(Daviess County, Indiana) The Daviess County Community Foundation will again host a Giving Tuesday event on Tuesday, December 3rd, focused on building permanent endowment for charitable organizations serving Daviess County. This year, $25,000 is available to match gifts dollar for dollar for these funds.
Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
Any gift received on Giving Tuesday (Tuesday, December 3, 2019) from individuals and groups to add to or to establish a new designated or agency fund will be matched dollar for dollar. Gifts may be made online at CommunityFoundationAlliance.org/Daviess or from 8:30 am to 4 pm at Foundation office, 320 E. Main Street in Washington.
A $5,000 gift is all that’s needed to establish a new fund. Those interested in establishing a new fund on Giving Tuesday should contact the Foundation in advance at 812.254.9354.
Local organizations that benefit from endowed funds held by the Foundation include:
- Agriinstitute of Daviess County
- Barr-Reeve Scholarship Foundation
- Barr-Reeve High School Scholarship Program
- Camp Illiana
- Catholic Education Endowment
- Christ United Methodist Church Youth Programs
- Compassionate Friends Memorial at Eastside Park
- Daviess Community Hospital Foundation
- Daviess County Community Foundation
- Daviess County Family YMCA
- Daviess County Historical Society Museum
- Daviess County Right to Life
- Elnora/Elmore Township Volunteer Fire Department
- Future Farmers of America – North Daviess Schools
- First Baptist Church Youth Programs
- First Christian Church, Odon – Youth Programs
- Four Rivers Rehabilitation Resources
- Friends for Animals Daviess County
- Habitat for Humanity Daviess County
- Ketcham Memorial Center
- Leadership Daviess County Program
- Lena Dunn 1st Grade Education
- North Daviess Schools Scholarship Program
- Old Union Cemetery Association – Alfordsville
- Parkview Village Christian Care
- Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church – Plainville
- Pregnancy Care Center
- Psi Iota Xi Sorority-Washington (Charitable Work)
- Red Cross Services in Daviess County
- Retired Senior Volunteer Program-Daviess Co.
- Southwest Indiana Power House
- St John Cemetery Association (Loogootee)
- St Martin and St Rose Cemeteries (Loogootee)
- United Way of Daviess County
- Veale Creek Players
- Washington Carnegie Public Library
- Washington Catholic Schools
- Washington Community Schools Foundation
- Washington Community Schools Foundation Athletic Department
- Washington Community Schools Foundation College Scholarship
- Washington Little League
- Washington Parks and Recreation
- Washington Soccer Federation
- Whitfield Men’s Club Scholarship Program
