Jasper Endows Today & Tomorrow (JETT) presented seventeen grants in 2024 totaling $53,375.50 to local and national non-profit organizations. These organizations included:
• Sleep in Heavenly Peace – West Plains, MO ($5,000.00)
• Eleven Point Rural Fire Dept. – Willow Springs, MO ($4,140.00)
• SOBER DUCO – Jasper, IN ($2,500.00)
• Brothers for Veterans – Jasper, IN ($2,705.00)
• Jasper Strassenfest Committee – Jasper, IN ($121.00)
• Traditional Arts Today – Ferdinand, IN ($2,500.00)
• Young Women LEAD – Jasper, IN ($2,500.00)
• Family Promise – Grand Rapids, MI ($2,500.00)
• Area 11 Special Olympics – Cedar Springs, MI ($3,937.50)
• Civil Air Patrol – Huntingburg, IN ($1,500.00)
• H.U.G.S. Ranch – Byron Center, MI ($4,656.00)
• Dubois County Leadership Acad. – Jasper, IN ($4,125.00)
• Indiana Dept. of Child Services – Jasper, IN ($2,500.00)
• Anderson Woods – Perry County, IN ($5,625.00)
• Parents Supporting Education – Dubois County, IN ($2,000.00)
• Master Arts Theatre – Grand Rapids, MI ($4,771.00)
• Hoosier Mountain Biking Assn. – Harrison/Crawford County,
IN ($2,295.00)
JETT is a giving circle for Associate-Owners of Jasper Engines & Transmissions and their families that focuses on pooling resources and creating a more significant combined impact on our communities. They aim to learn more about philanthropic opportunities and support those organizations that promote intelligent giving.
JETT has awarded 119 grants since its inception in 2013, totaling $395,113.52. “All of these charitable gifts would not be possible without the matching partnership of JASPER® and our generous membership,” added JETT Founder Mark Balsmeyer. “Couple that with several member-driven fundraising events, and we are blessed to be able to support our community’s non-profit organizations.”
Each year, a portion of a member’s donation helps build the JETT endowment, totaling over $427,079.75. JETT membership has steadily increased from 29 members in 2013 to 328 in 2024.