To help strengthen communities facing hardships caused by inflation and continued high prices, Purdue Extension-Daviess County received a $10,000 grant from the Glick Community Relief Fund, a grant program of Glick Philanthropies that supports local nonprofit organizations providing access to basic needs. The grant was one of 87 totaling $500,000 to organizations supporting communities where Gene B. Glick Company properties are located during this time of heightened demand and economic uncertainty.
The Glick Community Relief Fund focuses on increasing food access, expanding accessible transportation, connecting community members to utility assistance, and prioritizing mental health support. This grant was one of 60 directed to Indiana-based organizations.
“Glick Philanthropies is committed to offering support to nonprofit organizations that are providing essential basic needs to our most vulnerable communities,” said Ben Grande, Director of Philanthropy for Glick Philanthropies. “The efforts of these organizations are especially critical now as our communities continue to face high prices due to inflation. Our work with the Glick Community Relief Fund allows us to help 87 organizations that are making meaningful contributions to communities, families, and individuals across the country.”
Purdue Extension-Daviess County has been doing this work to provide access and education to nutritious foods through Food as Medicine program and build skills to strengthen our immigrant neighbors. With the additional support from Glick Philanthropies, we will use this funding to continue offering Food as Medicine program that was a pilot last year and also provide education around immigrant community needs and offer training for Bridge The Gap, a medical interpretation training for bi-lingual individuals. Lastly, we will update our Community Health Improvement Plan through holding community listening sessions and planning meetings. 14% of youth in Daviess County are food insecure, in addition due to the increase of limited English proficiency (LEP) population in our community, we have seen a need for competent bilingual interpreters to help clients navigate the community. While we have many service agencies and organizations in the community and surrounding communities, there are still language barriers affecting access to those services (Daviess Community Hospital Community Health Needs Assessment, 2019; Indiana University Center for Rural Engagement, 2022).
“This will allow us to continue serving Daviess County and reaching our underserved residents,” Jennifer Stefancik, Health and Human Sciences Educator said “And will help make sure we are meeting current needs in the county.”
2023 marks the eighth year that Glick Philanthropies has administered its property nominated grant program. Through this initiative, over $4 million has been awarded to 242 organizations in communities where Gene B. Glick Company properties are located. This year, food access elevated as the area with the greatest need.
For more information about Purdue Extension-Daviess County’s work, please visit www.extension.purdue.edu/daviess . For more information about Glick Philanthropies, visit glickphilanthropies.org.
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About Glick Philanthropies
Glick Philanthropies’ mission is to increase equitable access to quality affordable housing and transformative opportunities for every member of our community. Through a family of charitable initiatives honoring the legacy of Eugene & Marilyn Glick, Glick Philanthropies focuses on grantmaking and community leadership in central Indiana and communities where Gene B. Glick Company properties are located. The Glick Housing Foundation aims to preserve and expand quality affordable housing that supports lifelong resident success. The Glick Family Foundation and donor-advised funds at the Central Indiana Community Foundation and Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis prioritize grantmaking to organizations providing equitable arts & creative expression opportunities, closing access and achievement gaps in education, improving connectivity to basic needs & opportunities for economic mobility, and strengthening the Jewish community & cultural life in Central Indiana. Since 1982, Glick Philanthropies has awarded more than $275 million to charitable causes building community and creating opportunity.
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