About Montgomery County Community Foundation
Montgomery County Community Foundation Inc directs all of its recent grantmaking to Montgomery County, Indiana, with every listed grant going to a recipient in the state. A large share of the foundation’s giving is built around community spaces and local institutions: the biggest recent grant was $1,435,209 to Mccf Bridge for general support, followed by $1,326,137 in 2024 for the same purpose. That pattern points to a funder that uses major allocations to support a local vehicle for community investment, while also making a wide set of smaller competitive and program grants.
The grant list shows support for city government, schools, libraries, youth programs, cultural organizations, health providers, and basic-needs groups. Examples include $475,000 to the City of Crawfordsville for Frances Wooden Park, $100,453 to the Boys and Girls Club for general support, and $109,166 to Trinity Mission of Montgomery Co for transport/programs. Other awards reach the Crawfordsville Community School Corporation, Sugar Creek Players, the Free Clinic, and the Youth Service Bureau. Scholarships are also part of the foundation’s structure, alongside unrestricted and field-of-interest funding.
What Montgomery County Community Foundation Funds
Arts and culture appears in grants to Sugar Creek Players for equip/renovations and to the Cultural Foundation for general support. Historic preservation also shows up through the Historical Society, which received grants in both 2023 and 2024.
In education, the foundation funded Crawfordsville Community School Corporation for furniture/welfare and North Montgomery Community School Corporation for education/health, while the Crawfordsville District Public Library received general support/literacy funding. Early childhood and youth-serving work appears through New Beginnings Child Care, Youth Service Bureau, and the Boys and Girls Club.
Health and human services are visible in support to the Free Clinic, Grace & Mercy Food Pantry, Fish for supplies for needy, and United Way of Montgomery County for general support. The foundation also funds local parks and public amenities, including Frances Wooden Park and a playground in Ladoga.
How Montgomery County Community Foundation Gives
The typical grant size is moderate for a community foundation: the 25th percentile is $11,400, the median is $23,600, and the 75th percentile is $45,635. Recent giving also includes a few very large awards, but most grants cluster below $50,000.
The foundation uses several vehicles: unrestricted and field-of-interest grant cycles, scholarship programs, and named funds such as the Women's Legacy Fund. Its grant programs accept unsolicited applications. Recipients recur across years in the recent grants list, including Mccf Bridge, the City of Crawfordsville, Youth Service Bureau, Cultural Foundation, Historical Society, and United Way of Montgomery County.
