Community Foundation Hosting Grant Workshops for 2020 Competitive Grant Program

When registering, please indicate if special accommodations or accessibility requirements are needed for the session you plan to attend.

Friday, February 21, 9-11 AM

Mt. Sterling, IL

Mt. Sterling Community Center/YMCA

E St. 896 IL-99

Tuesday, February 25, 2:30-4:30 PM

Quincy, IL

John Wood Community College

Room D024/D025

1301 S. 48th Street

Wednesday, February 26, 9-11 AM

Hannibal, MO

Hannibal-LaGrange University

Paige Dining Room

2800 Palmyra Rd.

Thursday, February 27, 9-11 AM

Carthage, IL

Carl Sandburg College

305 Sandburg Drive

Thursday, March 5, 1-3 PM

Pittsfield, IL

JWCC SE Education Center

39637 260th Ave.

Wednesday, March 11, 9-11 AM

Canton, MO

Culver-Stockton College

Carl Johann Memorial Library Computer Lab

1 College Hill

Tuesday, March 18, 2-4 PM

Online Webinar or in-person in Quincy

In-Person: 

Community Foundation

Lower level conference room

4531 Maine Street, Suite A

Webinar: 

Link and instructions will be provided to registered attendees prior to webinar.

Grants through the competitive grant program range from $500-$5,000. The grant workshops’ goals are to educate not-for-profit organizations on the Community Foundation’s annual competitive grant program and prepare them to submit an online application.

The two-hour sessions will be presented in two parts. Participants can attend one or both parts of the workshop. Part one, held the first hour of each workshop, will provide an overview of the 2020 competitive grant program, funds available, and a review of the grant criteria and timeline. Part one is designed for both new and returning grant applicants. Part two, held the second hour of each workshop, will provide in-depth information on completing the online application form and is designed for new applicants and those needing a refresher course on how to apply for Community Foundation grants. 

Registration is encouraged, but not required, for the workshops. Please call the Community Foundation at 217-222-1237 or email hrichmond@mycommunityfoundation.org to register. When registering, please indicate if special accommodations or accessibility requirements are needed for the session you plan to attend.

To register for the online webinar, email hrichmond@mycommunityfoundation.org. A link and instructions on accessing the webinar will be provided to registered participants prior to the webinar.

Beginning March 1, online applications for the 2020 competitive grant program will be available on the Community Foundation’s website www.mycommunityfoundation.org. Grant applications must be submitted online by June 1, 2020.

Grants are made for charitable purposes to organizations that have IRS 501(c)(3) classification or are government entities. Organizations must be located in one of the following counties; Illinois: Adams, Brown, Hancock, or Pike; Missouri: Clark, Lewis, Marion, Ralls, Pike, Knox, Shelby, or Monroe.

Grants will be awarded through the competitive grant program from Unrestricted Endowments, Field of Interest Endowments and County Endowments. By submitting an application, an organization is eligible to receive full or partial funding from one or a combination of funds.

Funds awarding grants include:

Competitive grants from these funds to nonprofit organizations support a full variety of charitable purposes throughout the Community Foundation’s 12-county service area.  

Anonymous Donor Funds (2)

Karl H. & Bobbi Bowles Family and Quincy Farm & Home Supply Company Fund

Community Endowment Fund

Dr. & Mrs. Merle F. Crossland Family Fund

Harry Channon Eaton Family Endowment Fund

Angie (Fusselman) Mayes & Evelyn J. Fusselman Fund

Harry J. & Bernice M. Wissman Heidbreder Fund

Kirk Family Fund-Houston, Carolyn & Carson

Mrs. Arthur O. Lindsay Fund

Robert A. & Anne M. Mays Fund

Robert G. & Melva Campbell Riley Fund

Charles A. & Nancy Scholz Charitable Fund

Margaret J. Sinnock Fund

Jeffrey G. & Theresa L. Spear Fund

Bette J. Starnes Endowment

Grant L. & K. Georgann Sturhahn Fund

Dorothy L. Swallow Fund

James R. and Katherine H. Williams Fund

Carl, Althea & Cathy Wiskirchen Endowment

Competitive grants from these funds to nonprofit organizations support specific geographic and/or interest areas such as arts education, children with disabilities, education, health, human services, youth in need, and patriotism. 

Blessing Hospital Community Health Fund

Jayne & Leroy Boeckelman Fund for Young Musicians

Katherine Broemmel Endowment for the Arts

Noma Meyers Eaton Fund

Paul H. and Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund

Grace United Methodist Church of Quincy Fund

HOMEBANK Fund

HOMEBANK of Quincy Fund

Jane’s Kids’ Fund

G. Arthur (Art) Keller, Jr. Fund

Kaye & Norman Kemner Education Fund

William & Sheila Menke Endowment

Quincy Recycle Fund

James L. & Dorothy W. Rouner Fund

Jon’s Home Center Associates Fund

Alan L. & Mary Ellen Stiegemeier Charitable Fund

United States Founding Fathers Fund

Adams County Endowment Fund (Illinois)

Brown County Endowment Fund (Illinois)

Hancock County Endowment Fund (Illinois)

Lewis County Endowment Fund (Missouri)

Marion County Endowment Fund (Missouri)

Pike County Endowment Fund (Illinois)

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For a full list of fund purposes, please visit www.mycommunityfoundation.org/competitive-grants. Nonprofits interested in applying are encouraged to review fund purposes to identify potential projects that may fit with a specific fund; however, there is not a separate grant application for each fund. One grant application will be reviewed for potential grants from all available funds.

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 info@mycommunityfoundation.org 

or go to mycommunityfoundation.org or www.facebook.com/mycommunityfoundation.