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Permanently Endowed Funds
Designated Funds:
Donors name a particular charity or charities to benefit from this type of fund. The designated charity receives grants from the fund.
- Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum Endowment Fund
- Butler Community Day Care Center Endowment Fund
- DeKalb Association for Developmentally Disabled, Inc. Endowment Fund
- DeKalb County Council on Aging Endowment Fund
- DeKalb County Outdoor Theater, Inc. Endowment Fund
- DeKalb's VOICE Endowment Fund
- Charles Eckhart Endowment Fund
- Eckhart Public Library Endowment Fund
- Freedom Academy DeKalb County Endowment Fund
- Garrett Public Library Foundation Fund
- Matthew A. Harger Memorial Fund
- Junior Achievement Funds:
- DeKalb Central and Lakewood Park Junior Achievement
- Junior Achievement Serving Eastside Fund
- Garrett Junior Achievement Fund
- Northeastern Center Community Mental Health Endowment Fund
- Shelter Ministries, Inc. Endowment Fund
- United Way of DeKalb County, Inc. Endowment Fund
- YMCA of DeKalb County, Inc. Endowment Fund
- Youth For Christ Endowment Fund
Donor Advised Funds:
Donor advised funds provide convenience and flexibility. Donors makes recommendations for grants to specific charities each year.
- Anonymous Fund
- Chi Eta Chapter, Sigma Beta Sorority Fund
- Peggy Dircksen Fund for the Arts
- Family Fund of Agapé
- Garrett Hospital Aid Foundation Fund
- Sharon A. Kiefer Memorial Fund
- George O. Witwer Advised Fund
- Wyatt Memorial Endowment Fund
Field of Interest Funds:
Field of interest funds allow donors to address a particular charitable interest without naming a specific charity. Donors identify the purpose of the fund and the community foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations that address the purpose.
- Childcare Provider Fund
- DeKalb County Literacy Fund
- Friends of Animals Fund
- Donna Martin Boseker “Loa’s Fund”
- Quentin K. and Gladys F. Mavis Music Fund
Operating Funds:
The community foundation has permanently invested a fund to support its own operations.
- DeKalb County Community Foundation Operating Endowment Fund
Scholarship Funds:
Scholarship funds enable students to pursue their educational goals. Donors have the opportunity to help design the criteria for the awards. Scholarships can be designed for students of a particular school or for studies in specific fields.
- Auburn Business and Professional Women's Club Scholarship Fund
- Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival Automotive Scholarship Endowment Fund
- Wayne E. Boyd Scholarship Fund
- Hilda Campbell Fund
- Edward L. and Flossie M. Casselman Scholarship Fund, L.D.S.
- DeKalb County Kendallville Publishing Scholarship Fund
- Harry Fisk Fund
- Mary Lois Murphy Grimm Scholarship Fund
- Issac Hague Fund
- Julia Hague Fund
- Barbara Herzer Scholarship Fund
- Carol L. Hill Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Lynn and Josephine Holsinger Fund
- Robert and Marie Hughes Scholarship Fund
- Derald D. Kruse “Student of Life” Scholarship Fund
- Don Lash Fund
- Elva A. Tess Likens Fund
- Delbert McBride Fund
- Walter S. Penfield Fund
- Winifred Peters Scholarship Fund
- Donald Ruegsegger Scholarship for Christian Leadership Fund
- Starkey Science Endowment Fund
- Warren G. Sunday Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Robert D. and Virginia E. White Scholarship Fund
- Berta M. Willennar Fund
Unrestricted Grantmaking Fund:
An unrestricted fund enables the DeKalb County Community Foundation’s board of directors to respond to the community’s changing needs. Donors who establish unrestricted funds create a living legacy that will grow and change as the community does. Grants from these funds support nonprofit organizations that serve DeKalb County. Income from unrestricted funds is returned to the community in the form of grants.
- DeKalb County Community Foundation Unrestricted Fund
- Dekko Enhancement Fund
Non-Permanent Funds
Nonpermanent funds are established for specific community needs or short-term projects. Gifts to the funds are not permanently invested but are paid out in full as the projects are completed.
Designated Funds:
Donors name a particular charity or charities to benefit from this type of fund. The designated charity receives grants from the fund.
- Ashley Volunteer Fire Department Fund
- Auburn City Park Fund
- Butler Carnegie Library Fund
- Butler Youth League Fund
- Marcellyn M. Conn Memorial Fund
- DeKalb Leadership Development Fund
- Girls with Heart, Inc. Fund
- Greater Garrett Area Community Tennis Association Fund
- Jackson Township Athletic Association, Inc. Fund
- Lilly Endowment Scholarship Promotional Fund
- Northeastern Center Child and Adolescent Project Fund
- Saint Joseph River Parks Fund
- Terra Firma Literacy Fund
Donor Advised Funds:
Donor-advised funds provide convenience and flexibility. Donors make recommendations for grants to specific charities each year. A donor may also make a charitable gift one year and make grant recommendations over several years.
- DeKalb's VOICE
- Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund
- O’Malley Charitable Fund
Scholarship Funds:
- Rex D. Bercaw Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Travis David Christlieb Scholarship Fund
- Bill Decker Scholarship Fund
- DeKalb County Master Gardeners Scholarship Fund
- DeKalb Financial Credit Union Scholorship Fund
- Sandra Dove & Joe Hurni Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Fites Family Scholarship Fund
- Pete Hundagen Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Parker Hannifin Scholarship Fund
- Ilene R. & Karl B. Sliger Scholarship Fund
- Marvin & Phyllis Walker Agriculture Scholarship Fund
- Waluk Family Scholarship Fund
- Roger D. Weimer Memorial Scholarship Fund
Charitable Gift Annuities:
A charitable gift annuity provides lifetime income to the beneficiary and immediate tax benefits to the donor. When the fund matures, the assets that remain are directed to a charity chosen by the donor.
- Ronald E. Ball Charitable Gift Annuity
- Ronald E. and Wilma J. Ball Charitable Gift Annuity
- Robert E. Beaty Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
- Kenneth A. Boseker Charitable Annuity Fund
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