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Several funds held with Orange County Community Foundation make grants each year. Applications are accepted
during prescribed periods, and grantee selections are made by diverse committees, pending final approval by the
OCCF Board of Directors in all cases.Some of the funds from which grants are distributed are listed below.
Grants
Orange County Commissioners Supporting Organization
AGR funds from the French Lick (Blue Sky) Casino are overseen by the Supporting Organization's Board of Directors. These funds
provide textbooks to students in all three county school systems, as well as scholarship incentives to graduating seniors who further
their education or enter the military. In addition, the SO makes an annual grant to each of the county school systems.
Once these obligations are met each year, monies remaining are used to build an endowment to insure that future funding will be
available for textbooks, and for open grant cycles.
Supporting Organization grant cycles are announced through local media and on this website. Application is necessary for
consideration, and selections are made by the SO's Board of Directors and subject to approve by the Foundation Board. During grant
application cycles, a link to the application form will be available here.
OCCF Unrestricted Fund
recreation, human services, animals and the environment. Application must be made for these grants during prescribed periods, and
announcements of grant cycles are made through local media. During grant application cycles, a link to the application form will be
available here.
Sol Strauss Trust Supporting Organization
Mr. Sol Strauss, a Paoli businessman, left behind a legacy to honor the community he adopted as his home. His will created a trust
fund for non-profit organizations in Paoli, as well as provided for what is now the Bloomington Hospital of Orange County and Jewish
Hospital of Louisville.
In 2006, Mr. Strauss' fund returned to Orange County from its migration from one bank to another, and continues to provide annual
funding for a variety of organizations and school needs, as well as to the hospital here. Grants from the Strauss Fund are made only
within Paoli, and a letter of request is necessary in order to be considered. Local media is alerted whenever grant cycle is in process,
usually in August or September of each year Notification will also be made on this website.
Unrestricted Fund for the Orleans Community and the Tegarden Unrestricted Fund
Established through the generosity of an anonymous donor to benefit charitable purposes in the Orleans Community, this fund pays
out annually and is also subject to an application process. Announcement is made in the Progress Examiner and on this website
after May 1 each year, and selections are made by an appointed committee and subject to final approval by the Foundation Board of
Directors. During the grant application cycle, a link to the application form will be available here.
OCCF Unrestricted Funds
The Foundation holds a number of unrestricted funds that provide grants in the areas of education, human services, youth and
recreation, animals and the environment, social services, and more. These funds require full application, and cycles are announced
in local media, as well as on this website. All selections are made by committee, subject to approval by the full Board of Directors.
During grant application cycles, a link to the application form will be available here.
Donor-Advised Funds
Many donors choose to establish donor-advised funds, giving them the opportunity to request where the payout from their fund will
go each year. If your organization has a donor who is especially interested in the issues you address, suggest that they visit our
Types of Funds page to review the definition of a donor-advised fund.
Designated Funds
Any non-profit organization or charitable purpose may create an endowment fund that will provide a grant payout each year. For more
information, contact the OCCF office at 812.723.4150 or visit this link:
Types of Funds.
2010 Grant Recipients

From OC Commissioners Supporting Org.
Orleans Community Schools
Paoli School Corporation
Springs Valley School Corporation
Paoli Senior Citizens Center
First Chance Center
Lord's Vineyard
Melton Public Library
NE Township Community Center
Orange County FACT Program
Orange County Humane Society
Orleans Band Boosters
Orange County Senior Citizens
Paoli Youth Football League
Springs Valley Food Pantry
Springs Valley Youth Football League
Springs Valley Band Boosters
Paoli Band Boosters
Orange County Graduating Seniors
Scholarship Incentive Program

From Sol Strauss Trust Supporting
Organization
BHOC Foundation
Paoli Youth Football League
Throop Elementary School
Orange County FACT Program
Paoli Public Library
Orange County 4-H Clubs Association
Paoli Ministerial Association
PsiIota Xi (RIF Program)
Orange County Special Olympics
Throop Elementary School Nurse

From the Orleans Community Fund
Orleans Summer League
Orleans Public Library
Orleans Police Department
Orleans Jr/Sr High School
Orleans Band Boosters


"Way to Go" Grants
American Legion Auxiliary Post #69
Disabled American Veterans Wish Foundation
Orange County Relay for Life
Springs Valley Optimist Club
WHAS Crusade for Children
Paoli Volunteer Fire Department
OCCF Youth Council
Orange County Players
Orange County Good Samaritans
Paoli Ministerial Association
French Lick-West Baden Cultural Center
Orange County Humane Society
Orange County Clothe-a-Child
Springs Valley Food Pantry
Paoli Jr/Sr High School Choir
Town of Paoli (Fall Festival)
Newton-Stewart Masonic Lodge
Orleans High School Sports
French Lick-West Baden Lions Club
Barry's MD Carnival
Friends of Melton Public Library
West Baden Historical Society

From the OCCF Youth Council
Paoli Ministerial Association
Springs Valley Ministerial Alliance
Orleans Ministerial Alliance

From the Miller-Farlow Donor-Advised Fund
Paoli Public Library

From the F. Wendell and Helen M. Gooch
Donor-Advised Fund
Orange County Habitat for Humanity

From the Ernest Cox Children in Need Fund
County school nurse programs

From the Paoli, Inc Donor-Advised Pass-thru
WTK Club
Spring Mill FOP #172
Springs Valley High School
Orleans Dogwood Festival
United Way of Southern Indiana
Orleans Babe Ruth League
WHAS Crusade for Children
First Chance Center
OCCF Youth Council Unrestricted Fund
Created through the generosity of our donors and the fund-raising efforts of the OCCF Youth Council, this fund annually pays out to
local non-profit organizations in grant monies. Application process varies from year to year, and will require either full application or
letter of request. Selections are made by a youth council grants committee, guided by adult mentors, and are subject to final
approval by the OCCF Board of Directors. During grant application cycles, a link to the application form will be available here.
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