Agency Funds
Why Establish an Agency Endowment?
- Save time and resources. We handle the legal work, tax filings, reporting, gift acknowledgement, and accounting so your organization can focus on its mission.
- Funds are professionally managed and benefit from a pooled portfolio, invested to maximize returns with an emphasis on growth and stability.
- Establishing an endowment fund allows you access to our professional team, which can help your donors support your endowment through a variety of current and planned gifts, including appreciated securities, agricultural assets, IRAs, and other properties.
- Our nonprofit partners benefit from added visibility through our newsletters, website, and media communications.
- Endowment funds with the Community Foundation are protected for your organization's purpose.

The YWCA Quincy chose to open a fund with the Community Foundation in 2007 in response to a board member's requests that in lieu of gifts or accolades, they would rather have their Board service commemorated through a donation to an endowment with the Community Foundation.
After allocating a portion of a private bequest to start the endowment, the YWCA has since celebrated the work of women in the community by building the
YWCA- Quincy Fund
in this manner.

From new playground equipment to classroom chairs and supplies, since 2015 Friends of Unit 4 has helped bridge the funding gap that exists between school district needs in the northwestern portion of Adams County, Illinois and available funding.
The
Friends of Unit 4 Fund, established in 2017, provides an additional avenue for gifts from donors who wish to support Unity Schools. The fund will provide a permanent source of funding to ensure the district’s students are provided opportunities to learn and thrive.
Current Agency & Designated Endowments:
- 2nd Lt. Albert C. Warford, Jr. Fund (Benefits Quincy Family YMCA)
- Adams County CEO
- Adams County Red Cross Fund*
- Adams United Legacy Fund*
- Andrew Tenhouse Memorial Fund (Benefits 4H in Adams County)
- Alzheimer's Association Endowment
- Amelia E. Bauner, Frances A. Hall, and Walter J. Hall Charitable Fund (Benefits Quincy Service League)
- B'nai Sholom Endowment for Horizons Social Services
- BeeJay Adams Fund (Benefits Quincy Community Theatre)
- Betty J. Starnes Fund (Benefits Quincy Humane Society)
- Betty Logan Fund (Benefits Griggsville-Perry Unit School District #4)
- Brain Trauma Awareness Organization Quality of Life Fund*
- Brink/Shih Fund for the Quincy Public Schools' Friends of the Performing Arts*
- Brown County Public Schools Education Fund
- Bud & Mary Scranton Endowment (Benefits Payson CUSD #1)
- Carl Drebes & Herbert Drebes Memorial Fund(Benefits Zion Lutheran Church)
- Canton Public Library Fund
- Cheerful Home Children's Fund*
- Clifford H. Taylor Fund for the Quincy Humane Society
- Cornerstone: Foundations for Families Fund*
- Donald P. W. Voth Fund (Benefits Quincy Area Habitat for Humanity)
- Dorothy J. Plank Memorial Fund
- The Plank Memorial Fund (Benefits Lewis County (MO) Historical Society)
- Dr. Paul & Doris Rosene Band Fund (Benefits the Pittsfield High School band program)
- Dr. Richard Eells House Fund*
- Edward C. Hinkamper Fund for St. Francis Solanus Church
- Edward C. Hinkamper Fund for St. Francis Solanus School Students
- Friends of the Castle Fund *
- Friends of the Log Cabins Fund
- Friends of the Trails Endowment
- Friends of Unit 4 Fund*
- George & Charlotte Spear Charitable Fund (Benefits St. James Evangelical Lutheran School)
- George M. Irwin ARTS Fund (Benefits Arts Quincy)
- H. Dennis Everly Fund (Benefits Quincy Park Band)
- Habitat for Humanity Housing Ministry Fund
- Hancock County CEO Program
- Hannibal Area CEO Program
- Henry and Betty Brooks & Omer and Doris Walton Saukenauk Scout Reservation Fund
- Herbert C. & Dorothy E. Everly Memorial Fund (Benefits Adams County Chapter of the American Red Cross & The Salvation Army of Quincy)
- Historical Society of Quincy & Adams County Fund*
- Horizons Social Services Fund
- Jack W. Boge Fund (Benefits Quincy Art Center & Quincy Society of Fine Arts)
- Jackson-Lincoln Swimming Complex, Inc. Fund
- James T. Riley Fund (Benefits Culver-Stockton College)
- Jimmie Hiland Memorial Fund (Benefits Southeastern High School athletic department)
- John Wood Community College Foundation Development Fund*
- Judy and Rick Haugh Endowment Fund (Benefits Community Assistance Ministry at St. Francis Solanus Church)
- Kaufmann Family Fund for Well House, Inc.
- Lincoln Colored School Endowment
- Lowell & Vickie Glas Designated Fund (Benefits Sunset Home and the Blessing Foundation)
- Lucille Hollender Memorial Fund (Benefits St. Francis Solanus School)
- Marilyn & Steven Prater Family Fund (Benefits St. Francis Solanus School)
- Mary Weems Barton Foundation Fund for the Quincy Public Library*
- Mary Wilson Endowment (Benefits Mary Weems Barton Foundation for the Quincy Public Library and Horizons Social Services)
- Meals on Wheels Fund*
- Mike Mason Fund for St. Francis School
- Mohrman Family Endowment (Benefits Chaddock and Sunset Home)
- Mt. Sterling Community Center Fund
- Pathway Health Clinic Fund*
- Patricia M. Lawber Education Endowment Fund (Benefits Quincy Public Schools)
- Tom & Judy Zenge Fund (Benefits Canton, MO R-V High School)
- Quincy Art Center Fund*
- Quincy Children's Museum Fund*
- Quincy Civic Music Association Fund*
- Quincy Family YMCA Fund
- Quincy Hospitality House Fund
- Quincy Humane Society Fund*
- Quincy Museum Fund*
- Quincy Notre Dame Foundation Capital and Improvement Fund*
- Quincy Public Schools Foundation Fund*
- Quincy Senior Citizens' Fund*
- Quincy Symphony Fund*
- Quincy University Endowment Fund*
- Recovery Resources Fund*
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois Fund*
- Scouting Forever Endowment
- St. John's Anglican Music Fund
- Sunset Home Fund*
- The Arc Fund*
- Transitions of Western Illinois Fund*
- United Way of Brown County Fund*
- YWCA - Quincy Fund*
- Clarence Ziegler, Etoile Ziegler, and Vickie Ziegler Thompson Endowment (Benefits Appanoose Faith Presbyterian Church)
- Zion Lutheran Early Childhood Endowment Fund*
*Agency fund established by the nonprofit.
Additional Resources:
If you’re interested in starting a Designated Agency Endowment Fund, we’ll work with you step-by-step to reach your goal. Please contact us to get started.