K21 Health Foundation Awards $3.3M In Grants To Kosciusko County Nonprofits

April 24, 2025 at 7:20 p.m.

By Staff Report

WINONA LAKE – K21 Health Foundation announced grants totaling $3,345,327 to nonprofit organizations whose projects improve the health and wellness of Kosciusko County residents.
“K21 Health Foundation is proud to continue to support organizations and projects that comprehensively improve the wellbeing of our community members,” said Rich Haddad, K21 Health Foundation president and CEO. “These grants exemplify our commitment to creating wellness for generations — from our youngest members to our seniors, now and into the future.”
K21 Health Foundation awards grants in four key health pillars: community culture and wellbeing, health access and opportunity, direct services and prevention, and youth development and activity.
2025 quarter one grant recipients are:
• Baker Youth Club – Healthy Choices Program
• Combined Community Services – Fresh Produce Program
• Fellowship Missions – Five-Year Strategic Plan
• Fellowship Missions – Life Skills Programming
• Grace College & Seminary (Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams) – Lakes Research 2-Year Study
• Grace College & Seminary – Catalyst Corridor Initiative – Gordon Health and Wellness Center Renovation and Expansion; Pickleball Courts
• Habitat for Humanity of Kosciusko County – Vehicles for Home-Repair Program
• Heartline Pregnancy Center – BABE Boutique and Clinical Programs
• Magical Meadows Inc. – Capital Campaign for New Riding Arenas
• North Webster Community Center – Volleyball Equipment
• Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation – Heart Zone Smart Armbands
• Town of Pierceton – Park Courts Sealing and Striping
• Town of Syracuse – Pickleball Courts
For more information and to learn more about K21 Health Foundation’s grantmaking, visit k21healthfoundation.org or contact Angie Summers, operations manager, at [email protected] or 574-269-5188.
K21 Health Foundation exists for the benefit of Kosciusko County residents to ensure health care services are provided and to advance prevention and healthy living. This will be accomplished by identifying health needs in our community, and maintaining an endowment so that funding is provided through investments and grants for those needs.

WINONA LAKE – K21 Health Foundation announced grants totaling $3,345,327 to nonprofit organizations whose projects improve the health and wellness of Kosciusko County residents.
“K21 Health Foundation is proud to continue to support organizations and projects that comprehensively improve the wellbeing of our community members,” said Rich Haddad, K21 Health Foundation president and CEO. “These grants exemplify our commitment to creating wellness for generations — from our youngest members to our seniors, now and into the future.”
K21 Health Foundation awards grants in four key health pillars: community culture and wellbeing, health access and opportunity, direct services and prevention, and youth development and activity.
2025 quarter one grant recipients are:
• Baker Youth Club – Healthy Choices Program
• Combined Community Services – Fresh Produce Program
• Fellowship Missions – Five-Year Strategic Plan
• Fellowship Missions – Life Skills Programming
• Grace College & Seminary (Lilly Center for Lakes & Streams) – Lakes Research 2-Year Study
• Grace College & Seminary – Catalyst Corridor Initiative – Gordon Health and Wellness Center Renovation and Expansion; Pickleball Courts
• Habitat for Humanity of Kosciusko County – Vehicles for Home-Repair Program
• Heartline Pregnancy Center – BABE Boutique and Clinical Programs
• Magical Meadows Inc. – Capital Campaign for New Riding Arenas
• North Webster Community Center – Volleyball Equipment
• Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation – Heart Zone Smart Armbands
• Town of Pierceton – Park Courts Sealing and Striping
• Town of Syracuse – Pickleball Courts
For more information and to learn more about K21 Health Foundation’s grantmaking, visit k21healthfoundation.org or contact Angie Summers, operations manager, at [email protected] or 574-269-5188.
K21 Health Foundation exists for the benefit of Kosciusko County residents to ensure health care services are provided and to advance prevention and healthy living. This will be accomplished by identifying health needs in our community, and maintaining an endowment so that funding is provided through investments and grants for those needs.

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