CELEBRATING
30 Years
1991
1993
Carnegie Center dedicated
1994
Lilly Gift 5th Riley Read
1995
Est. Newton Foundation
1998
1st Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship
2001
Lilly Endowment announced GIFT V matching challenge
2002
1st Women’s Luncheon Women’s Giving
2004
Women’s Giving Circle established, increase in endowments
2005
Roy & Fern Tobias Center established
2006
1st Gala, Compliant with State & National Foundation Standards
2007
Largest gift ever, $2.7M Dedicated to the Grace Pampel Education Fund
2010
Founding board members honored
2012
Linda Reiners, 1st Executive Director retires
2013
Kristin Ziese hired as 2nd director
2014
Record setting grant pay-out year
2015
2016
$1M infused between Jasper & Newton County
2016
2017
1st Senior Service Challenge
2018
Jasper & Newton foundations join as the current Jasper Newton Foundation
2018
2019
Record setting donations, grants, & $20M in assets
2020
The Foundation and community navigate the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
Jasper Newton Foundation celebrates 30 years
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.
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.
Latest episode
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 while they talk with Adam Alson & Megan Inskeep about why early childhood education is important & a necessity in Jasper County. Â
