100 Guys Who Care Give $10,000 in Grants to Perry County Nonprofits

Trades for Tomorrow took home a $10,000 award when the Evansville chapter of 100 Guys Who Care convened on Feb. 17, 2026, and the other participating nonprofits at that meeting each received $500, organizers reported. The event was described as part of the chapter’s ninth year of giving back to the Evansville community.

The giving-circle model used by the Evansville chapter calls for members to meet four times a year and each commit $100 per meeting, a structure summed up on the chapter’s website as "100 guys x $100 = $10,000 to 4 local charities each year." The chapter’s public pages also carry the slogan "RAISE $10,000 FOR LOCAL CHARITIES IN 2 HOURS!" and list a cumulative total of "$291,000+ Total Dollars 100 Guys Who Care Evansville Has Donated Since Inception."

Organizational form and membership are spelled out on the chapter’s site: the group describes itself as a "non-organization" with "no board of directors, no tax ID, and no bank account," and states explicitly, "None of the money runs through us, it all goes directly to the charities." The site lists eligibility rules: "Any local organization that’s a registered 501(c)(3) is eligible," and a charity that receives a donation "will not be eligible again for 24 months." If a charity is nominated and not chosen, the site says it "is eligible to be nominated again at the next meeting."

Descriptions of how finalists are selected appear in event coverage of the Feb. 17 meeting: members each select local charities and then vote on three nonprofits at an event, with "at the end of the night, one charity is awarded $10,000 dollars." Nick Stratman, identified as one of the original five men who created the organization, framed the model’s purpose this way: "One guy can give $100 and people will tell you thanks but if you get 100 guys to give $100, you can move the needle for somebody." Stratman added that presenters must appeal to the group: "It is up to that group to present and pull on everyone’s heart strings and say hey here is our story and this is what that 10k can do to impact our local community."

Membership figures differ across sources. The chapter’s website states "we now have over 200 members," while event coverage cited the organization as having "more than 100 members." The site also includes a "CURRENT MEMBER LIST" heading and a Q2 2026 meeting entry, suggesting roster and program details are maintained online.

The Evansville chapter has scheduled its Q2 2026 meeting for Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 5:00–8:00 PM at The Rooftop, 112 NW Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Evansville, IN 47708, with the event page noting "Space is Limited RSVP NOW." With $291,000+ reported donated since inception, the chapter’s structure - quarterly $100 commitments pooled into $10,000 awards - has produced measurable grant rounds; at the same time the site’s claim of no tax ID and no bank account raises a transparency question about the mechanics of collection and delivery that the chapter’s public pages do not fully detail.