Barbara H. Fenton Scholarship Trust Kelly Fuqua Memorial Fund

United Way of the Wabash Valley - Ada Hodge Endowment Fund

Halie’s Rainbow-The Halie Hite Memorial Scholarship Fund

United Way of the Wabash Valley Operating Endowment Fund

Harry M. and Rosemary L. Grandey Scholarship Fund

Vigo County Education Foundation Endowment Fund

Harriet Hicks Scholarship Fund Earl F. Hopkins Scholarship Fund

Vigo County Historical Society Endowment Fund

Mabel Kidwell Scholarship Fund

Vigo County LifeLine Endowment Fund

Roll and Dora King Moore Scholarship Fund

League of Terre Haute Endowment Fund

Vigo County Park & Recreation Department Endowment Fund

Renis and Fern Knust Scholarship Fund

Light House Mission Endowment Fund

Vigo County Public Library Endowment Fund

Mental Health Association in Vigo County Endowment Fund

Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc. Endowment Fund

* David & Jerry Penman Mitchell Concertmaster Chair Fund

Wabash Valley Community Foundation Board Operating Endowment Fund

Ivy Tech Technology Endowment Fund * John Paul II Catholic High School Endowment Fund

* Richard & JoAnne Rowe Educational Fund for Musical Arts Saint Ann Clinic Endowment Fund Saint Benedict Church Endowment Fund Saint Joseph University Parish Fund Spay-Neuter League Endowment Fund Sumar Fund for the Salvation Army

* Funds created in 2014

Wabash Valley Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund Wabash Valley Youth for Christ & Urban Life Endowment Fund Western Indiana Community Action Agency Endowment Fund World Gospel Church Missions Endowment Fund

Albert A. Landes Endowed Scholarship Fund Roy and Louie E. Lucas Scholarship Fund * Traci K. Miller Memorial Scholarship Fund Janice Hart Modesitt, R.N. Nursing Scholarship Fund Rolene Moore Scholarship Fund Gary and Leesa Nesty Scholarship Fund Martha and Mary Ann Pedlar Scholarship Fund Max and Helen Pierce Scholarship Fund John and Myrtle Price Scholarship Fund

Dedia M. Sexton Scholarship Fund

Michael Ryan Keane Memorial Scholarship Fund Esther Ruddell Ladson Scholarship Fund

Reid & Nina Ross Scholarship Fund Sherman Educational Fund

S U L L I VA N C O U N T Y Richard and Veada Akers Medical Education Scholarship Fund J.P. Alexander Memorial Scholarship Fund Allomatic Products Machine Trades Scholarship Fund Elizabeth A. Bledsoe Scholarship Fund Jim Case Scholarship Fund Janet Romine Chatfield Business Award Jeffrey Alan Cole Memorial Scholarship Fund Dr. James Harvey Crowder Memorial Scholarship Fund Farmersburg Alumni Association Scholarship Fund

Dercie E. (Hawkins) Simmons Education Scholarship Fund Sara W. Springer Memorial Scholarship Fund Sullivan County Purdue Alumni Association Scholarship Fund Sullivan County Scholarship Fund Sullivan High School Automotive Scholarship Fund

Fred A. and Nannie O. Graham Scholarship Fund * Bernard C. Hoilman Scholarship Fund

Brent and Helen Rentschler Scholarship Fund

* Eleanor Jane Dixon Hoilman Scholarship Fund

Dan and Jane Robbins Northview Marching Knights Scholarship Fund

Leon D. and Nancy Shake Huff Scholarship Fund

Senator Herman J. Fanning, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund William Fenton Scholarship Fund Larry Paul Fleschner Scholarship Fund Gay Floyd, R.N. Memorial Scholarship Fund Don and Jane Fread Memorial Fund Dr. John E. Freed, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund Gerstmeyer Technical High School Scholarship Fund Glenn High School Alumni Scholarship Fund Lavelda M. Goble Scholarship Fund

Sgt. Dale Russel Griffin Memorial Scholarship Fund

Robert P. White Elks Charitable Fund VIGO COUNTY

Walter and Katherine Bledsoe Foundation Fund

David A. Gilman, Ph.D. Memorial Scholarship Fund

Lloyd and Lela Ewbank Scholarship Fund

Valentine Family Scholarship Fund

Evelyn W. Gettinger Indiana University Scholarship Fund

Gill Township Scholarship Fund

Peter Anthony Duong Memorial Scholarship Fund

Don and Mary Goltry Scholarship Fund

Joe and Dorothy Archer Scholarship Fund

Chris Gilbert Memorial Scholarship Fund

Vigo County Education Foundation - Jennifer M. Dunham Memorial Scholarship Fund

Sallie Unger Scholarship Fund

Sarah Geitz Scholarship Fund for the John and Eunice Organ Valedictorian Scholarship & the Rex E. Pierce Salutatorian Scholarship

John D. Gettinger Purdue Scholarship Fund

William W. Drummy III, Rebecca A. Drummy, R.N., and Lillian A. Drummy, R.N., Nursing Scholarship Fund

Bentrup Family Scholarship Fund Charles F. & Nancy A. Bradford Scholarship Fund

Dr. Charlotte M. Boener Scholarship Fund

Charles Carter Hedrick Memorial Scholarship Fund Jo Ann F. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund Josh Kackley Memorial Scholarship Fund Vigo County Education Foundation - John Kassis Memorial Scholarship Fund Carol M. Starkey Kochell Scholarship Fund

Beta Sigma Phi City Council Scholarship Fund

Harold Paul Loveall III Memorial Scholarship Fund

Rex Buntain Tribune Star Scholarship Fund

Jack Lower Memorial Scholarship Fund

Fred Christman Scholarship Fund

Tom McCarthy Memorial Scholarship Fund

Rachael Dawn Clark Memorial Scholarship

Avice McCrae Scholarship Fund

Tina Clem Memorial Scholarship Fund

Laura Brooke McDonald Memorial Scholarship Fund

Dr. and Mrs. James O. Conklin Scholarship Fund Betty E. and Curt DeBaun, Jr. Aviation Scholarship Fund Hazel A. Dennis, R.N., Scholarship Fund Dr. William W. Drummy Memorial Scholarship Fund

Nancy and Dale McKee Family Scholarship Fund John and Carol Myers Scholarship Fund Liane R. Page Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Funds for: - Indiana State University Department of Marketing - Indiana University School of Law - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

SPECIAL PROJECT AND NONPERMANENT FUNDS C L AY C O U N T Y Literacy Initiative in Clay County Fund

* Dr. John B. Pollock Dentistry Scholarship Fund

S U L L I VA N C O U N T Y

Dorothy Wurst Porter Scholarship Fund

Sullivan Central Park Project Fund

Ambrose and Miriam Rubey Scholarship Fund * Bob & Olive Sanders Family Scholarship Fund Gene K. Shike Memorial Scholarship Fund Travis James Smith Memorial Fund Elizabeth Smudde Memorial Scholarship Fund * Robert P. & Carolyn G. Steinbaugh Scholarship Fund * Cameron Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund Terre Haute Exchange Club Annual Speech Contest Fund Terre Haute Junior Golf Association Scholarship Fund Terre Haute Regional Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship Fund Andy and Edythe Turner Memorial Scholarship Fund VFW Post 972 Voice of Democracy Scholarship Fund

Humane Shelter of Sullivan County Fund

VIGO COUNTY Art Spaces Preservation Fund CARE Council Project Fund Duke Energy Grants Fund The Essence of Red Committee Fund Holiday Wish List Indiana EASE - Vigo County Grant Fund

* Kiwanis Club of Terre Haute Project Fund

Richard and Veada Akers*

Hermine Haslem*

Waneta R. Rector*

Scottish Rite of Wabash Valley Capital Project Fund

Daryl Andrews

Jessie Hickman*

Ron Reeves

Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund

Roy Barnhart*

Anonymous

Helen C. Rentschler*

Anonymous

Helen E. Hixson*

Jesse and Martha Reynolds*

Margaret Halleck Blair*

Leon D. Huff*

Reid and Nina Ross*

Frank Bledsoe*

Anonymous

Fred and Nancy Rubey

Walter and Katherine Bledsoe*

Jeff and Shelley Hyatt

Roberta L. Sackrider*

Rudolf Jacobsen*

Gary and Judy Schomer

Charlotte Boener*

Eileen Stith Jensen*

Anonymous

Dana Burton*

Walter Kindrick*

Dedia Sexton*

Pat and Mary Cahill

Cuthbert J. Sherman*

Anonymous

Duane and Mary Alice Klueh

Mary Ann Carroll

Carol M. Starkey Kochell*

Carl A. Smudde*

Anonymous

Esther Ruddell Ladson*

Ralph Spelbring

Nancy Crowder Cochran*

Anonymous

Randy and Debbie Stevens

Judge Silas Coffey*

Anonymous

Anonymous

Clarabelle Conklin *

Jackie Lower

Anonymous

Jim Conner

Louie Lucas*

Larry and Martha Tempel

Anonymous

Norma G. McNeill*

Terry and Beth Tevlin

Edmund J. Dede*

Norman Mendenhall*

Hazel Travioli*

J. W. Dennis

Harold and Malinda Medsker

Everett and Fern Tucker*

Wilma Eckerty*

Howard and Norma Unger

Jo Einstandig

Guido and Barbara Meischer*

Allen and Millie Felstein*

Bradley T. Miller

George and Rose Felstein*

Rolene Moore*

Barbara Fenton*

Ted and Anna Nesty*

Anonymous

Chester W. “Pat” Patton

Sara Lou Joelson Garrard*

Evelyn Peterman*

Virginia M. Ginter*

Jacqueline H. Phillips*

Lavelda M. Goble*

Anonymous

J. Scott and Armeen Williams

Harry and Rosemary Grandey*

John and Myrtle Price*

Anonymous

Anonymous

Anonymous

Charles Harlan*

Jack W. and Joan Ragle

Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund Deming Park Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund Dobbs Park Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund Gold Medal Plaza

Vigo County Scholarship Fund Wabash Valley Community Foundation Scholarship Fund

Veterans Memorial Plaza Project Fund

Erskine Lee and Eula Webb Scholarship Fund Wiley High School Alumni Scholarship Fund Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Scholarship Fund Bill Wood Insurance Adjuster’s Scholarship Fund Wright, Shagley and Lowery Scholarship Fund Thomas J. Wright Scholarship Fund Kimberley Jeanne Fowler Wulf Scholarship Fund for Catholic Education

You, too, may become a Legacy Society member by simply declaring your intention to include the Foundation in your estate plan. No confidential details need be disclosed, and if you wish to remain anonymous, you can be a member without public recognition.

Janet Sue’s Helping Hand Fund

Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund Maple Ave.

* Wabash Valley Mechanical Contractors Association Scholarship Fund

The Legacy Society recognizes those individuals who have made arrangements in their wills or estate plans to benefit the community through a gift to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation. We sincerely thank them for their generosity.

Vigo County Park & Recreation Department Projects Fund Wabash River National Road Wetland Reservation Project Fund Wabash Valley Gives Community Engagement Platform

YWCA of Terre Haute Scholarship Fund

* Deceased member

Jesse Sherwood*

Dick Vining Chris and Melinda Wall Gwendolyn Wernsing* Anna M. White Coriene White* Earl and Pam White

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2014 Financials A full copy of the audit can be found on our website. www.wvcf.com/au_vitals.html A S S E T S Cash

$

2 0 1 4

152,019 $

Investments



205,782

45,599,457

Office Furniture and Equipment Less: Accumulated Depreciation Other Receivables Total Assets

2013

41,070,017

118,732 107,072 (103,169) (99,292) 15,563 7,780

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227,350

$

45,767,039

$

41,510,929

L I A B I L I T I E S & N E T A S S E T S

2 0 1 4

Agency Endowments $ Scholarships and Grants Payable HRA Payable Annuity Liability Total Liabilities Net Assets Unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Permanently Restricted Total Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets $

2013

3,167,547 $ 1,012,391 12,028 56,705 4,248,671

2,970,663 740,902 21,965 56,705 3,790,235

38,601,300 304,577 2,612,491 41,518,368

34,912,449 195,754 2,612,491 37,720,694

45,767,039

41,510,929

$

$ 45,767,039

$41,510,929

$37,761,328

$32,806,529

$32,346,136

$29,296,586

$29,155,405

$24,886,663

$24,708,570

$22,223,214

$21,000,530

$19,449,815

$16,502,662

$16,469,827

$15,616,787

$6,464,125

$4,388,699

$8,105,793

$3,357,590



$3,026,173

$1,912,067

$1,917,352

$49,899

ASSET GROWTH

'92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 ‘14

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2 0 1 4 S T A T E M E N T O F A C T I V I T I E S

UN RESTRIC TED



Public Support Total Amounts Raised $ Less: Amounts Received as Agency Endowments Total Contributions



Seminar Fees Fundraising Revenue Other Fees Total Public Support





T E M P O R A R I LY RESTRIC TED

2,567,638 $ (46,569) 2,521,069



3,551 63,372 29,911 2,617,903





Revenue and Gains Investment Income - Net of Custodial Fees 905,641 Investment Management Fees (50,000) Gain (loss) on Sale of Investments 1,797,116 Unrealized Gain (loss) on Investments 301,302 Excess Mgmt. Fees from Agency Endowments 35,310 Net Assets Released from Restrictions: Satisfaction of Donor Restrictions 90,911 Total Revenues and Gains 3,080,280 Total Public Support, Revenue and Gains



Expenses Community Activities: Total Grants and Distributions Less: Grants Made from Agency Endowments Total Grants and Distributions

5,698,183



Supporting Activities: Personnel Expenses Administrative Expenses Occupancy Expenses Development Expenses Total Supporting Activities Expenses Total Expenses



$

- - - -







(90,911) 108,823











- - -

2,567,638 (46,569) 2,521,069

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195,754

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$15,147,095

$13,783,910

$12,485,034

$11,388,836

$10,179,098

$8,924,442

$7,833,552

$6,902,229

$6,216,777

$5,545,005

‘92 ‘93 ‘94 ‘95 ‘96 ‘97 ‘98 ‘99 ‘00 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14

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433,094 186,241 34,362 79,130 732,827 2,009,332

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3,797,674

2,612,491



37,720,694

$

41,518,368

Special Projects $54,994 Unrestricted $296,182 Field of Interest $79,521 Operating $80,751

Scholarship $522,642

Advised $124,756

17,161 1,276,505



2,612,491

$



GIFTS BY FUND

$4,894,698

$4,157,202

$3,522,685

$2,795,619

$2,201,517

$1,562,765

$643,363

$516,196

$395,419

$193,277

$51,436



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433,094 186,241 34,362 79,130 732,827

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Net Assets at End of Year



17,161 1,276,505



Net Assets at Beginning of Year



1,324,386 (65,042) 1,259,344



Fundraising Expenses Total Community Activities Expenses



P E R M A N E N T LY RESTRICTED

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G E N E R A T I O N S FOR

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The Community Foundation’s grant process takes advantage of one of the greatest strengths of our three-county partnership –

the use of local volunteers to determine the organizations and agencies to be funded within each county. The hallmark of the Wabash Valley Community Foundation is that local citizens make decisions about local grants. Each county has its own individual review process and deadlines for granting available unrestricted funds. Foundation guidelines place a high priority on grant requests that prevent problems, are proactive and creative, respond to the changing needs of the community, encourage community cooperation and collaboration, leverage other funding sources and make a significant improvement to our communities.

Included in this section are grant awards made in Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties in 2014. These grants – which honor our ancestors; make us mindful of our history; preserve and support the arts and culture; promote happier, healthier, safer children and families; contribute to community improvements and economic development and provide education for the leaders of the future – have impact on our communities today and in generations to come.

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John Rogers Cox (1915-1990) Scales Mound, 1974 Oil on canvas; 35” x 45 1/8” Given in memory and from the collection of Edward Burch Ijams and Elisabeth Alexander Ijams, 2013.14 Conservation funding provided by a grant from the Wabash Valley Community Foundation Far left: Before cleaning (detail) Middle: After cleaning Below: During cleaning (detail)

GRANTS FOR

“History…is the story of us, had we been born a little earlier.” - Stephen Fry, “History Matters”

Past Generations

The world is changing rapidly and sometimes we lose touch with the importance of those generations that have gone before us. In the Wabash Valley, however, many individuals and organizations are keenly aware that an understanding of our history and a knowledge of our ancestors’ trials and triumphs can ground us and teach us much about ourselves. Keeping the story of past generations alive and within our reach has been the goal of many projects funded by the Wabash Valley Community Foundation. Prime examples include

the effort to honor those who have served in past conflicts with the Vigo County Veterans Memorial Plaza, providing resources to study our ancestors at the Clay County Genealogical Society and the genealogy department at the Sullivan County Public Library, and preservation of past cultures, historic landmarks and cemeteries across the Wabash Valley. In 2014, several grants made significant contributions to remembering the past and preserving it for future generations.

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Repairs to the Dresser House included new porch supports and shutters and new plaster and paint to restore a damaged interior wall.

SCALES MOUND C O N S E R VAT I O N

AMERICAN INDIAN H E R I TAG E G A R D E N

Works of art are as much a reflection of our past as are landmarks, monuments and genealogies. Last fall, the Swope Art Museum received a 1974 John Rogers Cox work, Scales Mound, from the Ijams family. The painting depicts a rural scene from an earlier era and features wheat fields and farm equipment in the foreground, the mound on the horizon and billowing clouds in the sky.

Long before Europeans and other cultures arrived in the Wabash Valley, Miami Indians made their home on the land near the Wabash River. Today, Native Americans like those involved with the Sullivan County American Indian Council, Inc. (SCAIC), continue to honor their ancestors and educate their communities about their rich heritage.

The artist is a Terre Haute native who gained recognition for his work in the 1940s and also as the Swope Art Museum’s first director. In his short tenure with the Swope, Cox acquired several works by contemporary American artists that remain at the core of the museum’s collection. When museum staff assessed the painting’s condition, they decided it needed conservation, a very special technique used to restore paintings to their near-original state. The museum applied for grant funding from the Wabash Valley Community Foundation to have conservator Linda Witkowski treat the painting. This included filling in small areas of paint loss and cleaning accumulated grime, dust, nicotine, grease and oil from the work’s surface. The $2,850 grant came from the Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund, the Andres Family Endowment Fund and the Walter & Katherine Bledsoe Family Endowment Fund. The Swope’s Executive Director Marianne Richter explained that before and after photographs show a dramatic change in the treated paining, noting that “Cox’s vibrant use of color is shown to full, glorious effect after treatment.” The resulting stabilized and preserved work of the past can now be safely shared with generations to come.

In 2012, archaeological research identified an Indian mound site in Fairbanks Township, Sullivan County, dating back at least 1,000 years. SCAIC reached an agreement with the landowners, Indiana Michigan Power Company/AEP, to serve as keepers of the two Woodland Era mounds. Council president Susan Petoskey said council members developed the cultural park on the site, Waapaahsiki Siipiiwi Mound Historical Park (the Miami linguistic spelling for Wabash River), so they can continue to share their heritage with others. SCAIC members volunteer to maintain the park and provide educational opportunities for visitors. They have created a heritage garden to restore indigenous plant species, thus enhancing the park’s educational value. At seasonal gatherings, the group uses the garden’s wild sage and sweet grass in ceremonies to honor their ancestors. They have hosted garden clubs and church groups, and they often receive plant cuttings from neighbors to add to the garden. A $500 Sullivan County Community Foundation grant from the Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund helped with the start-up of the heritage garden, which will also benefit from a matching private donation.

DR ESS ER HOUS E R EPA I RS Terre Haute native Paul Dresser is one of the most important American composers of the 1890s, and the author of Indiana’s State Song, “On the Banks of the Wabash.” The Vigo County Historical Society acquired Paul Dresser’s boyhood home in 1963 and later moved it to its present location in Fairbanks Park. This example of a workingclass home of the 1850s plays an important role in the cultural experience of the citizens of Vigo County. Visitors and Vigo County students tour the home, and it is used for special events. Last year’s especially harsh winter took its toll on the house, and repairs were needed to restore the building for events and visitors. “We’ve been entrusted with this piece of our history,” said the Society’s executive director Marylee Hagan. “We need to keep it in good repair so that people can learn about the birthplace of the man who composed our State Song.” The needed repairs were made thanks to a $10,000 Community Foundation grant from the Hulman George Family Endowment Fund. These included exterior trim, porch supports, shutters, siding, gutter installation and mortar re-pointing, as well as plaster to repair a damaged interior wall.

Plantings in the Waapaahsiki Siipiiwi Mound Historical Park heritage garden help members of the Sullivan County American Indian Council honor their ancestors and share their heritage.

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GRANTS FOR

Healthier Generations

ISU Applied Health Sciences students lead exercises and give demonstrations on preparing healthy foods at a Women on the Move event.

In the Wabash Valley, where more than half the population is either overweight or obese, and nearly a third reports being inactive, adults and children face the likelihood of developing chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and hypertension. These problems are exacerbated by the reality that a quarter of people in Vigo County live in poverty. Understanding that poor nutrition and physical inactivity are habits that can be improved through education and motivation, local health leaders and organizations including United

“The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that… determines its own destiny.” - Jimmy Carter

Way of the Wabash Valley, the YMCA, Vigo County School Corporation, Vigo County Purdue Extension and our local institutions of higher education are focused on combating this serious threat through community-wide programs. A number of Community Foundation grants in 2014 were directed toward helping adults and children develop better health habits and improve their overall health for a future of healthier generations.

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Youngsters at the Maple Center’s Youth LEAF program prepare a salad while learning the benefits of eating healthy foods.

WOMEN ON THE MOVE T O H E A LT H Y E AT I N G Faculty and students in Indiana State University’s Department of Applied Health Sciences are committed to promoting healthy habits in the community. Under the direction of Assistant Professor Darleesa Doss, they planned and implemented the Women on the Move to Healthy Eating event. The goal of the program, which was supported by several community partners, was to improve the health of two at-risk groups – low-income women and children – through nutrition and physical activity education, as well as hands-on experience in meal preparation and exercise. The event also provided Allied Health students with important experiential learning opportunities. Participants at the November and December event sessions, held at Booker T. Washington Community Center, learned where to purchase healthy foods and how to cook healthy, lowcost, easy dishes; took home a cookbook with information on preparing those meals and snacks; and even received pedometers and health tips on ways to increase their level of activity. Applied Health Sciences students helped prepare the materials and present the demonstrations.

YO U T H H E A LT H Y LIFESTYLE AND WEIGHT PROGRAM The Maple Center, Inc., a nonprofit integrative health center, provides health education and clinical services to the Wabash Valley. Among its many services, is the Wabash Valley LEAF (Lifestyle Education and Food) Program, an affordable eight-week lifestyle-changing course offered twice a year. Childhood obesity is evident in the Wabash Valley and was identified as one of the three top health-related problems in the community. To address this issue, The Maple Center developed The Youth Healthy Lifestyle & Weight Program, or Youth LEAF, for children ages 8 through 12. Activities include healthy lifestyle and eating habits, stress control and fun ways to exercise. Supporting the program are UAP Clinic, Indiana State University, Union Hospital Center for Fitness and Performance, WICAA, CASY, Purdue

Doss said, “Our participants showed an interest in future programs that focus on improving and increasing healthy behaviors.” The program was supported by a $1,500 Community Foundation grant from the Landsbaum Endowment Fund and the Wabash Valley Asphalt Endowment Fund.

Extension, Vigo County Health Department and Vigo County School Corporation. To make it possible for children in need to attend the Youth LEAF program, a $3,000 Community Foundation grant from the PMC Fund, the Gary W. and Judy A. Schomer Family Endowment Fund and the Dr. Paul and Nadine Humphrey Charitable Fund provides scholarships to cover the $65-per-youth cost.

POMEROY WELLNESS PROGRAM Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) launched the Pomeroy Wellness Program for Vigo County to help improve the health of area residents and expand the use of its new Jeanne Knoerle Sports and Recreation Center. This initiative is made possible through the support of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation and the Wabash Valley Community Foundation. Except for activities in the local schools, the western Vigo County area where the College is located offers fewer health and wellness activities than other areas of the county. Pomeroy Wellness focuses on healthy lifestyle changes that residents can practice throughout their lives and offers classes like yoga, Pilates and total body cardio, taught by instructors from the YMCA, as well as healthy recipes, stress management tips and more. The success of the program depended on the participation of residents in the area, so getting the word out was critical. A $10,000 Community Foundation grant from Lilly Endowment Fund supported a comprehensive campaign to market the program. The program’s kick-off drew more than 100 people who came out to register, despite belowzero temperatures. Coordinator Jenn Kersey said, “The turnout speaks volumes about western Vigo County’s overall commitment and desire to live a healthy lifestyle.”

Marilyn Byrd performs a health screening for April Simma (top) and Beth Neeley leads a Pilates session (bottom) at a Pomeroy Wellness registration event at the new Knoerle Center.

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“It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations.” - Christine Gregoire

Lions Club members Marvin Meriele and Paul Elkins perform an eye exam for Kambo Harris at Kiddie Carousel Day Care-Preschool. She is excited to receive her book after the exam is over.

GRANTS FOR

Future Generations

The Wabash Valley is well-known for its generosity. Whether on an individual basis or as part of a group, people here are never hesitant about donating their time, talent and dollars when there is a need. This kind of generosity builds community. Our donors establish legacies that make possible the awarding of grants in Clay, Sullivan and Vigo counties, many of which are focused on building a better future for the generations that will follow us.

Examples include planting trees in Brazil’s Forest Park; beautification efforts in towns like Sullivan and Carlisle; presenting dictionaries to Wabash Valley third graders; building young leaders through Terre Haute’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day program; mentoring youth in Sullivan County; stocking the emergency food pantry in Clay County and buying equipment for the new Ivy Tech Community College Vet Tech program. All these grants and dozens more in 2014 will have the long-range effect of improving opportunities for future generations.

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The Red Cross is on the scene with meals as volunteers make sandbags to protect property from rising floodwaters in southern Indiana. The Delivering Hope program will help Sullivan County prepare for disasters of this kind.

LIONS PROMOTE SEEING BETTER, READING MORE

SU P P O R T I N G S T U D E N TPA R E N T S I N C L AY C O U N T Y

Lions clubs throughout Vigo County have embarked on a Reading Action Program designed to increase literacy rates by promoting reading for preschoolers and their families.

Clay County’s Cultivating Responsible Adults by Developing Education, Leadership, and SelfSufficiency (CRADLES) is a community-based collaboration whose mission is to help studentparents take their place in local communities as self-sufficient citizens within healthy family units.

Best known internationally for their work in fighting blindness, Vigo County’s Lions clubs – the New Goshen-West Vigo, Prairie Creek, Pierson Township, Riley Township, Terre Haute, Downtown Terre Haute and Terre Haute Evening Lions – have been instrumental in making sure children receive essential vision screenings. Five years ago, with grant assistance from the Wabash County Community Foundation, the clubs provided equipment to assist the Vigo County School Corporation in meeting State of Indiana vision screening requirements. They also purchased advanced vision-screening equipment for use in daycares and preschools. Such equipment can detect several vision problems common in small children, including a condition that may lead to amblyopia (lazy eye), which can be reversed if caught and treated early enough. Raymond Collins of the Riley Lions Club, who heads up the effort to vision screen the county’s preschoolers, said the clubs’ goal is to screen every one of the more than 6,300 preschool-aged children in Vigo County. “More than 20 Lions Club member volunteers have been trained to do vision screening,” he said. “Even though there are more than 100 daycares and preschools, we’re making progress every year as we’re able to screen more sites.” Now, Lions International’s Reading Action Program also gives local volunteers the opportunity to provide each one of those vision-screened preschoolers an age-appropriate book to take home, promoting the importance of parents and children reading together. Books will be provided with the support of a $3,600 Community Foundation grant from the Steve Harris Memorial Endowment Fund, the Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund and the Gershon H. and Janice Loeser Endowment Fund.

With nearly one-quarter of the county’s children living in poverty, it is the CRADLES’ philosophy that only by educating parents and working in support of families can the cycle of poverty be broken. CRADLES of Clay County provides developmentally appropriate childcare while parents improve their education by finishing high school, preparing for the GED and going on to further their education. It also helps improve parenting and life skills. With paid staff and volunteers, and supported by 20 partnering agencies, this family learning ministry has the potential to serve 36 children and 30 parents at two locations – the Children’s Pavilion at the Wabash Camp and Retreat Center in Clay City and the First Baptist Church in Brazil. CRADLES program director Mary Yelton said, “We hope that by giving student-parents this opportunity to learn, grow and become contributing citizens who will in turn support their children throughout their K-12 education, CRADLES will change lives and impact future generations.” A $5,000 Clay County Community Foundation grant from the Anna Ferrell Endowment Fund, the Lilly Endowment Fund for Clay County and the Richard and Hilda Zimmerman Endowment Fund will provide for childcare services through the program.

Site coordinator Evalyn Walton oversees children enjoying a sensory activity at the sand table during their day at CRADLES’ Clay City childcare center.

RED CROSS TO “BUILD RESILIENT COMMUNITIES” Support from the American Red Cross can be key when citizens and communities are recovering from disasters such as the area’s severe flooding in 2008. The Wabash Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross serves eight counties in Indiana, including Sullivan County. In 2013, 25 individuals in Sullivan County received assistance after losing their homes in a disaster. Knowing well that being prepared for a disaster is much less expensive than responding to one, the Red Cross is committed to increasing Sullivan County’s disaster preparedness and ability to bounce back with its Delivering Hope program. The program will recruit and train at least 20 new volunteers to provide a shelter to be set up in a disaster where multiple families are affected. It will also partner with schools, churches, civic groups and government agencies to increase the amount of disaster preparedness and fire prevention education available in the county, and it will reach at least 10 businesses with disaster preparedness assessment and information. Businesses that are able to survive a disaster and recover quickly without closing for a long period assure their workers of continued employment and the community of economic stability. The Sullivan County Community Foundation provided a $3,000 grant from the Lois A. Andrews Foundation Fund for Sullivan County, the Guy and Wilma Edds Charitable Endowment Fund and the Harold and Melinda Medsker Endowment Fund for disaster response, volunteer recruitment, retention and training supplies and program materials.

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2014 Grants ARTS & C U LT U R E $79,970.35 Art Spaces, Inc. General support $241.00 Art Spaces Endowment Fund Arts Illiana Arts educational initiative $2,900.00 Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund Children’s Theatre of Terre Haute, Inc. Co-sponsor for Aladdin, Jr. $2,500.00 Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Charitable Endowment Fund and Lilly Endowment Fund Clay County Genealogical Society General support $124.00 Clay County Genealogical Society Fund Community Theatre of Terre Haute General support $349.00 Community Theatre of Terre Haute Endowment Fund Community Theatre of Terre Haute General support $96.67 Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund Poland Chapel Historical Society General support $1,119.00 Marion and Marie Kattman Sendmeyer Endowment Fund for Poland Historical Chapel Terre Haute Children’s Choir Scholarships and new music $2,500.00 Hulman George Family Endowment Fund and Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Terre Haute Symphony Association General support $5,397.00 Terre Haute Symphony Association Fund Terre Haute Symphony Association General support $3,421.00 Terre Haute Symphony Association - Walter and Margaret Reed Fund

The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. Juried art exhibition $19.00 Danette Angermeier Memorial Fund

The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $724.97 Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. Preservation and/or restoration of art collection $1,349.00 John Rogers Cox Preservation Fund

The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $412.00 Miriam Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $1,038.00 Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $15,500.00 Sheldon Swope Art Museum Endowment Fund The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $282.00 Susie Dewey Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $290.00 Harriet McNeal Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $2,145.00 Hermine M. Haslem Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $12,346.00 Eileen Stith Jensen Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. Acquisition of art $11,551.00 Guido and Barbara Miescher Endowment Fund The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $268.00 Mary Ann Carroll Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum

The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $270.00 Robert and Carolyn Steinbaugh Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $313.00 Norma Lemmon Evans Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $1,000.00 Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Endowment Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $250.00 Mary Ann Shagley Fund for the Sheldon Swope Art Museum The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. Conservation for Scales Mound $2,850.00 Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund, Andres Family Endowment Fund and Walter and Katherine Bledsoe Family Endowment Fund The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. General support $500.00 Fred and Nancy Nation Endowment Fund Vigo County Historical Society General support $4,049.00 Vigo County Historical Society Endowment Fund Vigo County Historical Society Building campaign $6,165.71 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT $163,120.36 Allen Chapel Friends of Historic Indiana Theatre fundraiser $250.00 Duke Energy Grants Fund Chances and Services for Youth Dancing with the Terre Haute Stars $500.00 Duke Energy Grants Fund Chances and Services for Youth Kitchen remodel $10,000.00 Felstein Grandchildren Fund in Memory of Allen & Millie Felstein, Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Commuity Endowment Fund and Lilly Endowment Fund City of Brazil Beautification of Forest Park $115.00 Roy E. Brown Memorial Fund City of Brazil Trees for Forest Park $663.00 Forest Park Endowment Fund City of Sullivan Paving at Center Ridge Cemetery $16,000.00 Sullivan County Community Grant Fund City of Sullivan Replace shelter house tables $4,710.00 John and Yvonne Longfield Endowment Fund and Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund Clay City USA Refurbish the city signs $5,050.00 Clay City Lions Commuity Fund, Clay County Community Grant Fund, Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County and John E. and Karen Mercer Family Endowment Fund Clay County Parks Association American Softball Kids backstop construction project $5,000.00 Brazil Rotary Commuity Fund, Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County and Spencer Miller and Associates, L.L.C., CPA’s Clay County Community Fund

CRADLES Childcare for parents returning to school $5,000.00 Anna Ferrell Endowment Fund, Lilly Endowment Fund for Clay County and Richard and Hilda Zimmerman Endowment Fund Friends of Goose Pond, Inc. Frog gigging event $220.00 Youth Endowment for Sullivan County Gill Township Volunteer Fire Fighters Inc. General support $233.00 Gill Township Volunteer Fireman’s Operational Fund Greater Terre Haute Chamber Foundation Terre Haute Tomorrow $5,000.00 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund Hull Cemetery Association, Inc Preservation, maintenance and beautification $8,870.00 Charles Harlan Fund for the Hull Cemetery Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network Nonprofit Learning Series $5,000.00 Wabash Valley Community Foundation Special Account Merom Conference Center Re-roofing of Holt Hall $7,500.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County, William Snyder Endowment Fund and Lorene B. and Malcolm Pigg Endowment Fund Merom Improvement Assoc., Inc. Basketball court renovation $5,000.00 Leo & Virginia Pellum Endowment Fund, Lilly Endowment for Sullivan County and Lilly Endowment Board Designated for Sullivan County Providence Food Pantry Kitchen remodel $16,136.00 Lilly Endowment Fund, PMC Fund and Leon & Roberta Sackrider Endowment Fund

Ryves Youth Center New flooring $11,080.00 Vigo County Community Grant Fund and Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund Shelburn Youth League New concession stand $10,000.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County, Sullivan County Community Grant Fund and William and Joanne Wright Family Endowment Fund Sullivan County Community Hospital General support $935.00 Sullivan County Community Hospital Foundation Endowment Fund Sullivan County Public Library General support $228.00 Sullivan County Public Library Endowment Fund Sycamore Trails RC&D Council, Inc. General support $206.00 Sycamore Trails RC&D SCCF Endowment Fund Sycamore Trails RC&D Council, Inc. General support $1,243.00 Sycamore Trails RC&D Endowment Fund Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club General support $1,324.65 George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club $1,700.00 Gilbert and Virginia Gambill Charitable Endowment Fund Terre Haute Humane Society General support $2,773.25 Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund Terre Haute Humane Society General support $3,432.00 Humane Society Fund Terre Haute Park and Recreation Department Terre Haute Park project $333.00 Terre Haute Parks Department Endowment Fund

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Students at Sarah Scott Middle School practice their percussion skills on African drums as part of a music program made possible by ISU’s Community School of the Arts. Indiana State University Photography Services Terre Haute Park and Recreation Department Flowers at Maple Ave Park $123.57 Terre Haute Parks Department Project Fund - Maple Ave. Terre Haute Rotary Foundation Inc. General support $957.00 Terre Haute Rotary Club Endowment Fund Town of Carlisle Improvement and beautification of Carlisle Town Park $2,147.00 Jesse R. Sherwood Fund Town of Center Point General support $2,838.89 Center Point Town Project Fund TREES Inc. General support $599.00 TREES Inc. Endowment Fund Turman Township Youth Foundation General support $112.00 Turman Township Youth Foundation 2000 Limited Fund Vigo County Historical Society Repairs to Paul Dresser house $10,000.00 Hulman George Family Endowment Fund

E D U C AT I O N $132,185.45 A.L.L.- Washington High School General support $308.00 A.L.L. - Washington High School Nursery Endowment Fund A.L.L.- Washington High School Rocking babies: purchase of one new rocker $500.00 Terre Haute Day Nursery Association Endowment Fund CANDLES Holocaust Museum Genocide awareness program $50.00 Wabash Valley Gives - Community Engagement Platform Clay Community Schools Discretionary funds for principal of Eastside Elementary School to advance students’ ability to learn $204.00 Angels for Eastside Fund Clay County Genealogical Society New copier and lease $3,388.00 Bill and Edna Ahlemeyer Endowment Fund, Clay Civic Memorial Foundation Advised Fund and Albert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Community Fund

Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Inc. Will planning session for Sullivan County $2,500.00 Sullivan County Community Grant Fund

Community Christian School, Inc. General support $284.00 Community Christian School Endowment Fund

Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Inc. 2014-2015 Nonprofit Learning Series $6,000.00 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund

Dictionary Project Dictionary Project $4,200.00 Mauri and Janice Modesitt Dictionary Fund; James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund

Wabash Valley Senior Citizens Center Repairs to furnace $2,775.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund

Gibault Foundation, Inc. General support $724.97 Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

West Terre Haute Little League Building a shelter, bleachers and picnic tables at the ballpark $5,500.00 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund YMCAs of the Wabash Valley General support for Clay County YMCA $1,066.00 Clay County YMCA Endowment Fund

Gibault Foundation, Inc. General support $330.02 Pfister Fund Guerin Outreach Ministries Tutoring program for children and adults $3,000.00 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund; James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund and Altrusa Foundation Fund

Indiana State University College of Arts & Sciences African drumming afterschool program $2,875.00 Donald O. Springman Endowment Fund, White Family Endowment Fund and Thelma Maxine Dever Memorial Fund Indiana State University Early Childhood Education Center Patio improvements/ renovations $500.00 Terre Haute Day Nursery Association Endowment Fund Indiana State University/ West Central Indiana Small Business Development Center Support of training for entrepreneurs $2,500.00 Lukens Family Endowment Fund and John Tipton Memorial Fund Indiana University Foundation-WTIU/IU Documentary Along the Wabash $6,000.00 Henry and Geraldine Adelman Memorial Fund and Salo and Mary Levite Endowment Fund Indiana Youth Institute Youth Worker Café in Vigo County $800.00 Thomas L. and Connie L. Francis Charitable Endowment Fund and Lukens Family Endowment Fund Ivy Tech Community College Computer updates $1,237.00 Ivy Tech Technology Endowment Fund Ivy Tech Foundation Lab equipment at new Humane Shelter $20,000.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Meridian Elementary School Support for backpack program $5,000.00 Clay Civic Memorial Foundation Advised Fund, Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County, Lilly Endowment Fund for Clay County, Spencer Miller and Associates, L.L.C., CPA’s Clay County Community Fund and Richard and Hilda Zimmerman Endowment Fund Merom Improvement Assoc., Inc. General support $616.00 Merom Improvement Association Agency Fund

Northeast School Corporation E-Books for North Central High School library $20,000.00 Sullivan County Community Foundation General Endowment Fund Northeast School Corporation Projector & mic for Hymera Elementary School $6,500.00 Sullivan County Community Foundation General Endowment Fund Riley Township Lions Club Books $3,600.00 Steve Harris Memorial Endowment Fund, Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund and Gershon H. & Janice Loeser Endowment Fund Rural Community Schools, Inc. iPads for student use $3,980.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County and Dana M. Burton Memorial Endowment Fund Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College General support $2,729.46 Jessie E. Hickman Fund Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Marketing for communitywide fitness program $10,000.00 Lilly Endowment Fund SEFI/Science Education Foundation of Indiana Vigo County Science Fair $300.00 Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Fund Southwest High Schools Alumni Association Inc. General support $3,129.00 Southwest High Schools Alumni Association Cooper Endowment SPPRAK in Vigo County SPPRAK Pack for Vigo County $800.00 Carl W. (“Bang”) and Josephine M. Price Memorial Fund and Allen and Mildred D. Felstein Charitable Endowment Fund St. Patrick Church General support for John Paul Catholic High School $150.00 Terry Ho M.D. Memorial Fund Stair Steps to Success Mentoring program for homeless, court-involved or fostered youth in Sullivan County $594.00 Stair Steps to Success Endowment Fund

African Drumming Indiana State University’s Community School of the Arts (CSA) is the only comprehensive educational outreach of its kind in Indiana and one of very few in the country. Through the CSA, students of all ages, backgrounds and ability levels can experience year-round professional and affordable instruction in the performing and fine arts. The CSA’s African Drumming Program reaches out to Terre Haute’s only Title I middle school, Sarah Scott, with a 30-week afterschool music program. In middle school, music and the other arts become electives, and not many students who want to take these types of classes can afford private instruction, so this introduction to percussion may be the only opportunity this predominantly underserved population has to take music classes. “The impact of this program goes beyond the students’ enjoyment and appreciation of music,” said CSA director Petra Nyendick. “It also provides creative and critical problem-solving skills, strengthened concentration and improved memory skills that have been shown to help students improve scholastically.” A $2,875 Community Foundation grant from the Donald O. Springman Endowment Fund, the White Family Endowment Fund and the Thelma Maxine Dever Memorial Fund purchased African drums for the program.

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A Hamilton Center representative shares safe-sleep and other baby care information with a mother during a Healthy Families session.

2014 Grants Continued Sullivan County 4-H General support $151.00 Sullivan County 4-H Endowment Fund Sullivan County American Indian Council Creation/maintenance of a heritage garden $500.00 Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund

Healthy Families For more than 40 years, Hamilton Center Inc. (HCI) has been the area’s leading behavioral health organization. Its Healthy Families Program, serving Greene, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties, strives to prevent child abuse and promote the importance of early learning for all children. Now in its 20th year, the program has served more than 4,000 children and their parents. Healthy Families’ intervention begins as soon as a child is born, with homeand center-based activities that provide resources, programming and role models to help parents embrace their role as their child’s first teacher. Most current evaluation results show that the state rate of child abuse and neglect for the general population is more than double that of Healthy Families participant families. In support of home visits, Healthy Families provides materials such as community resource information; safety notebooks and printed materials on child abuse, well-baby care, child safety, positive discipline and more. Handouts also include DVDs, developmental assessments and screening tools. A gift card is used as an incentive to encourage interest and participation. Recent funding cuts have caused HCI to seek additional sources of revenue for Healthy Families. A $4,000 Foundation grant from the James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund provided materials for home visits and incentive gift cards for families.

Sullivan County Public Library Support for the Genealogy Department $537.00 Sullivan County Public Library Genealogy, Family & County History Endowment Fund Terre Haute Children’s Museum General support $13,160.00 Terre Haute Children’s Science and Technology Museum Endowment Fund Terre Haute Children’s Museum 2014 Fairytale Ball sponsorship $500.00 Duke Energy Grants Fund Terre Haute Children’s Museum Moonjars and materials for budgeting program $1,500.00 Ray G. Ingram Endowment Fund, Lilly Endowment Fund and Donald O. Springman Endowment Fund Terre Haute Human Relations Commission Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Summit $2,000.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund

Vigo County Education Foundation General support $690.00 Vigo County Education Foundation Endowment Fund Vigo County Education Foundation North Vigo High School - Tote Bag Club $150 South Vigo High School - Blanket Project $500 - School Essential Bundles and Food Drive $500 West Vigo Middle School - B is for Bullying book $500 - Heroes in Action $130 West Vigo High School - West T Pride Day $390 Youth Grant Committee Endowment Fund Vigo County Public Library General support $163.00 Vigo County Public Library Endowment Vigo County Public Library Children’s literature program $568.00 Esther MacBain Meeks Memorial Fund for Children’s Literature Wabash Valley Right To Life Education Fund General support of Right to Life education $250.00 Terry Ho M.D. Memorial Fund

American Heart Association Heart health research $500.00 The Essence of Red Committee American Red Cross Building Resilient Communities program $4,000.00 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Lee Jr. Endowment Fund and Hulman George Family Endowment Fund American Red Cross Disaster preparedness for Sullivan County $3,000.00 Lois A. Andrews Foundation Fund for Sullivan County, Guy and Wilma Edds Charitable Endowment Fund and Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund ARC of Vigo County General support $52.00 ARC of Vigo County Endowment Fund Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled General support $521.00 Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled Endowment Fund Big Brother Big Sister Start programming at West Vigo Schools $10,000.00 James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund and Carol M. Starkey Kochell Charitable Fund Catholic Charities Terre Haute General support $724.97 Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund

H E A LT H & HUMAN SERVICES $275,998.91

Catholic Charities Terre Haute General support $359.47 Pfister Fund

United Child Care Center Student scholarships $2,000.00 James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund

14th & Chestnut Community Center/UMC General support $868.00 14th & Chestnut Community Center Endowment Fund

Catholic Charities Terre Haute General support $105.00 Catholic Charities Endowment Fund

Vigo County CASA Daycare costs $3,500.00 James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund

14th & Chestnut Community Center/UMC General support $260.00 Col. Peter Baer Memorial Fund

Catholic Charities Terre Haute Building campaign $6,165.71 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund

Vigo County Education Foundation Support for school activities and personal items for children in need at Fayette Elementary School $197.00 Nancy Hellmann Educational Fund

American Cancer Society, Vigo County Unit General support $2,773.25 Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund

Catholic Charities Terre Haute General support $100.00 Terry Ho M.D. Memorial Fund

American Heart Association General support $2,773.25 Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund

Catholic Charities Terre Haute Bunk beds for Bethany House $5,320.00 Ray G. Ingram Endowment Fund and Wabash Valley Asphalt Endowment Fund

Chances and Services for Youth Youth Resources program $1,322.00 C.H.A.N.C.E.S. and Services for Youth Endowment Fund Chances and Services for Youth Smoking cessation for youth $500.00 The Essence of Red Committee Christian Foundation for Children & Aging General support $107.84 Pfister Fund Clay Co. Emergency Food Pantry Food for pantry $10,000.00 Clay County Hospital Health Improvement Fund Covenant Cooperative Ministry Inc. Thanksgiving Food program $150.00 Duke Energy Grants Fund Crisis Pregnancy Center Medical testing supplies $3,900.00 Vigo County Community Grant Fund, Terre Haute Academy of Medicine Fund and Jacqueline H. Phillips Endowment Fund Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of America General support $842.00 Boy Scouts of America, Crossroads of America Council Endowment Fund Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of America General support $96.67 Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund Dispute Resolution Center for the Wabash Valley General support $161.00 Dispute Resolution Center Endowment Fund Families By Choice CoOp to Feed program support $2,000.00 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund Family Service Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc. Counseling support for Terre Haute North Vigo High School students with non-drug related mental health issues $1,278.00 Jamie Jacobsen Memorial Endowment Fund

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One of the refurbished “Mayberry of the Midwest” signs is stored at the sign shop awaiting good weather to be reinstalled at the entrance to Clay City. Family Service Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc. Breathalyzer and copy/fax machine $8,000.00 Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund and Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Farmers Chapel Community Church General support $4,289.00 Charles L. Harlan Fund for Farmers Chapel Church First Presbyterian Church of Sullivan Support for Community Kitchen program $839.00 Community Kitchen Endowment Fund Friends of Families, Inc. General support $561.00 M. Evelyn Peterman Fund Gibault Foundation, Inc. Support for Gibault School for Boys $2,727.00 Gibault Fund Girl Scouts of Central Indiana General support $663.00 Girl Scouts of Central Indiana Fund Girl Scouts of Central Indiana General support $96.66 Robert S. Ratcliffe Memorial Fund Hamilton Center, Inc. General support $539.00 Katherine Hamilton Endowment Fund for Hamilton Center, Inc. Hamilton Center, Inc. Healthy Families program $4,000.00 James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund Harmony Haven, Inc. General support $131.00 Newman Family Endowment Fund Humane Society of Sullivan County Preventive medicine $5,700.00 Lilly Endowment Fund for Sullivan County, Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County and Harold and Malinda Medsker Endowment Fund Humane Society of Sullivan County General support $1,243.00 Humane Society of Sullivan County Endowment Fund

Indiana State University Bayh College of Education Acquire ADOS-2 $2,000.00 Larry C. Archer Memorial Fund for Autism Awareness and Understanding Indiana State University College of Nursing Women on the Move to Healthy Eating program $1,500.00 Landsbaum Endowment Fund and Wabash Valley Asphalt Endowment Fund Lewis Township Volunteer Fire Department Fire prevention week $1,600.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County and Hershel and Josephine Morge Endowment Fund Light House Mission, Inc. General support $724.97 Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund Light House Mission, Inc. General support $1,443.00 Helping Hand Endowment Fund Light House Mission, Inc. New computers $3,000.00 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund Maple Center, Inc. Healthy Weight and Lifestyle Program for Youth $3,000.00 PMC Fund, Gary W. and Judy A. Schomer Family Endowment Fund and Dr. Paul and Nadine Humphrey Charitable Fund Mary’s Children, Inc. General support $109.00 Donna J. Doti Endowment Fund Mental Health America General support $271.00 Mental Health Association in Vigo County Endowment Fund

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Heart health research $1,000.00 The Essence of Red Committee

Shriners Hospitals for Children General support $883.10 George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

Next Step Foundation, Inc. Equipment to outfit daycare center for residents $10,000.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund, Thomas and Susan Dinkel Family Fund and O. Earl and Tina Elliott Family Endowment

Sisters of Providence CPR Training for White Violet Center $200.00 The Essence of Red Committee

Open Arms Christian Ministries General support $4,838.00 Norma G. McNeill Fund Our Father’s Arms, Inc. General support $306.00 Anonymous Fund Our Father’s Arms, Inc. Brown Baggers program $435.00 Brown Baggers School Food Program Endowment Fund Our Father’s Arms, Inc. Food for those in need $5,000.00 Allomatic Products Community Endowment Fund, Black Beauty Sullivan County Community Fund and Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County Parke Co. EMS Pads & equipment for AEDs $420.00 The Essence of Red Committee Purdue Extension Vermillion County Pedometers for 10,000 steps program $1,000.00 The Essence of Red Committee Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center Support for the veterans $156.50 Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League Endowment Fund

Missionaries of Charity - Bronx, NY General support $179.74 Pfister Fund

Riley Memorial Association General support for Camp Riley $3,334.00 Clabber Girl Fund for Camp Riley

Mother Theodore Corporation IV General support $4,493.31 Pfister Fund

Riley Memorial Association General support $883.10 George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church Celebrate Recovery program support $150.00 Newman Family Endowment Fund

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Power of the Purse $500.00 Duke Energy Grants Fund Salvation Army General support $4,695.00 Sumar Fund for the Salvation Army

Spay-Neuter League General support $3,523.00 Spay-Neuter League Endowment Fund St. Vincent Clay Hospital Festival of Trees $500.00 Duke Energy Grants Fund Sullivan County Auditor’s Office Sullivan County Supervised Visitation Center $23,000.00 Sullivan County Community Grant Fund Sullivan County Community Hospital General support $221.00 Leo & Virginia Pellum Endowment Fund Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club General support $1,364.73 Jessie E. Hickman Fund Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club General support $954.00 Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club - Max Gibson Endowment Fund Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club Support for capital projects $318.00 Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club - John G. Schmidt Capital Endowment Fund Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club Early Bird Day Camp tuition scholarships $10,000.00 David and Joan Zaun Endowment Fund, Curt & Linda Brighton Family Endowment Fund and Lilly Endowment Fund Terre Haute Junior Tennis Association Support for the 2014 Tournament $1,132.00 Mary Ann Stadler Memorial Fund The League of Terre Haute General support $205.00 Clothes Closet Endowment Fund The League of Terre Haute General support $379.00 League of Terre Haute Endowment Fund

Clay City Signage Hometown values are all-important in the southern Clay County community of Clay City, described by a visitor as “a throwback to the days when people waved to friends, knew neighbors on a first-name basis and took time to enjoy visitors.” Since 1999, Clay City USA Foundation has been working for the betterment of the town, converting an old downtown gas station into a welcome center, supporting creation of a community library and sponsoring community events. Wishing to have people identify Clay City with the family values portrayed on the 1960s television show, “The Andy Griffith Show,” which took place in fictional Mayberry, North Carolina, the group nicknamed its town “Mayberry of the Midwest.” For years, travelers entering town from every direction have been greeted with signs welcoming them to “Mayberry of the Midwest.” The signs had fallen into disrepair and needed restoration, which include painting, metal work and minor fabrication, to give visitors a better first impression of the town. Clay City USA went to the Clay County Community Foundation for grant assistance to cover the cost, which was provided by a $5,050 grant from the Clay City Lions Community Fund, the Clay County Community Grant Fund, the Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County and the John E. and Karen Mercer Family Endowment Fund.

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Passengers prepare to board a barge, pushed by the steamer E. Rutledge, at a time when river travel and trade was common scene along the Wabash River.

2014 Grants Continued Tribune Star Christmas Basket program Food for baskets $17,965.00 Tribune Star Christmas Basket Fund Union Hospital Foundation, Inc. General support $2,207.75 George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

Stories Along the Wabash Certainly the 2013 “Year of the River” celebration gave us all an awareness of the rich heritage of the Wabash River and our ancestors’ strong ties to and deep dependence on the State River of Indiana. As Board President Fred Nation put it, the Wabash is, “in many ways…why we are here.” This year, WTIU Public Television came to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation with a request to support the production of Along the Wabash: The State River of Indiana in Seven Vignettes. The one-hour special will illustrate major events in history with ties to the Wabash and stories of everyday people whose lives and livelihoods depended on the river. Producer Suzanne Schwibs made several visits to the Wabash Valley to research aspects of the river’s influence here, including late 19th century pearl fishing and manufacture of pearl buttons. Set to air in March 2016, the state’s bicentennial year, the program will connect viewers with past generations and highlight the importance of the Wabash River as a setting for events that shaped Indiana and, ultimately, our lives today. Supporting the production of Along the Wabash is a $6,000 Foundation grant from the Henry & Geraldine Adelman Memorial Fund and the Salo & Mary Levite Endowment Fund.

Union Hospital Foundation, Inc. General support $2,729.46 Jessie E. Hickman Fund United Cerebral Palsy General support $227.00 United Cerebral Palsy Endowment Fund United Way of the Wabash Valley General support $270.00 United Way of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund United Way of the Wabash Valley General support $6,320.00 United Way of the Wabash Valley - Ada Hodge Fund United Way of the Wabash Valley General support $2,985.00 United Way of the Wabash Valley Operating Endowment United Way of the Wabash Valley $6,000.00 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund United Way of the Wabash Valley Event sponsorships $1,360.00 Duke Energy Grants Fund United Way of the Wabash Valley 2014 Campaign $6,165.71 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund VA Illiana Health Care System Support for the veterans $156.50 Joseph A. Bray Detachment 471 Marine Corps League Endowment Fund Vigo County Education Foundation Heart health education for youth $2,000.00 The Essence of Red Committee

Vigo County LifeLine General support $274.53 Vigo County LifeLine Endowment Fund Vigo County School Corporation Backpack Program $11,165.71 Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc. General support $253.00 Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley Inc. Endowment Fund Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc. General support $724.97 Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc. General support $883.10 George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund

West Terre Haute Police Department Recognition Banquet support $750.00 Carol M. Starkey Kochell Charitable Fund Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc. General support $130.00 Western Indiana Community Action Agency Fund Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc. Residential ramps $1,427.71 Janet S. Newman Helping Hand Fund Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc. Shoes for kids $5,265.00 Vigo County Community Grant Fund and Lilly Endowment Fund YMCAs of the Wabash Valley Support for the Vigo County YMCA $1,364.73 Jessie E. Hickman Fund

RELIGION $25,149.58

Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc. Support for Hospice of the Wabash Valley $664.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Fund for Hospice

Annunciation Catholic Church General support $282.00 Annunciation Church Educational Endowment Fund

Visiting Nurse Association of the Wabash Valley, Inc. Support for Hospice of the Wabash Valley $277.00 Hospice of the Wabash Valley Endowment Fund

Archdiocese of Indianapolis - United Catholic Appeal General support $359.47 Pfister Fund

Wabash Valley Goodwill Industries, Inc. General support $2,154.00 Goodwill Industries Endowment Fund Wabash Valley Health Center General support $5,089.00 Saint Ann Clinic Endowment Fund Wabash Valley Health Center General support $1,443.00 Helping Hand Endowment Fund Wabash Valley Health Center General support $359.47 Pfister Fund Wabash Valley Health Center Equipment for medical care $15,000.00 James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund, Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund and Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund

Capuchin Franciscan Friars General support $179.64 Pfister Fund Carmelite Monastery General support $100.00 Terry Ho M.D. Memorial Fund Central Presbyterian Church General support $1,364.73 Jessie E. Hickman Fund First United Presbyterian Church General support $146.00 Sullivan Presbyterian Church Mission Fund Merom United Methodist Church General support $4,564.00 Merom United Methodist Church Endowment Fund Province of our Lady of Consolation Inc. General support $269.60 Pfister Fund

Sacred Heart Church Education program support $77.00 Elizabeth Smudde Memorial Fund Sacred Heart Church General support $4,673.04 Pfister Fund Sisters of Our Lady Mt. Carmel General support $1,797.33 Pfister Fund Sisters of Providence General support $1,797.33 Pfister Fund St. Benedict Church General support $724.97 Edmund J. and Mary R. Dede Fund St. Benedict Church General support $753.00 Saint Benedict Church Endowment Fund St. Benedict Church General support $359.47 Pfister Fund St. Joseph University Parish General support $54.00 Saint Joseph University Parish Fund St. Joseph University Parish General support $359.47 Pfister Fund St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church General support $1,364.73 Jessie E. Hickman Fund United Hebrew Congregation Foundation General support $1,766.20 George I. and Rose E. Felstein Fund United Hebrew Congregation Foundation General support $79.60 Felstein Grandchildren Fund in Memory of Allen & Millie Felstein World Gospel Church, Inc. Support for its mission projects $4,078.00 World Gospel Church Missions Endowment Fund

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Wabash Valley Health Center nurse Jennifer Long reads a patient’s blood pressure using the equipment panel provided by a Community Foundation grant. The exam bed was also grant-funded.

H O L I DAY WISH LIST $14,409.74 Big Brother Big Sister Hygiene Kits and healthy snacks for children Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $251.74 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Catholic Charities of Terre Haute Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $300.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County Catholic Charities of Terre Haute Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $100.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Catholic Charities of Terre Haute Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $750.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Catholic Charities of Terre Haute Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $250.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Children’s Theatre of Terre Haute, Inc. Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $100.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Clay County Genealogical Society Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $100.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County Clay County Historical Society Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $450.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County Crossroads of America Council, Boy Scouts of America Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $100.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Families By Choice Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $400.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund

Happiness Bag, Inc. Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $100.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Indiana State University College of Arts and Sciences Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $200.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Indiana State University Center for Community Engagement Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $52.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Indiana State University Early Childhood Education Center Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $200.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Junior Achievement of the Wabash Valley Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $250.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Clay County Junior Achievement of the Wabash Valley Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $1,000.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County Junior Achievement of the Wabash Valley Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $4,256.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund The League of Terre Haute Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $200.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Light House Mission, Inc. Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $200.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund McMillan Adult Day Care Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $100.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Meals on Wheels, Inc. Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $100.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund

Ronald McDonald House of Indiana Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $100.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County Ronald McDonald House of Indiana Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $100.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Salvation Army Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $400.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Senior Education Ministries, Inc. Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $50.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Sisters of Providence Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $100.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund Stair Steps to Success Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $200.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County Sullivan County Community Kitchen Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $3,010.00 Lilly Endowment Board Designated Fund for Sullivan County Wabash Valley Health Center Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $290.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund United Way of the Wabash Valley Matching funds for 2013 Holiday Wish program $700.00 Delmar L. and Betty L. Jones Family Fund

GIVING CIRCLES $26,000 100+ Women Who Care $18,300 - CANDLES Holocaust Museum $4,600.00 - Catholic Charities of Terre Haute $4,900.00 - Ivy Tech Foundation $3,800.00 - The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Inc. $700.00 - United Way of the Wabash Valley $4,300.00 Guys Who Give $7,700 - Catholic Charities of Terre Haute $3,000.00 - Vigo County Education Foundation $3,300.00 - West Vigo Community Center $1,400.00

Wabash Valley Health Center Wabash Valley Health Center, formerly known as St. Ann’s Clinic, has served the Wabash Valley since 1997, providing a range of medical services for all persons, regardless of their ability to pay. With the clinic’s 2013 designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center, a CEO, full-time medical director and additional staff were hired. Renovation and expansion of facilities was necessary to accommodate new staff members and treatment space for the anticipated 3,000 additional visits the first year. The expansion included five exam rooms and office space. Implementation of an electronic medical records system necessitated more computers, scanners and printers. As a result of the expansion, the phone and communications system had to be upgraded, and additional furnishings and clinical equipment was required. The clinic turned to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation for assistance to purchase additional clinical equipment. A $15,000 grant from the James R. Piker, Ada A. Piker and Virginia M. Ginter Memorial Fund, the Community Chest of Terre Haute Fund and the Lavelda M. Goble Endowment Fund enabled the clinic to acquire the needed equipment for medical care to support the expansion.

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2014 Scholarships SCHOLARSHIPS $ 500,102.25

$14,500 - Kennedy Camden Lavelda M. Goble Scholarship

$500 - Brittany Vancil Lloyd and Lela Ewbank Scholarship

Anderson University $500 - Gabrielle Pruitt Wright, Shagley and Lowery Scholarship

$455 - Alek Copeland Albert and Verna McKee Memorial Scholarship

$220 - Brittany Vancil Tina Clem Memorial Scholarship

$500 - Gabrielle Pruitt Hazel A. Dennis, R.N. Scholarship

$1,500 - Taylor Dickison Albert and Freda Eder DeCoursey Scholarship

$300 - Hannah VanHorn Brazil Business & Professional Women’s Club Scholarship

Ball State University $400 - Jared Wells Jack Lower Memorial Scholarship

$180 - Kelsie Fischer Clay County Scholarship

$400 - Jared Wells Wabash Valley Community Foundation Scholarship Carnegie Mellon University $500 - Jacob Johnson Vigo County Education Foundation - John Kassis Memorial Scholarship Cincinnati Christian University $14,000 - Gabriela Vijil Sherman Educational Scholarship DePauw University $1,000 - Kourtney Clark Terre Haute Regional Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University $200 - Adam La Grange Terre Haute Junior Golf Association Scholarship Georgetown University $7,425 - Zachary Hughbanks Elizabeth A. Bledsoe Scholarship $14,000 - Zachary Hughbanks Sherman Educational Scholarship Indiana State University $2,300 - Emma Auterson Larry Paul Fleschner Scholarship $3,000 - Emma Auterson Vigo County Scholarship $14,000 - Kaitlin Basinger Sherman Educational Scholarship $4,229 - Brooke Brown Myrl and Marie Wilkinson Scholarship

$1,000 - Kelsie Fischer Denise D. and John C. Bell Scholarship $14,000 - Brentney Fulford Sherman Educational Scholarship $1,330 - Samuel Hall Dr. James Harvey Crowder Memorial Scholarship $14,000 - Samuel Hall Sherman Educational Scholarship $352 - Jake Mathis Betty E. and Curt DeBaun, Jr. Aviation Scholarship

$1,000 - Hannah VanHorn Terre Haute Regional Hospital Foundation Scholarship $133 - Kourtey Vanwey Bill Wood Insurance Adjuster’s Scholarship $2,773.25 - Andres Velazques Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment $500 - Ryan Turner Charles F. and Nancy A. Bradford Scholarship $703 - Leisel Young Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Indiana State University Department of Marketing

$500 - Halie Sciotto Harriet Hicks Scholarship

Indiana University $844 - Kelsie Ackman Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Indiana University School of Law

$3,000 - Halie Sciotto Martha & Mary Ann Pedlar Scholarship

$1,000 - Ricky Brookins Travis James Smith Mental Attitude Award

$1,000 - Cooper Smith Janice Hart Modesitt, R.N. Nursing Scholarship

$650 - Corrina Gunn Gill Township Scholarship

$2,500 - Halie Sciotto Geraldine Ullery Scholarship

$26,000 - Dylan Stolz Dr. and Mrs. James O. Conklin Scholarship

$7,800 - Corrina Gunn Sherman Educational Scholarship

$700 - Claire Miller Mabel Kidwell Scholarship $2,375 - Claire Miller Roy W. Barnhart Scholarship $550 - Jake Pirtle Valentine Family Scholarship $500 - Lynzie Thomann Beta Sigma Phi City Council Scholarship

$2,360 - Minh Tong Roy & Louie E. Lucas Scholarship

$7,800 - Halie Brown Sherman Educational Scholarship

$200 - Mikayla Turner Evelyn W. Gettinger Indiana University Scholarship

$900 - Mackenzie Brush Halie’s Rainbow-The Halie Hite Memorial Scholarship

$14,000 - Mikayla Turner Sherman Educational Scholarship

$380 - Nelson Effner Bob Romas Memorial Scholarship

$500 - Aubrey Washburn Beta Sigma Phi City Council Scholarship

$1,150 - Nelson Effner Renis and Fern Knust Scholarship

Indiana UniversityBloomington $150 - Jordan Gomes-Kuehner Fred Christman Scholarship Fund

$200 - Shelby Hoyes Janet Romine Chatfield Business Award

Massachusetts Institute of Technology $16,800 - Ryan Chung James F. Jackson Scholarship Mulligan College $200 - Craig Rice Everett E. and Fern A. Tucker Scholarship $550 - Craig Rice Rob and Lisa Denker Scholarship Purdue University $225 - Jennifer Eble John D. Gettinger Purdue Scholarship $800 - Samantha Ivaturi Erskine Lee and Eula Webb Scholarship $4,700 - Paige Stevenson Ted and Anna Nesty Scholarship $19,600 - Jacob Wheatley Joe and Dorothy Archer Scholarship $275 - Luke Willis Sullivan County Purdue Alumni Association

$2,000 - Cassidy Mahurin Reid & Nina Ross Scholarship

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology $2,600 - Elizabeth Beddow Gerstmeyer Technical High School Scholarship

$1,000 - Jordan Gomes-Kuehner Laura Brooke McDonald Memorial Scholarship

$2,500 - Richard McClain Carol M. Starkey Kochell Scholarship

$365 - Elizabeth Beddow Glenn High School Alumni Scholarship

$2,000 - Alexandra Miller Dr. William W. Drummy Memorial Scholarship

$7,800 - Paige Passen Sherman Educational Scholarship

$19,600 - Adam Blackburn Joe and Dorothy Archer Scholarship

$500 - Logan Quick Jeffrey Alan Cole Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 - Adam Blackburn Laura Brooke McDonald Memorial Scholarship

$1,350 - Kristine Zukokas YWCA Scholarship

$1,127 - Carson Bishop Avice McCrae Scholarship

Lincoln Trail College $1,000 - Parker Radecki Sally Unger Scholarship

$14,000 - Bradley Drake Sherman Educational Scholarship

$1,000 - Aaron Schueitzer Sally Unger Scholarship

$1,700 - David Drummond Harold Paul Loveall III Memorial Scholarship

$360 - Kexin He Ambrose and Miriam Rubey Scholarship

$1,000 - Kristin Sutliff Terre Haute Regional Hospital Foundation Scholarship

$1,400 - Kexin He Peter Anthony Duong Memorial Scholarship

$22,676 - Anthony Witt Fred A. & Nannie Graham Scholarship

$2,000 - Kristin Sutliff William W. Drummy, III, Rebecca A. Drummy, RN, and Lillian A. Drummy R.N. Nursing Scholarship

$500 - Andrew Mathies Tom McCarthy Memorial Scholarship

Indiana Wesleyan $500 - Drew Cahill Travis James Smith Memorial Scholarship

$5,000 - Claire Miller John & Myrtle Price Scholarship

Ivy Tech Community College $460 - Dustin Boyll Farmersburg Alumni Association Scholarship $150 - Dustin Boyll J.P. Alexander Memorial Scholarship

$500 - Nicholas Stucker Jim Case Scholarship

$140 - Kylee Truax Virginia M. Buell Scholarship

$250 - Guy Wiss Sam J. and Joyce E. Emmert Family

$100 - Minh Tong Richard and Margaret Shattuck Memorial Scholarship

Indiana University School of Medicine $570 - Taylor Twiggs Dr. John E. Freed, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

$1,400 - Alexandra Miller Dedia M. Sexton Scholarship

IUPUI $14,000 - Ryan Nail Sherman Educational Scholarship

$26,000 - Michaela Gambill Dr. and Mrs. James O. Conklin Scholarship

$380 - Brooks Weszely Esther Ruddell Ladson Scholarship

$14,000 - Jaron Goodman Sherman Educational Scholarship

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Leon and Nancy Shake Huff

$7,800 - Kynon Johnson Sherman Educational Scholarship

$7,800 - Gabe Bond Sherman Educational Scholarship

$883 - George McCammon George I. and Rose E. Felstein Scholarship

$7,800 - Elijah Hollis Sherman Educational Scholarship

$704 - Lindsay Vencel Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

$7,800 - Olivia Pinkston Sherman Educational Scholarship

Saint Mary-of-theWoods College $1,000 - Bonnie McCammon Terre Haute Regional Hospital Medical Staff Scholarship

$660 - Grant Prindiville Robert and Barbara Deakins Scholarship Wabash College $18,000 - Joey Dierdorf Brent & Helen Rentschler Scholarship

$378 - Casey Dust Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Foundation Fund for Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

$350 - Tyler Mix Dorothy Wurst Porter Scholarship

Southern Illinois University $15,500 - Dennis Ramsook Thomas J. Wright Scholarship

Undecided $100 - Trey Hunt Sullivan High School Automotive Scholarship

$500 - Abigail Switzer Andy and Edythe Turner Memorial Scholarship

$540 - Dustin Sartor Allomatic Products Machine Trades Scholaship

$5,500 - Garrett Wiss Harry M. & Rosemary L. Grandey Scholarship

$100 - Makylie Siples SERCOLBE Scholarship

$4,500 - Garrett Wiss Dr. Robert K. Webster & Wanda Webster, R.N. Scholarship University of Indianapolis $500 - Eileen Stinnett Earl F. Hopkins Scholarship University of Nevada, Las Vegas $4,000 - Aaron Shema Cameron Taylor Memorial Scholarship University of Southern Indiana $1,000 - Michaela Hayden Max & Helen Pierce Scholarship Vincennes University $500 - Gabe Bond Michael Ryan Keane Memorial Scholarship $1,150 - Gabe Bond Sara W. Springer Memorial Scholarship

2014 VFW Voice of Democracy Awards $5,000 - Alejandro Contramaestre $4,000 - Jose Jiminez $3,000 - Micah Breitweiser $2,500 - Chloe Arini $2,000 - Taryn Ashley $1,500 - Matthew Jenkins Sgt. Dale Russel Griffin Memorial Scholarship $2,500 - Trey Boor Anderson University $2,500 - Ryan Moshak US Military Academy $2,500 - Ian Newton Utah State University $2,500 - Sam Bowden Undecided

Lilly Community Endowment Scholars First offered in 1998 by Lilly Endowment, Inc., the purpose of the Lilly Endowment Scholarship Program is to help raise the level of educational attainment in Indiana and to leverage further the ability of Indiana’s community foundations to enhance the quality of life of the state’s residents. Lilly Endowment Community Scholars are chosen by local volunteers from their county. They receive full tuition and an annual book stipend for four years at a four-year Indiana college or university. Clay County Emily Sands Graduate of Northview High School University of Indianapolis Sullivan County Hunter King Graduate of Sullivan High School University of Evansville Vigo County Mary Ann Etling Graduate of Terre Haute North Vigo High School DePauw University Grant Potts Graduate of Terre Haute North Vigo High School DePauw University

Donor Honors Wife with Scholarships Leon and Nancy Shake Huff were married in June of 1960, and just 13 years later, Nancy passed away. Having lost his wife at such an early stage in their marriage, Leon chose to honor her when he was considering decisions about his estate. Leon followed his father’s lead in the carpentry trade and was a member of Carpenters Local Union 133. He enjoyed life in general, especially outdoor activities and sports, and was a longtime Indiana State University season ticket holder. Nancy earned an elementary education degree from ISU, where she was an active member of Sigma Kappa Sorority. After graduation, she taught at Collett Park and Dixie Bee elementary schools, among others. Knowing how much Nancy’s sorority experience meant to her, Leon established the Leon D. & Nancy Shake Huff Sigma Kappa Scholarship Fund to benefit a Sigma Kappa member at ISU with financial need and outstanding involvement with the sorority. After Leon’s passing in 2013, the Leon D. and Nancy Shake Huff Scholarship Fund was established from a bequest in his estate to benefit a Sullivan High School graduate planning to study elementary education at ISU. Thanks to Leon Huff’s decision to honor his wife and her love of education, he was able to create a lasting legacy that will benefit Sullivan County students forever.

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2014 Memorials and Honorariums The individuals on this page were memorialized or honored with gifts to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation made from October 1, 2013, to September 30, 2014.

MEMORIALS

Katherine Bledsoe Ahrens J.P. Alexander Mr. Paul Dean Akers Brent Anderson Richard E. Anderson Rose M. Antonini Lou Ater Kay Aubin Tom Baker Stephen Baldwin Terry Dean Barnett Elaine Neese Berkowitz Martha Boatman Michael L. Bolton Wanda “Tink” A. Boyd Charles F. Bradford Billy Brant Bruce Brentlinger Marilyn Britt Rick Brooks Eckler Brooks Robert Brown Charles L. Bryan, Sr. Linda Burger E. L. Burkhart Millie & Leonard Busiere Jeremy Byerley Gregory R. Campbell Charles Carter Margie Stigler Cauldwell Linda Stigler Chaney Andy Cherry Alex Chervenko Mr. & Mrs. James H. Clement, Sr. Wanda Bruer Coffin Jackie Collett Henry Conrad John Conrad Richard Conrad Francis Cook Virginia Cotton Dave Cox Haskell Cox James E. Cox Woodrow Wilson Creason Anna Criss Karen Crooks-Alumbaugh Benjamin Allen & Doris Elizabeth Broderick Crowder Mr. Bud Cunningham Donna M. Curley

Suzie Davis Pastor Richard Joseph Dayhuff Luken E. Dever Betty Dodson E.R. Dorsett Ralph & Helen Dowell Tim Driscoll John Dugger, Jr. Peter Anthony Duong Gene Easter Billy R. Easton Family & Friends Kenneth C. Farris Jim & Marie Favre Jason Allen Fell Melba & Bill Fenoglio Sheila Ann Fisher Orren L. Fisher Michael B. Fowler Thomas L. Francis Sidona Z. Frazier Donald & Jane Ann Fread Jean & John Freed Jerry Friedrich Catherine E. “Betty” Gauer George & “Patches” Herbert R. Gerdink John D. Gifford, Sr. Stella Gilbreath John Thomas “Tom” Gill David A. Gilman, PhD Paula Goff’s dad Richard Goss Philip Greiner Sgt. Dale Russell Griffin Charlotte S. Harker Mary Lou Hartzler Ina Mae Haskett Eleanor Hawkins Harvey H. & Mildred Hayhurst Hazel & Olen Haymaker Travis R. Heaton Charles Carter Hedrick Eric Hemminghouse Amelia Higham Paul Hightower Hillary & Ray George Hines Haley Hite Terry J. Ho, M.D. Nellie Hodgers Nancy Hodges

Margaret Hoggatt Alyssa Hogue Mary Hough Leon D. Huff Dale A. Hultz Robert H. Jerry Elmer & Jessie Johnson Pauline L. Johnson Thomas J. Jones Tom & Charlotte Jones Josh Kackley Michael Ryan Keane Patrick “Pat” Kelly Robert L. Kennedy Leonard P. Kincade Walter L. Kindrick Dick Knotts Kathy Knox Carol Landes Jim Landes Margie Larimer Ronald Laswell Joy Weathers Leach Mary Legg Max Lenderman Marjorie Marie Lisby William J. Llewellyn, Sr. Harold Paul Loveall John “Jack” Lower Helen Lustig Bill Mann Wendell Manwaring JoAnn Mardis Bob Martin Veronica C. Martin Pete Massinon Paul W. Mausel Jane, Wayne & Bob Maynard Thomas McCarthy Ethel L. McClain Douglas James McCracken Ester McCoy Laura Brooke McDonald Judy K. McDowell-Glover Iva Meng Clarence H. Metz, Jr. Shane Miller Traci K. Miller Donna Miller George B. Mullen George E. Mullen Mr. & Mrs. Jacob M. Mullen Maggie May Murray Martin A. Myers

The complete list of all persons memorialized through the Wabash Valley Community Foundation since 1991 can be found at www.wvcf.com/memorials_home.html.

Dr. Stephen C. Nasser Donald Neuenschwander Marjorie A. Newlin Janet Sue Newman Raymond L. Norris Robert Norton Pat O’ Leary Audrey & Chuck Olah Daisy Deane “DeDe” Ooley Tim Orwig Peggy L. Osmon Henry Ozok Ethel Maxine Page Rick G. Paitson Jane E. Paitson Harold W. “Pat” Patterson Paul, Marcella, Rick & Jesse Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast Phyllis Phenis Bill Pierson James & Hazel Piety André G. Ponsot Steve Posey Charles Powell Phillis Price Carl “Bang” & Josephine Price Betty Prose Raymond Theodore “Ted” Prose John Quatroche Michael Quatroche George Ralston Richard Ralston Abby Raubuck Christopher Ray Randy Readinger Roy & Eddith Reeves Rob Robbins Larry Robinson Camden Scott Romas Bob Romas David Rowlett Brad Rusin Patty & Morris Salter Oscar Sanders Helen Weber Scherb Wayne Schopmeyer Bretta Schriner Jerry A. Sears Henry Monroe Shagley Mary Ann Rassel Shagley Gene K. Shike Nina Shoemaker

Bonnie Sisson Carroll D. Smeltzer Haley K. Smith Hollis & Sue Smith Pat Smith Richard L. Smith Thomas Smith Dr. Carl Smudde Robert L. Snedeker Norma Ruth Sotak Irene Soughers Mary Alice Spahr Jerry Spelbring Robert P. Steinbaugh Earl Stevenson Jack & Hazel Stout Earl & Betty Strain Rev. Elmer & Mary Strain James E. Sullivan, Jr. Margaret T. Sullivan William J. Tabor Henry Tamar Cameron Taylor Marjorie “Marci” Tennis Wilma Jean Brown Tennis Judy Gettinger Terrell Cindy Tevlin Sandra M. Thacker John & Ruth Thomas Jean Elizabeth Thompson Maxine Shake Thrasher Matthew, LaDonna & Mattox Tooloose Tucker Titus Carolyn L. Toops Katherine Trueblood Dan K. Tucker D. Kirk Tucker Euleta Slover Turner Howard R. Turner Emmitt Tyler, Sr. Geraldine Ullery Ladonna Unger Robert & Florine Voll Louis F. Wailly Kathleen Bell Walker Royce Waltman Mary Waltrup Barbara Webster Ruby Weinz Paul & Doyne Weir Frank Weiss Elizabeth White Ronald R. Whitlock

Kenneth H. Williams Jess & Donna Williams Thomas F. & Alma E. Wilson Ray Allen Winnett Anne E. Woelfle Gretchen Woodard Ralph Woodard Larry Wright Mary House Wright Kent Wright Kimberley Fowler Wulf Sara C. Youman Joe & Margot Zumar

HONORARIUMS Dr. Mary Ellen Adams Frank & Polly Anshutz Lib Barnhart’s 90th Birthday Larry Bird Nancy Bradford’s Birthday David A. Brentlinger Randy Brown Mrs. Susie J. Dewey Carol Etling’s Birthday Susie Fischer Emily & John Gedrick’s 50th Anniversary Mr. & Mrs. Armand Gottardi’s 60th Wedding Anniversary Lynn Hayes’s Birthday Noah Horowitz’s Birthday Christy & Layla Knotts Elaine Marheine Harold & Malinda Medsker Lu & Laney Meis Order of the Eastern Star 12 Points #528 Shut-ins Dr. David & Jerry Penman Mitchell John Mutchner John T. Myers Fred Nation Curt Pendergast’s Birthday Marilyn Pendergast Grandchildren Richard & Joanne Rowe Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Schroeder Tom & Carol Templeton Emma L. Thompson Jane Wood David J. Wulf

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.”

- Shannon L. Alder

2901 Ohio Boulevard, Suite 153 Terre Haute, IN 47803 If you have any questions or would like to discuss your gift plans, please contact us at 812.232.2234, toll free at 877.232.2230, or via email at [email protected]. www.wvcf.com Wabash Valley Community Foundation Meets National Standards

This Annual Report covers the Wabash Valley Community Foundation's 2014 fiscal year, October 1, 2013 - September 30, 2014.