Your Story. Our Morgan County. PacMoore Gives People Second Chances
PacMoore Putting People Before Profits We live in a challenging world where people are struggling daily with poverty, death, family struggles, addiction, abuse, and the list goes on. Regardless if our problems have been self-inflicted or due to a circumstance out of our control, everyone deserves a second chance. At PacMoore, men and women coming out […]
CFMC Impact Grants At Work
Fresh Way Farm Teaching Students How To Grow Food The Community Foundation of Morgan County (CFMC) exists in our community to connect individuals and their families, friends, and neighbors with local nonprofits working on long-term solutions for problems such as poverty, homelessness, substance abuse, etc. When people give, lives can be transformed, and the community […]
Your Story. Our Morgan County.
PROJECT KINDNESS – Using times of personal adversity to show kindness to others. How do you respond when the doctor tells you that your unborn child has a chromosomal abnormality which means she’ll only live a few hours after birth? Do you curse God? Do you stay in bed all day and try to ignore […]
Mentors Needed – Even One At-Risk Child Is Too Many
Become a CFMC Mentor Today and Change a Life Not every child in Morgan County has a stable home environment where they’re loved, accepted, encouraged, or have adults to trust and rely on. As a result, some turn to negative influences such as drugs, crime, or dropping out of school and face a tougher, uphill […]
CFMC News Release: 2019 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Winners
JARED POSTON AND GRACE ALLMAN SELECTED AS LILLY RECIPIENTS Morgan County, IN – The Community Foundation of Morgan County (CFMC) announced this week that Jared Poston and Grace Allman were awarded the 2019 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships. Jared Poston is the son of Stacey and Scott Poston and will graduate from Monrovia High School in […]
CFMC Brief: Giving Towards Long-Term Solutions
Community Foundation of Morgan County Leading the Change in Philanthropic Giving We at the Community Foundation of Morgan County (CFMC) want to change your way of thinking and investing when it comes to giving your hard-earned dollars. We believe money isn’t the world’s greatest resource, it’s people such as our families, friends, neighbors, etc., and […]
CFMC Brief: 2018 Year-End Giving Challenge
MAKE YOUR MONEY HAVE LASTING IMPACT It’s not too late to give a portion of your “blessings” by partnering with the Community Foundation of Morgan County (CFMC) and our work to fund local programs and services that are transforming lives in this community. We call it “Philanthropy with Measurable Impact.” Because of the generous support […]
CFMC Brief: People Need a Hand Up, Not a Handout
EFFECTIVE COMPASSION – EMPOWERING INSTEAD OF ENABLING PEOPLE TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY It’s the time of year when families and friends gather together to celebrate the holidays with food and gifts. For some of us, it’s also when we think about the “less fortunate” and extend a helping hand with a blanket or […]
Your Story. Our Morgan County.
Martinsville Youth & Development Center – Teaching Life Skills & Giving Hope to At-Risk Youth There are children in Morgan County living through a revolving door of neglect. They’re returning home each day from school, in many cases without adult supervision, because mom or dad or grandma or grandpa is working to try to put […]
CFMC Brief: College Costs On the Rise
ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIPS CAN HELP OFFSET INCREASING COLLEGE COSTS If you’re the parent of a college-bound student, more than likely you’re feeling overwhelmed by the fact tuition and fees for many Indiana public and private universities continue to go up while your pocketbook shrinks. It’s a trend that’s been occurring for the past three decades across […]