Our Projects

more than $750,000 distributed!

If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.”

Local Projects

Global Projects

Brooke's Place

In 2021, BarnRaisers donated $5,000 to support Brooke’s Place’s Camp Healing Tree, a community education program which is part of the organization’s mission to provide grief support services to children,
their caregivers and others in Central Indiana who have experienced the death of a loved one.

To learn more, go to www.brookesplace.org 

CampTown - Indianapolis

In 2013, BarnRaisers donated $20,000 to support CampTown’s mission to challenge, mentor and teach youth about life through outdoor adventure and nature programs that build confidence, character and hope. To learn more, go to www.camptown.net.

Champ Camp

In 2014, BarnRaisers donated $2,500 to help provide summer camp experiences for children and adolescents with tracheostomies and those requiring technological respiratory assistance. For more information on how you can support their efforts, go to https://www.champcamp.org/.

CAW Inner City Football

In 2014, BarnRaisers donated $10,000 to help the league pursue its mission of helping kids succeed in life through sports.

Crooked Creek Food Pantry

During the COVID-19 pandemic, BarnRaisers donated $2,500 to help Crooked Creek Food Pantry fight food insecurity on the NW side of Indianapolis. If you’re interested in supporting their good work, go to https://www.ccfpindy.org/.

Craine House - Indianapolis

In 2015, BarnRaisers donated $27,500 to help fund facility improvements designed to help women on work release programs care for their young children. Another $10,000 was provided in 2017. For more information on how you can help, go to http://www.crainehouse.org/.

Diabetes Will's Way - Carmel

In 2015, BarnRaisers donated $2,500 to help provide medical device units to low-income families with children affected by Type 1 diabetes. Then in 2019, BarnRaisers donated another $17,500 to help families manage their child’s diabetes regardless of their financial situation. To learn more, go to http://www.diabeteswillsway.com/

Crop Hunger Walk

In 2017 and 2018, BarnRaisers combined to donate $1,000 to support the Crop Hunger Walk and its efforts to address food insecurity in Hamilton County and beyond. Click here for more information about getting involved in a Crop Hunger Walk in your community.

Evans Scholarship Program

In 2018, BarnRaisers donated $500 to help support this nonprofit program that provides full tuition and housing college scholarship to golf caddies. For more information, go here.

Fight For Life Foundation

In 2021, BarnRaisers donated $10,000 to FFLF to further develop the Building Dreams web app and the organization’s mission to equip underserved youth with the social and emotional qualities needed for success.

To learn more, go to www.fightforlifefoundation.org.

 

GiGi's Playhouse

In 2021, BarnRaisers donated $20,00 to outfit GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center STEAM lab with computer laptops & tablets, interactive smartboard, webcam, tech cart hub, desks, and seating.

GiGi’s provides programs – at no cost to families –  in a format that individuals with Down Syndrome learn best. To learn more, go to www.gigisplayhouse.org/indianapolis

 

Hear Indiana - Indianapolis

In 2012, BarnRaisers donated $25,000 to help purchase hearing aids and assistive devices for low income children and families. In 2018, another $25,000 was donated to support program development geared toward empowering Hoosier family with hearing loss. To learn more, go to https://www.hearindiana.org.

First Achieve The Challenges for Excellence

In 2017, BarnRaisers donated $985 to help fund support services for children at risk due to addiction and mental health issues.

Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide

In 2016 and 2018, BarnRaisers donated a total of $35k to Chaucie’s Place (now known as the Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide) to support their work at putting an end to child sex abuse and youth suicide. To learn more about their important work go to https://www.indianaprevention.org

Indianapolis Dream Center

In 2019, BarnRaisers donated $11,000 to help address food insecurity and support the Center’s mission of transforming our community by working to meet people where they are and to bring them hope and a way off the streets. For more information, go to https://www.indydreamcenter.com/

Joseph Maley Foundation

In 2019, BarnRaisers donated $11,000 to support the Foundation’s mission of serving children of all abilities through five programs including disability and mental health awareness, leadership and service-learning opportunities, and adaptive and inclusive athletics. Go to http://www.josephmaley.org/ to learn more.

Miracle Field - Plainfield

In 2014, BarnRaisers donated $25,000 to fund the construction of two “Americana Cherokee Shelters” to provide shelter and shade for athletes and their helpers at Miracle Field – a sports facility benefiting children with diverse physical handicaps. For more information on this facility, go to https://www.townofplainfield.com/miracle-movers-field-information.

Muncie South - Panther Food Pantry

In 2020, BarnRaisers donated nearly $5,000 to fund the purchase of a freezer, shelves and food for the Panther Food Pantry at Muncie Southside Middle School. The pantry served four students when it opened in 2015 and now serves more than 150 students every week. Learn more at munciesms.ss12.sharpschool.com/panther_pantry.

  

ProAct Indy

In 2017, BarnRaisers donated $30,000 to help ProAct purchase a van used to transport disadvantaged youth in Indianapolis to programming designed to empower, inspire and educate them. For more information on how you can support their work, go to https://www.proactindy.org/.

PURCHASED

In 2016, BarnRaisers donated $15k to PURCHASED to help fight sexual exploitation and provide survivor support through education opportunities. To learn more about how you can help put an end to sex trafficking in Indiana, go to http://www.purchased.org.

SAWS Handicap Ramp - Indianapolis

In 2017, BarnRaisers donated $3,000 to help fund the installation of ADA accessible ramps for young children in Indianapolis. Go to http://www.sawsramps.org/ to learn how you can help.

SAWS - Zuri & Rebecca

In 2020, BarnRaisers funded the installation of a wheelchair ramp for Zuri, a seven-year-old living with cerebral palsy.   For more information on SAWS and how you can support their good work, go to https://www.sawsramps.org/

In 2021, BarnRaisers funded the installation of a wheelchair ramp for Rebecca Mawi  who’s cerebral palsy makes it challenging for her to get in and out of the house.

 

 

 

School on Wheels - Indianapolis

In 2015, BarnRaisers donated $5,000 to help provide one-on-one tutoring and educational advocacy support for school-aged children in Indianapolis impacted by homelessness. For more information on ways you can support these efforts to https://indyschoolonwheels.org/.

In 2021, BarnRaisers donated $10,000 to support he Zearn Math
curriculum, the co-assemble program which provides a training platform for volunteers, and two full uniforms to all children in need.

 

 

St. Joseph’s Institute for the Deaf

In 2012, BarnRaisers donated $1,500 to help fund a chicken coop – live learning experience at the Institute. To learn more about how the Institute with hearing loss, and their families, define their own success, click here.

Student Impact

In 2020, BarnRaisers donated $2,500 to help the Student Impact team with facility improvements and program development for the 160 kids served weekly at their primary location. To learn more, go to www.therockwestfield.org

Third Phase Shelter and Pantry - Noblesville

In 2014, BarnRaisers donated $12,000 to assist with the replacement of a box truck needed to continue their ministry of a food pantry, a food pantry distribution network and a thrift store. To learn more, go to http://www.thirdphase.org/

Zionsville Food Pantry

In 2014, BarnRaisers donated $500 to help make food available to local residents suffering for hunger and food insecurity.

Community Health Center - Costa Rica

In 2015, BarnRaisers donated $27,500 to help build a community center in the indigenous BriBri village of Durupe. The center serves as a daycare, health center and infant/pediatric care center.

End Human Trafficking – India

In 2013, BarnRaisers donated $4,500 to help fund a center for young girls recovering from being victims of sex trafficking.

Gift of Water + Amputee Support - Haiti

In 2013, BarnRaisers donated $2,500 to help fund the purchase and installation of water filter units in Fondwa, Haiti. In 2018, we also provided $3,475 in amputee care to support Raphaela Vucaint.

Global Orphan Foundation

In 2019, BarnRaisers donated $25,000 to support the expansion of agriculture, livestock and insect farming operations at GOF’s Bolingo Village in DR Congo. Click here for more information about Global Orphan Foundation.

Munaychay Orphanage – Peru

 

In 2017, BarnRaisers donated $30,000 to help provide better living conditions and needed health supplies for 70 orphaned or abandoned children. In 2019, the team returned to paint, interact with the children and monitor progress.

MsMaria Orphanage - Tanzania

In 2012, BarnRaisers donated $2,500 to help start a sustainable chicken project at this orphanage in Moshi. In partnership with the KidsFirst Foundation, 500 baby chickens were purchased to produce eggs to feed 50 children and provide sustainable income for additional projects. For more information go to http://msamariakids.org.

Orphanage Construction Project – Haiti

In 2016, following a devastating hurricane, BarnRaisers donated $79,158 to help fund the construction of a large baby house and cottages for older orphaned children.

Orphanage Project - Nepal

In 2014, BarnRaisers donated $9,000 to help fund basic life needs – food, shelter and medicine – for orphaned children living in Nepal.

Our Call Missions - Uganda

In 2019, BarnRaisers donated $10,000 to fund the renovation of a school building. Repairs included fixing broken windows, repairing concrete, painting, rebuilding broken desks and more.  To learn more, go to https://ssmfi.org/missionary/our-call-missions/.

Project Alianza - Nicaragua

In 2019, BarnRaisers donated $12,500 as part of a challenge grant that raised $25,000 to support the building of a school on a coffee plantation in Nicaragua. Click here to learn more about Project Alianza.

 

School Playground + Supplies – Belize

In 2018, BarnRaisers donated $20,000 to support the purchase and installation of a playground at the Caye Caulker RC School in Belize. Funds will also support materials for a science and math lab.

School Classrooms - Guatemala

In 2013, BarnRaisers donated $35,000 to help build a new four-classroom school for the 180+ young students living in an isolated community in rural Guatemala. Funds were also used to provide food, water purifiers and new energy efficient stoves for families in the village.

Shraddha School for Street Children – India

 

In 2013, BarnRaisers donated $1,750 to provide food for six months to more than 55 street children living in India and studying at the Shraddha School.

Therapy Pool for Disabled Children – Brazil

In 2018, BarnRaisers made $26,000 matching-grant donation to help fund the purchase and installation of a large therapy for children and adults with physical disabilities. For more information about the Association of Parents and Friends of People with Disability (APAE) go to this link.

Village Experience - Kenya

In 2012, BarnRaisers donated $10,000 to help support facility improvements to a primary school in the , Kenya which is a community located on the shores of Lake Victoria.

Wellness Clinic – Haiti

In 2014, BarnRaisers donated $25,000 to help fund the construction of a new mother and baby clinic in Tom Gato, Haiti (near Fondwa) to better meet the health needs of women and children living in this rural mountain area. Click here to learn more about this women’s health center.