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.”

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.”

Like Hub Run, scholarship program shows The Spirit of Community

"Take your dreams and turn them into a goal, push through the obstacles, persist, and achieve what you are dreaming of."

Celebrate friends at open house for longtime foundation staffer

"The way to make a true friend is to be one.

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."

End of one year brings new beginnings for the next

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending."

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."

Now's the time to get your house in order

"Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up."

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;

Annual event celebrates The Power of the Purse

"Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels."

Foundation is "going the distance" for donors and the comunity

"I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought."

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."

It's your choice on how to give and make it count

"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen."

Take the opportunity of a lifetime with tax-free charitable IRA

"Do your givin' while you're livin' ... then you'll be knowin' where it's goin'." - Ann Landers

Community foundation marks a milestone year

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."

Let the community foundation administer your planned gift

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" - Dr. Robert Schuller

Foundation makes a difference -- your way

"The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation." - Miriam Beard

Will you take the "Giving Pledge"?

"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

Community foundation is there when it's time to give back

"My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life." -- Lee Iacocca

The balancing act - community foundation as a community leader

"A leader’s job is to engineer the types of conversations that produce epiphanies."

The balancing act - community foundation as endowment builder

"One of the forms of energy is money - money that you can give away, money with which you can empower others, money that you can use to make the world a better place, money to set your free."

Foundation awards grants to serve the needs of the community

"The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do more for the betterment of life."

What is the role of a community foundation in the community?

"Wherever we are, it is but a stage on the way to somewhere else, and whatever we do, however well we do it, it is only a preparation to do something else that shall be different."

Spring into action and attend the Volunteer Fair

"The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual."

Foundation celebrates 20th anniversary of giving together

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a

'Tis the season of giving - and sharing

"What a man does for himself dies with him. What a man does for his community lives long after he’s gone."

Find creative ways to give back to your community

"Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community."

"We are, after all, only trustees of the wealth we possess. Without the community and its resources. . . there would be little wealth for anyone."

Unrestricted endowment funds help communities forever

"We are, after all, only trustees of the wealth we possess. Without the community and its resources. . . there would be little wealth for anyone."

Endowments funds aren’t just for individuals

"How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment: we can start now, start slowly changing the world!" - Anne Frank

Crown Point comes through for July 4 food drive

"I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can."

Crown Point 'can' do this

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

Winfield group making a commitment for the future

"Never doubt that a group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

Start your own endowment fund today!

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."

See the world in a new light

"Hope is an adventure, a going forward, a confident search for a rewarding life." - Dr. Karl Menninger

New scholarships help students reach their goals

We in this country are committed to narrowing the gap between promise and performance...between opportunity for the well-to-do and opportunity for the poor...between education for the successful and education for the whole people.