05/22/2026
It's Fund Friday!
Today we’re highlighting the Neal and Joy Carlson Community Fund.
Established by the late Neal and Joy Carlson in 2015, they created several endowment funds at the Community Foundation that will continue to do good work in our community, forever. This fund has helped Cardinal Services, Combined Community Services, Operation Read, Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory, Kosciusko Community YMCA, Lakeland Christian Academy, and more!
Community Funds are started by people who care about our community and want to make a difference. Donations to the fund are invested, and each year the Community Foundation Grant Committee and Board use the funds to award grants to local nonprofits to support key community needs as they arise.
To read more about Neal and Joy, visit https://www.kcfoundation.org/blog/foundations-first-executive-director/