PCCF awards $20,821 through Share the Dream

The Putnam County Community Foundation recently announced the awards in the 2018 Share the Dream program. Share the Dream awarded $20,821.81 in matching funds to this year’s participating endowments.

Share the Dream is a program in which growth is encouraged among endowments held at the Community Foundation.

During the 2018 program, Share the Dream participants raised a total of $41,083.87 to increase their endowments.

“We were able to make awards to 21 different endowments based on the success of their efforts, which is more than double the number of groups we’ve been able to help in the past,” said Dean Gambill, PCCF director of community development. “Having that many groups qualify for awards is amazing and will benefit Putnam County forever.”

Additionally, the A. Dylan Hess #14 Strong Memorial Scholarship received a $1,000 grant bonus for having received gifts from 79 donors; the greatest number of donors. All grant prizes are awarded directly to endowment funds to continue to grow and do good, forever.

All endowments at the Community Foundation were eligible to enter the Share the Dream program unless they were involved in an Endowment Builder grant or were a Donor Advised Endowment.

Endowments receiving awards in Share the Dream 2018 are:

• A. Dylan Hess #14 Strong Memorial Scholarship

• Bainbridge High School Alumni Scholarship

• Bainbridge Improvement Society Endowment

• Betty Hughes Memorial Fund

• Beyond Homeless Inc. Endowment

• Fillmore High School Alumni Association Scholarship

• Friends of the Park Association of Putnam County Endowment

• Greencastle High School Alumni Scholarship

• James M. Hammond Memorial Fund for CC

• Joyce Braden Preschool Camping Endowment

• Kiwanis Club of Greencastle Endowment

• North Putnam Alumni Association School Support Endowment

• Purdue Club of Putnam County Scholarship

• Putnam County Board of Realtors Scholarship

• Putnam County Fairgrounds Endowment

• Putnam County Imagination Library Endowment

• Putnam County Library Endowment

• Putnam County Soil & Water Conservation Scholarship

• Reelsville Alumni Scholarship

• Russellville Community Center Endowment

• St. Paul’s Ladies Guild Memorial Scholarship

The Putnam County Community Foundation congratulates all 2018 Share the Dream participants. Through their efforts, their endowments grew by $61,905.67 to provide scholarships and funding for Putnam County nonprofits into the future.

The Putnam County Community Foundation is a nonprofit public charity established in 1985 to serve donors, award grants, and provide leadership, enriching the quality of life and strengthening community in Putnam County.

The Share the Dream contest is one of many PCCF programs supporting local public charities.

To obtain additional information about the services offered by the Community Foundation, contact Dean Gambill at 653-4978 dgambill@pcfoundation.org.