Staking our Community's Future by Giving Back Today

 

J.C. Hart Company, Inc. is a property management, development, and construction company that is acclaimed for its participation in volunteer and community events, as well as for its charitable contributions. John C. Hart, the company’s CEO, has made it a company-wide undertaking for J.C. Hart Associates to be involved in this altruistic experience and its ultimate accomplishments.  

 

“We have made an investment in our Associates to give them paid time off to give back to the community. We are committed to being a company that gives back in charitable ways,” Hart said.  

 

Hart takes pride in giving back to educational institutions annually. He has pledged his philanthropic dollars toward organizations like St. Mary’s Child Center, Midwest Academy, Butler University, Hope Academy, and The Oaks Academy. Mr. Hart is also a giving supporter of and visiting instructor for the IU Kelley School of Business Real Estate department.

 

In extension of his educational supports, Hart has been a Tocqueville Society member for United Way since 2010. That same year, J.C. Hart started its first company-wide United Way campaign. The company has passionately supported United Way of Indiana ever since.

 

Other groups Hart has supported and assisted include Susan G. Komen’s Race for the Cure, The Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel Education Foundation, Hamilton County Humane Society, Patachou Foundation, Children’s TherAplay, The Woodland Christmas Club, and Village Montessori Preschool.

 

Hart has chosen to display support to these organizations because he feels collectively they persuade the future of a community. “When choosing what organizations to invest in, we try to look at it from the view point of how we are going to impact the lives of the people that we are investing in. It’s all about investing in our community to make our community a better place to live,” Hart espoused.

 

A group he routinely contributes to in hopes it will progressively impact the future of the community and its people is St. Mary’s Child Center. It serves children three to five years of age in its pre-k program. Over 90 percent of the students are considered living in poverty. Statistics show a kid three to five years of age, living in poverty, most likely has only read 30 to 40 hours in totality, while a child who comes from a traditional home environment will have read 2,000 to 2,500 hours. Kids who are not privy to that leg up in those critical development years tend to struggle throughout their entire academic career, which has shown to lead them to encounter obstacles with employment and repeat the poverty cycle, repeatedly ending up in the “pipeline to prison.”

 

“Our goal of supporting a great institution like St. Mary’s is to give children coming from poverty a chance at good early education which can change their lives, so when they go to kindergarten they will be on an equal footing and be ready to embrace that education,” Hart said.

 

Furthermore, Hart hopes by supporting to charities like St. Mary’s, the children they help will grow up and have a positive and fruitful transition into society, which will create a better place for all of us to call “home!”

 

A further way Hart contributes to the community is by donating to civil venues such as The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts in the city of Carmel. He said it supports an environment for people to engage in cultural stimulation, which results in businesses wanting to expand their businesses to our community.

 

“I think they are going to be more inclined to locate a company in Carmel or Hamilton County because they know their employees will want to live in a community that has great education and places with a cultural outlet. By supporting, we are creating an opportunity to the community to attract business and if we attract business we are also supporting growth in the community,” he said.

 

Hart’s dedication and affection for his involvement has been a waterfall effect for J.C. Hart and the Associates around him. J.C. Hart will continue to actively participate in Indiana’s philanthropic experience and success through continued participation and donation by J.C. Hart and its Associates. If you have an event you would like J.C. Hart to consider supporting and be a part of, please contact Jane Gosling, Director Corporate Communications at jane@homeisjchart.com. 

 

 

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