Hobbyists, crafters, inventors, home-based businesses, woodworkers, and artisans from age 12 to 96 recently got an unexpected boost when Maker13 received a $93,000 grant from Impact100 Southern Indiana.
The news reduced owners John and Christy Riley first to appalled silence, then squeals of disbelief and tears of joy when they heard of the windfall.
The Jeffersonville-based non-profit had been first runner-up in Impact100 members’ voting for the 2019 grant that had been awarded to Home of the Innocents. However, when COVID restrictions prohibited Home of the Innocents’ New Albany operation from offering intended services in 2020 and the state removed its funding, the Southern Indiana location was forced to close.
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