Rising Sun Regional Foundation Awards $222,792 in New Grants

Seventeen organizations received a grant.

(Rising Sun, Ind.) - The Rising Sun Regional Foundation (RSRF) awarded a total of $222,792 in seventeen new grants in the first quarter of 2023. These grants included:

• $30,000 to Aberdeen Pate Water Corporation for a new pump at the Thuermer Hollow booster station;
• $12,500 to Canaan Utilities for a preliminary engineering study;
• $19,300 to the city of Aurora’s Police Department for patrol officer safety equipment;
• $15,000 to the city of Rising Sun toward a controller system for the Rising Sun Community Pool;
• $6,317 to Hillforest Historical Foundation for repairs, restoration, and a security system;
• $5,000 to Jac-Cen-Del Community School Corporation for bleeding control kits for Ripley County Schools;
• $1,000 to Main Street Versailles for a mural on the historic Versailles town square;
• $20,000 to Ohio County 911 toward a protocol system for the 911 dispatch center;
• $13,000 to Ohio County Historical Society for the installation of an HVAC system in the historic Whitlock building;
• $3,500 to Ohio County Rescue toward the purchase of cradle points for in-vehicle wifi connectivity;
• $3,500 to Rising Sun Church of Christ for a publicly accessible play area;
• $25,000 to Rising Sun Ohio County Community School Corporation for a digital sign;
• $3,675 to South Dearborn Community School Corporation toward the purchase of equipment for its Digital Design Graduation Pathway;
• $40,000 to the town of Milan toward Phase I of its downtown street lighting project;
• $20,000 to the town of Sunman toward the purchase of a vehicle for the Sunman Police Department; and,
• $5,000 to the town of Versailles for the replacement of tasers for the police department.

Grant applications for the next grants cycle are due Monday, April 17, 2023 by 4:00pm. Applications must be submitted online via the RSRF website, www.rsrfonline.org.