The AWS Foundation recently awarded $1,298,762 in grants to 22 non-profit organizations that benefit individuals with intellectual, developmental and physical disabilities in northeast Indiana. These organizations include:
- Blue Star Recyclers: $30,000 for Midwest recycling operations creating jobs for individuals with disabilities.
- Boys and Girls Club of Fort Wayne: $10,000 for sound reduction paneling and $135,706 for the Inclusion Coordinator position.
- Camp Red Cedar: $100,000 for operating support.
- Community Transportation Network: $200,000 for specialized transportation support.
- Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Indiana: $20,000 for the iCan Bike program.
- Early Childhood Alliance: $22,348 for early intervention services.
- Easterseals Arc of Northeast Indiana: $50,000 in operating support.
- Family Voices Indiana: $55,000 to support restructuring efforts.
- Fort Wayne Ballet: $7,500 for one sensory friendly performance.
- Greater Fort Wayne, Inc.: $165,200 for the disability employment initiative.
- Huntington County Community Schools Corp.: $4,999 for the Chillville sensory room.
- Judy A. Morrill Recreation Center: $8,258 for automatic door installation.
- L.I.F.E. Adult Day Academy: $60,000 for operating support.
- Little River Wetlands Project: $35,000 for the extension of accessible floating trails at Eagle Marsh.
- Lutheran Social Services: $35,000 for LSSI Works.
- Otis R. Bowen Center: $10,000 for Silas Solutions software.
- Super Shot, Inc.: $12,751 Family exam room and sensory items.
- The Lighthouse: $5,000 for training for staff to work with individuals with disabilities.
- Turnstone: $200,000 in operating support.
- Visually Impaired Preschool: $47,000 for early childhood intervention.
- Wellspring Interfaith Social Services: $10,000 for the Older Adult Program.
- YMCA of Greater Fort Wayne: $75,000 for adaptive services.