NWI Make a Difference Foundation, Inc. receives, manages, and disburses funds for grassroots recovery and community-support efforts across Northwest Indiana. We also partner directly with local organizations on fundraisers and benefits — including VFW Post 6841, the Lowell Chamber of Commerce, and the Shelby Parks Department.
NWI MAD serves as fiscal agent for NC-LTRG, a community-led coalition supporting uninsured and underinsured Newton County households.
Community recovery groups we sponsor — like NC-LTRG — decide who gets help, how much, and when. NWI MAD does not direct case decisions, eligibility calls, or program priorities.
NWI MAD holds a dedicated account for each program, reviews and authorizes every disbursement, issues donor receipts, and reports finances back to the group on a regular schedule — so donors and grantors can trust exactly where funds go.
NWI Make a Difference Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation exempt under Section 501(c)(3). A completed IRS Form W-9 is available to any donor or grantor on request. You can independently verify our status using the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search.
Use this number to verify our exempt status or to complete grant paperwork naming NWI MAD as fiscal agent.
Sponsored-program funds are never commingled with general operating funds, and each program receives its own written financial reporting.
Oversees the Foundation's governance and authorizes disbursements from all sponsored-program accounts.
Manages the Foundation's finances and financial reporting, including its fiscal agent relationship with NC-LTRG.
Every gift to a sponsored program is receipted by NWI MAD and applied entirely to that program's mission.
Questions about donating, partnering on a fundraiser, or our fiscal sponsorship of NC-LTRG? Reach out below.
