Community Foundation awards more than $116k to 19 nonprofits

19 area nonprofit organizations received a total of more than $116,000 from the Central Kentucky Community Foundation through their fourth annual Granted program.

“The Granted program offers nonprofit organizations from throughout our nine-county region the opportunity to tell us what their needs are, what are the opportunities they see to better serve the people and carry out their mission,” said CKCF President and CEO Davette Swiney. 

The nonprofits apply to the foundation for grants awarded for three categories: capacity building, capital improvement, and programming.

This was the second year in a row that the total funds awarded through the Granted program totalled more than $100,000.

“I think that speaks to the generosity of people in our region, but also to the quality work that our nonprofit organizations do,” Swiney said. “People can want to give, but they want to know that it’s being used in a good manner and it’s really making a difference, and our nonprofits really step up to the plate in that regard.”

Area residents looking to support area nonprofits can contribute to the program.

“Most of these grants are funded from individual donors, but we also, as a foundation, supplement that with our MADE Fund, or Make a Difference Everyday Fund, and that’s an opportunity for anyone to give to that collective pool to help fund those grants every year,” Swiney said.

The 19 organizations that received funding through this year’s program are: Animal Rescue Kare – ARK, CASA of the Heartland, Central Kentucky Community Action Council Inc., City of Elizabethtown (Elizabethtown Police Department), Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland, Grayson County, Grayson County Alliance, Helping Hand of Hope, Hope Academy for Kids, Hosparus Inc., Lincoln Heritage Council, Boy Scouts of America, Nazareth Literary & Benevolent Institution Inc. dba Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Project L.E.A.R.N., Inc., Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kentuckiana, Inc., St. Vincent de Paul Outreach Ministries, ShPIEL Theatre, and The Lincoln Museum, Inc. More information on how to donate can be found on the Central Kentucky Community Foundation’s website.