Jackson Community Foundation - Serving Jackson County, Michigan since 1948

Serving Jackson County, Michigan since 1948.

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E-Mail: jcf@jacksoncf.org

One Jackson Square
100 East Michigan Avenue
Suite 308
Jackson, MI 49201-1406

The Jackson Community Foundation was founded in 1948 for the purpose of assisting all citizens of Jackson County, Michigan in improving the quality of their lives - both now and in the future. The Foundation does this by building permanent endowment funds to support its work as a community grant-maker and community leader.

The Jackson Community Foundation represents an open door for everyone who cares about Jackson County. It offers an opportunity for individuals to express a commitment, make a gift, reach out a helping hand, and invest in the future of the community they love.

We invite you to explore our website to learn more about what we do and how working together we can make a lasting difference in Jackson County. For good. For ever.

JCF Celebrates 60 Years of Community Service

The Jackson Legacy Program is a plan formulated by the Jackson Community Foundation to provide scholarships for qualifying Jackson County high school graduates.

The program provides students from Jackson County, who plan to attend Jackson County institutions of higher learning, with the financial capability to further their education.

For more information visit Jackson Legacy Program.

2008 Message to the Community

Message to the Community

Dear Foundation Friends,

As the 59th year of the Foundation ends, we are honored and humbled by the continuing generosity of donors. Contributions exceeded $2 million in 2007 and our endowment exceeded $24 million. Through the permanent endowment, we were able to reinvest in our community more than $1.3 million in grants and scholarships.

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2008
Community Report Card

Funding and other resources for human services are being stretched increasingly thinner. Reliable and current data is needed to make the most effective use of those resources.

In 2000, several leading nonprofits joined together to explore creation of a data repository and community report card.

Click here to view the 2008 Jackson County Community Report Card.