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."

It's Been a Gala 15 Years

The Unity Foundation celebrated 15 years in the rearview mirror not just by looking back, but by using the occasion to build for the future.

Unity concluded its year-long 15th anniversary celebration with a gala and an innovative fund-raiser that raised nearly $125,000 to forever benefit the people of LaPorte County.

The highlight of the sold-out event at Heston Hills Conference Center was "Pledge-a-Palooza," in which the guests competed to support their favorite non-profit organizations by making on-the-spot pledges. "Pup-a-Palooza" and his owner, played by Leigh and Marcia Morris, did their best to stir up pledges throughout the evening.

Not only did the non-profits benefit from the pledges, but the five organizations that collected the highest amounts received additional cash prizes from Unity to help their operations. They were Junior Achievement of Michigan City ($5,000); the LaPorte Family YMCA Child Care Center ($4,000); The Salvation Army of Michigan City ($3,000); the Boys & Girls Club of Michigan City ($2,000); and Dunebrook ($1,000). Honorable Mention: Women's Care Center ($1,000.)

Before the evening was over, Unity announced a $15,000 special anniversary grant opportunity. Organizations will be encouraged collaborate and 'unify' LaPorte County.

Our thanks go to event sponsors NIPSCO, Harbour Trust, Horizon Bank, National City and Wells Fargo.

Opportunity Ahead -

You don't have to wait another 15 years to support a favorite non-profit organization. Today's donation to Unity, or a planned gift created today, is the future.