Community Foundation of St. Joseph County Inc.



Simply put, the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County is a charitable endowment to improve the quality of life for the citizens of St. Joseph County and their succeeding generations.


It accomplishes this through gifts from people who care about the St. Joseph County community. It invests these gifts forever and uses the investment earnings to make grants each year to local charities.

Web Address

www.cfsjc.org


Assets and Giving for Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

Assets

2020 - 197,616,853
2019 - 186,989,748
Domestic Grants

2020 - 7,305,116


    

Recent News from Community Foundation of St. Joseph County


Divine conducts her Fischoff finale
Foundation: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

The number of entries and ensembles has doubled, a day has been added, the size of the jury has increased, an endowment was established through the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, and...more

Electric work at Copshaholm sparks interest in history
Foundation: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

The project, which costs an estimated $350,000, is happening thanks to a $150,000 Arts Everywhere Grant from the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County and two anonymous donors. The electrical...more

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library comes to St. Joseph Co.
Foundation: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

There are two ways to register a child for the program: online at The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County's website or by filling out a paper registration form, which will be available at any...more

Program gives children in St. Joseph County free books
Foundation: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Children in St. Joseph County can receive a brand new, free book through an early childhood literacy program that started Monday. The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County...more

Dolly Parton program to send free books to kids
Foundation: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County landed it here thanks to 10 local donors who pledged to cover the local costs, including families, foundations, the Community Foundation's African...more

Concert pianist Tanya Gabrielian hired to lead IUSB's piano studio
Foundation: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

25, she'll give her first performance as the head of the studio, along with other performing groups from the School of the Arts, at Potawatomi Park as part of the Community Foundation of St. Joseph...more

Our Opinion: A step forward in city's lead battle
Foundation: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

Student volunteers fromNotre Dame walked door-to-door to promote the event and distribute information about lead poisoning prevention. The NNN received a $16,500 grant from the Community Foundation...more

Center for Arts and Culture celebrates 'Five Years of Arts and Culture in Action' with free, public ...
Foundation: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

... Heritage Foundation, Dorene Dominguez, Vanir Construction Management and various donors, including the Institute for Latino Studies, the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, the Florence V....more

St. Joseph County Public Library announces architecture firm
Foundation: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

The cost of creating the master plan is estimated at $200,000, and will be funded by contributions from the library, the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County and the City of South Bend. Once the...more

Camp Millhouse raises enough to buy its property
Foundation: Community Foundation of St. Joseph County

Director Diana Breden said the charity raised the $50,000 it needed to land a matching grant from the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County — which was the final part of that campaign, as The...more



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