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    Join us February 25 at Wire to see the Top 6 finalists pitch their Big Ideas, competing to win a $50,000 prize to make their idea a reality.  Click here for tickets                            

The Freeport Community Foundation is currently accepting grant applications for its spring 2016 grant cycle.  On-line application procedure and grant guidelines are available on the website at www.freeportcommunityfoundation.org , by calling the Foundation at 816-801-3035, or emailing to [email protected]. Online registration is required of all FCF grant applicants.  Please go to https://freeportcommunityfoundation.org/grants/application-materials-required/ and follow the

This money sense course at the Coal City Public Library District is funded by grants from the “Roger Eslinger Endowment” and the “Jack & Karen Hynds Fund” at the Community Foundation of Grundy County. Fun programming for the kids!! Click here to read the full story in the Morris Herald-News    

The Freeport Community Foundation will host a Grant Seekers meeting on Thursday, February 18, 2016, from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm at the Freeport Community Foundation, 524 W. Stephenson St., Freeport, IL. The Grant Seekers meeting will include an overview of the Freeport Community Foundation, grant writing tips, grant application and forms. The meeting is open to

Okay, this may be surreal ends of the spectrum, but here’s the scenario:  Hugh Hefner wants to sell the Playboy Mansion in LA for $200 million – with the caveat that he live there for the rest of his life. Sound familiar?  Do you know a donor who has donated a farm to charity provided

Nonprofit and charitable organizations interested in applying for a grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation (DCCF) are invited to a free workshop on January 29 from 1 – 2:30 p.m. in The Freight Room at the DeKalb County Community Foundation at 475 DeKalb Avenue in Sycamore. Attendees will learn valuable tips and strategies to

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  The award is the single-largest grant the giving circle has awarded in its ten-year history   Springfield – The Young Philanthropists initiative at the Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln has announced the recipient of its tenth annual grant award. Sangamon County nonprofit organizations were invited to submit grant proposals in the fall

  The Freeport Community Foundation Board of Directors awarded a $1,000.00 grant from the Ian Murphy-Mitchard Fund for Music & Arts to the Boys and Girls Club of Freeport & Stephenson County at a grant reception on December 4 at the Boys and Girls Club Campus. This fund was established by Ian’s mother Marilee Murphy Odendahl and

DeKalb County Community Foundation won an AT&T “Investing in Illinois Award” for its non-profit work to help people in Illinois. DeKalb County Community Foundation received $5,000 from AT&T to be distributed to the DeKalb County Long Term Recovery Corporation (DCLTRC) through its DeKalb County Disaster Recovery Fund. The DCLTRC provides direct assistance to the Fairdale