BUILDING COMMUNITY

Ball Brothers Foundation

2019 Annual Report BUILDING COMMUNITY

“Neighborhood revitalization happens at the grassroots level when local leaders step up and say, ‘We live here and we want to make a difference.’”

Heather Williams, manager Building Better Neighborhoods Program

Friends,

BALL BROTHERS FOUNDATION has long recognized the potential for partnering with residents to bring positive change to Muncie’s neighborhoods. Our role is not to create change but to support local groups as they design plans and introduce programs to enhance the quality of life in their communities. Some organizations, such as the Muncie Action Plan, have been involved in this work for almost a decade. Others, like the Muncie Land Bank, are newcomers to the task. They reinforce rather than duplicate efforts, and they use BBF funds to advance them toward their goals. This year’s annual report focuses on four such organizations—8twelve Coalition, Ross Community Center, ecoRehab, and Next Muncie—as we celebrate their progress. In 2019 our Foundation’s growing endowment enabled us to make grants totaling $8 million, a record payout. We continued our tradition of honoring the achievements of local residents when we presented the Fisher Governance Award to James Rosema for his service to the Muncie Mission Ministries board, and the Excellence in Teaching Award to Erica Collins, a science and math teacher at Muncie’s Northside Middle School. Internally we welcomed Jeff Bird, president of IU Health East Central Region, to our board, and named Jenna Wachtmann to the position of BBF staff vice president. To more visually communicate our work, we revamped our website and prepared for its launch. With sadness we learned of the passing of our colleague and friend, Bill Skinner. Building community—the theme of this report—was Bill’s passion, and he practiced it tirelessly during his years in Muncie. BBF benefitted from his leadership in the decade he served on our board and helped develop programs that remain in place today. We honor Bill’s memory and legacy. As the world continues to change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, BBF remains committed to supporting organizations working at the neighborhood level. We believe they are the lifeblood of our community, and they will help carry us through.

James A. Fisher, chairman & chief executive officer Jud Fisher, president & chief operating officer BUILDING COMMUNITY

8twelve Coalition “Our work is influenced by what neighbors want to happen.” Jena Ashby, 8twelve Coalition

THE 8TWELVE COALITION, first convened by Muncie Habitat for Humanity in 2015, is a partnership of organizations working alongside residents as they revitalize their South Central and Thomas Park/Avondale neighborhoods. “We started by doing intensive listening,” says Jena Ashby, Habitat’s director of impact and programs. An annual action plan, shaped by residents’ input, has resulted in improved housing, pocket parks, social gatherings and beautification efforts. Now in its second year, the Small Sparks program, funded by BBF, invites neighbors to apply for grants to support small improvement projects. “The goal is to create a sense of community and get residents to dream beyond what they thought was possible,” says Lindsey Arthur, executive director of Habitat for Humanity. In 2019 a team of residents reviewed the grant applications and chose 13 to receive funding. Half of the awards were reserved for kids who proposed ideas that ranged from a bike club to an outdoor movie night to a Popsicle party. “When we began to build the Coalition, it wasn’t about individual organizations and the programs they might create,” says Arthur. “It was about residents getting to know one another, trust one another and work together.” BUILDING COMMUNITY

ecoREHAB

“A rehabbed house can give a psychological boost to a neighborhood.” Jason Haney, ecoRehab of Muncie

FOR A DECADE ECOREHAB OF MUNCIE, INC., has been transforming abandoned properties into energy-efficient, affordable homes that positively affect entire areas. “Neighbors come out, see what we’ve done and tell us, ‘It looks great,’ and then they start making improvements on their own homes,” says Jason Haney, ecoREHAB’s newly hired executive director. A ripple effect is set into motion. With each updated home, “overall property values increase, and when that happens everyone benefits.” A BBF grant supports ecoREHAB’s efforts to streamline construction processes which will accelerate the 2020 production schedule. Heather Williams, who chairs ecoREHAB’s board of directors as well as manages ’s Building Better Neighborhood program, cites two additional ways that the work affects the community. First, students from BSU’s College of Architecture and Planning gain valuable experience as they work alongside the skilled ecoREHAB construction team. Second, once completed, an eco-friendly, renovated house typically attracts a new family to a neighborhood. “These are individuals who are committed to living there,” says Williams. “They bring new life and energy not only to the home but also to the entire block.” BUILDING COMMUNITY

Ross Community Center

“Sports bring people together to compete but also to unite.” Jacquie Hanoman, Ross Community Center

A THIRD BALL FIELD, SUPPORTED IN PART BY A $200,000 BBF GRANT, is under construction at Ross Community Center with an anticipated completion date of September 2020. An updated master plan depicts a campus designed to accommodate a broad range of indoor and outdoor activities for all ages. A rejuvenated Rose Park, adjacent to the multi-sportsplex, is part of the vision to create a place “where neighbors can look out their windows and see trees, flowers, pergolas and pathways,” says Jacquie Hanoman, RCC’s executive director. Sports continue as a Center mainstay, but programming also includes music lessons, card clubs, an international festival and wellness classes. Ideas come from “listening to what residents want and from staff dreaming up new possibilities,” says Hanoman. She describes the Center as a “catalyst for change” in a neighborhood that has experienced the ups and downs of economic change since it opened its doors in 1974. “We measure success by the number of people who attend our events but also by how happy they are to be here,” says Hanoman. “They’re building community, and that’s the true mission of the Center.” BUILDING COMMUNITY

Next Muncie

“We’re drawing on lessons we’ve learned from other communities.” Geoffrey Mearns, Next Muncie

A DIFFERENT KIND OF ORGANIZATION, Next Muncie is a 10-member roundtable of local leaders who pursue “big picture” opportunities that identify and build on Muncie’s many existing assets. The group is co-chaired by the CEOs of two anchor institutions: Jeff Bird, president of IU Health East Central Region, and Geoff Mearns, president of Ball State University. Representatives of government, corporate, nonprofit and philanthropic organizations complete the panel that has been meeting since 2018 to study revitalization efforts of other cities and explore projects that will benefit Muncie’s urban core. This year a BBF grant supported a Next Muncie priority—improving and expanding a community trail system to better link BSU with downtown and its neighborhoods. Next Muncie was instrumental in the city attracting $640,000 in state funds for the Riverside Avenue trail construction. Additional grants were awarded to support BSU and IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital’s leadership of Next Muncie efforts. A current goal of the group is the development of Muncie’s four designated Opportunity Zones, a federal program that sparks investment in low- income areas. While celebrating recent successes, Next Muncie recognizes that major projects take time to complete. “We’re working in phases,” says Bird. “We’re going to get this done, but transformation takes patience.” Grants paid in 2019

Alno Club, Inc...... $ 5,000 James Whitcomb Riley Memorial American Legion Post 19 ...... 59,000 Association ...... 100,000 American Red Cross ...... 4,950 Jay-Randolph Development Services, Inc...... 2,000 Ball State University...... 834,900 Liberty Perry Schools ...... 4,975 Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site . . 2,500 Middletown Parks Board ...... 5,000 Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie ...... 164,800 ...... 2,705,000 Bridges Community Services, Inc. . . . . 3,250 Monroe Township Volunteer Fire BY5 ...... 40,000 Department ...... 5,000 Cardinal Greenway, Inc...... 575,000 Motivate Our Minds, Inc...... 33,750 College Mentors for Kids ...... 5,000 Muncie Action Plan ...... 15,000 Community Foundation of Muncie & Muncie Arts & Culture Council. . . . . 15,000 Delaware County...... 165,000 Muncie Children’s Museum ...... 2,500 Conner Prairie Museum, Inc...... 10,000 Muncie Community Schools ...... 367,500 Cornerstone Center for the Arts . . . . 250,000 Muncie Downtown Development Cowan Community Schools...... 3,160 Partnership ...... 10,000 Crossroads of America Council (Boy Scouts of America) ...... 5,000 Muncie Land Bank, Inc ...... 60,000 Daleville Community Schools . . . . . 4,999 Muncie Mission Ministries...... 15,000 Delaware Advancement Corporation. . 125,000 Muncie Sports Commission, Inc. . . . . 50,000 Delaware County Sheriff’s Office. . . . 4,355 Muncie Sunrise Rotary ...... 3,000 Delaware County Soil & Water Muncie Symphony Orchestra . . . . . 30,000 Conservation District...... 50,000 Music for All, Inc...... 30,000 Destiny Christian Academy-Central . . . . 4,803 PathStone Corporation ...... 5,000 ECI Regional Partnership, Inc...... 90,000 Project Leadership...... 390,000 ECI Regional Planning District. . . . . 5,000 Purdue University...... 38,400 ecoREHAB of Muncie, Inc...... 25,000 Red-tail Land Conservancy...... 40,000 Gaston Volunteer Fire Company. . . . . 4,023 Ross Community Center ...... 270,000 Greater Muncie, IN Habitat for Humanity. 200,000 Second Harvest Food Bank of ECI. . . . 25,000 Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry ...... 2,500 Shafer Leadership Academy...... 46,000 Huffer Memorial Children’s Center, Inc.. . 55,000 Sustainable Muncie Corporation . . . . 170,000 Independent Colleges of , Inc.. . 80,000 TeenWorks ...... 30,000 Indiana Philanthropy Alliance . . . . . 15,670 The Arc of Indiana Foundation . . . . . 50,000 Indiana State Museum Foundation . . . 50,000 United Day Care Center of Delaware School of Medicine County, Inc...... 3,000 - Muncie ...... 50,000 United Way of Delaware County . . . . 82,500 Indiana Youth Institute ...... 60,000 Urban Light CDC ...... 5,000 Innovation Connector ...... 51,000 Whitely Community Council...... 3,400 Inside Out, CDC...... 32,000 YMCA of Muncie ...... 105,000 Inspire Academy ...... 11,000 Youth Opportunity Center, Inc...... 25,000 IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital Youth Symphony Orchestras of ECI . . . 5,000 Foundation ...... 15,000 YWCA Central Indiana ...... 20,000 Ivy Tech Community College Foundation. 320,000 Total Grant Payments in 2019. . . . $ 8,149,935 Financial Information Statement of financial position Board of Directors

Year Ended December 31, 2019 James A. Fisher chairman & chief executive officer Assets Jud Fisher Cash ...... $ 76,000 president & chief operating officer Investments ...... 196,765,000 Frank B. Petty, vice chairman Other Assets ...... 3,000 Terry L. Walker, secretary Total Assets ...... $ 196,844,000 Tammy S. Phillips treasurer, ex-officio Scott E. Shockley Statement of receipts and disbursements assistant secretary/assistant treasurer Year Ended December 31, 2019 Charles F. Ball Jeff Bird Receipts William M. Bracken Interest and Dividends . . . . . $ 3,362,508 Elizabeth M. Bracken Net Realized Gains ...... 13,797,061 Stephanie Duckmann Other ...... 49,222 Net Receipts ...... $ 17,208,791 Nancy B. Keilty Terri E. Matchett Disbursements Stacy McHenry Grants Paid ...... $ 8,149,935 Judith F. Oetinger Investment Management . . . 712,612 Administrative and Program Expense ...... 1,372,569 Associate Directors Federal Excise Tax ...... 235,420 Matt Bracken Total Disbursements . . . . $ 10,470,536 Lauren Connor

Excess of Receipts Over Chris Fisher Disbursements ...... $ 6,738,255 Sarah Kozlowski Richard James Shanahan Information about the process for applying for grants and grant deadlines is available at ballfdn.org Staff Mission Jud Fisher The Ball Brothers Foundation is dedicated to the president & chief operating officer stewardship legacy of the Ball brothers and to the Jenna Wachtmann pursuit of improving the quality of life in Muncie, vice president Delaware County, , and Indiana Rich Spisak through philanthropy and leadership. senior program officer Donna Munchel Grant Focus Areas program officer & grants manager Michelle Stephenson • Arts and Culture • Human Services executive assistant & communications • Education • Public Affairs/ coordinator • Environment Society Benefit • Health Ball Brothers Foundation

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