Organizations Filed Purposes:
OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND ASSIST EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE PHILANTHROPY, PRODUCING POSITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN HARRISON COUNTY. OUR VISION IS TO GROW HARRISON COUNTY INTO THE BEST COMMUNITY TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE A FAMILY. WE VALUE GENEROSITY, INTEGRITY, SUSTAINABILITY, STEWARDSHIP, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, INCLUSION, AND EXCELLENCE.
OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE AND ASSIST EVERYONE TO EXPERIENCE PHILANTHROPY, PRODUCING POSITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH IN HARRISON COUNTY. OUR VISION IS TO GROW HARRISON COUNTY INTO THE BEST COMMUNITY TO LIVE, WORK AND RAISE A FAMILY. WE VALUE GENEROSITY, INTEGRITY, SUSTAINABILITY, STEWARDSHIP, INNOVATION, COLLABORATION, INCLUSION, AND EXCELLENCE.HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (HCCF) HAS A UNIQUE HISTORY. IN A RIVERBOAT GAMING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DATED MAY 15, 1996, RDI/CAESARS RIVERBOAT, LLC AGREED WITH THE HARRISON COUNTY, INDIANA GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE $5,000,000 TO CREATE THE FOUNDATION. THE THREE SEATED COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SELECTED 21 HARRISON COUNTY CITIZENS TO BECOME THE FOUNDING BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OVER TIME HCCF GREW TO INCLUDE SEVEN FULL TIME STAFF, A 15 MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND MULTIPLE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS.BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CAESARS SOUTHERN INDIANA CASINO (FORMERLY HORSESHOE SOUTHERN INDIANA), HCCF HAS BEEN ABLE TO EMBARK ON SEVERAL AMBITIOUS PROJECTS. HCCF FUNCTIONS AS ANY OTHER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DONORS TO SUPPORT THEIR FAVORITE CAUSES. ADDITIONALLY, THE ONGOING SUPPORT FROM CAESARS SOUTHERN INDIANA CASINO ENABLES HCCF TO OFFER VARIOUS GIFT MATCHING PROGRAMS. THE HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION VALUES ITS ROLE AS A CATALYST, CONVENER AND COLLABORATOR, BRINGING OTHER FUNDERS AND NONPROFITS TOGETHER AROUND VITAL ISSUES AND ADDING KEY SUPPORT TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE POSSIBLE. OUR WORK IS CENTERED AROUND WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT COMMUNITY NEEDS. WE SERVE RESIDENTS OF HARRISON COUNTY IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: --AWARDING GRANTS TO HELP NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE NEEDED SERVICES IN ARTS AND CULTURE, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ETC. --AWARDING ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS TO HARRISON COUNTY GRADUATING STUDENTS AND ADULT STUDENTS --FUNDING PROGRAMS BENEFITING CHILDREN, YOUTH AND ADULTS --HELPING NONPROFITS BE MORE SUSTAINABLE SO THEY CAN HELP MORE COUNTY RESIDENTS THRIVE PROGRAMS INCLUDE:DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROJECT THIS PROGRAM ENCOURAGES PARENTS TO READ TO THEIR CHILDREN BY PROVIDING EACH PRESCHOOL CHILD ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM AN AGE APPROPRIATE BOOK IN THE MAIL EACH MONTH UNTIL THEIR FIFTH BIRTHDAY. OVER 1,600 PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. CHILDREN CAN BE ENROLLED THROUGH THE FOUNDATION OR AT ONE OF THE PARTICIPATING PARTNERS; HARRISON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, YMCA OF HARRISON COUNTY, HARRISON COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES, HARRISON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL. ENCOURAGED BY THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS AGREED TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE COST. THE EARLY READERS FUND, WHICH SUPPORTS THE DOLLY PARTON IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROJECT, CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM A 2:1 MATCH. THE DICTIONARY PROJECT THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES A DICTIONARY TO EVERY THIRD GRADER IN HARRISON COUNTY. STUDENTS ATTENDING THE NINE HARRISON COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RECEIVE THEIR VERY OWN DICTIONARY TO USE AT SCHOOL AND TAKE HOME. A TOTAL OF 498 DICTIONARIES WERE DISTRIBUTED IN 2019. THE PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO ASSIST STUDENTS IN COMPLETING THE SCHOOL YEAR AS GOOD WRITERS, ACTIVE READERS AND CREATIVE THINKERS. YOUTH PHILANTHROPY COUNCIL THE YOUTH PHILANTHROPY COUNCIL OF HARRISON COUNTY IS DESIGNED TO TEACH SKILLS, TO ENCOURAGE YOUTH TO GIVE AND SERVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND TO MAKE PHILANTHROPY A "HABIT OF THE HEART" FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE PROGRAM GOALS ARE TO PROMOTE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EXPERIENCES IN PHILANTHROPY, TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY INITIATIVES WHICH YOUTH CARE ABOUT AND TO ENGAGE YOUTH AND ADULTS IN PARTNERSHIP THROUGH GIVING AND SERVING FOR THE COMMON GOOD. THE YOUTH PHILANTHROPY FUND, WHICH PROVIDES YOUTH-LED GRANTMAKING DOLLARS, CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM A 2:1 MATCH. ENDOWMENTSHCCF HOLDS 279 ENDOWMENT FUNDS SUPPORTING A BROAD ARRAY OF ORGANIZATIONS AND CAUSES. THE TYPE OF FUNDS INCLUDE: DESIGNATED AGENCY, DONOR ADVISED, FIELD OF INTEREST, SCHOLARSHIP AND BUILDER'S FUNDS (UNRESTRICTED). THE MAIN PURPOSE OF AN ENDOWMENT IS TO PROVIDE A LONG-TERM AND GROWING SOURCE OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AN ORGANIZATION OR CAUSE. ENDOWMENT FUND BENEFICIARIES ACCESS THEIR FUNDS BY COMPLETING AN ENDOWMENT FUND GRANT REQUEST. ONCE THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN UTILIZED BENEFICIARIES SUBMIT A SHORT GRANT REPORT FORM TO HCCF. ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPSNEARLY HALF OF HCCF ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE DEVOTED TO PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS. THE WIDE SCOPE OF SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA AND AWARDS ARE REFLECTIVE OF THE DIVERSE INTEREST OF THE DONORS WHO ESTABLISHED THEM. ALL SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED USING OBJECTIVE AND NONDISCRIMINATORY SELECTION PROCESSES.EDUCATION MATTERS SOUTHERN INDIANAIN 2014 HCCF JOINED WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN INDIANA, SCOTT COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO CREATE EDUCATION MATTERS SOUTHERN INDIANA (EMSI). THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT FOCUSED ON INCREASING HIGHER EDUCATION ATTAINMENT RATES FOR THE FIVE COUNTIES THEY SERVED. IN TIME, THE INITIATIVE MORPHED INTO AN EVEN LARGER COOPERATIVE EFFORT ENCOMPASSING THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS, EDUCATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES, NONPROFIT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTERESTS TO CREATE ALIGN SOUTHERN INDIANA (ASI).ALIGN SOUTHERN INDIANA ALIGN SOUTHERN INDIANA (ASI) IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION COMPRISED OF BUSINESS, EDUCATIONAL AND NONPROFIT COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THROUGH ASI, LEADERS FROM CLARK, FLOYD, HARRISON, SCOTT AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES CAME TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY A COMMON VISION FOR OUR REGION. THE INITIATIVE HAS IDENTIFIED THESE AREAS OF FOCUS: ECONOMIC AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; REGIONAL LEADERSHIP; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF PLACE.THE MISSION OF ASI IS TO ACTIVELY FACILITATE A SHARED REGIONAL PROCESS THAT WILL ALIGN RESOURCES, ADDRESS NEEDS AND PRODUCE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS RESULTING IN OUR REGION ACHIEVING ITS POTENTIAL AS A BEST PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY. HCCF HAS SERVED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE FUNDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF ASI AND IS A SPONSORING STAKEHOLDER IN THE INITIATIVE.BUILDING DYNAMIC BOARDS OF DIRECTORSHCCF REQUIRES ALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUBMITTING A GRANT APPLICATION TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE SITTING BOARD MEMBER WHO HAS COMPLETED A CERTIFIED BOARD TRAINING PROGRAM. HCCF OFFERS TRAINING AT NO COST TO PARTICIPANTS UPON COMPLETION.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Steve A Gilliland | CEO (PART YEAR) | 40 | $97,186 |
| Julie Moorman | CEO (PART YEAR) | 40 | $79,657 |
| Taylor Johnson | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jeremy Kirkham | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jeff Shireman | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Douglas Sellers | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Mike Woertz | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Pamela Carmichael | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Carol Hoehn | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Ryan Hanger | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Scott Estes | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Brian Lahue | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Susan Pierson | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Pat Book | DIRECTOR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Leslie Robertson | VICE CHAIR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Leanne Cunningham | SECRETARY/TREASURER | 0.5 | $0 |
| Brett Stilwell | CHAIR | 0.5 | $0 |
| Barbara Middleton | PAST CHAIR | 0.5 | $0 |
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