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Welcome to The Foundation's Philanthropy Marketplace! 

 

Philanthropy Marketplace allows you to help in a very specific way by connecting

you with projects that fit your interests. The list of organizations and needs

reflects the wide range of programs offered in our community.  Simply review

the list; when you find a project you want to support, contact the organization

or visit their website to find out more.  The list will be updated regularly so please

visit often.

 

Philanthropy Marketplace -- another way The Community Foundation of Greater Lafayette

helps you help your community.

 

 

Organization and contact

Project

Amount

Almost Home Humane Society 2 laptop computers $1,000 each
Michelle Warren
765.474-5222 ext 314
Educational support Up to $15,000
michelle@almosthomehumane.org Operating costs Up to $20,000
http://www.almosthomehumane.org/ Animal medical Up to $15,000
  Animal upkeep supplies Up to $10,000
  Advertising costs $5,000

Area IV Agency on Aging

Anita Bowen

765.447.7683

www.areaivagency.org
 

Senior Games sponsorships for Annual Area IV Senior Games (recreational activity for those 55 and older)

 

  Gold level,
  $3,000

  Silver level,
  $1,000-2,999

  Bronze level,
  $500-999

Bach Chorale Singers

765.463.6902

www.bachchorale.org

Risers project -- pie sections (4) to join the platforms for singers to stand on

$1116 each

Christmas CD project (details)

$5,000

  Scholarship fund development to assist those who can't afford to join Bach Chorale

$500

  Tickets for Others Program -- tickets distributed through social service agencies and schools

$500

Big Brothers/Big Sisters

Ronda McKinnis

765.742.8045

www.bbbslaf.com

Sponsor a Big Brother Big Sister mentoring match in either the Community, Site-Based, or Faith-Based Programs. 

$800 per match

  Volunteer to serve as a Big Brother or Big Sister in one of five program options (please see www.bbbslaf.com for details).

priceless

 

 

 

 

Sponsor an activity, which can range from approximately $200 for a picnic to $2500 for a trip to Kings Island

 

$200 - $2,500

Caregiver Companion

765.423.1879

Office supplies $1,000

www.caregivercompanion.org

Telephone expenses $800
  Cell phone expenses $400
 

Internet expense, dial-up

if changed to DSL.......

$250

$420

Automobile expenses $1,500
Accounting expenses $1,200
  Caregiver support group $800

College Mentors for Kids! Inc.
Erin Slater
Toll Free: 877.473.2635

eslater@collegementors.org

Purdue’s approximate chapter budget for one academic year $30,000
  Sponsor a Buddy Pair $1,000
  Transportation for 1 week

Transportation for 1 year

$600

$11,000

  Snacks for 1 child for 1 year

Snacks for chapter for 1 year

$40

$4,400

  Digital camera

Photo Developing

$300

$200

  Activity supplies $1,000
  T-shirts for child participants $5,000
  Recognition for children $3,000
  Prizes for children $3,000

Food Finders Food Bank 765.471.0062

3 panel display  

www.food-finders.org

 

Fireproof file cabinet  
  Operating Fund Donations up to $10,000
  Offset cost of food pick up, warehouse & delivery costs any amount
$25=250 lbs. of food
  2 Computers  
  Server  
  21" monitor  
  Operating Fund Donations up to $10,000
  Gas trimmer for weed eating $160
  48' or 53' refrigerated trailer $20,000
  Good used electric fork truck  
  Transfer switch for use with a power generator $8,800

 
4'x8' stainless steel table and backpacks for repackaging program

$200 for table; $10 or less for each backpack

  Software
     Norton Anti Virus upgrade
     Adobe upgrade
$275

Hanna Community Center

Sadie Harper-Scott

Food for after-school program children

$1,000

 765.742.0191

 

Sponsor a child, after-school program

$861

Laminator

$175

Digital camera

$400

 

Non-perishable foods for food pantry

 

 

Prizes for seniors' Bingo events

 

Senior meal program breakfasts

$1,000

Imagination Station

765.420.7780

imagination.station@insightbb.com

Volunteers at museum

 

Summer Camp Sponsorship

 

Individual visits for children

priceless

 

$70 each

 

$5 each

 

 

Supplies for experiments used in classes

$10-15 each

 

Sponsorship of IS dollars that children can use in gift Shop

Any amount

  Good printer can be donated
  Reliable copier  
  Good Office chairs  

 

Attorney to serve on Board of Directors Priceless

Junior Achievement of Greater Lafayette

Sponsorships for students, classes, and schools  (details)

$25-$12,500

Jan Koehler

765.449.1630

http://lafayette.ja.org

Office equipment (details)

$65-249.99

Tippecanoe County Juvenile Alternatives 15 sets of watercolor paint brushes $3.99 - $5.99 per set
Lisa Brooks lbrooks@tippecanoe.in.gov 15 canvases $7.99 - $10.99 each
765.423.9277 Watercolor paint (variety of colors) $6.59 and up for sets
15 paint/water trays $3.99 each
15 sets of drawing hard pastels (art chalk) $8.99 each
15 jewelry making kits $5 - $10
Yarn (variety of color/textures) $2.49 and up per item
Applesauce (large jar) $3
Cinnamon (2 large bottles) $1
Books:  
Activities that Teach              by Tom Jackson $15.95
Activities that Teach Family Values by Tom Jackson $14.95
Still More Activities that Teach  by Tom Jackson $15.95
 

Movies:

Substance Abuse Education movies ($70 each and up)

 

Lafayette Adult Resource Academy (LARA)
JoAnn Vorst

765.476.2920 phone

Adult Basic Education, GED, and Employment Program materials (details)

 765.476.2923 fax

 jvorst@lara.lafayette.in.us


www.lsc.k12.in.us/laraweb/

English-As-Another-Language materials (details)

 

Child Care supplies (details)

 

Counseling materials (details)

Lafayette Catholic School System

Joanne Willis

Humorous Fiction (set of 21 titles)

$280

765.474.7500

TV/VCR/DVD

$239
willis@lcss.org

27” TV

$375
 

Density Cubes Set…$30

$30

Tuition assistance for elementary band student

$540
Childcraft Early Fluency Animal Stories Read-along CD sets $100

Lafayette Citizens Band

Marti Sackett

4- or 5-drawer letter-size fireproof file cabinet  

765.423.2263 (office)

765.474.0548 (home)

4- or 5-drawer legal size fireproof file cabinets (6)

marti.sackett@verizon.net Two 6' folding tables  

Folding chairs (5)

Lafayette Crisis Center

Jane McCann

765.742.0247

jane@lafayettecrisiscenter.org

www.lafayettecrisiscenter.org

Membership Drive

      Leader

      Principal

      Benefactor

      Friend

      Member

 

$500+

$250 - $499

$100 - $249

$50 - $100

up to $49

 

  2 office chairs for phone room  
  2 17" monitors for phone room  

Lafayette Housing Authority

Edie Pierce-Thomas

765.771.1300

Tenant database software upgrade

(cash donations)

$30,000

 Lafayette Tree Fund

 Larry Rose
 larry47905@comcast.net

Plant trees on all of the  gateway streets into     Lafayette $150 per tree

Leadership Lafayette

Christy Smith

Scholarships

any amount

765.446.8105

www.wcic.org/LeadershipLafayette/

Endowment fund donations