Making a Difference in Our Community

Our chapter is excited to award up to $54,000 High Impact Grants in 2024 to benefit our community. Requirements include financial need, ability to achieve program goals, and community impact. Please complete this year's online applications form to be considered

Please check back in January 2025 for more information about our grant application!

Questions? Contact the Bloomington Tri Kappa Grants chair at tkalphagrants@gmail.com

2024 Grant Recipients

The Bloomington Alpha Chapter of Tri Kappa awarded over $54,000 in grant money in May 2024, ranging between $2,500-$8 ,000 per recipient. We were fortunate to award and recognize 13 different Bloomington-based organizations, focusing on supporting various projects, programs & initiatives.

  • Beacon, Inc.- Finally Found Home Project

  • Cancer Support Community- Southern Central Indiana

  • Community Kitchen- Backpack Buddies Program

  • Exodus Refugee Immigration, Inc- Emergency Assistance Program

  • Habitat for Humanity- Youth Sweat Equity Program

  • Mobility Aids Lending Library- Wheelchair Repair Fund

  • New Hope for Families- Permanent Shade Structure for Infant/Adolescent Playground

  • PALS, Inc. (People & Animal Learning Services)-Equine Therapy Program

  • Pantry 279- Children’s Summer Food Program

  • Planned Parenthood- Safety Net, Sexual & Reproductive Health Services

  • Tandem Community Birth Center & Postpartum House- Family Kitchen Renovations

  • Teacher’s Warehouse-Stock the Shelves Initiative

  • Wheeler Mission- Bloomington Meal Service Program

2023 Grant Recipients

The Bloomington Alpha Chapter of Tri Kappa awarded over $54,000 in grants in May 2023, ranging between $1,500-$7,000 per recipient.

Following a full-year of fundraising in 2023 by the 111 club members, we were proud to award $55,000 in grants to agencies, programs, or organizations that support Tri Kappa’s emphasis on charity, culture and education.

  • Big Brothers, Big Sisters

  • Bloomington Symphony Orchestra

  • Boys & Girls Club-Monroe County

  • Vital-Monroe County Public Library

  • Dental Care Center

  • El Centro Comunal Latino

  • Healing Hands Outreach Center

  • Meals on Wheels

  • Monroe County Civic Theatre

  • Monroe County Community School Foundation

  • Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard

  • Pets Alive

  • Stonebelt

  • St. Vincent de Paul

2022 Grant Recipients

The Bloomington Alpha Chapter of Tri Kappa awarded over $28,700 in grants in May 2022, ranging between $500-$5,000 per recipient.

  • Alexandra’s Army

  • Arlington Heights Elementary

  • Community Kitchen

  • Girls Inc. of Monroe County

  • Habitat for Humanity

  • Indiana Women in Need

  • Monroe County United Ministries

  • Monroe County Humane Association

  • People’s Cooperative Market

  • New Leaf, New Life

  • WonderLab

2021 Grant Recipients

Despite the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic in 2021, we were thrilled to award grants in May, ranging between $700-$4,800 per recipient.

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters

  • Bloomington St. Vincent de Paul

  • Foundation of Monroe County Schools

  • HealthNet

  • Life Designs

  • Stone Belt

  • Team First Book – Monroe County

2020 Grant Recipients

The Bloomington Alpha Chapter of Tri Kappa awarded $27,000 in grants in May 2020, ranging between $370-$5,000 per recipient.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were unable to have a group photo with these recipients:

  • Bloomington Food Policy Council’s Garden Tower program

  • Community Kitchen of Monroe County’s Backpack Buddies program

  • Indiana Women in Need Foundation (IWIN)’s Breast Cancer Survivor Support Program

  • MCCSC Secondary Libraries

  • People & Animals Learning Services (PALS) Equine Learning Program

  • Community Kitchen Senior Links

  • Hoosier Hills Food Bank

  • Monroe County Habitat for Humanity

  • United Way of Monroe County COVID-19 Emergency Fund

  • Bloomington Indiana Fabric Mask Drive

2019 Grant Recipients

The Bloomington Alpha Chapter of Tri Kappa awarded $17,500 in grants in May 2019, ranging between $2,000-$5,000 per recipient.

  • Monroe County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

  • Area Ten Agency on Aging

  • Boys & Girls Club of Monroe County

  • New Hope for Families

  • Stages Bloomington

  • Hoosier Hills Career Center’s Future Farmer of America (FFA)

2018 Grant Recipients

The Bloomington Alpha Chapter of Tri Kappa awarded $13,500 in grants and scholarships in May 2018, ranging between $700-$3,000 per recipient.

  • Arlington Heights Elementary School for STEM materials and a field trip to the LINK Observatory

  • Cardinal Stage Co. for 120 subsidized “Robin Hood” tickets for Monroe County School Corp. students

  • Girls Inc. of Monroe County for bus repairs and transportation costs

  • Monroe County United Ministries for the Child Care Development Fund

  • Teachers Warehouse for the High School Initiative. 

  • Three $1000 scholarships to local students

Pictured: 2018 Grant Recipients Grant recipients are, front, from left, Erin Predmore, MCUM executive director; Gabe Gloden, Cardinal Stage managing director; Principal Micah Heath and literacy coach Claire Mickey of Arlington Heights; Kate Cruikshank representing Teachers Warehouse; and Amy Stark, executive director of Girls Inc. In the back are Tri Kappas Judy Hoke, Bethany Murray, Aggie Sarkissian, Amanda Burnham, Nancy Gettinger, Stephanie Williamson, Trish Smith, Megan Parmenter, Carol Stanton, Stephanie Oyler, Beth Theile, Betsy Feeny and Kathy Strickler.

2017 Grant Recipients

Pictured: 2015-2017 Tri Kappa Officers with Inaugural Tri Kappa Grant Recipients. L-R: Megan Parmenter, Catharine Rademacher with Theatre South, Shelby Turner, Donna Lafferty with Bloomington Symphony Orchestra, Marilyn Wood with Monroe County Public Library, Marty Schick with Community Kitchen of Monroe County, Patricia Surfus Smith, Gwen Witten Upchurch with Sounds of South, Andrea Cockerham, Amanda Burnham, Chelsea Jones and Melissa Kish.

The Bloomington Alpha Chapter of Tri Kappa awarded $10,500+ in inaugural grants, giving a range of $1,000-$4,900 per recipient.

  • Theatre South

  • Bloomington Symphony Orchestra

  • Community Kitchen of Monroe County

  • Sounds of South

  • Monroe County Public Library