Local Connection
to Haiti: Two families in
LaPorte started the Haiti Children's Education Fund just last
month. I learned that they and
their friends have been volunteering in Haiti for 20+ years. They first started going there to save
children’s lives. The more time
they spent there, the more they realized the need to educate those children if
Haiti will ever have a brighter
future. Then disaster
struck.
Learn
more about our local connection with the people of
Haiti.
Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship
The Lilly
Endowment Community Scholarship is awarded annually to two LaPorte County
students. It will pay tuition and fees at any Indiana college or university and
it provides an $800 annual stipend for books. Students are evaluated on
leadership, community service, academics and financial need.
Due Date:
Monday, January 20, 2009
2009 application is now available.
Click
here to download application!
Other Unity Scholarships
Deadline - April 5, 2010
Click
here for Listing and Applications
Announcing Our Simple Giving Program
Busy? Shift your giving into automatic! Unity is proud to
announce a new convenient, easy, and secure method of donating. Click here for
more information.
 2008-2009 Report
to the Community - Now
Available
Click Here to view the
Report
Past
Publications:
Summer 2009
Newsletter
Spring 2009
Newsletter
2007-2008 Report to the
Community- Opportunity Ahead
One Stop Shopping Made Easy! Click
here
Visit one place to learn about many of the worthy
charitable efforts in LaPorte County, Indiana. The description of all endowed
funds held in the Unity Foundation have been updated, complete with links to the
organizations or causes. If you want to learn more, just give us a call. If
you'd like to support one or more of them forever, simply mail in a check or
make gift via phone using your VISA or Mastercard.
If we've linked to
your organization, please consider linking back to us! If we've made an
incorrect link, please let us know so we can get it right!
Back
Home Again: LaPorte County's Plan to End
Homelessness
Click here for 4 page
Summary
Click here for Main
Report
Executive Summary La Porte County Homeless Needs Assessment
(Click
here for Summary)
This study serves as La Porte County's preliminary assessment of
homeless prevention and intervention services. It supplies stakeholders
with a comprehensive analysis of the county homeless needs and emergency service
system by utilizing historical trends, objective data, demographic forecasts and
an assessment of current conditions.
 Unity Foundation Earns Confirmation of Compliance with
National Standards and State Accountability
Standards
The Unity Foundation of LaPorte
County is:
• A nonprofit
community corporation, created by and for the people of LaPorte County, serving
donors and nonprofit organizations by building endowments to help the charitable
needs of LaPorte County and its communities.
• A platform for building community,
bringing diverse groups together for the good of the whole community, and a
facilitator of special projects.
• A Power for Good in LaPorte
County!
"Those that have the ability to give
have a special power.
The power to rise above good thoughts, to good
actions."
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About Unity Challenge Matches for Non-profits:
How does Unity Foundation help our local non-profits? We manage endowment funds for them, provide grants and technical assistance and training.
On a case-by-case basis, the Unity Foundation Board of Directors allocates $1 for each $2 a non-profit raises for its existing endowment fund in Unity. Matches vary from $25,000 to $100,000 and are usually done over a three year period. Agencies have used their match to pay down mortgages, fund critical projects, or even put it right back into their endowment to help it grow faster - making them stronger and better.
Challenges matches are currently available for Samaritan Counseling Center, Boys & Girls Club, Junior Achievement, LaPorte Family YMCA Community Child Care Center |
