TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — A large donation from a trust fund established by community leaders has been distributed across 52 local not-for-profit organizations.
According to a release from Frist Financial Bank, the trust fund, established by Oscar Baur, Frederick R. Benson, and Mary Smith Young distributed $116,000.00 to various organizations.
Based on the benefactor’s criteria, the funds from the trust are portioned out to the following charities on a yearly basis.
- American Red Cross
- Art Spaces
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Wabash Valley
- CANDLES Holocaust Museum
- Catholic Charities of Terre Haute
- Council On Domestic Abuse (CODA)
- Covenant Cooperative Ministry
- 14th & Chestnut Community Center
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Friends of the Arboretum, Inc.
- Gibault, Inc.
- Hamilton Center, Inc.
- Happiness Bag
- IVY Tech Foundation, Inc.
- Junior Achievement of the Wabash Valley
- Junior Mental Health America of Vigo County
- Life Center/Eastside Christian Academy
- Light House Mission, Inc.
- Mental Health America of Vigo County
- Mosaic
- reTHink, Inc.
- River City Art Association
- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
- St. Benedict Church
- St. Joseph University Parish Samaritan Utility Assistance Fund
- St. Patrick Catholic Church
- St. Rose of Viterbo Fraternity
- Senior Education Ministries
- SHINE Foster Family Resources
- Sisters of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
- Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of–the-Woods
- Swope Art Museum, Inc.
- Terre Haute Area Meals on Wheels, Inc.
- Terre Haute Boys & Girls Club
- Terre Haute Children’s Museum
- Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra
- Terre Haute Women’s Club, Inc.
- The League of Terre Haute
- The Maple Center, Inc.
- The Salvation Army
- Trees Inc.
- Vigo County Education Foundation
- Vigo County Historical Society
- Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Wabash Valley
- Wabash Activity Center
- Wabash Valley Breast Cancer Survivors, Inc.
- Wabash Valley Community Foundation
- Wabash Valley Goodwill Industries
- Wabash Valley Habitat for Humanity
- Wabash Valley Health Center, Inc.
- Western Indiana Community Action Agency, Inc.
- West Vigo Community Center
Any not-for-profit organizations interested in applying for funds from the trust can contact Trust & Asset Management at First Financial Bank, P.O. Box 540, Terre Haute, IN 47808.
And written requests for funds must be entered in by November 15 of every year and should include an explanation of why funds are needed and how the funds will be used to support the organization. The requests are then evaluated and would be approved in December. Distributions are then made at the beginning of each year.
