News Release

WARSAW — The Dekko Foundation, a private family foundation located in Kendallville with a mission of fostering economic freedom through education, awarded more than $350,000 in grants and pledges to 10 youth-serving organizations during its most recent round of grantmaking, including organizations in Warsaw and South Whitley.

Warsaw’s Operation Read received $15,000 to support the organization’s literacy programs for young people and families in Kosciusko County and its financial sustainability.

South Whitley’s Whitko Community Schools Corporation received $7,450 to support middle school students using ukuleles to build skills and grow their appreciation and knowledge of music.

Other organizations receiving grants and pledges were:

• Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra, Inc., Fort Wayne.
• Indiana Youth Institute, Inc., Indianapolis.
• Freedom Academy, Inc., Kendallville.
• City of Kendallville, Kendallville.
• Clarke Community Schools, Osceola, IA
• Funshine Learning Center, Lamoni, Iowa.
• Bill of Rights Institute, Arlington, Va.
• Athens City Schools, Athens, Ala.

If you’d like to learn more about how investments such as these support children and young people so they can achieve economic freedom later in life, contact a Dekko Foundation program officer at (260) 347-1278 or visit the website to explore the foundation’s mission and funding priorities, review its grantmaking process, or send a grant proposal.