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WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY

We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people in Elkhart County through philanthropic giving, community engagement, and strategic partnerships.

EVENTS

  • So You Want To Be a Nonprofit CEO?

    November 19 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

    Many of the best nonprofit leaders in our community didn't start out planning to run an organization. They started with a program, a team or a cause, and one day someone asked if they'd thought about the top job. If you've been asking yourself that question, this workshop is for you. This half-day session is for emerging leaders, program directors, development staff and anyone else who wonders what it takes Read More »

  • Giving Done Right with Phil Buchanan

    December 2 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

    Wednesday, December 2, 2026 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Elkhart Health and Aquatics Help your clients turn charitable intentions into meaningful impact. Join Phil Buchanan, author of Giving Done Right, for a practical conversation about guiding clients toward effective philanthropy. Drawing on research and real-world examples, Buchanan will challenge common myths about giving and share frameworks for making thoughtful charitable decisions. Designed for financial advisors and estate planners, this workshop Read More »

STORIES OF IMPACT

The Firehouse Family Gives Back

How the Wortingers’ gift is helping young firefighters find their calling in Goshen Chuck Wortinger remembers what it was like growing up as the son of a Goshen firefighter. His dad, Floyd “Bud” Wortinger, took them to every parade. His mom, Mabel, would make meals and take them to Goshen Fire Department’s Central Station along Third Street. He was accustomed to his father working 24 hours on and then being home for 24 hours. If he misbehaved on the day his father was working, his mom took care of disciplining him. “That was our life,” Chuck says. His family wasn’t Read More »

The Survivors’ Gift

Honoring Sang Brooks’ resilience by opening doors for students to pursue education Sang Pyong Brooks was a survivor. She never talked much about what she saw as a 7-year-old girl in Seokdal, South Korea. On a December day in 1949, soldiers came to her village of 98 people. Her mother hid her under her kimono as soldiers shot and killed the women and babies in the village. A bayonet barely missed Sang under the dress. When 46 men and children came back from school in a nearby village, the soldiers killed them too and Sang escaped again as people around Read More »

Jim Siegmann’s Enduring Gifts

Jim’s heart for people shaped his work, his giving, and the legacy he leaves behind Jim Siegmann used to say he had the best job in the world. As a program officer for the Community Foundation of Elkhart County, he met with people who worked at nonprofits in Elkhart County, constantly learning about them, but also supporting them. He’d been a printer, owning and operating Siegmann Printing Co. from 1967 to 2003 and also Impressions, Inc. From a shop along Main Street in Goshen, he was in a service business and then he transitioned to the Community Foundation for a Read More »

INITIATIVES

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Building Strong Brains - Elkhart County's Early Childhood Initiative Logo
Pumpkinvine Trails Coalition logo
Elkhart County Estate Planning Council logo
Center for Nonprofit Excellence logo
100 Women Who Care - Elkhart County logo
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