The Caesars Foundation of Floyd County is seeking applications to provide a much-needed funding resource for economic development and improvement of quality of place benefitting Floyd County.
Donor Name: Caesars Foundation of Floyd County
State: Indiana
County: Floyd County (IN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/31/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Details:
The Caesars Southern Indiana Casino makes monthly contributions to the foundation based on a percentage of casino revenues. The income to the foundation is utilized for both direct grantmaking by the foundation and to build a foundation endowment. The Foundation will use the investment generated income to ensure the philanthropic work of the Foundation lasts forever to benefit Floyd County residents.
Categories
The Caesars Foundation of Floyd County addresses the diverse needs of the residents of Floyd County, Indiana. The foundation’s grantmaking generally falls into the following categories:
- Community Development
- to include support of projects and programs related to community infrastructure improvements, public safety, economic development, housing, historic preservation, citizen involvement, civic leadership training, and other general community activities;
- Education
- to include support for programs in pre-school, elementary and secondary education, post-secondary education, and for special education programs;
- Human Services
- to include the support of human service related programs in the areas of children and youth, senior citizens, disadvantaged populations, etc.;
- Arts/Cultural Affairs
- to include the support of programs and facilities which are designed to establish a diversified cultural program that offers wide-spread opportunities for participation and appreciation;
- Health & Medical
- to include the support of health and medical-related programs.
Funding Information
Generally, grants will not exceed $25,000 other than on rare occasions due to their exceptional merits in terms of extreme emergencies, unusual broad community benefit, and/or major leveraging of other financial resources.
Eligibility Criteria
Grant applicants must qualify as exempt organizations under the Internal Revenue Service 501(c)(3) status or be sponsored by such an organization or qualify as governmental or educational entities or possess similar attributes. The Foundation verifies each organization’s status through the IRS Charitable Organization listing found on IRS.gov. All organizations must annual file the Form 990 to maintain current nonprofit status with the IRS.
For more information, visit Caesars Foundation of Floyd County Grant.
