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HFL Announces 2025 Grants Awarded to Date

This year, Health Foundation of La Porte (HFL) accepted grant applications addressing strategic priorities (Healthy Children, Healthy Living, and Healthy Minds) and Healthy La Porte requests on a rolling basis from January through June.

As of June 2025, HFL has awarded 30 grants totaling $1,914,780, which brings HFL’s total amount invested in the community since 2017 to more than $49M.

HFL will announce the second round of 2025 grantees in late September.

Healthy Children – 8 Grants Totaling $346,222
Boys & Girls Clubs of La Porte County: 2025/2026 Capacity Building $93,473
Family Advocates: School-Based Mentoring Program Expansion $76,800
Girls on the Run of Northwest Indiana: Confident La Porte County Girls $25,000
La Porte Fire Department: Vehicle Safety Seat Program $9,949
New Prairie United School Corporation: Be Your Best! $90,000
Tri-Township Consolidated School Corporation: Ensuring ALL Students' $25,000
          Needs are Met Through the Support of a Full-Time Social Worker
Youth Service Bureau: Kids on the Block $6,000
Youth Service Bureau: School Buddies $20,000

Healthy Living - $528,608
Citizens Concerned for the Homeless: CCH Level Up $137,500
Hanna Township: Hanna Community Park Improvement Project $100,000
Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry: Meat4Forks $10,000
Just Unleashing More Positivity: JUMP Program $7,500
La Porte County Family YMCA: Health & Wellness Director $150,000
Paladin: Transportation Program $75,000
Tannehill Community Soup Kitchen: Soup Kitchen Program $25,000
The Collective Events: Farmed & Forged SNAP Program $23,608

Healthy Minds - $924,441
Citizens Concerned for the Homeless: Keys to Hope Community $23,450
          Resource Center - Collective Impact Barrier Busters
City of La Porte Police Department: Law Enforcement Resiliency Initiative $20,554
La Porte County Drug Free Partnership: La Porte County Certified $750,000
          Recovery Residence Initiative for La Porte County Men
South Central Community School Corporation: Social Services Advisor/ $50,000
          Social Worker
Stepping Stone Shelter: Operational Excellence Initiative $62,437
We All In Recovery: WAIR Program Operations $18,000

Healthy La Porte - $115,509
A Rosie Place: "Reach Every Family" at A Rosie Place for Children $10,000
Junior Achievement of Northern Indiana serving La Porte County: $2,000
          JA Middle School Programming in La Porte County 2025-26
La Porte County Soil & Water Conservation District: Kankakee $10,000
          River Days
Lubeznik Center for the Arts: Public Art to $25,000
          Enhance Our Community
Michigan City Police Department: CPR Training Tools $9,684
MSD of New Durham Township: Ride to Regulate $9,345
Reins of Life: Equine-Assisted Learning for South La Porte Special $24,480
          Education Cooperative
Tri-Township Consolidated School Corporation: Fitness $25,000
          for Students & Community

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Phone: 219-324-8584
Address: 605 Michigan Avenue
La Porte IN, 46350