Samtec Cares received requests totaling over $3M and have granted almost $675,000 during the 2022 Grant Cycle to the following nonprofit organizations to assist in fulfilling their missions.
22 Challenge
Founded in 2014, 22 Challenge’s goal is to bring global awareness to the problem of veteran suicide in America. They promote a set of connections of brotherhood and sisterhood to help combat the problem of PTS in our Veteran community. Their grant will be used for Veteran suicide prevention, awareness and licensed counseling through events, support and training in our region.
BAYA
B.A.Y.A, which stands for “Beautiful as you are”, was created to give a safe place to the girls who may not fit in or are looked at as different. Their mission is to encourage, inspire and develop youth to find their inner voice to create a world where young people can learn to be better leaders, entrepreneurs and servants with high self-esteem and purpose. BAYA’s funds will provide weekly individual and group therapy sessions to the girls in their program.
Blessings in a Backpack Floyd County
1 in 6 Floyd County children face food insecurity. The mission of Blessings in a Backpack Floyd County is to provide a food stable environment for the children of Floyd County. Their program currently serves qualifying families with children in pre-k through 6th grade by providing food for those children on weekends/breaks/holidays. Over 1600 children, approximately 30% of New Albany Floyd County elementary students, are enrolled in the program. Their grant will purchase food for the students in their program.
Blue River Services
Blue River Services, Inc. (BRS) was founded in 1959 by six families who believed that all people are capable of learning when given the opportunity and appropriate support services. With this guiding philosophy for more than 60 years, BRS continues to identify barriers to independence and help people overcome them. Their grant will be used to provide safe, accessible transportation in five rural Indiana counties where other transit services are not currently available to meet the basic needs of residents.
Brandon’s House Counseling Center
Brandon’s House Counseling Center is an outpatient agency that offers free, professional counseling services to teens and their families in the Kentuckiana region. Their funds will be used to increase community awareness of the free services that they offer the community.
Centerstone of Indiana
Centerstone’s health system provides mental health and substance use disorder treatments. Centerstone’s grant will support their Mental Health Safety Net Program which ensures that children with a mental health diagnosis and without health insurance, receive the treatment they need to recover and be successful at school and in life.
Christian Formation Ministries, Inc.
Christian Formation Ministries has served the families of prisoners since 2003. “My Camp” is a year-round program designed to prevent the children of inmates and addicts from following their parents into incarceration and/or addiction. Their grant helps provide scholarships for more children to participate in the My Camp Program.
Decode Project
1 in 5 students have a language-based learning challenge. Decode Project’s mission is to eliminate inequities in education by fostering a diverse community of learners prepared to navigate the world. They will use the funding to support their Literacy Mentor Program which will provide over 2,200 hours of structured literacy instruction to students with learning differences.
Family and Children’s Place
Family and Children’s Place provides resources, support and solutions to help families prevent and stop child abuse and neglect, and to heal those impacted, by empowering parents and the community to create safe, nurturing environments for children. They are Southern Indiana’s leading provider of trauma-informed care for children, and their funding will support those children who have experienced abuse, neglect or maltreatment.
Floyd Memorial Foundation
Founded in 1978, the Floyd Memorial Foundation was established solely to support the mission and needs of Floyd County’s hospital, now known as Baptist Health Floyd, and its affiliate organizations. The Foundation acts as a vital link between the hospital’s vision of excellence and its financial capacity to provide the best care for the community it serves. Grant funding assist in purchasing essential equipment to enable Baptist Health Floyd to establish a Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to immediately and effectively provide advanced treatment to newborn babies in need of urgent, life-altering care.
Habitat for Humanity, Clark & Floyd, Indiana, Inc
Since 1991, Habitat for Humanity has built or renovated over 50 homes in Floyd and Clark County. They build homes because they are essential building blocks for families and communities — especially when coupled with strong relationships and healthy neighborhoods. Their grant will provide materials to build a house for low-income families giving them an affordable mortgage, self-sufficiency and independence.
Harrison County Arts
Harrison County Arts is dedicated to bringing art-centered experiences to Harrison County residents. Their funding will be used to toward their mission of connecting creativity and community through the power of Art.
Harrison County Lifelong Learning
The mission of Harrison County Lifelong Learning is to advance the knowledge and skills, through programs that enrich the lives of Harrison County residents. Harrison County Lifelong Learning is a leader in connecting Harrison County residents to the resources needed to be successful. Their grant will be used to create a Maker Space in their facility in partnership with Maker 13.
Hero Reward
Hero Reward’s program is designed to provide U.S. Service men and women, police officers, and fire fighters a one-of-a-kind retreat to aid in both mental and physical recovery from traumatizing events. Hero Reward offers services to these heroes and their families free of charge. Their funds will further develop the Hero Reward River Retreat which will allow them to extend their outreach.
Home of the Innocents
Established in 1880, Home of the Innocents enriches the lives of children and families with hope, health, and happiness. Programs include residential and community-based behavioral health services, therapeutic foster care and adoption services, supportive services for homeless young adults, and long-term care for medically complex or terminally ill children. Their grant will support the Pathways HOME program. For over 30 years, Pathways HOME has provided housing and supportive services to young adults (ages 18-24) and their children experiencing homelessness.
Kentucky Dance Council dba Louisville Ballet
The Louisville Ballet makes moving art that respects tradition, encourages innovation, and fosters life-long learning. Their grant will support their Ballet Bound program. Ballet Bound is a new initiative of Louisville Ballet providing young dancers from across our region regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or socio-economic status the opportunity to study classical ballet free of charge in a professional setting.
Kentucky Science Center
From a cabinet of curiosities to the State Science Center of Kentucky, Kentucky Science Center has come a long way in their 150-year history. Their mission is to advance science literacy and engage future scientists through curiosity, creativity, and innovation. Their funding will support the creation of mobile STEAM Carts featuring robotics, engineering, biomedical design, electronics and Maker activities along with facilitated activities for use by schools in the Southern Indiana area.
Louisville Zoo Foundation
Opened in 1969, The Louisville Zoological Gardens is dedicated to its mission to “Better the Bond Between People and Our Planet” by providing excellent care for animals, a great experience for visitors, and leadership in conservation education. The Louisville Zoo Foundation exists to support the Louisville Zoo in its mission. Grant funds will support the daily care, enrichment and healthcare of vulnerable, endangered and threatened species at the zoo.
New Albany Floyd County Public Library
The Floyd County Library’s mission is to support the growth and creativity of an engaged, informed, and connected community. The Library and the Carnegie Center for Art and History, a branch of the Library, have long been important pillars in our community. Their funding will help establish a public creative MakerSpace at the Carnegie Center for Art and History providing access to a digital arts studio with equipment to create video, photography, digital art, and audio recordings.
New Directions Housing Corporation
Since 1971, New Directions has been helping families overcome obstacles to affordable, safe, sustainable housing in Louisville and Southern Indiana. Through their housing, home-repair, and real estate development programs, they help build and strengthen communities, improve lives, and ensure a bright future for those in need. Grant funds support its Repair Affair program to complete free home repairs on homes owned by low-income, elderly and/or disabled people in Floyd and Clark Counties.
New Roots, Inc.
To ignite community power for fresh food access, New Roots’ vision is that affordable, fresh, organic food should be available year-round in all neighborhoods. Lack of access to fresh produce leads to the number one killer in our community, heart disease, which is preventable through diet. New Roots will utilize this grant money to purchase farm-fresh, seasonal produce and distribute to families living in poverty.
Rauch, Inc.
Founded in 1953 by a dedicated group of parents, Rauch was the first school for children with developmental disabilities in the state of Indiana. Today, Rauch directly serves over 1,400 children, adults and families in seven Indiana counties. Funding will be used to improve Rauch’s Fairmont Neighborhood Center on Charlestown Rd. to meet today’s standards of safety and accessibility.
Scott County Partnership, Inc
The idea of the Scott County Partnership was born in 1995, when community leaders believed that if all people and systems currently in place shared a common vision, worked together and maximized resources, then they could solve many of the challenges the community faced. Their funds will support their “Covering Kids and Family” program which addresses the need for individuals and families to have access to health insurance.
StageOne: The Louisville Children’s Theatre, Inc.
StageOne Family Theatre fosters empathy and sparks the imagination of children and their communities through the transformative power of live theatre. Their purpose is to introduce young people to theatre that is personally relevant, age-appropriate, inspirational and educational. Their funding will provide free tickets for 2,400 Southern Indiana students to see a live, in-person production.
The Food Literacy Program at Oxmoor
The Food Literacy Project was founded in 2006 out of a community desire for young people to reconnect with soil, air, water, sun, and the people who work to feed us. Their grant will support their Youth Cultivating Change program which exists to cultivate extraordinary youth leaders empowered to create change within their families and communities by leading transformation in Louisville’s food systems.
Youth Link Southern Indiana
Youth Link Southern Indiana began as Communities In Schools of Clark County in 2002 to provide resources, supports, and programming to 18 partner schools in Clark County, spanning all four school districts. Services include tutoring, mentoring, basic needs resources, mental health services, as well as before and after school programming. Their grant will support their school day services resource coordination to reduce barriers to learning.