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Please click here to read the newest newsletter from the DeKalb County Community Foundation!    

by Dani Kinnison The Register-Mail As part of a day of service in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-East Moline, spent the morning in Galesburg visiting some of the city’s nonprofit organizations. The Galesburg Community Foundation led the tour, and has ties with each of the organizations, whether through grant

The Freeport Community Foundation is currently accepting grant applications for their Spring 2014 grant cycle.  Application and guidelines are available on the website at www.freeportcommunityfoundation.org , by calling the Foundation at 815-801-3035, or emailing to [email protected]. Applications must be received at the Freeport Community Foundation office, 524 West Stephenson Street, Suite 102, Freeport, IL 61032,

Alejandra Ibanez, Program Officer for the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, will be a panelist at the Donors Forum’s 40th Anniversary Kick-Off Program and Reception on January 28th. Please click here to learn more and register.  Tickets are $40 per person. Congratulations Alejandra!      

The DuPage Community Foundation has issued their 2013 Annual Report.  Please click here to view it.   Happy New Year!    

Memorandum to Professional Advisors: ‘Tis the Season! According to Chicago based ShopperTrak (www.shoppertrak.com), Black Friday in-store foot traffic decreased 5.4%, and in-store sales decreased 2.9% for the Midwest.  This could prove to be detrimental to retail stores whose quarterly statements are dependent on increased Black Friday sales. Nonetheless, national sales figures are proving to be

The DuPage Community Foundation is pleased to announce that its JCS Fund for Arts and Education has awarded $374,500 in grants to four area non-profit organizations in support of programs in the arts. The grants, which ranged from $3,500 to $200,000, were awarded to: Addison Center for the Arts─$3,500 Chicago Sinfonietta at North Central College─$11,000

Please click the link below for exciting news from the Community Foundation for the Quincy Area!! Sizing Up! Posting        

The McHenry County Community Foundation is celebrating a $5 million gift to our unrestricted fund today!  This is truly a transformational gift for our Foundation and our County, and we are excited to begin the work of deciding how best to utilize these funds to benefit our neighbors in McHenry County.  The donor has asked

Please click the following link to download the agenda:  AICF agenda 110713 RSVP to Barbara King at DCCF at [email protected] or (815) 748-5383. Meal RSVPs due Monday, November 4th. Thanks and see you then!