Our Work

• Building a healthy community
• Building a learning community
• Creating a community of possibility
• Mobilizing the caring power of communities

Our Guiding Vision
That a community can and must create its own future through a deliberate and thoughtful process built upon the strengths, potential and possibilities of every man, woman and child.


Our Core Strategies

• To sustain an integrated and responsive network of services to address basic human needs within a context that encourages and empowers each individual to attain the highest possible level of independence and self-sufficiency
• To encourage the investment of philanthropic dollars in projects, programs and initiatives that focus on the root causes of success.
• To inculcate a sense of public spirited volunteerism in all people, and to promote voluntary action as a fundamental responsibility of all members of a democratic society.
• To affirm in our work and mission that education, understood in the broadest possible context, is perhaps the most significant indicator of a community’s quality of life.
• To support and promote initiatives that foster health, wellness and the belief that no person should be predisposed to illness due to economic status, race or gender.
• To insure that all donated funds are raised, distributed and accounted for through processes and procedures characterized by transparency, and integrity.
• To insure that the work of the organization is and remains driven, informed an empowered by the people of LaPorte County.