2020 Efroymson Family Fund Grant Award List (as of September 30, 2020)
ORGANIZATION GRANT PURPOSE Above and Beyond Children’s Museum General operating support American Writers Museum General operating support in honor of Julie and Roger Baskes Amos Butler Audubon Society General operating support Arts Council of Indianapolis COVID-19 Artists Relief Fund & Match Challenge Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University 2020 Hearts to Art summer camp Aurora PhotoCenter Program operating support Big Car General operating & Social Alchemy support Black Swamp Bird Observatory General operating support Brandywine Creek Farms Healthy Harvest Market support and Female empowerment program Center for Independent Documentary Inc. Walkable USA documentary film Chicago High School for the Arts General operating support and capacity building Columbia College Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography exhibition & program support Columbus Arts Council General operating support over two years DePauw University Bridge Year and Summer Fellowships Edna Martin Christian Center Virtual Town Hall sponsorship Evansville Museum of Arts, Science & History Life in Isolation exhibition support Evansville Museum of Arts, Science & History 60th Mid-States exhibition support Greene County Community Foundation Indianapolis Black Documentary Film Festival Fountain County Art Council Truss repair and reconstruction of the 1854 Cades Mill Covered Bridge near Veedersburg Hancock County Historical Society Rehabilitation of the former Philadelphia United Methodist Church now a local museum in Riley Park in Greenfield Harmonie Associates Landscaping and beautification for downtown New Harmony Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis Sponsorship support of Spotlight 2020 Heartland Film Sponsorship support of the 2020 Heartland Film Festival Helene G. Simon Hillel Center at IU Sponsorship support of the Campus Superstar event Hoosier Environmental Council End of year match challenge support Huntington Alert, Inc. Restoration of the front bay windows and façade of a c.1890 commercial building in downtown Huntington Illinois Governor’s Mansion Association General operating support Immigrant Welcome Center General operating and Natural Helper program support Indiana Landmarks Restoration of a historic stone retaining wall at the 1820 Governor James Ray House in Brookville Indiana Landmarks Exterior rehabilitation and exterior painting of the 1884 Leavitt House near Vernon Indiana Landmarks Exterior rehabilitation and exterior painting of the c1845 former home of John and Frances Howe Indiana Landmarks Exterior rehabilitation of the James and Louisa c. 1879 O’Hair House near Greencastle
ORGANIZATION GRANT PURPOSE Indiana Landmarks Volunteer-based project(s) in Indiana on Juneteenth 2021 led by Indiana Landmarks African American Landmarks Committee. Indiana Landmarks To assist with the stabilization of properties on the Ten Most Endangered Landmarks List Indiana Latino Scholarship Fund Mexican Scholarship Fund Support Indiana State Museum Foundation Cause and AEffect exhibition support Indianapolis Contemporary General operating support Indianapolis Opera Brundibar & Vedem Education & Outreach Indiana Plein Air Painters Association, Inc. Historic Indiana En Plein Air traveling exhibition International Cryptozoology Museum General operating support Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis Community Relief Fund Landmark Columbus Foundation Exhibit Columbus Support for 2020 & 2021 Lutheran Child & Family Services Student e-learning technology and classroom furniture Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation Fall 2020 Benefit sponsorship Marian University Colonnade endowed operating fund Milan ’54 Museum Fundraising and organization capacity building support New Harmony Project General operating support Noblesville Preservation Alliance Exterior restoration and improvements of the World War I-era barracks located in the Conner Street Historic District in Noblesville Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist Residency General operating support Pilot Light General operating support Peaceful Valley Heritage, Inc. To restore a number of Brown County’s cemeteries, including tombstones by well-known stone carver Henry Cross Preservation Society of Union City IN-OH Roof replacement and window restoration of a 1920s railroad switching station in Union City ProAct Indy General operating support Pulaski County Historical Society Repairs and painting of a historic 1923 Memorial Suspension Footbridge linking downtown Winamac to a nearby park Richmond Art Museum General operating support Roosevelt University Black Male Leadership Academy operating support Sarah’s Circle Sponsorship of Sarah's Circle Hot Summer Night event Save the Dunes 2020 Jammin with Save the Dunes Sculpture Trails General operating support St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Masonry repairs United States Artists United States Artists Internship Program support United Way of Central Indiana Annual campaign support University of Evansville Efroymson Emerging Contemporary Artist lecture series & Marketing Department Intern support University of Michigan Efroymson Emerging Artist in Residence program University of Southern Indiana Foundation Efroymson Bridge Year Fellowship Working Men’s Institute Architectural services to design the roof replacement on the 1894 Romanesque Revival style building in New Harmony. Youth Global Perspectives General operating support and youth travel sponsorships