Grant Recipients

The Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF) is proud of the work done by our local organizations to improve the quality of life in Johnson County. Please join us in congratulating those whose projects and programs earned a JCCF grant.

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ASSIST Indiana

Awarded to help fund improvements for the Child Advocacy Center to make it more welcoming and to purchase a forensic camera, strangulation training, and a neurofeedback subscription to benefit individuals throughout the county who have dealt with violence.

Amount: $17,765

About Special Kids

Indiana Parent Education Project. Funds will help provide for the Indiana Parent Education Project in Johnson County. The Indiana Parent Education project provides Information, Peer Support, and training and education for parents of children with special needs.

Amount: $3,500

Aeronautical Center of Technology

To fund the Flight Simulator Program

Amount: 20,000

American Diabetes Association

Stop Diabetes Outreach-Johnson County Funds will provide for the Stop Diabetes: Outreach for Senior Hoosiers in Johnson County. To supply educational materials for trainings for individuals and families of individuals with diabetes to learn about the risks of diabetes. These funds are to be used in the Edinburgh and Bargersville locations.

Amount: $3,500

American Red Cross

To provide home fire relief

Amount: 9,000.00

American Red Cross 2022

To fund home fire relief

Amount: 10,000.00

Amity Volunteer Fire Department

To implement the Taking Action Against Cancer in Volunteer Fire Fighters program.

Amount: 8,646.29

Amity Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.

To fund Saving Lives in Johnson County with the Jaws of Life

Amount: 30,000

Arts for Learning

To implement the Collaboration of the Generations program throughout Johnson County that will connect children with local seniors for a learning experience culminating in a family event.

Amount: $10,000

Arts for Learning 2019

To provide arts programming for school partners.

Amount: 4,338

Autism Community Connection

To support Young Adult Connection

Amount: 10,000.00

Bargersville Community Fire Protection District

To purchase a thermal imaging-capable drone for search and rescue

Amount: $9,995.95

Bargersville and White River Fire Departments

To support the building of a training facility to give critical trainings that every firefighter needs at a local facility.

Amount: $30,000

Baxter YMCA

To provide special needs door openers and increased security for preschool.

Amount: 7,598.79

Beats for Bristol, Inc

To provide fetal Dopplers for Johnson County women to use during their high risk pregnancies and to support coordinator training for bereavement counseling.

Amount: 6,000

Beats for Bristol, Inc. 2020

To establish a Safe Haven Baby Box

Amount: 8,500.00

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana

For Johnson County Youth Mentoring Program Bigs recruitment

Amount: $5,000

Boys & Girls Club of Franklin

To purchase the necessary items to implement a LEGO activity wall in the Club.

Amount: $5,000

Boys & Girls Club of Johnson County

To support the Boys & Girls Club of Johnson County After School Program

Amount: 10,000.00

Boys & Girls Club of Johnson County 2022

To provide after school snacks

Amount: 15,000.00

Boys & Girls Club of Johnson County 2023

To support After-School Expansion Program

Amount: 20,000

Boys and Girls Club of Franklin

STEM Program Funds will provide for the STEM Program that they have piloted with Sylvian Learning Centers. The grant will purchase equipment to be used by all club members interested in participating in the STEM program.

Amount: $10,000

Bridges Alliance of Johnson County

To help start the Bridges out of Poverty program in Johnson County.

Amount: $9,938

Bridges Alliance of Johnson County 2020

To support Circles Johnson County

Amount: 15,000.00

Bridges Alliance of Johnson County 2022

To fund the Circles Johnson County program

Amount: 15,000.00

Cancer Support Community Central IN

To fund creation of comfort kits for patients from Johnson County undergoing chemotherapy treatments at Franciscan Health Indianapolis and Community Health Network South.

Amount: 6,500

Cancer Support Community Central IN 2020

To support the Patient Assistance Fund

Amount: 10,000.00

Care Net Pregnancy Centers of Central Indiana, Inc.

Earn While You Learn: Be the Best Parent You Can Be!

Amount: $9,020

Central Indiana Land Trust, Inc.

To support sustainable trail at Glacier's End Nature Preserve

Amount: 25,000.00

Central Nine Adult Education

To support high school equivalency test change

Amount: 5,000.00

Central Nine Career Center

To fund a pipe welding system for training students

Amount: 20,000.00

Children's Bureau

To purchase child safety items such as oven locks, cabinet locks, window and smoke alarms, etc. which will be provided to Children's Bureau Clientele.

Amount: $4,845

Children's Bureau 2019

To support the baby safety education program.

Amount: 10,000.00

Children's Bureau, Inc.

Emergency Assistance for Johnson County Families

Amount: 15,000.00

Children's Bureau, Inc. 2021

To support a therapy program expansion in Johnson County

Amount: 15,000.00

Connect2Help 211

To provide continuous services to residents

Amount: $5,000

Creative Grounds Fine Arts Academy, Inc.

To fund audio equipment for spring musicals - Bright Star, Little Mermaid Jr. and Lion King Kids

Amount: 7,500.00

Crossing Educational Center

To support the start-up of a micro-business job training program.

Amount: $25,966

Discover Downtown Franklin

To fund two art installations in the alleyways adjoining the Franklin Elks Club and The Historic Artcraft Theater during the inaugural Franklin Art Fair.

Amount: 10,000

Dolly Parton Imagination Library-Franklin

To help provide a book a month to children in the Franklin area.

Amount: $9,000

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library 2019

To expand the Imagination Library to Whiteland.

Amount: 7,500.00

Down Syndrome Indiana, Inc.

To provide New Parent Packets to Johnson County parents who give birth to children with Down Syndrome

Amount: $500

Firefly Children & Family Alliance

To fund expanded therapy services in Johnson County

Amount: 6,000.00

Franklin Active Adult Center

To purchase and install power doors at the Franklin Active Adult Center

Amount: $4,071

Franklin Active Adult Center

To provide for the upholstery materials and labor for 40 chairs and to support the purchase of a large capacity range for the Center.

Amount: 3,379

Franklin Active Adults Center

New IS Sometimes Better: Replacement of worn but vital furniture/equipment

Amount: $3,100

Franklin Community High School FFA Alumni and Supporters

To support the Franklin FFA - ACE Building Fund

Amount: 23,500

Franklin Fire Department

To expand the current capacity of Project Lifesaver by adding 100 tracking bands for individuals who have Autism or Alzheimer's Disease in Johnson County.

Amount: $8,259.18

Franklin Heritage, Inc.

To support the purchase of Madison Street Salvage delivery/pickup box truck.

Amount: 10,000.00

Franklin Mayor’s Youth Leadership Council

Awarded to provide funds for inclusive playground equipment in the new play structure (Unity Park) in Blue Heron Park.

Amount: $24,254

Friends of the Greenwood Public Library

To fund Early Literacy with Fable the Fox

Amount: 20,000

Friends of the Greenwood Public Library

Tinker Wall: Interactive, creative fun for all ages

Amount: $4,700

Gateway Services Inc/Access Johnson County Public Transit

To support the Access Johnson County public transit project.

Amount: 15,000.00

Gateway Services, Inc.

To support Access Johnson County Public Transit

Amount: 25,000

Girls Inc of Johnson County 2019

For Outreach Services Growth Grant Expansion.

Amount: 10,464.00

Girls Inc. of Johnson County

To support the SMART Choices! program that will provide the Work It Out and Redefining Beauty curricula to girls in the juvenile probation system.

Amount: $11,025

Girls Inc. of Johnson County 2020

To support the Building BOLD Girls - STEM Camp!

Amount: 10,000.00

Girls Nite In International

To implement the Girls Nite In program in northern Johnson County

Amount: $2,000

Girls on the Run Johnson County

to provide scholarships to girls who would like to be in the program

Amount: $3,334

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana 2019

To support a school-based pantry program.

Amount: 15,000.00

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc.

to provide Backsacks – weekend food for kids

Amount: $10,000

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc.

To help Gleaners Food Bank and the Interchurch Food Pantry implement Healthy Food for Families

Amount: $15,900

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc.

to support the Mobile Pantry Program

Amount: $5,000

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc. 2020

To support a school-based pantry program

Amount: 15,000.00

Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, Inc. 2022

To provide an Indian Creek School-based pantry

Amount: 8,802.00

Great Harvest Food Pantry

To support "Project CARE" - Caring for our community and building a brighter tomorrow

Amount: 14,100.00

Great Harvest Food Pantry 2022

To fund the IDS Mobile Distribution Project

Amount: 30,000.00

Greenwood Fire Foundation, Inc.

To build a Fire Themed Play Pocket at Station 91 in Greenwood that will connect to the other parts of the park through a play trail.

Amount: $15,000

Habitat for Humanity of Johnson County

To purchase a box truck with a lift gate to be used for the Habitat ReStore.

Amount: $10,000

Habitat for Humanity of Johnson County 2019

To provide support for the Johnson County ReStore's pick-up online scheduling system.

Amount: 4,467.00

Habitat for Humanity of Johnson County 2021

To support Habitat for Humanity construction trailer

Amount: 13,250.00

Heartland Film Festival

To support the Best of the Fest film screening at The Historic Artcraft Theater.

Amount: 3,530

Heartland Film, Inc.

To support the Heartland Film Educational Outreach Program.

Amount: 10,000.00

Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry

To process donated meat for distribution through local food pantries

Amount: $2,500

Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry 2022

To support "Meat" the Need project

Amount: 2,500.00

Human Services, Inc.

To purchase diapers and wipes to help stock the Infant Care Pantry

Amount: $4,000

Humane Society of Johnson County

To support Canines for Kids and implement their Pawsitive Influence programming.

Amount: $23,420

Humane Society of Johnson County 2021

To support Protection for Paws

Amount: 8,810.00

Indiana FFA Foundation

To support community team building

Amount: 7,500.00

Indiana FFA Leadership Center

To insulate a new multi-purpose building at the Center to be used for activities and field trips when there is inclement weather.

Amount: $10,000

Indiana Phenology Co

To fund the Think Like a Citizen Scientist Girl Scout event

Amount: 3,822.90

Indiana Women in Need Foundation

To support the Johnson County survivor support program

Amount: 2,400.00

Indiana Women in Need Foundation (IWIN Foundation)

To fund the Johnson County Survivors Program

Amount: 2,400.00

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

To expand the 317 Series Education Program in Johnson County

Amount: $25,000

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 2019

To support the 317 Series music education programs.

Amount: 1,500.00

Interchurch Food Pantry

To support expansion of services at the new pantry location.

Amount: $25,000

Interchurch Food Pantry 2019

To support the Food Rescue Program.

Amount: 10,169.00

Interchurch Food Pantry of Johnson County 2023

To fund Permanent Drive-Thru Distribution

Amount: 20,000

Interchurch Food Pantry of Johnson County, Inc.

To support food delivery program and address parking lot inefficiencies

Amount: 11,850.00

Interchurch Food Pantry of Johnson County, Inc. 2022

To fund a food distribution program

Amount: 30,000.00

Ivy Tech Foundation Inc. 2022

To support the Ivy Tech Manufacturing Flex Lab

Amount: 20,000.00

Ivy Tech Foundation, Inc

To purchase a medication cart to be used in the new Nursing School facility at their Franklin campus.

Amount: $5,000

Johnson County Education Foundations

To support education in five education foundations in Johnson County

Amount: $25,000

Johnson County Education Foundations

To support education in five education foundations in Johnson County

Amount: $25,000

Johnson County Education Foundations

To support education in five education foundations in Johnson County

Amount: $25,000

Johnson County Education Foundations 2019

Grants of $6,000 each were awarded to support education in six education foundations or school corporations in Johnson County.

Amount: 36,000

Johnson County Education Foundations spring 2018

To support education in six education foundations in Johnson County

Amount: $30,000

Johnson County Historical Society

Large format printer for Johnson County Museum of History

Amount: $2,963.95

Johnson County Historical Society 2021

To support front porch restoration

Amount: 5,250.00

Johnson County Parks and Recreation

To purchase bike playground equipment for the new Bike Playground located in Johnson County Park.

Amount: 10,000

Johnson County Parks and Recreation Department

To support the Independence Park playground remodel.

Amount: 15,000.00

Johnson County Public Library Foundation

To support the public art experience at Clark Pleasant Branch

Amount: 20,000.00

Johnson County Public Library Foundation 2022

To support community health & wellness

Amount: 20,000.00

Johnson County Senior Services

Matching grant to help add to new vehicle fleet

Amount: $9,700

Johnson County Senior Services

For a matching grant for a new vehicle to add to their fleet

Amount: $7,091.80

Johnson County Senior Services 2020

To support transportation needs

Amount: 15,000.00

Johnson County Senior Services 2021

To address food insecurity in Johnson County

Amount: 30,000.00

Johnson County Senior Services 2022

To fund Seniors Suffering in Silence

Amount: 6,000.00

Johnson County Senior Services 2023

To support Going the Extra Smile

Amount: 25,000

Joy’s House

To provide 90 days of guest scholarships for Johnson County residents to take part in the Adult Day Care Program, and to increase program marketing in Johnson County.

Amount: 10,000

KIC-IT

To assist with housing needs for homeless youth in Johnson County

Amount: $5,000

KIC-IT

To help KIC-IT clients supply their new homes with household essentials that they otherwise would not be able to purchase.

Amount: 10,000

KIC-IT 2020

To support a new drop-in center

Amount: 15,000.00

KIC-IT 2021

To support Youth Ally for homeless education program

Amount: 15,000.00

KIC-IT 2022

To support the youth development program

Amount: 24,600.00

Leadership Johnson County

To support the Board Governance Series

Amount: $7,500

Little Red Door Cancer Agency

To support the Rides of Hope transportation program.

Amount: 3,000.00

Little Red Door Cancer Agency, Inc.

To provide Little Red Door support services

Amount: 3,000.00

Love More

To support the Representation Matters library book collection

Amount: 2,550.00

Midwest Food Bank

Awarded to fund the purchase and processing of pork to be distributed to food pantries that Midwest serves in Indiana. Johnson County receives around 12% of the total distribution each year from Midwest Food Bank.

Amount: $25,000

New Whiteland Police Department

To outfit emergency vehicles and public buildings owned by the Town of New Whiteland with an Automated External Defibrillator

Amount: $15,980

Nineveh Heritage Committee

Awarded to fund the implementation of the Strengthening Families program for students who currently attend Indian Creek High School and live in Johnson County. The 14-week course helps at risk students and their families.

Amount: $16,000

Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School Corporation

To support Ready, Set, GROW: Producing Plants and Lifelong Learners

Amount: 30,000.00

Pack Away Hunger

To support the Pack Friday program.

Amount: 11,000.00

Pack Away Hunger, Inc.

To support Pack Friday 2020

Amount: 10,252.00

Reach For Youth, Inc. 2023

To support Mental Health and Positive Youth Development Services at Clark Pleasant Schools

Amount: 30,000

Reach for Youth

To support mental health counseling and positive youth development services.

Amount: 15,000

Reach for Youth, Inc 2021

To support the R.E.A.C.H. pilot in Johnson County

Amount: 20,000.00

Recover Out Loud

To support Crossroads of Recovery

Amount: 5,000.00

Resources of Hope, Inc.

To fund ongoing education for foster parents

Amount: 3,900.00

Resources of Hope, Inc. 2022

To support the Foster Parent Retention Program

Amount: 7,920.00

SAWs of Johnson County

To help build ramps for those in need in Johnson County.

Amount: $5,000

SAWs of Johnson County

Funds will provide for the continued ramp building for those with limited mobility in Johnson County.

Amount: $5,000

SAWs of Johnson County c/o First Christian Church

To support the Servants at Work in Johnson County "SAWs" program for building wheelchair ramps.

Amount: 5,000.00

Salvation Army Red Shield Center

To provide emergency transportation assistance.

Amount: 5,000.00

School Smiles Foundation, Inc.

To provide Johnson County youth dental services

Amount: $10,000

School Smiles Foundation, Inc.

To provide free dental services to school children in Johnson County

Amount: $10,000

Servants at Work, Inc.

To support Ramp Up Johnson County

Amount: 10,000.00

Social of Greenwood

To expand the Rock Steady Boxing Program for individuals suffering from Parkinson's Disease.

Amount: $9,000

Society of Saint Andrew, Inc.

To support the Indiana Gleaning Network

Amount: 3,500.00

Society of Saint Andrew, Inc. 2022

To support The Indiana Gleaning Network

Amount: 3,000.00

Society of St. Andrew

To support the Indiana Gleaning Network.

Amount: 3,500.00

Special Olympics Johnson County

To purchase new sports equipment for new programming, including the addition of cycling and snow shoeing and the expansion of the volleyball program.

Amount: $4,000

St. Thomas Clinic

To help fund five new laptops for clinic use.

Amount: 4,000

St. Thomas Clinic

To provide supplies for the donated EKG machine

Amount: $5,000

St. Thomas Clinic

To provide transportation assistance

Amount: $1,000

The Social of Greenwood

To purchase and install power doors and a ramp at the Social of Greenwood

Amount: $9,300

The Town of Prince’s Lakes

To help purchase three AED machines for placement in the police cars

Amount: $10,000

Town of Bargersville

To fund the redevelopment, beautification and safety of downtown Bargersville

Amount: $23,113.51

Town of New Whiteland Parks Department

To purchase 23 new trees of varied species, replacing trees lost to an ash borer infestation.

Amount: 5,000

Trafalgar Community Garden

To purchase new waterline equipment to expand the community garden.

Amount: $3,000

Trafalgar Community Garden 2020

To support the Trafalgar Community Garden

Amount: 1,500.00

Turning Point Domestic Violence Services

To provide training and materials specifically for the growing Burmese population in Johnson County; including materials translation, printing, and cultural-specific training.

Amount: 3,290.50

Turning Point Domestic Violence Services

To implement the Teens for Change program in county schools

Amount: $1,920

Turning Point Domestic Violence Services 2020

To provide legal assistance for domestic violence victims and survivors

Amount: 15,000.00

Turning Point Domestic Violence Services 2021

To support the Emergency Shelter Secure Entry Project

Amount: 30,000.00

Turning Point Domestic Violence Services 2022

To provide emergency flexible funding for program participants seeking safety

Amount: 15,000.00

United Way of Johnson County

To provide upgrades of technology/computer systems

Amount: $7,000

United Way of Johnson County

To coordinate the No Place to Call Home program

Amount: $20,000

United Way of Johnson County 2019

To support technology upgrades for United Way of Johnson County.

Amount: 11,186.08

United Way of Johnson County 2020

To support No Place to Call Home

Amount: 12,500.00

United Way of Johnson County 2022

To support No Place to Call Home

Amount: 30,000.00

University of Indianapolis

Preferred music for dementia patients: Reducing disruptive behavior and increasing well-being

Amount: $2,150

Upstream Prevention, Inc.

To support Assisting Through Loss After Suicide (ATLAS Team)

Amount: 29,927.50

Windrose Health Network, Inc.

To help fund a Pediatric Spot Vision Screener.

Amount: 7,842.64

YMCA of Greater Indianapolis

To support Baxter YMCA preschool scholarships for Johnson County families

Amount: 20,000.00

Youth Connections

To support Agency Co-Location Initiative to relocate four local nonprofit agencies who work close together to support Johnson County residents in need.

Amount: $24,964

Youth Connections 2019

To support the Safe Place Program.

Amount: 15,000.00



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