Triple Your Donation, Generosity, and Impact!
The Community Foundation DeKalb County and you, our donors, have an incredible opportunity in 2024 and 2025. Lilly Endowment Inc., as part of their GIFT (Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow) VIII Initiative, has agreed to donate $2 for every $1 donated to the Community Grantmaking Endowment Fund. This is the fund that supports the majority of the quarterly grants to local and regional nonprofits and charitable organizations. If we raise $250,000 then Lilly will match with $500,000 for a total of $750,000 to add to the Community Grantmaking Endowment Fund.
Local and regional nonprofits work hard to address many community issues like food and housing scarcity, mental health issues, resources for early learning, veterans’ needs, addiction recovery, and so much more.
Please take advantage of this incredible opportunity and donate to support our nonprofits and our county!
The Community Foundation will hold the 4th Annual Giving Tuesday DeKalb Fundraising Campaign from October 7 to November 22. During this time, donors are encouraged to support nonprofit endowment funds. All donations must be in the Foundation office (or an envelope postmarked) by November 22. Winners will be announced on Giving Tuesday, December 3 via The Foundation’s Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn pages.
Participating organizations:
- Acres Land Trust
- AgrIInstitute
- Alliance Industries
- Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
- Auburn Main Street
- Auburn Waterloo Trail
- Big Brothers Big Sisters
- Boy Scout Troop 169
- Butler Public Library
- Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana
- Catholic Charities
- Children First Center
- DeKalb County Council on Aging
- DeKalb County History Preservation (DeKalb County Historian)
- DeKalb County Humane Society
- DeKalb County Indiana Trails
- DeKalb County Outdoor Theater
- DeKalb’s Voices of Philanthropy
- Eckhart Public Library
- Garrett Public Library
- Hearten House
- Image of Hope Ranch
- Inspiration Ministries
- JAM Center
- Junior Achievement Serving East Central DeKalb
- Shelter Ministries Inc. dba Sonshine Ministries
- St. Martin’s Healthcare
- United Way of DeKalb County
- Waterloo Grant Township Public Library
- YMCA of DeKalb County
- Youth for Christ Northern Indiana
- YWCA Northeast Indiana
The top five organizations that raise the most money will receive unrestricted grants from the Foundation.
1st place – $5,000
2nd place – $3,000
3rd place – $2,000
4th place – $1,000
5th place – $1,000
Largest percentage increase from 2023 – $3,000
Donations can be made on this website or by sending, or dropping off a check to the Community Foundation DeKalb County at 700 Main Street, Auburn, IN 46706. For more information, please contact Jess at jambler@cfdekalb.org or 260-925-0311.
Investing in the future of Indiana’s DeKalb County
The Community Foundation DeKalb County promotes community philanthropy by offering local citizens the opportunity to create a charitable legacy that will sustain and improve life in our county.
The Community Foundation provides a way for you to invest in the community’s future by creating permanent support for the charitable programs and organizations you care about. When an endowed fund is created, these gifts are invested for growth and income. Each year part of the fund’s growth is returned to the community in the form of grants for specific initiatives, events, or programs of area non-profit organizations. And each year a portion of the fund’s growth is reinvested to ensure that the fund will remain active forever.
Since the Foundation’s creation in 1996, donors like you have helped build just over $23 million in permanent and non-permanent endowment funds that grant over $889,000 a year to worthy local causes. These grant dollars strengthen our community and make life better for all of us who live, work, and play in DeKalb County.
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