Crown Point students get an education in charitable giving

“A generation that acquires knowledge without ever understanding how that knowledge can benefit the community is a generation that is not learning what it means to be citizens in a democracy.”

A donor advised fund could be an ideal way to give

“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”

Foundation earns seal of approval for ethics and operations

“Where there is not community, trust, respect, ethical behavior are difficult for the young to learn and for the old to maintain.”

It's scholarship time at the Crown Point Community Foundation

“One day, all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.”

"Spring Into Action" by attending volunteer fair

“Help one another; there’s no time like the present and no present like the time.”

Foundation going strong as its starts 22nd year

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible..”

Try giving some special gifts for the holidays

Between the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower,

Celebrate National Philanthropy Month with planned giving

"Giving should be entered into in just the same careful way as investing. . .Giving is investing."

Foundation heads into home stretch with more grants

“In the quiet hours when we are alone and there is nobody to tell us what fine fellows we are, we come sometimes upon a moment in which we wonder, not how much money we are earning, nor how famous we have become, but what good we are doing.”

Where will you make your mark?

“Community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm.

Summer time, and the giving is easy

“Because it’s summer and the memories are just waiting to happen.”

Women continue to wield "The Power of the Purse"

“. . .If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.”

Learn how to get involved at Community Foundation 101

"We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing."

Shop where you live, give where you live

"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves."

Celebrate a life for honoring their memory

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."

Commit to YOUR community with a donation to YOUR foundation

"In this troubled world, it's refreshing to find someone who still has the time to be kind. Someone who still has the faith to believe that the more you give, the more you receive. Someone who's ready by thought, word, or deed to reach out a hand, in the hour of need."

Foundation welcomes visitiors during open house week

"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

Your Community - "In the Good Ol' Summertime"

"Amazing friends; summer nights;

Moving day arrives for the Crown Point Community Foundation

"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." - Alfred North Whitehead

Foundation reaches out with grants, scholarships and more

"The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile."