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Foundations form partnership to help make Muncie a better place to live

Fund created to honor John and Janice Fisher

For every dollar donated to the Community Foundation and earmarked for the broad and flexible "Quality of Place" initiative, Ball Brothers Foundation will match up to a total of $100,000 annually for the next five years. This means that by working together, the three partners – donors, The Community Foundation and Ball Brothers Foundation – could generate $1 million in tangible improvements that create commercial, retail, educational and recreational opportunities for Muncie. Gifts of any size will advance the joint effort to upgrade life here in our community.

Donors who want to participate in this collaborative initiative have several ways to do it. They can make a gift to the John and Janice Fisher Quality of Place Endowment Fund at The Community Foundation; they can start their own endowment fund at the Foundation that would support Quality of Place issues (click here for definition of Quality of Place); or they can donate to any number of established foundation funds that are eligible for the dollar-for-dollar match (click here for the list of matching funds.) As varied as they are, the funds are similar in one important respect. They all help accomplish Initiative No. 4 of the Muncie Action Plan -- the creation of attractive and desirable places. (Click her for our newsletter article about the Quality of Place initiative.)