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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jane Silva, Director of
Programs
Fort Wayne Community Foundation
260.426.4083
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 10, 2005
The Paul Clarke Foundation awards grants totaling
$212,034 to local agencies in the second quarter
Fort Wayne, IN:
At their May 26, 2005, meeting, the Directors of The Paul Clarke
Foundation approved eight grants totaling $212,034.
A grant of $30,000 was awarded to the Fort Wayne Park Foundation
for the Lifetime Sports Academy, a summer camp experience providing local
youth free group lessons in golf, swimming, and tennis. In addition to the
group lessons, a pavilion program provides arts, crafts, organized games,
tournaments, and other organized activities.
Additional Paul Clarke Foundation grants awarded include:
- African/African-American Historical Society of Allen County:
$20,000 in general operating support to assist the agency’s mission to
educate and promote a better understanding and appreciation of
African/African-American history and culture.
- Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana: $70,000 payable over
two years for the agency’s Finance Park, a reality-based, hands-on
learning simulation facility offering students personal financial
management instruction and career exploration as students visit up to 17
business facades to make purchase, gain income, and evaluate decisions.
- Midwest Alliance for Health Education, Inc.: $6,858 for
“Chew, Chew, Toot, Toot! All Aboard the Digestive Tract,” a Focus on
Health educational health program designed to educate and promote
digestive health issues.
- Rainbow Community Organization, Inc. d/b/a Project Renew:
$10,000 in salary support for a bi-lingual counselor/trainer and
$25,000 for Individual Development Accounts for the agency’s
Immigrant/Refugee program providing educational and financial services
towards home ownership.
- Teach Our Children Fund d/b/a Fort Wayne Center for Learning:
$11,500 as a one-time award toward purchasing furniture, equipment
repairs, and a resource library for the center, which helps children
with learning disabilities develop skills through intensive,
process-based instruction.
- Wellspring Interfaith Social Services, Inc.: $20,000 in
salary support for the East Side West Side after school and summer
programs, offering a wide variety of educational and recreational
opportunities for children.
- YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne: $18,676 for the Old Fort Branch’s
Computer Learning Center, whose programming offers an educational
computer program designed to enhance children’s academic and art skills,
provides a resource for adults to prepare for job opportunities, and
assists students with the college admission process.
(For more specific information on the above, please contact the
organizations.)
The Paul Clarke Foundation was incorporated in 1992 to manage a major
gift from Paul Clarke who served as the Fort Wayne Community Foundation’s
Executive Director from 1972-1984. Funds from The Paul Clarke Foundation
are to help disadvantaged youth and their families, with a primary focus
on the inner-city of Fort Wayne. Assets of The Paul Clarke Foundation
currently total more than $11,200,000.
Quarterly applications can be obtained for The Paul Clarke Foundation
by contacting the Fort Wayne Community Foundation at 426-4083, or visit
our website at http://www.fwcf.org/ and
click on the resources for nonprofits grant opportunities link. The next
due date for applications is August 1, 2005.
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Fort Wayne Community Foundation
701 South
Clinton Street, Suite 210 Fort Wayne, Indiana
46802
Phone: 260-426-4083 Fax: 260-424-0114
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