Category: News

  • PCCF Seeking Funding from Lilly Endowment

    Lilly Endowment Inc. has launched the eighth phase of its Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT) initiative, allocating up to $210 million to help Indiana community foundations strengthen…

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  • PCCF Hosts Community Report

    As part of PCCF’s 2023 Community Needs Assessment, we committed to hosting two public meetings to share what we’ve learned this year from stakeholder interviews, community focus groups…

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  • 2023 Share the Dream Results in Four Newly Endowed Funds

    The Putnam County Community Foundation offered an endowment building opportunity for 20 of its component funds this month which are working toward endowment status. Four of those funds…

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  • Community Foundation Receives Historic Estate Gift

    Greencastle, Indiana — The Putnam County Community Foundation recently received an estate gift of over $3.8 million from the late Eleanor “Ellie” Ypma. It is the largest single…

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  • Save Fern Station Campaign Successful

    Thanks to a public-private partnership, a 570-acre undisturbed piece of Indiana forestland west of Greencastle in Madison Township will be protected forever to support important wildlife and plants…

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  • Community Needs Assessment Progress Report

    Community Needs Assessment Making Progress This spring, many of our stakeholders have participated in the first two of four phases of our Community Needs Assessment. So far, we’ve…

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  • Philanthropy and Public Policy

    Philanthropy and Public Policy by Sarah Stone, Communications Director As in many industries, it is vital for those of us working in philanthropy to maintain relationships with elected…

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  • April is National Volunteer Month

    Jenny Neureiter, Office Manager April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month. At the Putnam County Community Foundation, and most other Putnam County nonprofits, we rely on our volunteers to…

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  • Kids Make Change…and Collect Change

    Sarah Stone, Communications Director This spring, I’ve enjoyed taking a small step into the education field, spending a little time in the classroom with my colleagues and members…

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  • The Benefits of Bequests

    Your fund at the Putnam County Community Foundation (PCCF) can be an ideal recipient of estate gifts through a will or trust, or through a beneficiary designation on…

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