Brad Beutter

The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County is a nonprofit philanthropic endowment dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for local residents and future generations. The foundation connects donors with meaningful causes and manages assets to support the community through initiatives such as scholarship programs, endowed funds for nonprofit organizations in arts, education, health, and environment, and competitive grant programs including artseverywhere, special project grants, and senior living grants. The non-profit company is based in South Bend, IN. Key programs include Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which provides free monthly books to children from birth to age five, and the Leighton Award for Nonprofit Excellence, which recognizes outstanding nonprofit leadership and programming with endowment grants. The foundation also offers resources for planned giving and engages professional advisors to facilitate charitable giving.