[company_age]28.0[/company_age][employees]1-10 employees[/employees][funding]grant[/funding][description]The Community Foundation DeKalb County is a non-profit organization that promotes community philanthropy by offering local citizens the opportunity to create a charitable legacy that will sustain and improve life in DeKalb County, Indiana. The Foundation provides a way for individuals to invest in the community's future by creating permanent support for the charitable programs and organizations they care about. When an endowed fund is created, these gifts are invested for growth and income. Each year, part of the fund's growth is returned to the community in the form of grants for specific initiatives, events, or programs of area non-profit organizations. And each year, a portion of the fund's growth is reinvested to ensure that the fund will remain active forever. Since the Foundation's creation in 1996, donors have helped build just over $23 million in permanent and non-permanent endowment funds that grant over $889,000 a year to worthy local causes. These grant dollars strengthen the community and make life better for all who live, work, and play in DeKalb County.[/description][ps]Grants, scholarships, resources[/ps]