We Love Where We Live
Jasper Newton Foundation
The Jasper Newton Foundation Inc. is a local nonprofit organization that connects residents of Jasper County and Newton County, Indiana with causes they care about through coordinated investments and strategic grantmaking. It’s a way for local people to come together and solve local challenges facing Jasper and Newton Counties every day, leaving a long-term impact and legacy in the community. By working as an advocate for the whole nonprofit sector and connecting residents and organizations across the two counties, the Jasper Newton Foundation enables a larger impact beyond what one individual nonprofit or donor can accomplish.
JNF COVID-19 Carnegie Center Schedule:
The JNF offices will be staffed for appointments M-F 9 am to 2 pm central time.
If you need to visit or drop something off, please call and let us know you are coming, or call and schedule an appointment. You will need a mask to enter the building – or we can meet you outside. Please call! 219-866-5899
Prairie Arts Council is hosting gallery hours for current shows on Tuesday and Thursdays from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm central time. Please call 219-866-5278 for more information and check Facebook for updates on shows. You will need a mask inside the Carnegie Center.
Shelves stocked with food. Childcare with high-quality education. Safety and security in our communities. These are the things you help us achieve when you give to the Jasper Newton Foundation. And there has never been a more powerful time to give than now.
Your dollars are being TRIPLED this year when you give to Jasper Newton community funds. Gift VII from Lilly Endowment is matching applicable funds $2 to $1 through #givingtuesday on December 1, 2020.
Just visit our Give Now page and look for the $2 for $1 banners on the appropriate funds.
Do Some Good While You Shop!
We love where we live. Jasper and Newton Counties are where we eat, grow, learn, teach, come together, worship, work, raise our families, and make the world a better place. So here is your chance to share the love – the love of where you live.
Proceeds from the “Love Where You Live” store will go back out into the community through the Jasper and Newton County Community Grant Funds to continue to make our own neighborhoods wonderful places to be.
Go on and brag a little and do some good while you shop.
Visit our online store to see more!
Roots + Graffiti Podcast
Roots & Graffiti, a short chat about the real, raw Jasper County, Indiana. Topics to be discussed range from project announcements to conversations about rural issues. Join hosts Stephen Eastridge from the Jasper County Economic Development Organization & Brienne Hooker from the Jasper Newton Foundation as they examine and breakdown the happenings in Jasper County, Indiana.
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