ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
Vision
Our vision is a healthy and prosperous Marion County.
Mission
Our mission is to develop partnerships and fund innovative projects that will increase the health and prosperity for residents of Marion County. We do this by focusing our funding in the following determinants of a healthy community:
- Access to quality healthcare
- Improvements in public education
-Workforce and Economic Development
- Access to quality healthcare
- Improvements in public education
-Workforce and Economic Development
Purpose
The Foundation is organized exclusively for charitable, educational and social welfare purposes, including but not limited to, such purposes of making distributions to organizations which qualify as exempt under Section 501. (c). (3) of the IRS revenue code.
"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about."
WHAT'S NEW
Read about recent grants and other Foundation activity.
NEW GRANT CYCLE FOR 2019
Please note that deadlines are based on when your application has been marked complete, not based on the application submittal date. Applications are marked complete once they have been reviewed, vetted, and all preliminary questions answered.
Community Impact Grants, those over $5,000, are awarded quarterly. Grant application deadlines for each grant are:
- Cycle 1- February 15th- Successful grants awarded in April
- Cycle 2- May 17th- Successful grants awarded in June
- Cycle 3- August 16th- Successful grants awarded in Sptember
- Cycle 4- November 15th-Successful grants awarded in January
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