The Wabash Valley Community Foundation assists in broad-based community projects by receiving contributions for specific projects, obtaining grants from other funding sources or providing matching funds to support projects or build endowment.

The Community Foundation in partnership with the United Way of the Wabash Valley and Indiana State University sponsored COMPASS II which collected infomration about the social service needs and assets of the area and developed an action plan to address those needs. The two year study determined the top issues facing the Wabash Valley are:

• Economic Development
• Poverty, Health Care and Child Care
• Racial and Ethnic Discriimination
• Family Stability: Alcohol, Drug and Domestic Abuse
• Literacy; and
• Leadership Development.

For a copy of the COMPASS II report, click here.

The Community Foundation is currently involved in the following community initiatives:

Clay County -

• Dictionary Project for Clay County
• Charles B. Hall Memorial
• Justice Center Clock

Sullivan County -

• Dictionary Project for Sullivan County
• Indiana Expanding Access and Success in Education.
• Growing the Existing Funds for Sullivan County
• Building new Funds for Sullivan County

Vigo County -

• Indiana Expanding Access and Success in Education.
• Building Not-for-Profit Agency Self-Sufficiency
  Through Endowment Funds
• Compass II Report
• Cultural Alliance of Terre Haute
• Dictionary Project for Vigo County
• Scottish Rite of Wabash Valley Capital Project Fund
• Vigo County Veterans Memorial Plaza
• The Terre Haute Cityscape Fund