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Brown County Endowment Fund Announces Annual Grant Awards

Jensen Camp Foundation received a grant from the Brown County Endowment Fund, held with the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri, during an awards presentation at Jensen Woods Camp in Timewell on Friday. The grant marks the fifth annual competitive grant awards presented from the Brown County Endowment.

The grant from the Brown County Endowment Fund will support the installation of two bathrooms in the basement of Dixon Lodge, which will provide safety to campers during inclement weather. A separate grant funded by Jon’s Home Center Associated Fund and Unrestricted Grant Funds will help meet the operational challenges caused by COVID-19. 

“The beauty of the Community Foundation is that it truly is about community -- ours,” said Brown County Endowment Chair Philip Krupps. “The Brown County Endowment Fund has been a tremendous opportunity for us to uniquely and directly support efforts to sustain and build Brown County for those opportunities today to make successes for tomorrow.” 

As part of the Community Foundation’s competitive grant program, the Brown County Fund Council, made up of representatives of the county, reviewed applications from local, eligible organizations and made recommendations on grants to be awarded to best serve needs and opportunities in the county. 

The fund serves as a permanent endowment benefiting Brown County residents for generations to come. Grants from the fund support charitable organizations, projects and programs in the county. 

Gifts to the Community Foundation for the Brown County Endowment Fund are tax-deductible as allowed by law. The Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri, is a not-for-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status. 

To make gifts to support future grantmaking in Brown County, or learn more about the fund, contact:

Local Contact:
Philip Krupps, Brown County Endowment Fund Council Chair
217-773-3327
krupps@adams.net

Community Foundation Contact:
Catherine Bocke Meckes, CEO
Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri
Phone: (217) 222-1237
Email: cmeckes@mycommunityfoundation.org
Web: www.mycommunityfoundation.org 
4531 Maine Suite A, Quincy, IL 62305

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The Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri builds permanent charitable funds to assist area nonprofits and communities. 

Its mission, “connecting people who care with causes that matter,” is achieved by gathering funds, growing them through investments, then granting to nonprofit organizations, causes or communities that mean the most to its donors.   

Since 1997, the Community Foundation has made more than $8 million in grants. It serves 12-counties: Adams, Brown, Hancock and Pike in Illinois and Clark, Lewis, Marion, Ralls, Pike, Knox, Shelby and Monroe in Missouri.  

The Community Foundation has IRS 501(c)(3) status, and contributions made to the Community Foundation generally qualify for the maximum allowable deductions for income and estate tax purposes.  

For more information, call 217-222-1237, email grants@mycommunityfoundation.org or go to mycommunityfoundation.org or www.facebook.com/mycommunityfoundation

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