Funds

DESIGNATED ENDOWMENTS
Designated Endowment Funds serve donors who wish to direct grants to one or more specific non-profit organizations or purposes. The earnings from these funds will provide ongoing support for the designated recipient(s) forever.

Animals
Animal Shelter of Wabash County Fund
Howard B. Liebengood, D.V.M. & Helen F. Liebengood Kosciusko County Animal Shelter Endowment

Beautification/Civic/Cultural Affairs
ACRES Endowment
The ArtShare Endowment
Dr. Worth M. Walrod Memorial Tree Endowment
Honeywell House Endowment
Howard M. Garver Wabash Valley Music Association Endowment
Manchester Symphony Society Endowment
North Manchester Parks and Recreation Endowment
North Manchester Historical Society Endowment
Richard & Kay Neher Wabash Valley Music Association Endowment
Sesquicentennial Gazebo Endowment

Cemetery
Emma Schwenk Cemetery Endowment
Helen E. Naber Oaklawn Endowment
Martin Luther Cemetery Endowment
Oaklawn Cemetery Endowment
Oppenheim/Flonacher Cemetery Endowment

Community Centers
Charles M. & Bernice C. Minear Endowment
Honeywell Foundation, Inc. General Endowment
Thomas Marshall Town Life Center Maintenance Endowment

Agro-Chem Cornerstone Administrative Endowment
Eileen Basicker Cornerstone Endowment
Beacon Credit Union Cornerstone Administrative Endowment
Fern Benson Memorial Endowment
Bippus State Bank Cornerstone Endowment
Community Foundation of Wabash County Cornerstone Endowment
Crossroads Bank Cornerstone Endowment
Dunlavy Family Endowment
First Farmers Bank & Trust Endowment
First Financial Bank Cornerstone Endowment

First Merchants Bank Cornerstone Endowment

David D. Grandstaff & Jane C. Grandstaff Cornerstone Endowment

Patty & David Grant Cornerstone Endowment

Gilbert, Naragon, Terrill & Co., Inc. Administrative Expense Endowment

Bruce A. & Bonnie S. Ingraham Cornerstone Endowment
Rufus B. King Memorial Endowment
Howard B. Liebengood, D.V.M. & Helen F. Liebengood Cornerstone Endowment
Mary Louise Little Memorial Fund Endowment
Manchester Tool & Die Co., Inc. Administrative Endowment
Stephen O. & Marilyn F. Sexton Mason Cornerstone Endowment
Mutual Bank Cornerstone Endowment
Ernest R. & Roberta Kay Peas Cornerstone Administrative Endowment
David J. Schlitt Administrative Endowment
Elizabeth K. Spurgeon Memorial Endowment
Esther Jane Sheller Memorial Endowment
Paul L. Speicher Administrative Endowment
Strauss Family Cornerstone Endowment
William & Charlene Visser Memorial Fund 

Education
Carolyn K. Paulus Talent Scholarship Endowment
Education For Conflict Resolution Peace Makers Endowment
Eleanor Blocher Scholarship Endowment
Ivy Tech State College Community Spirit Scholarship Endowment
Endowment to Honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
Lakeland Christian Academy Building Maintenance Endowment
Learn More Center Endowment
Manchester Junior High School Library and Audio-Visual Endowment
Max E. & Grace L. Kester Endowment
St. Bernard School Endowment

Walden Memorial Scholarship Endowment

Families/Children/Youth
Howard B. Liebengood, D.V.M. & Helen F. Liebengood 4-H Endowment
Eleanor Steele Doll Endowment
Family Service Society, Inc. Endowment
Tribal Trails Girl Scout Council Endowment
Wabash County YMCA Endowment
White’s Residential and Family Services Endowment
Ray & Enid Beam Wabash Street Level Ministries Endowment
Ray & Enid Beam White’s Residential & Family Services Endowment
YMCA Outdoor Programming Endowment
YMCA Operations Endowment

Health Care
Eliza E. Pressler Expectant Mothers Endowment
H.O.P.E. Foundation Endowment
Lillie Dale Medical Care Endowment
Wabash County Hospital Foundation, Inc. Endowment

Housing
Wabash County Habitat for Humanity Endowment  

Library Services
Davonne Rogers Lectureship Endowment
Earl M. Jacoby & Mildred C. Jacoby Memorial Library Endowment
Eleanor Steele Blocher Library Endowment
Fern Benson North Manchester Library Endowment
Glen L. Blocher Library Endowment
Marie Creager North Manchester Library Endowment
Martha B. Jones Endowment for American & British Literature
Kevin Kyle Howenstine Remembrance Endowment
North Manchester Public Library Operating Endowment
Richard M. Ross & Alice J. Grandstaff Ross Library Endowment
Wabash Carnegie Public Library Operating Endowment 

Manchester College
Allen C. Deeter Brethren Colleges Abroad Scholarship Endowment
Fahs Manchester College Professional Development Endowment
Janice F. Walrod Manchester College Scholarship Endowment
Jeffrey L. Grandstaff Memorial Scholarship Endowment
Liegh B. & Florence T. Freed Manchester College Scholarship Endowment
Manchester College 1889 Endowment
Manchester College Financial Assistance Endowment
Mary Louise Little Scholarship Endowment
Ralph W. & Frances K. Johnson Endowed Fund for Peace Studies
Robin D. & Jeanette M. Lahman Fund for Music  

Multiple Beneficiaries
Dwight & Edith Fritchey Endowment
Jane Anne Scheerer & Ernest William Scheerer Jr. Memorial Endowment

Jean T. & Margaret E. Stoops Endowment
Lulu M. Luckey Endowment
Manchester Tool & Die Co., Inc. Community Endowment
Nolan D. Walker Memorial Endowment
Philip Magner, Jr. & Evelyn Magner Family Fund
Viola B. Magner Memorial Endowment  

Museums
Glen & Eleanor Blocher Memorial Endowment
North Manchester Center for History Endowment
Thomas R. Marshall Home Endowment
Wabash County Historical Museum Endowment 

Overseas
Charles & Helen Sutton World Friendship Endowment

Ralph R. Reiken Housing Endowment
Ray & Enid Beam World Vision Endowment
Speicher Foundation-Heifer Project Endowment

Religious Needs
Briannon Joelle Curless Memorial Leadership Scholarship Endowment

Church of Our Saviour United Methodist Ministerial Support Endowment

Dennis Miller Memorial Endowment
John R. & Jane D. Dragoo Wabash Christian Church Endowment
Eileen Mills Strauss & Daniel Arden Strauss Music Ministry Endowment
E. Maurine Beery Memorial Endowment
F.I.S.H. (Friends In Service Here) Endowment
Faith Baptist Church Endowment
Fellowship of Christian Athletes Camp Endowment
Helen C. Walter Memorial Endowment
Kenneth & Esther Clark Family Endowment
North Manchester First Brethren Church Endowment
Magis Fund

Margaret Leonard and Eileen Richards DORCAS Endowment
North Manchester First Brethren Youth Outreach Endowment
North Manchester United Methodist Church Scholarship Endowment
Ray & Enid Beam FISH of Wabash Endowment
Wabash Friends Church Building Maintenance Endowment
Wabash Friends Church Mission Endowment
Wabash Friends Church Music Endowment
Wabash Friends Church Scholarship Endowment
Warsaw Christian School Worthy Servants Endowment
Youth for Christ Endowment
Zion Lutheran Church Educational Endowment
Zion Lutheran Church Endowment
Zion Lutheran Mission & Outreach Endowment  

Retirement Communities
Kevin Kyle Howenstine Memorial Endowment
Neva J. Simmons Endowment
Peabody Home Community Benefit Endowment
Timbercrest Community Endowment

Senior Citizens
Ray & Enid Beam Wabash County Council on Aging Endowment
Wabash County Council on Aging Endowment 

Special Needs
Association for Retarded Citizens of Wabash (ARC) County, Inc. Endowment
Glen A. Beery Memorial Endowment

Joan Beghtel Memorial Endowment
Lewis S. Conner & Hannah Brinton Norris Conner Memorial Endowment 
Pathfinder Foundation of Wabash County, Ind., Endowment
Ray & Enid Beam ARC of Wabash County Endowment

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana, Inc. Endowment
Tri-Kappa Children’s Support Endowment
Wabash County United Fund Endowment

Sports and Recreation
Field of Dreams, Inc. Morrett Sports Complex Endowment
Glenn W. Ruppel Sports Complex Endowment

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
Donor Advised Funds allow donors to make a charitable gift even before they decide who the recipient(s) will be. Donors recommend specific grant recipients and amounts to be awarded. Donors submit recommendations to the Foundation for consideration, approval and distribution. Recommendations can remain confidential.

DONOR ADVISED ENDOWED FUNDS
Dr. Howard B. Liebengood Endowment Fund

Eileen Basicker Donor Advised Endowment

North Manchester Fine Arts Club Endowment
Ruth Scholer Liebengood Memorial Endowment

DONOR ADVISED NON-PERMANENT FUNDS

Albert & Ruth Ann Schlitt Charitable Fund

David D. & Jane C. Grandstaff Charitable Fund

Dr. & Mrs. John R. Dragoo Charitable Fund

Guynn/Sundheimer Fund

James & Helen Anne Garber Charitable Fund

Patricia S. & David M. Grant Charitable Fund
Mary K. Peabody Foundation, Inc.

Midwest Poultry Services, LP, Charitable Fund

North Manchester Community Enrichment Fund

Ralph & Becky Naragon Charitable Fund

Strauss Family Advised Non-Permanent Fund

Strauss Veal Feeds, Inc. Charitable Fund

FIELD OF INTEREST FUNDS
With Field of Interest Funds, donors choose community issues and needs to support. They identify their personal area(s) of interest. The Foundation awards grants to organizations and programs in Wabash County that are making a difference in those areas. In 2009, one new endowment was created and more than $81,769 in grants were distributed from the income generated by these funds. Scholarships

Vanessa Anne Baer Memorial Scholarship
F.R. Burns Scholarship Endowment

Briannon J. Curless Memorial Scholarship
CARE Scholarship
John L. Eckert Memorial Educational Scholarship
Robert & Fay M. Elliott Scholarship
Charles & Florence Emrick Scholarship

Garth Eppley Memorial Music Scholarship
Gerold “Doe” Faudree Athletic Scholarship
Dick Harvey Memorial Scholarship
William B. Hensley III Memorial Scholarship
Robert & Pauline Hoover Scholarship
Dennis Horn Cross Country Scholarship
Kevin M. Jones Memorial Scholarship 
Larry G. Lauer 4-H Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Howard Liebengood Scholarship 
Paulus Music Scholarship
Corlyle K. Paulus Athletic Scholarship
Jerry L. Radabaugh Memorial Scholarship
Paul Thomas Reahard Memorial Scholarship
Dorothy J. & William A. Rice Memorial Scholarship
Chris Rood Memorial Baseball Scholarship
George W. & Donna Mae Russell Scholarship
V.A. (Viv) Simmons Scholarship

Una Eileen Slavens Memorial Scholarship

Casey Sparling Memorial Athletic Scholarship

Dorothy Squires Memorial Scholarship
Franklin S. Tiede Memorial Education Scholarship
Joseph G. and Earleen Ulery Memorial Scholarship
Harvey V. Underwood Science Scholarship

Venus-Madison Memorial Scholarship
Wabash County Society for Crippled Children & Adults Scholarship
Wabash County Solid Waste Management District Scholarship
Wabash High School Alumni Scholarship
Wabash High School Class of 1951 Scholarship 

Other Funds

Pauline Barker Literacy Endowment

CAPE Endowment
College Bound Endowment
Community Development & Civic Affairs Endowment
Good Samaritan Endowment

Manchester Recycling Environmental Endowment
Philip Magner, Jr. & Evelyn Magner Family Fund
Carol Horn Pursuit of Learning Endowment

UNRESTRICTED ENDOWMENTS
A. Blair & Patricia Kennedy Helman Charitable Endowment
Agro-Chem, Inc. Unrestricted Endowment
Allen C. & Joan G. Deeter Charitable Endowment
Allen and Melba Howenstine Endowment
Batteries Plus Inc. Charitable Endowment
Beacon Credit Union Charitable Endowment 
Beauchamp & McSpadden Charitable Endowment
Community Foundation Board Good Deeds Endowment
Community Foundation Good Deeds Endowment 
David D. & Jane C. Grandstaff Charitable Endowment
David & Jane (McKinley) Mann and Ovid & Marguerite McKinley Charitable Endowment
Dr. Howard B. & Helen F. Liebengood Good Deeds Endowment
Galley Family Charitable Endowment
Honorable Mayor J. Robert Mitten Charitable Endowment
Howard C. & Pauline E. Sommer Charitable Endowment
Jack N. & Naomi K. Porter Charitable Endowment
John J. Ebersole Peacemaker Endowment
Lilly Endowment, Inc., GIFT Initiative Unrestricted Endowment
Lindy & Norma Lybarger Charitable Endowment
Mary K. Peabody Charitable Endowment
Mohandas K. Gandhi Charitable Endowment
Paul L. Speicher Foundation Good Deeds Endowment
Richard & Josephine Reinoehl Charitable Endowment
Robert E. & Verna Margaret Beauchamp Endowment
Shepherd Family Charitable Endowment
Spirit of Community through Faithful Living Endowment
Strauss Family Charitable Endowment
V.A. (Viv) & Neva Simmons Charitable Endowment
Wabash Electric Supply, Inc. Charitable Endowment