CLINTON COUNTY

Funds

Create a New Fund

If you aren't interested in donating to an existing fund, you may create your own. To learn more about these fund types and how each would best work for you, call (765) 454-7298 or email us to ask a question or schedule an appointment.

Honor a Loved One or Organization
Anyone may establish a fund of one of these types with a gift of $12,500 or more. These funds may be named to honor a loved one, or named for the purpose of the fund, or the non-profit organization that is supports. Many donors have chosen to establish funds to benefit their church. Foundation staff is available to work with you to make this experience what you really want it to be.
Call (765) 454-7298 or email us to ask any questions you may have or to schedule an appointment.
We are always eager to work with your attorney and or your accountant to do all we can to assist you in making a gift in the way that best suits your circumstances.
Your Legacy in Clinton County
The Legacy Society is a very special honorary organization within the Foundation. It recognizes those forward thinking individuals who have remembered a fund within the Foundation in their estate planning.
- Legacy funds can be started with a gift of $1,000.
- You can have up to six years to grow the fund to $12,500.
- When the fund reaches that level, it can become a permanent named fund in the Clinton County Community Foundation.
- It can be named for the type of fund that it is, or with your family name, or in honor/memory of a loved one.
- You will be recognized in our publications as a Legacy Fund starter, until it has reached the permanent fund level.
- Grants made from your permanent fund will be a part of your legacy of "making a difference" in Clinton County forever.
Legacy Fund Starters
To learn more about this exciting opportunity, call us at (800) 964-0508 or e-mail us at info@cfclinton.org. We would love to help you establish your Clinton County legacy.

Community Endowment or Unrestricted Funds

Recognizing that the community's challenges and needs will change, donors have established community endowment funds to address the changing needs of Howard County now and forever. Donors can entrust the Foundation with the selection of the most needed programs to receive grant funding based on a competitive process.

Alan, Jenni, John & Spencer Dunn Community Fund
Alyce Jonelle smith Community Fund
Bob and Janet Thorley Community Fund
Bob and Meg Bracken Community Fund
Catherine J. Hagans Community Fund
Clinton Co. Directors Fund
Clinton County Community Endowment Fund
Farmers Bank Community Fund in Memory of Karen Miller
Gene & Linda Marshall Community Fund
Herbert & Marjorie Ruch Endowment Fund for Clinton Co.
John & Connie Milholland Community Fund
Jon Charles Smith Community Fund
Larry and Carol Price Community Fund
Lester and Linda Bergum Community Fund
Lincoln Federal Community Fund
Lincoln Federal Fund in Recognition of Dr. Frank A. Beardsley
Perry and Elsie Ann Lewis Community Fund
Ristow Farm Partners Community Fund
Robert E. and Martha Lucas Hall Family Endowment Fund for Clinton County
Robert K. & Eleanor Ryan Community Fund
Tim and Sue Wolfe Community Fund
Vincent E. & Lois J. Dowden Unrestricted Fund
William J. and R. Jean Beard Endowment Fund for Clinton County

Donor Advised Funds

Donors may be actively involved in the grantmaking process by recommending which qualified charitable organizations should receive grants from their advised fund. These flexible funds enable donors to address a wide variety of issues as their charitable interests and priorities change over time. Please Note: You cannot direct a Qualified Charitable Distribution/IRA Charitable Rollover to a Donor Advised Fund or a Sec. 509(a)(3) supporting organization.

Beardsley Family Advised Fund
Clinton Central Education Foundation Advised Fund
Craig A. Mundell Advised Fund
Dorner Advised Fund
Friends of the Hills Cemetery Fund
Gary and Deanna Wehr Family Advised Fund
Greg & Karen Miller Advised Fund
Hunter Family Advised Fund
Jill Carroll Fund
Ransom Family Advised Endowment Fund

Designated/Agency Funds

Donors may identify one or more charitable organizations to receive an income stream forever. If at some time in the future the named charity is no longer recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization, the Foundation Board of Directors has the variance power to select another organization with a similar purpose to benefit from the fund.

Bill and Evelyn Calvert Fund
Bill Goodwin Youth Fund
(for memberships and/or equipment for needy children at the Clinton County Boys and Girls club)
Bob and Jane Mohler Family Fund
(benefits the Public School Foundation of Rossville Consolidated Schools)
Bob and Jane Mohler Family Fund for First Christian
Bob and Phyllis Hawley Fund for Kirklin Christian Church
Boys and Girls Club Endowment Fund
Camp Cullom Fund
Carroll C. Johnson 4-H Fund
Clinton Central Education Foundation Children in Need Fund
Clinton Central FFA Endowment
Clinton County 4-H Scholarship and Education Endowment Fund
Clinton County Abilities Services-Garald D. Gill Fund
Clinton County Humane Society Agency Endowment
Clinton County YMCA Endowment Fund
COACH Kids
Community Schools of Frankfort Education Foundation Fund
Emma J. Dinwiddie Fund for the Benefit of First Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Frankfort
First Christian Church of Frankfort, IN Fund
Frankfort Community Public Library Local History & Genealogy
Frankfort Community Public Library Materials Gift Fund
Franklin W. and Anna Mae Harper Memorial Fund
(benefits the Good Samaritan Fund at Wesley Manor)
Fred W. Carter and Raymond R. Carter and Families Scholarship Fund
Friends of the Frankfort Public Library Endowment Fund
George and Mary Ellen Hammersley Endowment Fund
(benefits Wesley Manor and First Christian Church)
George and Mary Ogle Fund
(benefits Witham Hospital)
Healthy Communities of Clinton County Fund
Helen Walls & Linda Ryan Fund for the Clinton County Humane Society
Herbert & Marjorie Ruch Fund
(benefits Wesley Manor)
Hills Cemetery Association Fund
Home for the Night Fund
Indiana Natural Resources Foundation Fund
(benefits the Indiana Master Naturalist Program)
Jackson-Frazier Families Memorial Endowment Fund
(benefits WeCare of Clinton County)
Jerry 'Mongo' Thompson Fund
(benefits Clinton County Civic Theatre and Frankfort Community Public Library)
Jesse and Martha Killmer Membership Fund
(benefits First Evangelical Presbyterian Church)
John and Connie Milholland Scholarship Fund
Keith and Mildred L. Otterman Fund
Kirklin Main Street Fund
Lee E. Fickle Fund for the Friends of the Mulberry Community Library
Marie Rice Fund
(benefits First Christian Church, Michigantown, IN)
Marshall Fund for the Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art
Mary Lou Stuart Fund for Riley Hospital
Meurice and Lurline Catron Fund
(benefits IU Health Frankfort Hospital)
Mulberry Community Library Endowment Fund
Mulberry High School Alumni Association Library Endowment Fund
Nancy N. Fullerton Fund for the Anna & Harlan Hubbard School of Living
On-Stage Foundation Red Barn Theatre Fund
Paul & Mary Jane Phillippe Fund
(benefits Paul Phillippe Resource Center)
Perry and Elsie Ann Lewis Fund for First Christian Church
Perry William (Bill) Lewis Scholarship Fund
(for Frankfort High School graduates)
Public School Foundation of the Rossville Consolidated School Fund
Ralph and Mary Butler Endowment Fund II
Ralph C. and Hilda H. Hinshaw Fund
(benefits the Frankfort Community Public Library)
Ralph & Mary Butler Endowment Fund
(for benefit of St. Paul Cemetery and Forest United Methodist Church)
R. Maurice Clendenning and W. Forest Clendenning Fund
(benefits Mulberry Centennial Park)
Robert and Eleanor Ryan Fund for the United Way for Clinton County
Robert K. and Eleanor G. Ryan Fund for the Frankfort Community Public Library
Robert K. and Eleanor G. Ryan Fund for the Indiana University Foundation
Robert K. Ryan Scholarship Fund
(for Frankfort High School graduates - through Frankfort Education Foundation)
Rossville Community Library Endowment Fund
Rossville Presbyterian Church Fund
Ruth Derrick Ruch Fund for St.Matthew United Methodist Church
(benefits St. Matthew United Methodist Church)
Sara J. Costlow Memorial Elementary Teachers Fund for At-Risk Students
Society of St. Vincent de Paul, St.Mary's Frankfort, IN Conference Fund
St. Matthew United Methodist Church, Frankfort, IN. Fund
Tom Rohrabaugh Fund
(benefits Alzheimer's of North Central Indiana , Inc.)
United Way for Clinton County Fund
Walter H. and Vera I. Moore Education Fund
(benefits Rossville Consolidated Schools)
Walter V. Coapstick Fund
(benefits Geetingsville Presbyterian Church)
William J. and R. Jean Beard Endowment Fund
(benefits the Clinton County YMCA)
William M. and Doris Mohr Fund
(benefits Wesley Manor)

Field of Interest Funds

A field of interest fund allows donors to support a broadly defined area, such as the arts, youth, health, etc. The Foundation awards funding through a competitive process to the most needed programs within the donor's area of interest of the fund.

Clinton Central School Corporation Facilities Fund
Clinton County Education Program Fund
(for education programs that benefit Clinton County)

Scholarship Funds

Donors may customize a scholarship fund to provide educational opportunities for graduates of certain schools, for studies in specific fields or for programs at particular institutions of higher education. In addition, donors may select eligibility requirements.

A. J. Archibald Memorial Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School graduates)
Anna Fudge Field and Mary S. Field Endowment Fund
(for graduates of Clinton County public high schools)
Bailey Trucking Co. Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton County residents)
Barbara K. Siegfried Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School graduates)
Beta Tau Chapter of Psi Iota Xi Sorority Advised Fund
(for graduate degree in speech pathology)
Charles and Cecelia Nichols Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton County graduates with an associate's degree who are accepted into a baccalaureate degree program)
Cindy Nichols Bailey Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton County residents enrolled in a college or university)
Clarence Cochran Agricultural Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School graduates studying vocational education or agriculture)
Clinton Central Education Foundation Scholarship Fund
Clinton Central High School Vision Scholarship Fund
Curt Emanuel 4-H Scholarship Fund
Frankfort High School Scholarship Fund
Fred W. Carter and Raymond R. Carter and Families Scholarship Fund
G.L. and Jean Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Ione Dinwiddie Nurses Fund
(for IU Health Frankfort Hospital for the continuing education of nurses)
Jaden Quick Memorial Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School varsity football members)
J. Allen Wyrick Memorial Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School graduates attending Purdue University)
Jenny Butler Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School graduates studying nursing, ministry, or Christian education)
Julia Pearson Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School graduates studying education, engineering or science)
Louise & Robert A. Hedgcock History Essay Scholarship
(for Frankfort High School students)
Michigantown H.S. Alumni Scholarship Fund
(for students in the Michigan/Warren Township areas)
Mulberry High School Alumni Assn. Scholarship Endowment Fund
(for students in the Mulberry/Madison Township area)
Phyllis M. Widener Music Scholarship
(for Clinton County high school students pursuing a career in music)
Robert Brinson Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School graduates)
Strange Family Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School graduates studying agriculture or technical program at Purdue University)
Vern & Lillian Kaspar Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie or Frankfort High School students pursuing a degree in physics, engineering or mathematics)
Vincent and Lois Dowden Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School graduates)
Wilbur T. Rule Team Player Scholarship Fund
(for Clinton Central High School graduates who participated in sports)
William & Doris Mohr Scholarship Fund
(for graduates of Clinton County public high schools)
William J. & R. Jean Beard Scholarship Fund
Wilmer Sr. and Mabel Good Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
Zachary Lynn Caldwell Memorial Scholarship
(for Clinton County graduates, preference for 4-H participation)

Operating Endowment Funds

Donors support the work of the Community Foundation through their gifts to operating endowment funds, which provide support to the operating budget of the Foundation forever.

Board Designated Operating Endowment Fund-CL
Citizens Savings Bank Operating Endowment Fund
Clinton County Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund
Clinton County Hospital Memorial Fund
Farmers Bank Operating Endowment Fund
Frankfort Development Corp. Operating Endowment Fund
Lincoln Federal Savings Bank Operating Endowment Fund
Robert & Eleanor Ryan Operating Endowment Fund

Non-permanent Funds

Short-term programs or special projects

Clinton County Fair & 4-H Foundation Fund

Legacy Funds

Sometimes a great idea needs a little time to grow. That's why we created our 'Legacy Funds' as a way for our donors to grow an endowment fund that will provide a permanent income stream to the charitable organization of their choice.

Funds established under the Legacy Fund program are intended to grow to the $12,500 minimum over a period of six years. The first payment would be $1,000, and additional payments can be made for any amount at any time by anyone.

This meets the needs of the donor who has the desire to start a fund but requires a little more time in fulfilling the minimum. As the donor builds the fund, the Foundation will reinvest and credit all interest, dividends and market returns to the fund.

Once the fund reaches the $12,500 minimum, the income will be used to award grants from the fund.

Alyce Jonelle Smith Community Fund
G.L. and Jean Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund
Jon Charles Smith Community Fund
Kirklin Main Street Fund
Larry and Carol Price Community Fund