Unity Foundation Participates in $2 for $1 Matching Grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. The Unity Foundation of La Porte County has received a grant of $1,000,000 as part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s seventh phase of its Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT) initiative. With GIFT VII, the Endowment is making up to $125 million […]

Unity Foundation Announces 2019 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Recipients Two outstanding La Porte County students have been named recipients of full tuition, four-year scholarships as Unity Foundation of La Porte County 2019 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars. Lily Carmel and Abigail Roberts will receive tuition to an accredited public or private Indiana college or university of […]

Lt. Governor Crouch Meets with Group Working to End Homelessness Representatives from the Home Team of La Porte County met with Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch on Saturday afternoon to share progress and highlight the goals of their 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness.  The meeting, facilitated by State Representative Jim Pressel and former State Representative […]

Unity Foundation Community Grant Application Now Online Applications now are online for Unity Foundation of La Porte County’s 2018 Community Fund Grants also known as “Power for Good” grants. In 2017, more than $137,000 was awarded to over 80 local nonprofit projects. The grants are supported by earnings from unrestricted “Community Funds.” The application for […]

Safe Harbor’s Michigan City Robotics Team Wins State Championship   MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA (April15, 2018) – Safe Harbor’s Michigan City High School Robotics Team, the RoboBlitz, were crowned state champs on Saturday.  The RoboBlitz were part of a three-team alliance that won the FIRST (For Inspiration & Recognition of Science & Technology) Robotics 2018 State Championship Tournament […]