News & Announcements

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!      

Seven years ago the Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln’s “Women for Women” set out to recruit 100 Founders — women who committed to giving $1,000/year for a minimum of three years to help build The Women’s Fund, an endowment at the Community Foundation that supports local women’s and children’s issues. This year, “Women […]

The National Philanthropy Day website has great resources for your community foundation to use during the month of November.  Be sure to credit them as your source when you re-print their materials. And may we be the first to wish you a “Happy National Philanthropy Month!