Morton Fine Arts Endowment
Celebrating creativity. Enriching community.
The Morton Fine Arts Endowment Fund supports programs that inspire, teach, and showcase the arts in Morton. Through this fund, generous donors help bring music, theater, dance, and visual arts to audiences of all ages—building a more vibrant community today and for years to come.
What this fund supports
Grants from this fund may assist:
Concerts, musical and theatrical productions
Public displays of visual art (sculpture, painting, photography)
Ballet and dance recitals
Other visual and performing arts experiences that benefit Morton residents
How the fund began
The fund was established in 2007 through the efforts of Phil Kuhl, seeded by proceeds from a benefit concert at the Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center featuring The New Orleaners, a Dixieland band from Denmark. The event generated $12,500 in initial gifts to launch the endowment—an early example of how community members can turn passion for the arts into lasting impact.
Why it matters
Arts experiences spark creativity, strengthen local identity, and bring people together. By pooling gifts in a permanent endowment, this fund preserves and grows principal while providing annual grants to sustain fine arts opportunities in Morton—year after year.
To make a tax-deductible donation to this endowment fund, you can:
Donate by check: Make it payable to Morton Community Foundation and mail it to 135 S First Ave, Morton, IL 61550. Please write “Morton Fine Arts” on the memo line.
Make a tax-advantaged gift of stock…Visit our stock gifting page by clicking HERE.
Give online by clicking the button below.
Are you a Caterpillar Employee or Retiree?
The Caterpillar Foundation is proud to offer the year-round Matching Gifts Program to support their employees, U.S. retirees and board of directors in their contributions to worthy causes. Eligible Caterpillar participants may request an annual total maximum 1:1 match of $10,000 USD each calendar year to eligible charities to which contributions are tax deductible. The Morton Community Foundation is an eligible charity. So, if you are an eligible Caterpillar participant, you may submit any donations to this fund for an equivalent match, up to your total maximum of $10,000 per year. CLICK HERE to link to the Caterpillar Foundation’s Matching Gift website.