Dekalb County Community Foundation Inc.

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2010 to Dec 31, 2010

Signed

May 20, 2011

Return Version

2010v3.2

Gross Receipts

$8,952,615

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Scholarship Program Scholarship granting is a large program of the DeKalb County Community Foundation. In 2010, high school seniors from DeKalb County received scholarship grants from various scholarship funds held by the Foundation for college education. See Schedule I, Part III of this Form 990 for more information.

Activity 3

DeKalb County HOPE Helping Our Pupils Excel began as a literacy volunteer project to help elementary school children become proficient readers. Community leaders saw an unmet need in the DeKalb County schools as many students were entering schools with needs that went beyond what the traditional classrooms could provide. Today, HOPE trains adult volunteers as tutors/mentors and matches each adult with a child who has been identified by school personnel or a parent as able to benefit by having another caring adult in his/her life. Meeting in the schools once a week for an hour, volunteer and student pairs work one-on-one providing a friendship and helping children improve their reading, writing and basic math skills. The 2010 program has 95 volunteers matched with 115 students in three public school districts and two private schools. DeKalb County HOPE formed a board of directors in 2009, incorporated in the state of Indiana, and in 2010 gained 501c3 non-profit status. Need is currently estimated at 1,200 students.

Filer

EIN

35-1992897