Goshen Kiwanis Foundation
The Goshen Kiwanis Foundation (GKF) is a non-profit foundation established by the Kiwanis Club of Goshen (aka Goshen Noon Kiwanis) to help support the mission of Kiwanis. The board of the foundation is comprised of members of the Kiwanis Club of Goshen. The foundation's endowment is held and managed by the Community Foundation of Elkhart County. The board distributes earnings from the endowment to charitable organizations that apply for funding. The foundation endowment also supports the scholarships awarded by the club. In 2025 the foundation will distribute over $30,000.00 in grants and scholarships! Donations to the foundation endowment are tax deductible and may be eligible for a 25% match by the Community Foundation of Elkhart County.*
General Guidelines for Applicants:
- Charitable Organization
- Serves Elkhart County, IN
- Financially viable organization
- Serves children as part of core mission
Some of the organizations GKF has recently supported:
- Salvation Army
- Awake & Alive
- Joe's Kids
- The Post
- Maple City Kiwanis (Tools for Schools)
- Community Sustainability Project (Goshen Farmers Market)
- Ryan's Place
- Downtown Ministries
- SPA Women's Ministry
- Council on Aging of Elkhart County
- 8th Street Preschool
- New Paris Elementary PTO
- Oaklawn
- Goshen College Music Center
- Loveway
- Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County
- Kingdom Kids Daycare Ministry
The foundation board meets 4 times a year to review applications. When possible a representative of the requesting organization is invited to make a presentation to the board.
All funding decisions are at the discretion of the foundation board.
*To be eligible for the 25% match funds must be given directly to the Community Foundation of Elkhart County and designated to the Goshen Kiwanis Foundation. Endowment fund are not available for immediate distribution by GKF. Rather, each year a portion of the proceeds earned by the endowment are made available for the GKF board to distribute. Funds given directly to the GKF will be available for immediate distribution by the GKF board.