Catholic Charities Receives $5,000 Grant from Glick Philanthropies to Help Community Members Meet their Basic Needs
Fort Wayne, July 14, 2025 – Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (CCFWSB) received a $5,000 grant from the Glick Community Relief Fund, a grant program of Glick Philanthropies that supports local nonprofit organizations to increase community members’ access to basic needs. The grant was one of 107 totaling $770,000 to organizations supporting communities across 12 states where Gene B. Glick Company properties are located.
The Glick Community Relief Fund focuses on increasing healthy food access, expanding accessible transportation, connecting community members to utility assistance, and prioritizing mental health support. This grant was one of 66 directed to Indiana-based organizations.
“Glick Philanthropies is committed to offering support to nonprofit organizations that are supporting our most vulnerable community members with accessing their basic needs,” said Ben Grande, Director of Philanthropy for Glick Philanthropies. “The efforts of these organizations are especially critical now as many of our neighbors will likely lose access to basic needs-related supports they rely on due to government funding cuts. Our work with the Glick Community Relief Fund allows us to help 107 organizations that are making meaningful contributions to communities, families, and individuals across the country.”
CCFWSB is dedicated to living out its mission of serving all those in need as Christ calls us to do. With the additional support from Glick Philanthropies, CCFWSB will assist families with rent and utilities through the Resource and Referral Program.
2025 marks the ninth year that Glick Philanthropies has administered its property-nominated grant program. Through this initiative, over $5.5 million has been awarded to nearly 300 nonprofit organizations in communities where Gene B. Glick Company properties are located.
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About Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend:
Catholic Charities is a private 501 (c) 3 incorporated in the state of Indiana to act as the coordinating and administrative agency for the charitable activities assigned to it by the Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend; to plan for, initiate, direct, support and coordinate Catholic social-services programs for the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical welfare of persons in need; to seek and determine the causes of social problems in order to better promote preventative social-action programs; to participate in community planning and organization, and work cooperatively with other individuals and groups in the field of social work. The service area for Catholic Charities includes the 14 counties of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, encompassing 2,236 square miles, with a population of 1,247,850. Currently, Catholic Charities has offices in Fort Wayne (Allen County), Auburn (DeKalb County), and South Bend (St. Joseph County), Indiana. In Fiscal Year 2023-2024, CCFWSB served over 21,000 individuals at a fiscally responsible rate of 88 cents of every dollar dedicated to client services. The agency’s mission is to serve all those in need as Christ calls us to do.
About Glick Philanthropies
Glick Philanthropies is an Indianapolis-based family of charitable initiatives dedicated to building community and creating opportunity that empowers every person to reach their full potential. Glick Philanthropies includes Glick Family Foundation, Glick Housing Foundation, the Glick Fund at Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), and the Glick Fund at Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis (JFGI). Since 1982, we have awarded more than $346 million to charitable causes in Central Indiana and communities where the Glick Company operates.