Samtec awarded over $711, 557 in grants during 2024 and has awarded over $4.7 million to date since the inception of the grant program in 2018 to over 165 different organizations.
22 Challenge Corporation
22 Challenge will partner with like-minded organizations to assist with suicide prevention and awareness at many levels from health and welfare visits, crisis management, educational materials, leadership summits and coordination in the region to provide needed outdoor events to engage those involved in our sphere of influence. Their funds are to be used for materials, events costs and therapy using licensed mental health counseling.
Adelante Hispanic Achievers, Inc.
Adelante Hispanic Achievers (AHA) was created to support and empower Hispanic/Latino youth to achieve their dreams and contribute as creative and educated world citizens. seeks core mission support for delivery and continued expansion of programs and services. Requested funds will be used in support of their STEM Club which covers a wide range of subjects including robotics, science, astronomy and engineering.
Brandon’s House Counseling Center, Inc.
Brandon’s House Counseling Center is dedicated to providing free counseling services to teens and their families. Their grant funding will enable Brandon’s House Counseling Center to enhance our technological capabilities, streamline operations, expand our outreach efforts, and ultimately, better serve the mental health needs of our community.
Center for Lay Ministries
The Center for Lay Ministries provides food to 1,200 clients and their families each month and they rely heavily on food donations. need. In 2023, they had 15,432 Food Pantry client visits, nearly 3,000 more visits than in 2022. Of those 15,432 clients, 1,647 were new and requesting food from our pantry for the first time. Their grant will be used to help purchase a box truck needed to pick up food donations and make food deliveries to continue meeting the food needs of the community for the next ten years.
Centerstone of Indiana
Centerstone specializes in mental health and substance use disorder treatment for people of all ages. Their funding will be used to support work with at-risk children. Through their Mental Health Safety Net Program, students with a mental health diagnosis in Floyd, Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Scott and Washington County schools will receive the Life Skills Training they need to recover from diagnosable disorders as well as behavioral or emotional problems resulting from trauma, abuse or neglect.
Clark County Youth Shelter and Family Services, Inc.
The Clark County Youth Shelter and Family Services is a community-based youth shelter and family resource that provides youth in Clark and Floyd County a safe alternative when they have no place else to go and resources for families in need. Their grant funds will be used in support and promotion of their Safe Place Program along with their Anger Management, Living Out Loud and Shoplifting Prevention Programs for teens.
Day Spring
Day Spring’s vision is to serve more adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in our community, providing a path forward for families through services that cultivate hope, belonging, and community. Day Spring has a critical need to revitalize the technology infrastructure throughout the organization, and their funding will be used for technology upgrades in all of Day Spring’s owned properties which includes two group homes, two staffed residences, College for Living, and the Ford Community Center.
Flight Club 502
Flight Club 502 is dedicated to teaching teens about leadership and success through realistic goal setting in aviation and through Next Gen/STEM education. Their grant will be used in support of an innovative and sustainable Aircraft Build Project designed to engage and educate teens through hands-on experience in aviation and engineering. This unique program encompasses the construction of an aircraft from a kit under the guidance of skilled mentors, providing a comprehensive learning experience in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
Happy Home Furniture Bank
Happy Home Furniture Bank’s goal is for all Kentuckiana residents to live in furnished homes that offer them a comfortable space to spend time with friends, enjoy memorable conversations over dinner at a table, and experience restful sleep on a new bed and pillow they call their own. They partner with local social and community service agencies to provide whole-house furnishings to families and individuals overcoming devastating circumstances, so they can regain confidence and hope in a place they call their own. Their grant will be used toward the purchase of bed frames, mattresses, and a truck for pick-up and delivery.
Henryville Jr. & Sr. High School
The mission of Henryville Jr. and Sr. High School is to successfully motivate students of all levels to achieve their personal best by providing opportunities in the school and community. Their grant funds will be used to purchase VEX Robotics Super Competition Kits and to start a VEX Robotics Competition program at Henryville Jr. & Sr. High School.
Hosea’s House Inc.
Hosea’s House is a home for the broken who have a desire to move forward in life and not allow their past to determine their destiny. Hosea’s House guides families in reaching their greatest potential. Their grant will be used to help purchase a passenger van to assist in transporting their clients to and from appointments and outings.
Jeffersonville Township Public Library Foundation
The mission of the Jeffersonville Township Public Library is to connect people and ideas through experiences, technology, and information in the pursuit of lifelong learning. The grant will be used to assist in funding a multimedia center within the library’s Jeffersonville location as part of their highly-used, state-of-the-art MakerSpace.
Kentucky Science Center
Already recognized as a leader in inquiry-based learning, the Kentucky Science Center exudes a “Do Science” philosophy – taking every opportunity to make interesting and fun science connections with the community. Their message is simple: play, tinker, explore, collaborate, test, experiment, goof up, and try again. Their funding will be used to build and supply two permanent MakerPlace Mobile STEAM carts that will be given to two Southern Indiana elementary schools. Carts provide students hands-on interactive experiences with a focus on engineering, robotics, coding, computer information sciences, and maker activities. This program inspires the innovators of tomorrow, creating a lifelong interest in STEAM subjects.
Kerith Family Recovery
Kerith Family Recovery restores families and community through trauma informed care. Their holistic approach encompasses mindfulness, personal accountability, imaginative play, and life-skills development. Kerith supports children ages 5-18 whose lives have been impacted in at least one of the following ways: witness active substance abuse, experience parental incarceration, score high on the CDC’s ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) test, and have indications for Complicated Grief. Grant funds will be used to support their youth prevention solutions: Camp Kerith of Southern Indiana and Kerith Kids.
Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies
Since 1958, Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies empowers children with physical, behavioral, and intellectual challenges to reach their full potential through comprehensive and integrated medical therapies, regardless of a family’s capacity to afford the full cost of care. Our transformative care inspires our children and their families to build confidence, encourage joy, and live with hope for the future. Their funding will be used to purchase needed therapy equipment to support of their Interactive Metronome (IM) therapy program.
Nativity Academy at St. Boniface
Nativity Academy seeks to impart to its students’ moral values, knowledge, learning skills, discipline, character formation and personal care. Since their inception, 82% of Nativity Academy graduates have enrolled in college or post-secondary education, and 97% of their students graduate from high school. Their grant will be used to purchase necessary equipment to expand the STEM hardware currently in their Makerspace.
One Church – One Community
One Community’s mission is to develop a loving and flourishing community where our Veterans and their families can thrive. It is a safe place of structure where Veterans can live, find purpose, belonging, self-confidence, and self-esteem at their own pace. The well-being of our Veterans is key for all communities, and their funds will be used to purchase passenger vans for their residents. Ttransportation for Veterans is their lifeline to access the VA and doctor’s visits to support their mental and physical healthcare needs.
Serenity Inc
Serenity House is committed to providing a structured transitional facility for men in an atmosphere of strength and fellowship to assist residents in learning self-discipline to maintain a productive life without the use of alcohol and other drugs. Their primary focus is to empower residents to find a way of living with spirituality, health, dignity and self-respect. Their funds will be used in support of The Recovery Complex.
Southwest Family Ministries dba Exodus Family Ministries
Southwest Family Ministries vision is to create a more financially equitable Southwest community by playing an integral part in alleviating the burden of crisis and poverty in the area. Their resource center for the unsheltered is helping to address the root cause of the community’s growing homelessness by helping connect those living on the streets to basic needs (food, clothing, hygiene services) and additional community resources to help move them from the streets to a more stable life. Their grant will be used toward the purchase of a van and other goods and services they provide directly to clients to get them on their feet along with technology upgrades that will help develop strategies for ongoing data collection, streamlined reporting, and data analysis to help with resource allocation decisions. This technology will play an integral role in tracking success.
The Louisville Zoo Foundation
The Louisville Zoo Foundation exists to support special project and capital fundraising needs of the Louisville Zoo whose mission is to “better the bond between people and our planet.” To expand on delivering its mission, deepening connections between people and animals and making itself more accessible to underserved families, the Zoo’s grant funding will be used to support their Future Healers Got Zoo Buddies program which provides children ages 4-13 the opportunity to experience the healing power of animals. The children who participate in this program are recovering from the trauma of gun violence who learn about building relationships with animals and their habitats and forming connections in an experience also designed to foster compassion and self-esteem