Horseshoe Foundation Awards Grants
Develop New Albany is among the organizations recently awarded funding
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The Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County has awarded $350,000 in grants to community organizations. Thirty-two organizations received funds during the foundation’s recent awards ceremony. Since its founding in 1999, the Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County has awarded $46.5 million.
Organizations receiving funding:
- St. Anthony School: improve and expand connectivity for computer usage- $1,000
- Central Christian Church: provide holiday bags to children at S Ellen Jones School – $2,000
- Louisville Children’s Film Festival: screen films from the Louisville Children’s Film Festival in February 2020 at the Ogle Center and to offer Festival programming at public schools in Floyd County – $2,840
- Hazelwood Middle School: support School Wide Positive Behavior Program – $5,000
- Ivy Tech Community College: support the Ivy Tech Illuminate Series, an art and cultural program – $5,000
- Miles for Merry Miracles: improve and expand a youth led project that helps low income families year round; to teach about food, nutrition, gardening and philanthropy – $5,000
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School: update the internet hardware for enhanced speed and reliability of internet service – $5,000
- St. Vincent de Paul of OLPH: for emergency assistance to families in Floyd County for rent and utilities in order to prevent evictions – $5,000
- Camp Quality Kentuckiana: help with the cost of summer camp for Floyd Co. children with cancer – $8,000
- Serenity house Inc.: operational expenses to include educational literature, and replacement for aged HVAC equipment – $8,649
- Develop New Albany: expand community-centered environment for entertainment, food, & activities at New Albany Farmer’s market – $10,000
- Floyd County Government: explore and celebrate local history and promote the arts through the Buffalo Art and History Trail & Bicentennial Art Garden projects – $10,000
- Gilda’s Club Kentuckiana: expand capacity and increase access, offering support groups in southern Indiana – $10,000
- Louisville Fund for the Visual Arts: support exhibits, lectures, and a trolley hop with the The Southern Indiana Photo Biennial – $10,000
- Louisville Orchestra: present two family concerts, "Peter and the Wolf," with the Squallis Puppeteers at the Ogle Center at IUS – $10,000
- New Directions Housing Corporation: fund Repair Affair and free home repairs for low-income elderly and disabled homeowners – $10,000
- StageOne Family Theatre: provide students in the schools with a robust offering of educational theatre arts programming, including customized In-School Residencies that help teachers reach curriculum goals – $10,000
- TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana: create a second performance space to help arts groups connect with audiences, provide opportunities for local artists – $10,000
- Georgetown Township Fire Protection District: purchase 8 Defibtech Lifeline AED’s to be placed in the responding vehicles and replace outdated equipment – $11,448
- Graceland Baptist Church – Miles of Smiles Mobile Dental Clinic: capital start up cost for the Miles of Smiles mobile dental clinic – $12,000
- Fund for the Arts: fund the 5×5 program in NAFCS elementary schools to provide their students with at least five curriculum-based arts experiences – $12,500
- Our Place Drug and Alcohol Education Services, Inc.: support Afterschool ROCKS, an evidence based afterschool program for 4th grade students to prevent early initiation of substance abuse, bullying and violence – $12,711
- American Red Cross- Ky. and So. IN Region: support the purchase of cutting-edge blood scales and the software and training – $15,000
- Dare to Care Food Bank: cover cost of purchasing fresh produce and non-perishable foods & transportation expenses – $15,000
- Hispanic Connection Of Southern Indiana: support consultants/teachers conducting the ESL, Computer and Spanish classes – $15,950
- Louisville Urban League: provide HUD-certified financial skill building and empowerment counseling and group education in consumer credit, homeownership preparation and rental readiness training linked to career counseling – $16,080
- YMCA of Southern Indiana: provide weeklong residential camperships to 25 low income 3rd-5th grade students at YMCA Camp Piomingo – $17,000
- Actors Theatre of Louisville: provide playwriting residencies to New Albany and Floyd Central high school students, teaching critical academic and life skills through participation in the New Voices Young Playwrights Contest – $17,192
- Center for Lay Ministries: support a minimum of six Floyd County residents to receive recovery, treatment and housing services while residing at Bliss House – $17,630
- Centerstone: ensure Floyd County students with a mental health diagnosis and without health insurance receive the treatment they need to recover – $20,000
- Family & Child’s Place: support expansion of prevention and intervention services to meet needs resulting from increases in child abuse and neglect – $20,000
- New Albany Floyd County Education Foundation: fund $500 Great Classroom Projects in New Albany Floyd County classrooms – $20,000
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