The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County awarded six schools with Robert P. Bell Classroom Enhancement Grants totaling more than $12K this school year. These grants are awarded to schools to enhance learning through innovative ideas, programs, or projects related to a classroom unit or lesson. Pleasant View Elementary School first-graders learned about the human body and celebrated “Doctor Day,” where students had the opportunity to dress up like a doctor, play Operation, listen to heartbeats with a real stethoscope and sort food based on food groups.

The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County awarded $3,769,621 in grants and scholarships in 2024, strengthening its mission to enhance the quality of life for Delaware County residents. Most grants were awarded through permanently endowed funds, ensuring a greater Muncie and Delaware County today, tomorrow, and always.

Local teachers were awarded grants totaling over $9K from The Community Foundation through the Robert P. Bell Education Grants Program.

The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County awarded $3,802,620 in grants and scholarships utilizing various strategies to enhance the quality of life for the residents of Delaware County, Ind. in 2023.

Three local teachers were awarded grants totaling $1,693.29 from The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County in April through the Robert P. Bell Education Grants Program.

– Five local teachers were awarded grants totaling $1,973.96 from The Community Foundation in February through the Robert P. Bell Education Grants Program. Pictured, East Washington Academy fifth-graders visualize the interaction between the earth's spheres, a project funded by a Bell Grant.

The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County awarded $974,435 in Community Grants during the first quarter of 2023, including a $35,000 grant to Cardinal Greenway Inc. to support the cost of operations. Pictured, bicyclists gather at the Cardinal Greenway Depot for a ride on the trail.

The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County awarded $3,720,056 in grants and scholarships to enhance the quality of life for the residents of Delaware County, Ind. in 2022

Grants totaling $264,953 were awarded from The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County to benefit the community between November and December 2022.

Grants totaling $380,809 were awarded to benefit the community between September and October 2022. Pictured, Urban Light CDC's Lighthouse Recovery Home Graduate, Emily, is being congratulated after her graduation. Urban Light was awarded a grant from the Maxon Foundation Fund to support this program.

Grants totaling $686,726 were awarded from The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County to benefit the community between June and August 2022.

Grants totaling $823,084 were awarded from The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County to benefit the community between March and May 2022. Most grants are awarded through permanently endowed funds that benefit our community today and always.