RSRF Awards $301,349 in New Grants

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 10:08 AM

By Rising Sun Regional Foundation, news release

Twelve organizations received funding.

(Rising Sun, Ind.) - The Rising Sun Regional Foundation (RSRF) awarded a total of $301,349 in new grants in the third quarter of 2024.

These grants included:

  • ●  $3,081 to the Dearborn County Clearinghouse for Emergency Aid for food storage equipment;

  • ●  $13,000 to the Friendship Volunteer Fire Department for auto extrication stabilization equipment;

  • ●  $40,000 to Main Street Versailles for a trail expansion project;

  • ●  $5,200 to the Milan Lions Club for replacement of banners in the town of Milan;

  • ●  $38,875 to the Morris Volunteer Fire Department for replacement of a severe weather siren;

  • ●  $5,500 to the Napoleon Volunteer Fire Department for a portable sound system;

  • ●  $40,000 to the Ohio County Highway Department for a Caterpillar track loader;

  • ●  $7,600 to the Ohio County Historical Society for a furnace for the Whitlock Gallery;

  • ●  $38,368 to the Rising Sun Ohio County Community School Corporation for a fire alarm system at Rising Sun High School;

  • ●  $7,930 to the City of Rising Sun for a Navy Bean Fall Festival mascot costume;

  • ●  $1,795 to Southeastern Indiana Voices for Children for brochure redesign and community distribution; and,

  • ●  $100,000 to Margaret Mary Health Foundation toward its capital campaign for the construction of a new Margaret Mary Hospital

Grant applications for the fourth grants cycle in 2024 are due Tuesday, October 15, 2024 by 4:00 p.m. Applications must be submitted online via the Foundation’s website, www.rsrfonline.org

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