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Howard County Funds

Complete List of Foundation Funds

Ann N. Adams Endowment
The fund supports the activities of First Presbyterian Church, Kokomo.
Carl Anderson Scholarship Fund
The fund provides scholarships for qualified students graduating from any Howard County high school who will be seeking a degree in education.
Bette Bannon Fund For the Howard County Historical Society
This fund provides support for the Howard County Historical Society for the maintenance and replacement of landscaping at the Howard County Historical Museum Site.
Bette Bannon Fund For the Kokomo Rescue Mission
This fund provides support for the Kokomo Rescue Mission for the maintenance of its facilities.
Weston and Marjorie Bassett Endowment
This fund supports building maintenance and physical improvements at Grace United Methodist Church, 219 W. Mulberry St., Kokomo, IN.
Kathy Beatty Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund supports scholarships students graduating from Western High School and who will be attending Purdue University at Kokomo.
Alex and Kitty Bell Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for graduates of Kokomo High School who participated in minor sports or cheerleading while in high school.
Bill and Marilyn Bersbach Operating Endowment
This fund supports the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Howard County Endowment
This fund supports Big Brothers Big Sisters of Howard County in providing services to youth.
Bona Vista Endowment Fund
This fund supports the activities of Bona Vista as it carries out its mission in the community.
Dr. John A. & Joan E. Bowman Memorial Fund
This fund provides support for oncology patient services or services for persons receiving hospice care.
Bucheri, McCarty, and Metz Endowment Fund
This fund supports the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Kevin and Hilda Burns Operating Endowment
This fund supports the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Jenny Michelle Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund supports the scholarship program of the First Presbyterian Church, Kokomo.
Camp Kesem Endowment Fund
This fund supports Camp Kesem which offers grief counseling to children who are dealing with bereavement issues.
Gary F. Carmichael Family Fund
This fund provides support to programs and projects that are designed for the enrichment and growth of youth in Howard County.
Celebration/Memorial Fund
The fund provides support to charitable organizations for worthwhile programs/projects in Howard County through the Foundation's competitive grants process.
Central Labor Council Community Service Fund
This fund supports community enhancement activities, including projects supporting youth, beautification, or other projects that enhance the quality of life in the Howard/Tipton County area; social/human service needs; and, scholarships and/or projects that benefit education.
Central Bank Fund
The fund supports the Kokomo Symphony Orchestra.
Children's Fund
This fund supports programs and activities that will positively impact children in Howard County.
Clinic of Hope Fund
This fund supports the Clinic of Hope as it provides health care to persons in our community who are in need.
Beulah Marner Cobb Endowment
This fund supports the Howard County Historical Society.
Cole Hardwood Inc. Destination: Education IUK Fund
This fund supports the Destination: Education program at Indiana University-Kokomo.
Community Assistance Foundation Fund
The fund supports the Community Assistance Foundation as it serves the community.
Community Endowment Fund
The fund provides support to charitable organizations for worthwhile programs/projects in Howard County through the Foundation's competitive grants process.
Community Foundation of Howard County Operating Endowment Fund
This fund supports the annual operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
M. Joyce Cook Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for students graduating from any accredited Howard County high school who are accepted into a program leading to a bachelors degree in elementary education, ministry, or mission field and who need financial assistance.
Kenneth L. "Red" Craig Fund
This fund supports the Kokomo Rescue Mission, Family Service Association, and the scholarship program of the Kokomo Public Schools Education Foundation.
Credit Bureau of Kokomo Advised Fund
The fund provides support to charitable organizations for worthwhile programs/projects in Howard County through the Foundation's competitive grants process.
Credit Bureau of Kokomo Destination: Education IUK Fund
This fund supports the Destination: Education program at Indiana University-Kokomo.
Credit Bureau of Kokomo Operating Endowment Fund
This fund supports the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Eva Cripe Fund
This fund provides support for charitable programs or projects for the prevention or treatment of heart disease, leukemia, or mental illness.
Richard Crosser Memorial Scholarship for Kokomo High School
This fund supports scholarships for students graduating from Kokomo High School who wish to pursue either a two or four year degree in structural engineering, architecture, building trades, real estate, drafting, business, finance, accounting, or some other field related to building trades at a college or university in the state of Indiana.
Richard Crosser Memorial Scholarship for Taylor High School
This fund supports This fund supports scholarships for students graduating from Taylor High School who wish to pursue either a two or four year degree in structural engineering, architecture, building trades, real estate, drafting, business, finance, accounting, or some other field related to building trades at a college or university in the state of Indiana. the graduates of Taylor High School.
Roy L. Crume Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for high school graduates from the counties of Howard, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Grant, Miami and Tipton, Ind., who are or will be attending any accredited trade or business school, such as Vincennes University and/or Ivy Tech Community College, who are deserving of financial assistance and who are likely to succeed as students at a trade or business school.
Destination: Education IUK
This fund supports the Destination: Education program at Indiana University-Kokomo.
Directors Fund
This fund supports the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Jesse W. Dunn Total Effort Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for qualified students graduating from Kokomo High School who have participated in sports at the high school.
Max M. Earl Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for current residents of Howard County or persons who graduated from any Howard County High School, who are accepted to attend the Indiana University School of Medicine, and are pursuing a degree as a medical doctor.
Eastern Howard Performing Arts Society Endowment Fund
This fund supports the programming activities of the Eastern Howard Performing Arts Society.
Richard L. Eller Scholarship Fund
The fund provides scholarship support for students from Clay, Ervin or Howard Townships in Howard County who need financial assistance and are attending any accredited college or university.
Ellis Family Endowment Fund
This fund supports charitable, literary, social, religious, or educational purposes in Howard County as recommended by the advisor to the Fund.
Endowment for the Visual Arts Fund
This fund supports the Kokomo Art Association.
Mary C. Fingleton Fund
This fund supports the Fingleton scholarship at the Indiana University Kokomo School of Business.
Rick Fingleton Scholarship Fund
This fund provides assistance to graduates of Howard County High Schools who need financial assistance to attend any state supported post secondary educational institution.
First Congregational Christian Church "Closet Fund"
This fund provides support to Howard County middle schools/junior high schools as they provide relief to underpriviledged students.
First Congregational Christian Church Foundation
This fund supports the mission projects of the church.
First Congregational Christian Church Life Fund
This fund provides support for mission participation, Christian education, and worship activities of First Congregational Christian Church.
First Congregational Christian Church Physical Facilities Endowment
This fund provides support for capital improvements, required maintenance or repair on physical facilities of the First Congregational Christian Church.
First National Bank Community Endowment
The fund provides support to charitable organizations for worthwhile programs/projects in Howard County through the Foundation's competitive grants process.
First National Bank Operating Endowment
This fund supports the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Foundation Youth Council Fund
This fund supports the granting activities of the Youth Council of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
John P. Fredrick Destination: Education Fund
This fund provides scholarship support for students in the Destination: Education Program who enroll in a Purdue University degree program in Kokomo or West Lafayette.
Margaret P. Schwartz Fredrick Fund
This fund provides support to the Mental Health America of Indiana for the purpose of supplying canteen funds for Howard County citizens who are in a state hospital or group home.
Ruth K. Fredrick Advised Fund
This fund provides support as to the YMCA to provide annual memberships for deserving girls and boys who are unable to finance their own memberships.
Tony Gabriel Student Athlete Scholarship Fund
This fund supports scholarships for student athletes graduating from Taylor High School for post-secondary education.
The Gingerich Family Fund
This fund supports scientific, literary religious, social, and educational programs as recommended by the advisors of the Fund.
Goodfellows Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for students who participate in the Destination: Education IUK program.
Grace United Methodist Church Endowment Fund
This fund supports the ministries of Grace United Methodist Church.
The Grace United Methodist Church Local Outreach Fund
The fund provides support to local outreach ministries of Grace United Methodist Church.
Grace United Methodist Church Outreach Ministries Fund
This fund supports the outreach ministries of Grace United Methodist Church.
Greentown Historical Society Fund
This fund supports the Greentown Historical Society.
Greentown Public Library Fund
This fund supports the Greentown Public Library.
Haitian Environmental Support Endowment
This fund provides support to Haitian children for food, clothing, and the opportunity to attend school.
Habitat for Humanity of the Kokomo Community Endowment Fund
This fund supports Habitat for Humanity of the Kokomo community.
Hamilton-Middleton Scholarship Fund
The fund provides scholarships for qualified students graduating from Western High School who will be seeking a degree in business or history.
Glen and Jeanne' Harland Endowment Fund
This fund supports the Glen and Jeanne' Harland scholarship for Purdue-Kokomo technology students.
W.G. Harter Memorial Scholarship
This fund supports students graduating from Kokomo High School who are accepted into a program leading to a bachelors degree in engineering (not to include engineering technology) at an accredited college or university in the State of Indiana.
C. V. Haworth Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for qualified students graduating from Kokomo High School who are accepted into a program leading to a bachelors degree at Indiana University-Kokomo or Indiana University-Bloomington.
Healthier Community Endowment Fund
This fund supports activities and programs designed to improve the health of citizens of Howard County.
Hingst Family Fund
This fund supports youth, community development and education. Further purposes of the fund is to provide support for any other religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purpose or for the prevention of cruelty to animals or children within the United States as recommended by the advisors of the Fund.
Gerald Hood Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund provides support for Northwestern High School graduates who are studying to be teachers.
Betsy and Robert Hoshaw Environmental Fund
This fund was established by Betsy and Bob Hoshaw to support programs and organizations that improve the water quality and surrounding environment of the Wildcat Creek Watershed.
Ruth S. Hotchkiss Memorial Fund
This fund supports the Howard County Historical Society.
William S. and Susannah B. Hough Endowed Chair Fund
This fund provides funding to endow a chair for the Kokomo Symphony orchestra.
William S. and Susannah B. Hough IUK Scholarship Fund
This fund provides support to the scholarship program of Indiana University Kokomo.
William S. and Susannah B. Hough Memorial Scholarship Endowment
This fund provides scholarships for qualified students graduating from any accredited high school located in Howard County, who are or will be attending Indiana University Kokomo, Purdue University Kokomo, or Ivy Tech State College in Kokomo in a program leading to an associates or bachelors degree, demonstrate potential for academic success, who are deserving of financial assistance, and who are responsible for providing for a majority of the costs associated with such education and living expenses.
William S. and Susannah B. Hough Youth Fund
This fund provides support to the Youth serving organizations in Howard County as they deliver programs and projects in Howard County that are designed for the enrichment of lives and encouragement of educational attainment of at-risk youth in Howard County with a view toward making productive citizens of this community. Of particular interest are mentoring programs, and programs to prevent substance abuse.
Howard County 4-H Fund
Howard County Historical Society Fund
This fund supports the Howard County Historical Society.
Howard County Veterans Memorial Endowment
This fund supports the care, maintenance, operating expenses and and expansion of the Howard County Veterans Memorial in Darrough Chapel Park.
John F. Hughes Memorial Fund
This fund provides support to the Hospice Center of the Northfield Hospital in Northfield, Minnesota.
Hunt Family Fund
The fund provides support to charitable organizations for worthwhile programs/projects in Howard County through the Foundation's competitive grants process.
Robert L. Hutchins Memorial Endowment Fund
This fund provides relief to the indigent as recommended by the advisors to the Fund.
Danny M. Keating, Sr. Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship fund supports Taylor High School athletes.
Maude Kelley Memorial Fund
This fund supports the Howard Community Hospital Foundation.
KeyBank Operating Endowment Fund
This fund supports the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Knolinski Family Scholarship Fund
This fund provides support to graduates of any Howard County High School who are pursuing postsecondary education in mathematics, science, engineering, or accounting.
Joan Knolinski Scholarship Fund
This fund supports the scholarship program of the Kokomo Morning Musicale.
Kokomo Country Club Scholarship Endowment Fund
This fund supports the granting of scholarships to students graduating from high school for post-secondary education.
Kokomo Early Risers Rotary Club Fund
The fund provides support to charitable, literary, social, religious or educational purposes, as recommended by the advisors to the Fund.
Kokomo High School Spirit of 1961
This fund supports scholarships for Kokomo High School graduates who need assistance for post-secondary education and who demonstrate school spirit.
Kokomo High School Class of 1964 Scholarship Fund
This fund supports scholarships for graduates of Kokomo High School for post-secondary education.
Kokomo High School Class of 1969
This fund provides scholarships for qualified students who are highly deserving graduating seniors from Kokomo High School for post-secondary education.
Kokomo Morning Musicale Scholarship Fund
This fund supports the Kokomo Morning Musicale scholarships.
Kokomo New Car Dealers Association Scholarship Fund
This fund provides support to Ivy Tech State College Region 5 to provide scholarships for deserving Howard County students studying automobile technology/mechanics training.
Kokomo Park Band Fund
This fund supports the Kokomo Park Band.
Kokomo Public Schools Education Foundation Endowment
This fund provides support for educational activities and programs within the area served by the Kokomo/Center Township School Corp.
Kokomo Public Schools Education Foundation Scholarship Endowment
The fund provides support to the Kokomo Public School Education Foundation's scholarship program. The following scholarships are supported by this Fund:

William & Cora Davis Scholarship

Kay Deluise Scholarship

Joe Dunbar Scholarship

Frank & Emily Moore Scholarship

Kokomo High School General Scholarship

Linda Healy Scholarship

Joan Holman Scholarship

Francis Arthur Lewis Scholarship

James Swain Scholarship

Imogene Winslow Scholarship

Kokomo Rescue Mission Endowment Fund
This fund supports the Rescue Mission of Kokomo, Indiana.
Kokomo Symphonic Society Endowment Fund
This fund supports the Kokomo Symphony Orchestra.
Kokomo Woman's Department Club Scholarship Fund
This fund supports scholarships for residents of Howard County who are qualified students enrolled in at least nine credit hours in any program at Ivy Tech State College Region V.
Liberty Financial Group Operating Endowment Fund
This fund supports the Community Foundation of Howard County operating budget.
Madge Morrison Long and Maxine Morrison Memorial Endowment
This fund supports the Howard County Historical Society.
Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer Endowment Fund
This fund provides support for the ministries of the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer in Kokomo.
Main Street Christian Church Of Russiaville Endowment
This fund provides support for the maintenance, repair, or improvement of the physical facilities of the Main Street Christian Church in Russiaville.
Anne Darby McCann Fund
This fund supports the Symposium Club of Kokomo.
Betse Severns McCullough Memorial Operating Endowment
This fund provides support to the Community Foundation of Howard County operating budget.
Eugene & Nancy McGarvey Endowment Fund
This fund supports charitable, literary, scientific, religious or educational purposes as recommended by the advisors of the Fund.
Virginia M. McKay Endowment Fund
This fund supports the Magic Closet at Kokomo High School, other organizations that provide relief to underprivileged students at any Howard County high school, or any charitable, literary, scientific, educational and religious purpose within Howard County.
Norman and Wanda McVay Endowment
This fund provides support to St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Kokomo as it carries out its ministries in the community.
Mike's Pizza Endowment Fund
This fund provides support to Birthright of Kokomo.
Miles & Finch Operating Endowment Fund
This fund supports the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Herbert & Lillian Miller Operating Endowment Fund
This fund supports the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Stan Mohr Youth Fund
This fund provides support to boys or girls AAU basketball teams from Howard County.
William M. Morgan Endowment Fund
This fund provides support for charitable, scientific, literary, educational, and religious efforts within Howard County as recommended by the advisor of the Fund.
Kathy A. Name Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for qualified students graduating from any Howard County High School, who are pursuing a degree to become a registered nurse.
New London Cemetery Perpetual Endowment Fund
This fund provides support for the repair, restoration, and maintenance of monuments, headstones, and grave markers, and for the preservation, beautification and maintenance of New London Cemetery.
Stan Nicholson Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund supports scholarships students graduating from Eastern High School who need assistance for post-secondary education.
NiSource Operating Endowment Fund
This fund provides support to the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Linda F. Pagel Scholarship Fund
The fund provides scholarship support for students from Tri-Central High School or Western High School who need financial assistance and are attending any accredited college or university.
Durward and Rosemary Paris Fund for Grace United Methodist Church
This fund supports the ministries of Grace United Methodist Church.
Durward and Rosemary Paris Fund for the Literacy Coalition
This fund supports the Literacy Coalition.
H. W. "Hod" & Barbara R. Peabody Memorial Fund
This fund supports mission projects of the First Congregational Christian Church, Kokomo.
Ralph & Thelma Peters Memorial Book Fund
This fund provides support to the Eastern Howard School Corporation for the purchase of books and other reading and media resources for the Eastern Elementary School Library.
R.A.C.I. Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarship support for students graduating from accredited high schools in Howard, Tipton, and contiguous counties.
Rayl Family Fund in Memory of Richard L. "Dick" Rayl
The fund provides support for charitable, literary, scientific, religious or educational purposes as recommended by the advisors to the Fund.
Redeemer Lutheran School Tuition Endowment
The fund provides support to parents of students at the school who need assistance with tuition.
Abby Kathryn Rethlake Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund supports scholarships for qualified students studying cosmetology with preference to Kokomo Career Center cosmetology students.
Robert and Daisy Rostron, Sr. Fund for the benefit of St. Andrew Episcopal Church
This fund provides support for the general charitable purpose and ministries of the St. Andrew Episcopal Church in Kokomo, Indiana.
Sagamore Council, Boy Scouts of America
This fund supports the activities of the Sagamore Council, Boy Scouts of America.
Samaritan Caregivers Endowment Fund
This fund provides support to Samaritan Caregivers Inc. as it carries out its mission of caring in the community.
Second Chance Endowment Fund
This fund provides tuition assistance to persons who have been tried as adults and incarcerated for crimes committed as juveniles, who have been model prisoners and are seeking to prepare for a productive career.
Senior Citizens Fund
This fund supports programs and activities that will positively impact senior citizens in Howard County.
Sesquicentennial Celebration Fund
This fund supports the Howard County Historical Society.
Severns Family Fund
This fund supports charitable programs and organizations that benefit youth, education, and health care as recommended by the advisors to the Fund.
Thomas E. & Ruth Fredrick Sheridan Endowment Fund
This fund supports programs in the areas of child care, beautification, youth, and Destination: Education IUK.
Donald B. Smith Memorial/Central Bank Community Scholarship Fund
The fund provides scholarships for students from each of the five Howard County high schools who need financial assistance and are attending any accredited college or university.
James F. and Janet G. Smith Fund
This fund supports scholarships for students graduating from Eastern High School who attend Indiana University-Kokomo.
Rick & Diane Smith Operating Endowment Fund
This fund provides support for the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Society of Crippled Children and Adults of Howard Co. Fund
This fund provides support for physically and mentally-handicapped children and adults in Howard County through the Foundation's competitive grants process.
Michael Spear Fund in Memory Of Amber Spear
This fund supports programs and organizations that benefit education and other charitable purposes as recommended by the advisor of the Fund.
Evelyn Iliff Stanley Fund for the Literacy Coalition
This fund supports the activities and programs of the Literacy Coalition.
Helen & Morris Stout Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for students graduating from any accredited high school in Howard County to acquire an education beyond high school.
Syndicate Sales Operating Endowment Fund
This fund supports the Community Foundation of Howard County operating budget.
Thacker Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for qualified students who have financial need and will be attending Indiana University-Kokomo, Purdue University-Kokomo, Indiana University-Bloomington, Purdue University-Lafayette, or Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Joe Thatcher Endowment Fund
This fund supports organizations that serve Howard County's youth.
John Murray Thompson Memorial Fund to Benefit the
Howard County Historical Society
This fund provides support to the Howard County Historical Society.
Sterling P. Tignor Fund for the Kokomo Symphony Orchestra
This fund provides support to the Kokomo Symphony Orchestra.
Sadie A. Townsend Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund supports scholarships for students graduating from Kokomo High School who are in the top 10% of class and who need assistance.
Tri Kappa Associate Chapter Memorial Scholarship Fund
This fund supports educational scholarships.
Tribal Trails Girl Scout Council Endowment Fund
This fund provides support for girl scouting activities in Howard County.
Turnaround Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for qualified students graduating from any Howard County high school.
Earl W. Turner Memorial Fund
The fund provides support to charitable organizations for worthwhile programs/projects in Howard County through the Foundation's competitive grants process.
United Way of Howard County Endowment Fund
This fund supports the United Way of Howard County.
Urban Enterprise Association Streetscape Maintenance Fund
The purpose of this fund is to provide support for the maintenance of streetscape improvements in downtown Kokomo.
Phillip and Dee Ann Weaver Endowment Fund
This fund supports charitable, literary, social, religious, or educational purposes as recommended by the advisors of the Fund.
Western High School Class of 1962 Scholarship Fund
This fund was established by members of the Western High School 1962 graduating class to provide scholarships for graduates of Western High School.
Western Women's Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for female students graduating from Western High School who are or will be attending an accredited college or university.
Wheelchairs for Kids Endowment
This fund provides support to Bona Vista Programs for its work with children with mobility issues.
Frederick E. Wideman, MD Taylor Student Athlete Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for student athletes graduating from Taylor High School who will attend an accredited college or university.
Wiese Oldsmobile and GMC Truck Scholarship Fund
This fund provides scholarships for qualified students graduating from any Howard County High School who are or will be attending Purdue University.
Don L. Wilhelm Fund
This fund provides operating support to the Community Foundation of Howard County.
Women's Fund
This fund supports programs and activities that will positively impact women and girls in Howard County.
J. D. and Lynn Young Endowment Fund
This fund supports charitable, literary, social, religious, or educational purposes as recommended by the advisors of the Fund.
Young Leaders Endowment Fund
This funds supports charitable programs and activities within our community as recommended by the advisors of the Fund.
R. Franklin Zehring Endowment Fund
This fund benefits the Kokomo Rescue Mission, Grace United Methodist Church, Grace Baptist Church, and the United Methodist Church of Bennett's Switch Indiana.
R. Franklin Zehring Operating Endowment
This fund supports the operating budget of the Community Foundation of Howard County.
R. Franklin Zehring Scholarship Fund
This fund supports scholarships for students graduating from any Howard County high school graduates who need assistance for post-secondary education.

NON-PERMANENT FUNDS:
The following are non-permanent Howard County funds that are designated for short- term programs or special projects:

Celebrating Love Fund

Community Values Fund

Greentown Community Building Fund

Howard County Child Care Fund

Kokomo-Howard County Chamber of Commerce Fund

The Millennium Fund

William and Delores Oberndorfer Fund

World in Motion Fund

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