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Our Mission is to support local schools, churches, municipal agencies and nonprofit organizations that work to improve the quality of life in East Chicago.
To advance this mission, the Foundations of East Chicago will provide financial support through educational assistance in the form of scholarships; the awarding of grants that are strategic to achieve our objectives and by our service and leadership within the community.
The Foundations of East Chicago are committed to improving the lives of every resident of our city.
Conceived by the citizens of East Chicago to be independent, citizen-run, private foundations, we derive funding from East Chicago’s local casino, and use this money to support local churches, schools, municipal agencies and nonprofit organizations who know the community best and put the money in action where it can do the most good.
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FEC Scholarship Helps with High Tuition Costs!
Foundations of East Chicago (FEC) knows that obtaining a degree is not cheap and for many families in our East Chicago community, the tuition cost makes it almost impossible! A college education is now [...]
United Charitable – Athletes for Charity
When Foundations of East Chicago (FEC) awards grants it ensures that the organization receiving the funds will make a direct impact to the East Chicago community. This year, during the Program Grant round, FEC awarded [...]
FEC Scholarship Helps Student in Undergrad and Grad School!
The Foundations of East Chicago is passionate about helping students achieve their goals. In 2019, FEC awarded over $2 million dollars in college scholarships—this included traditional, non-traditional students, and continuing education students. Non-Traditional Scholarship are [...]
Since 1997, we have underwritten services to residents and organizations of East Chicago in education, public safety, youth development, health, community economic development and family support services. Check this Track Record to get a glimpse of the work done all across East Chicago with support from FEC.