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' Needs are Met Through the Support of a Full-Time Social Worker $25,000
- 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 Resource Center - Collective Impact Barrier Busters $23,450
- City of La Porte Police Department: Law Enforcement Resiliency Initiative $20,554
- La Porte County Drug Free Partnership: La Porte County Certified Recovery Residence Initiative for La Porte County Men $750,000
- South Central Community School Corporation: Social Services Advisor/Social Worker $50,000
- 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: JA Middle School Programming in La Porte County 2025-26 $2,000
- La Porte County Soil & Water Conservation District: Kankakee River Days $10,000
- Lubeznik Center for the Arts: Public Art to Enhance Our Community $25,000
- 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 Education Cooperative $24,480
- Tri-Township Consolidated School Corporation: Fitness for Students & Community $25,000
