Community Impact
We're Taking the Lead Where Our Community Needs Us.
As the Parke County Community Foundation has grown, we’ve developed an important role as a leader. We do more than simply collect and disperse funding: We identify shared issues and concerns within our community, we convene groups to facilitate dialogue about those issues, and—once we’ve gathered as much data as we can and listened to as many voices as possible—we propose solutions.
This process takes the form of major Foundation-driven initiatives. Take a little time to read about what we’ve been doing to address these important issues that impact every member of our community.


2024 Parke County Lilly Endowment Community Scholar-Carson Cox
The Parke Community Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2024 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Parke County – Carson Cox of Riverton

2023 Parke County Lilly Endowment Community Scholar
The Parke Community Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2023 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship for Parke County – Josie Bodine of Parke

2022 Parke County Lilly Endowment Community Scholar
2022 Parke County Lilly Endowment Community Scholar- Gabriela Campbell Gabriela, Parke County’s 2022 Lilly Community Scholar, is the daughter of James and Heather Campbell of

2021 Parke County Lilly Endowment Community Scholar- Macy Johnson
Macy is the daughter of Richard and Kristi-Miller Johnson of Montezuma. She plans to attend Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to pursue a degree in Optical

2020 Parke County Lilly Endowment Community Scholar
The Parke County Community Foundation has announced the results of the Lilly Endowment Community Scholar Award selection process. Parke Heritage High School senior Macy Kent