Funded Grants

Distributee/Grantee of Funds Address of Grantee Year of Distribution Project Name/Description Project Location Grantee – Exempt or Non-Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2013-2014 Clegg Stewardship Endowment for long term maintenance of office and structure at Clegg Garden Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Stewardship Endowment Fund Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2013 Stewardship Endowment Fund NICHES Land Trust holdings Exempt
Wolf Park, Inc. Attn: Elizabeth Rose, Managing Director, and Denise Pearson, Director of Development 4004 East 800 North Battle Ground, IN 47920 2013 1.5 acres enclosure Part 2 Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2013 Stewardship Endowment Fund NICHES Land Trust holdings Exempt
Purdue Foundation (Endowment – Roy Whistler Foundation Graduate Fellowship for Carbohydrate Research) Purdue Foundation 403 West Wood Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2007 2013 Graduate Education Match Pledge – Part2 Purdue University Exempt
Purdue Foundation (Endowment – Roy Whistler Foundation for Hardwood Preservation and Restoration) Purdue Foundation 403 West Wood Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2007 2013 Graduate Education Match Pledge – Part 2 Purdue University Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2013 Permanent funding of endowment for stewardship and maintenance of the Peter’s Mill and Mennen Easement properties located in Tippecanoe County, IN Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
West Central Chapter, Indiana Native Plant & Wildflower Society c/o Jim Peterson, Treasurer 1782 N. 400 E. Lafayette, IN 47905 2013 Ross Hills Park honeysuckle/autumn olive removal Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2013 Photography, print framing, and display project celebrating Roy Whistler’s life for Roy Whistler Library at Clegg Garden Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2013 Support NICHES Wildcat Creek valley property stewardship in 2013 Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2012 Acquisition of Crites Property Tippecanoe County, and eastern Warren Counties Exempt
Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Dept of Food Science, Purdue University (“WCCR”) Purdue Foundation 403 West Wood Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2007 2012 Graduate Education Match Pledge – Part 1 Purdue University Exempt
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University (“DFNR”) Purdue Foundation 403 West Wood Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2007 2012 Graduate Education Match Pledge – Part2 Purdue University Exempt
Wolf Park, Inc. Attn: Elizabeth Rose, Managing Director, and Denise Pearson, Director of Development 4004 East 800 North Battle Ground, IN 47920 2012 1.5 acres enclosure Part 1 Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
Wolf Park, Inc. Attn: Denise Pearson, Director of Development 4004 East 800 North Battle Ground, IN 47920 2011 Sliding gate & operater project Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2011 Acquisition of land known as Mulvey Pond from Doug and Brenda Sheets Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2010 Dedicated Land Acquisition Fund Exempt
NICHES Land Trust Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2009 Acquisition of land in Black Rock Preserve Warren County, IN Exempt
Wildcat Creek Foundation, Inc. Attention: Mark Krivchenia Box 193 Lafayette, IN 47902 2008 Acquisition of Adams Mill Oxbow Carroll County, IN Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2008 Acquisition of Moyer-Gould Farm Carroll County, IN Exempt
Wildcat Creek Foundation, Inc. Attention: Mark Krivchenia Box 193 Lafayette, IN 47902 2008 Acquisition of additional land of Adams Mill Oxbow Carroll County, IN Exempt
Wildcat Creek Foundation Attention: Mark Krivchenia Box 193 Lafayette, IN 47902 2007 Acquisition of 21 acre parcel (out of total 65 acres) located near Adams Mill Carroll County, IN Exempt
NICHES Land Trust, Inc. Attention: Gus Nyberg, Executive Director P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47996 2007 Acquisition of parcel known as Black Rock Warren County, IN Exempt
NICHES c/o Ted Harris, President 724 Amity Drive Lafayette,IN 47905-6098 2006 Acquisition of 67 acre parcel of land located adjacent to its current 133 acres in the Fisher Oak Savanna Nature Preserve across Jasper County – White County line, IN Exempt
NICHES c/o Ted Harris, President 1120 Ridgeway Drive Crawfordsville, IN 47933 2005 Purchase of the Indian Creek Basin property (remaining balance of loan) 59 Acres lying south of Division Road, about 1/2 mile from Granville Bridge, Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES c/o Ted Harris, President 1120 Ridgeway Drive Crawfordsville, IN 47933 2005 Acquisition of 67 acre parcel of land located adjacent to its current 133 acres in the Fisher Oak Savanna Nature Preserve across Jasper County – White County line, IN Exempt
Wildcat Creek Foundation, Inc. Attention: Mark Krivchenia Box 193 Lafayette, IN 47902 2004 Acquisition of 24 acre parcel which borders the Wildcat Creek for nature preserve Pyrmont, Carroll County, Indiana Exempt
NICHES c/o Ted Harris, President 1120 Ridgeway Drive Crawfordsville, IN 47933 2004 Restoration of 8 acres at the Roy Whistler Wildlife Area; and purchase of prescribed burn equipment in connection with providing trained volunteers proper equipment in restoring properties with areas of prairie and savanna, both of these ecosystems being fire dependent communities Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
The Lafayette Rotary Foundation, Inc. Attention: Susan R. Hychka 1304 Columbia Street Lafayette, IN 47901 2004 Support Rotary Centennial Project which has been designated as the Wabash Heritage Trail Overlook West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
Lafayette Parks Foundation, Inc. Attention: Joseph T. Bumbleburg P. O. Box 1535 Lafayette, IN 47902 2004 Support the Columbian park Lagoon Restoration Project Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES c/o Ted Harris, President 1120 Ridgeway Drive Crawfordsville, IN 47933 2004 Support the Prairie Restoration Project at the Fisher Oak Savanna Nature Preserve Jasper County, IN Exempt
NICHES c/o Ted Harris, President 1120 Ridgeway Drive Crawfordsville, IN 47933 2003 Acquisition of 33 acre tract owned by Doug & Judy Knudson Warren County, IN Exempt
Park Board Gift Fund (an affiliated fund of the Tippecanoe County Parks and Recreation Dept) Park Board Gift Fund Attention: Kathy Smith Heritage Trail Manager Tippecanoe County Park and Recreation Department 4449 State Road 43 North West Lafayette, IN 47906 2002 Heritage Trail for removal of junk automobiles, and other trail projects Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47906 2002 Granville Sand Barrens Nature Preserve Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt
NICHES P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47906 2001 Shawnee Bottoms Bodine Tract Fountain County, IN Exempt
NICHES P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47906 1999 Weiler-Leopold Nature Reserve Warren County, IN Exempt
NICHES P. O. Box 2790 West Lafayette, IN 47906 1999 Cates/Clawson Reserve Fountain County, IN Exempt
West Lafayette Parks & Recreation Foundation Attention: Joe Payne, Superintendent 609 W. Navajo Street P. O. Box 2391 West Lafayette, IN 47906-0391 1998 Celery Bog Nature Area West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN Exempt