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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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  PCCF Staff Named to Mutz Philanthropic Leadership Institute

  Sarah Stone, Communications Director for the Putnam County Community Foundation, has been selected as a member of the 2023 class of the Mutz Philanthropic Leadership Institute. Launched by…

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  Carson Hall Named Putnam County’s 2023 Lilly Scholar

  Twice as nice: CHS students Hall, Paauwe named Lilly Scholars by Jared Jernagan, Editor, Banner Graphic Originally published Monday, December 12, 2022 in the Banner Graphic. Christmas came early…

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