Foundation Characteristics
The six main characteristics of the Western Indiana Community Foundation are:
- Act as a grant-making foundation: Give grants to support community projects including: arts, culture and historic preservation, parks and recreation, education and scholarships, faith, senior citizen and youth activities.
- Broadly defined mission: Improve the quality of life in Fountain County.
- Serve geographically defined areas: The Attica Community Foundation serves the Attica community and its surrounding townships of Davis, Logan and Shawnee; Covington Community Foundation serves the Covington community and its surrounding townships of Fulton, Mound, Troy and Wabash; Southeast Fountain Community Foundation serves the communities of Hillsboro, Kingman, Mellott, Newtown, Veedersburg, and Wallace, and the townships of Cain, Jackson, Mill Creek, Richland and Van Buren.
- Supported by a broad range of private as well as public donors and seek philanthropic contributions from those living inside the community and those who may have moved out of the area but benefited by being a part of the community at one time.
- Governed by three distinct local boards reflecting the diversity within each area served.
- Build capital endowment, which is an important element of sustainability.
It is a combination of all these basic characteristics that makes WICF a true community foundation, although there are other types of community organizations in Fountain County that have some of these characteristics.
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