A Message from the Board Chair and President & CEO

Trent Dowling, Board Chair (left) and Marcy Minton, President & CEO (right)

From its beginning, The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County has had a plan to grow, following a blueprint to build an enduring source of community support. Over the last several years, the community, and The Community Foundation, have been presented with new opportunities and faced many challenges. To be responsive to the community’s needs, our blueprint needed some adjustments.

In 2022, The Community Foundation updated that blueprint to honor the past and envision a prosperous future. We launched an innovative strategic plan to guide us through the next five years. And we got right to work.

This year, we embraced the opportunity to grow into a new, owned space. We expanded staff, clarified roles, and reorganized to create efficiencies that help us serve the community better.

We championed nonprofits serving our community, adding flexibility to our grantmaking, introducing impact investing, and launching a new supporting organization dedicated to a healthy, well-supported sector. We served as a community leader by supporting community plans.

We partnered with MutualBank Charitable Foundation to continue their legacy by creating the Mutual Legacy Fund and accepting the largest single gift to the Foundation to date. We also bid farewell to the Maxon Foundation Fund Committee as they retired after putting their trust in the Foundation more than a decade ago. We helped create new legacies for those who made their first gift and those who left a final gift. With a strong plan for the future, we look to the community as our partner to embrace the many opportunities awaiting us. Will you join us as we seize the next opportunity for Muncie and Delaware County?

Sincerely,

Trent Dowling Board Chair

Marcy Minton President & CEO