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Philanthropy isn’t about us, it’s about improving the county

by Julianne Buck Executive Director, Community Foundation of Grundy County   Well, it finally happened. After years of wishing and promising, we finally got to New Hampshire to see Jim Baum’s mountain. Yes, Jim Baum bought a mountain. Well, it’s part of a mountain – 250 acres on the eastern slope of Moose Mountain just outside of

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Evanston Community Foundation selects first Rolling Grantees

  The Evanston Community Foundation (ECF) has selected the first grantees for Rolling Grants – Edible Evanston and the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana. Rolling Grants allow ECF to be more nimble in its ability to fund organizations and groups providing services to Evanston residents throughout the year. ECF Rolling Grants are awarded for

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$466,878 raised during Give DeKalb County 2017

Handing out $466,878 in donations is not something that happens very often, but that is exactly what occurred at the DeKalb County Community Foundation on May 31. Earlier in May, 83 nonprofit organizations and endowment funds joined with the DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership and DeKalb County Community Foundation to participate in Give DeKalb County. Through

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Give DeKalb County provides community support to local nonprofits

Donors from DeKalb County and across the globe can support local nonprofit organizations during Give DeKalb County to be held on May 4, 2017. This is the fourth consecutive year that a 24-hour giving day is being coordinated by the DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership (DCNP). “Give DeKalb County is an opportunity to support organizations that

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Community Foundation Grows to 500 Funds, Surpasses $80 Million in Total Assets

  The Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley is proud to announce that it has reached a major milestone. As of March 1, 2017, the Foundation has surpassed $80 million in total assets. In 2016, the Community Foundation received more than $5.5 million in gifts, helping the organization reach the $80 million mark earlier this month. In

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