Community Foundation Competitive Grant Applications Due June 1

Grants are made for charitable purposes to organizations that have IRS 501(c)(3) classification or are government entities. Projects must serve within the Community Foundation’s service area of Adams, Brown, Hancock, and Pike Counties in Illinois; and Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Ralls and Shelby Counties in Missouri. 

Grants for arts and culture, community betterment, education, health, and human services range up to $7,500 for program/project support and up to $2,500 for general support requests.  

Grants will be awarded in mid-August and are for a one-year period; however, nonprofits must submit a final grant report for the prior year’s competitive grant before applying for a new competitive grant. 

Grants are awarded from Unrestricted Endowment Funds, which serve arts and culture, community betterment, education, health and human services; Field of Interest Endowment Funds, which serve a specific interest or geographic area; and County Endowment Funds, which benefit a specific county. County Endowment Funds include Adams, Brown, Hancock and Pike in Illinois and Lewis and Marion in Missouri.

Organizations interested in applying for a competitive grant can access the online application at www.mycommunityfoundation.org.

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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 $11 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 info@mycommunityfoundation.org or go to mycommunityfoundation.org or www.facebook.com/mycommunityfoundation.