The mission of the Morton Community Foundation is to improve the quality of life for Morton area residents, now and for generations to come. This is achieved through the support of their donors—individuals, families, and organizations—who commit to improving the quality of life in the Morton area. Endowed gifts provide reliable funding for current needs and future opportunities, demonstrating the power of endowment. These gifts support community grants, scholarship funding, and address future generations' challenges and opportunities.
The Annual Spring Community Grant Cycle, running since 2003, aims to meet the community’s most urgent needs through responsive grantmaking. The Morton Community Foundation's objectives are to support charitable causes and projects that: address and help resolve significant community issues; support organizations with the potential for a positive and significant impact on Morton area residents; promote cooperation and collaboration among organizations; and improve the quality or scope of charitable work in the community. The foundation prioritizes projects that are high impact, sustainable, collaborative, identifiable, and measurable. These principles guide the selection of projects to ensure they provide lasting benefits to the community, encourage partnerships, and allow for the effectiveness of the project to be assessed with reliable data.