Rose Meissner, Bruce Greenberg and Rod Ganey The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County has named the Family & Children’s Center the winner of its 2011 Leighton Award for Nonprofit Excellence.   Read more...

George Rickey, Annular Eclipse V, 2000; stainless steel Innovation: George Rickey Kinetic Sculpture, South Bend’s collaborative exhibition celebrating the life and work of internationally renowned artist George Rickey, will be in town longer than originally planned. Rather than leave in September, the five large-scale Rickeys in downtown South Bend will remain in place until November 14, 2010.    Read more...

The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County will award this year’s Charles Martin “Touch A Life” scholarship to Cheyenne Starner, a graduate of Washington High School. The second recipient of this $2500 renewable scholarship, which honors one of our community’s most prominent and effective mentors, Cheyenne will be attending Indiana University Bloomington in the fall and plans to follow IU’s pre-medical coursework track.  Read more...

Chris Wilson Pavilion at Potawatomi Park Now that the beautiful new Chris Wilson Pavilion at South Bend’s Potawatomi Park is complete—thanks to a partnership that included Community Foundation’s ArtsEverywhere initiative, the family of Christopher H. Wilson, and the Rotary Club of South Bend—it’s time to fill that magnificent space with music, theater, and dance. In July and August, the Community Foundation will partner with South Bend Parks and Recreation to present a special ArtsEverywhere performing arts series in the Chris Wilson Pavilion.  Read more...

The Family and Children’s Center, is one of the nonprofits that will benefit from the Socially Responsible Computing Initiative. Local nonprofits now have a resource to help them plan, prioritize, and achieve their technology goals, increasing their ability to serve their clients without breaking the bank.  Read more...

Hope for Kids, a Community Foundation grant recipient in early childhood education. Based on the recently released Columbus Survey, the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County again ranks among the top community foundations in the United States, coming in seventy-ninth with assets of $127,000,000 out of a field of approximately 500 peers.  Read more...

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