PRESS RELEASE: Catholic Charities Receives $5,000 Grant from Glick Philanthropies
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (June 26, 2024) – Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (CCFWSB) received a $5,000 grant from the Glick Community Relief Fund, a grant program of Glick Philanthropies that supports local nonprofit organizations increasing access to basic needs. The grant was one of 84 totaling $652,500 to organizations supporting communities where Gene B. Glick Company properties are located.
The Glick Community Relief Fund focuses on increasing healthy food access, expanding accessible transportation, connecting community members to utility assistance, and prioritizing mental health support. This grant was one of 52 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 84 organizations that are making meaningful contributions to communities, families, and individuals across the country.”
CCFWSB has been serving the 14 counties of northeast Indiana for over a century in Stability, Pro-Life, Counseling, and Migration services. With the additional support from Glick Philanthropies, we will provide direct utility assistance to vulnerable neighbors, while also assisting clients with budgeting and self-sufficiency planning.
2024 marks the eighth year that Glick Philanthropies has administered its property nominated grant program. Through this initiative, over $4.7 million has been awarded to 265 nonprofit organizations in communities where Gene B. Glick Company properties are located. This year, food access elevated as the area with the greatest need with 85% of grants supporting organizations with at least some focus on increasing food access.
For more information about CCFWSB’s work, please visit www.ccfwsb.org. For more information about Glick Philanthropies, visit glickphilanthropies.org.
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About Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend:
Catholic Charities is a private 501 (c) 3 incorporated in the state of Indiana to act as the coordinating and administrative agency for the charitable activities assigned to it by the Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend; to plan for, initiate, direct, support and coordinate Catholic social-services programs for the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical welfare of persons in need; to seek and determine the causes of social problems in order to better promote preventative social-action programs; to participate in community planning and organization, and work cooperatively with other individuals and groups in the field of social work. The service area for Catholic Charities includes the 14 counties of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, encompassing 2,236 square miles, with a population of 1,247,850. Currently, Catholic Charities has offices in Fort Wayne (Allen County), Auburn (DeKalb County), and South Bend (St. Joseph County), Indiana. In Fiscal Year 2022-2023, CCFWSB served over 21,000 individuals at a fiscally responsible rate of 88 cents of every dollar dedicated to client services. The agency’s mission is to serve all those in need as Christ calls us to do.
About Glick Philanthropies
Glick Philanthropies is an Indianapolis-based family of charitable initiatives dedicated to building community and creating opportunity that empowers every person to reach their full potential. Glick Philanthropies includes Glick Family Foundation, Glick Housing Foundation, the Glick Fund at Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), and the Glick Fund at Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis (JFGI). Since 1982, we have awarded $320 million to charitable causes in Central Indiana and communities where Gene B. Glick Company operates.