The Kendrick Foundation is pleased to announce its 2025-26 competitive grantees. After a thorough application and review process, the foundation selected 14 non-profit organizations to receive funding aimed at addressing critical health issues, including mental health, substance use disorder, and physical activity and nutrition.

“These grants directly address both national health priorities and Morgan County’s most urgent needs,” said Sara Dungan, J.D., Kendrick Foundation Board President. “By investing in prevention, treatment, and wellbeing, our partners are making measurable progress toward a healthier community.”

The following organizations received funding to support evidence-informed initiatives that address the health needs of Morgan County residents:

• Amazing Grace Equine Therapy— $25,000 to provide complementary mental health services to clients
• Boys & Girls Club of Morgan County — $141,000 for youth programming focused on healthy lifestyles, including mind, body, and soul
• Catholic Charities Indianapolis — $125,000 to continue and enhance mental health counseling, case management, and outreach at IU Health Morgan 
• Churches in Mission — $70,620 to provide clients with coaching and resources for achieving stability
• Desert Rose — $100,000 for crisis intervention and counseling services for domestic abuse survivors
• Firefly Children & Family Alliance — $10,000 to provide barrier busting resources and case management 
• Martinsville Youth Development Center — $55,850 to help local youth build self-esteem and adopt healthy lifestyles
• Morgan County Substance Abuse Council — $67,000 to provide free education, awareness, and community-based programs focused on preventing and reducing substance use disorder
• Peace Restored — $95,800 to provide mental health retreats for women who have experienced trauma and related mental health struggles
• Pioneer Academy for Student Success at Mooresville High School — $3,400 for nutrition and cooking classes
• Playworks Indiana — $6,500 to train the Boys & Girls Club of Morgan County on active recess
• Stability First — $31,722 for community recovery supports and implementation of priority community health strategies
• WellSpring — $39,324 to help people experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty
• YMCA of Morgan County — $61,886 to promote mental wellness with strategies from lifestyle medicine, neuroscience, and positive psychology

“Our growing network of grantees answers the Surgeon General’s call for robust, community-based solutions to improve both mental and physical health for Morgan County residents,” said Keylee Wright, M.A., Kendrick Foundation Executive Director.

This investment builds on the Foundation’s school-based mental health initiative and leadership with the Morgan County Mental Health Task Force and Better Communities Coalition, which recently hosted the 20th U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams for a community discussion on advancing health through collaboration.

The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service has focused the nation’s attention on important public health issues such as youth mental health, loneliness and isolation, suicide prevention, opioids, etc. Surgeon General reports from 2000 to present can be found at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK45031.