Indiana groups to receive CARES grant funding

INDIANAPOLIS (Inside INdiana Business) — Nonprofits providing public humanities programming in Indiana will be getting over $500,000 to help with funding relief from the COVID-19 pandemic. CARES Grants have been awarded by Indiana Humanities to 74 Indiana organizations, with awards ranging from $1,000 to $15,000. 

Indiana Humanities says grant requests exceeded $1.3 million, and 186 applicants reported $11.7 million in total losses to date, with projected losses of nearly $45 million through September 30.

“We are pleased to have awarded grants to groups large and small, carrying out a variety of programming, in each congressional district and in 48 of our 92 counties,” said Doran Moreland, Indiana Humanities board chair. “Because of the immense need, we had to turn down many organizations that are doing good work, including some of our close partners. The grant committees put great care into the review, weighing a number of factors such as public humanities focus, need, audiences served, and geography.”

The grants do require a match and are expected to be distributed in June.

Grant recipients:

• Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society – Fort Wayne  $5,000
• Attica Public Library – Attica $5,000
• Auburn Automotive Heritage – Auburn $10,000
• Bartholomew County Historical Society – Columbus $7,500
• Bedford Public Library – Bedford  $10,000
• Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site – Indianapolis $7,500
• Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County Public Library – Bloomfield $7,500
• Brick Street Poetry – Beech Grove $5,000
• Brown County Historical Society – Nashville $5,000
• Carmel Clay Historical Society and Monon Depot Museum – Carmel $5,000
• Cedar Lake Historical Association. – Cedar Lake  $5,000
• Clay County Historical Society– Brazil  $5,000
• Corning Irish Heritage Center – Montgomery  $1,000
• Crawford County Historical and Genealogical Society – Leavenworth  $2,000
• Crown Hill Heritage Foundation – Indianapolis  $7,500
• Crown Point Community Library – Crown Point  $10,000
• Delphi Preservation Society – Delphi  $5,000
• Evansville African American Museum – Evansville  $7,500
• Evansville Wartime Museum – Evansville  $5,000
• Fort Wayne Cinema Center – Fort Wayne  $7,500
• Freetown Village – Indianapolis  $5,000
• French Lick West Baden Museum – French Lick  $5,000
• Friends of the Frankfort Public Library – Frankfort  $15,000
• Garrett Public Library – Garrett  $7,500
• Grouseland Foundation – Vincennes  $5,000
• Gruenewald Historic House – Anderson  $2,500
• Hillforest Historical Foundation – Aurora  $5,000
• Historic Madison – Madison  $5,000
• Hobart Historical Society – Hobart  $5,000
• Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library Foundation – Zionsville  $15,000
• Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Foundation – New Castle  $7,500
• Indiana Historical Society – Indianapolis  $15,000
• Indiana Medical History Museum – Indianapolis  $5,000
• Indiana State Museum Foundation – Indianapolis  $15,000
• Indianapolis Film Project – Indianapolis  $7,500
• Indy Reads Books – Indianapolis  $7,500
• InterAction Initiative – Mishawaka  $5,000
• Irvington Historical Society – Indianapolis  $5,000
• Jefferson County Historical Society – Madison  $5,000
• Jennings County Historical Society – Vernon  $5,000
• Knox County Public Library – Vincennes  $10,000
• Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site – Fountain City  $5,000
• Louis J. Koch Family Children’s Museum of Evansville – Evansville  $7,500
• Milan 54 – Milan  $2,500
• Monroe County Historical Society – Bloomington  $7,500
• Montgomery County Historical Society – Crawfordsville  $2,500
• Museum of Miniature Houses and Other Collections – Carmel  $5,000
• Newburgh Museum Foundation Corporation – Newburgh  $5,000
• North Manchester Historical Society – North Manchester  $5,000
• Northern Indiana Historical Society – South Bend  $10,000
• Pike County Public Library – Petersburg  $7,500
• Porter County Public Library System – Valparaiso  $15,000
• Preservation Alliance – Scottsburg  $5,000
• Pulaski County Public Library – Winamac  $10,000
• Putnam County Museum – Greencastle  $5,000
• Shelby County Historical Society and Grover Museum – Shelbyville  $5,000
• Shelby County Public Library – Shelbyville  $10,000
• Switzerland County Historical Society –Vevay  $5,000
• Syracuse-Wawasee Historical Museum – Syracuse  $5,000
• The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis – Indianapolis  $15,000
• The Facing Project Gives – Muncie  $5,000
• The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation – Indianapolis  $15,000
• The Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana – Peru  $7,500
• The Quilters Hall of Fame – Marion  $5,000
• Tippecanoe County Historical Association – Lafayette  $7,500
• Union County Public Library – Liberty  $7,500
• Vigo County Historical Society – Terre Haute  $7,500
• Vintage Fire Museum and Safety Education System – Jeffersonville  $2,500
• Wabash County Historical Museum – Wabash  $7,500
• Washington County Historical Society – Salem  $5,000
• Wayne County Historical Museum – Richmond  $5,000
• Willard Library – Evansville  $10,000
• Working Men’s Institute – New Harmony  $5,000
• Yorktown Mt. Pleasant Public Library – Yorktown  $7,500