Grants
To Apply for a grant, register here as an organization.
**Make sure you register as an organization.**
After you create your account, you will need to click on Opportunities in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. The grant application will be listed.
Grant recipients can also complete their grant evaluation forms on the new portal, as well. The evaluation form is listed under Opportunities.
Grant Applications are due by September 15.
In 2025 the Board of Directors distributed these discretionary grants:
Alzheimer’s Association – 15,000
American Red Cross – NE Indiana – 15,000
Arts Place – 3,000
CALL Food Pantry – 10,000
Cancer Association of Mercer County – 4,000
Celina City Schools – 90,000
City of Celina – 90,000
Choosing Life Pregnancy Center – 11,000
Council on Aging – 25,000
Dolly Parton Imagination Library – 8,900
Family Care Options Inc – 10,000
Foundations Behavioral Health Services – 4,000
Ft. Recovery Area Arts Council – 7,500
Ft. Recovery Schools – 1,600
Grand Lake Area Literature Festival – 5,000
Hospice of Darke County – 6,000
JTD Hospital Foundation – 15,000
Lake Area Arts Group – 10,000
Lima Symphony Orchestra – 4,000
M.A.V. Youth Mentoring – 6,000
Marion Township Park – 2,500
MED Foundation of Mercer Health – 27,000
Mercer County House of Hope – 5,000
Mercer Residential Services – 15,000
Private Duty Services – 6,000
Sawyer Overman Memorial Park – 5,000
Society for Preservation of Barbershop Quartets – 3,000
UVMC Foundation – 5,000
Van Wert Performing Arts – 8,900
WSULC School of Education – 7,484