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Record-Breaking Year for Community Foundation’s 2022 Competitive Grant Program
More than $215,000 awarded to area nonprofit organizations
Fifty area nonprofits received a total of $215,960.55 in grant funding through the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri’s competitive grant program. A total of 55 grants, awarded from 50 funds held at the Community Foundation, will support a wide range of local, charitable interests. The checks were awarded during a presentation at The Quincy Museum, one of this year’s grant recipients.
The grants will support programs, assist with purchasing equipment and supplies, and contribute to much-needed operational funding for nonprofit organizations providing arts and culture, community betterment, education, health, and human services to our region.
“This year has been a record year for our competitive grant program. We have been able to assist 50 organizations in our region with special project and operating support by awarding more than $215,000 - breaking the $200,000 mark for the first time ever,” said Community Foundation Program Officer Kent Embree. “What a fantastic year to be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Community Foundation! We look forward to seeing the difference these agencies make in the communities they serve not just in the next year, but for years to come.”
Through the competitive grant program, the Community Foundation strives to strengthen nonprofit programs to ultimately enhance the quality of life throughout our region. The Community Foundation annually accepts applications for funding from nonprofit organizations in its 12-county region. A grant committee, comprised of board members and volunteers from throughout the region, evaluates each application to determine the awards.
Earnings from endowment funds make competitive grants possible. Donors work with the Community Foundation to establish permanent charitable funds to support their philanthropic goals and community. The Community Foundation invests and grows those funds, and each year a portion of the fund’s earnings are distributed as grants while the principal remains intact.
“Each of these grants is an expression of a donor’s vision and love for community,” said Catherine Bocke Meckes, Community Foundation CEO. “We are grateful for the opportunity to grow charitable funds on behalf of our donors and help fulfill a shared goal of bettering our region. These grants are a testament to the generosity of our communities and the dedication of our nonprofits.”
The following funds supported the 2022 competitive grant program:
Unrestricted Endowment Funds, support grants for arts and culture, community betterment, education, health and human services in the Community Foundation’s 12-county service area:
• Anonymous Funds (2)
• Karl H. & Bobbi Bowles Family and Quincy Farm & Home Supply Company 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
• Carl and Gladys Koehser Family Fund
• Mrs. Arthur O. Lindsay Fund
• Robert A. & Anne M. Mays Fund
• Robert G. and Melva Campbell Riley Fund
• Charles A. & Nancy Scholz Charitable Fund
• Margaret J. Sinnock Fund
• Bette J. Starnes Endowment
• Jeffrey G. & Theresa L. Spear Fund
• Grant L. and K. Georgann Sturhahn Fund
• Dorothy L. Swallow Fund
• Community Endowment Fund
• James R. and Katherine H. Williams Fund
• Carl, Althea & Cathy Wiskirchen Endowment
Field of Interest
• Blessing Hospital Community Health Fund
• Jayne & Leroy Boeckelman Fund for Young Musicians
• Katherine Broemmel Endowment for the Arts
• Noma Meyers Eaton Fund
• Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund
• Grace United Methodist Church of Quincy Fund
• HOMEBANK Fund
• HOMEBANK of Quincy Fund
• Jane's Kids' Fund
• Jon’s Home Center Associates Fund
• G. Arthur (Art) Keller, Jr. Fund
• Irwin Family Fund
• Kaye & Norman Kemner Education Fund
• William & Sheila Menke Endowment
• The Quincy Foundation Fund
• Quincy Recycle Fund
• James L. & Dorothy W. Rouner Fund
• Alan L. Stiegemeier and Mary Ellen Stiegemeier Charitable Fund
• United States Founding Fathers Fund
• The Wood Endowment
County Endowment Funds, support nonprofit organizations in a specific county:
• Brown County Endowment Fund (IL)
• Hancock County Endowment Fund (IL)
• Lewis County Endowment Fund (MO)
• Marion County Endowment Fund (MO)
• Pike County Endowment Fund (IL)
Donor Advised Funds, allow a fund advisor to recommend grant recipients. Donor advisors may recommend grants at any time throughout the year, but are encouraged to consider grants in support of competitive grant requests:
• Betty Schmidt Endowment
• Optimist Club of Quincy Friend of Youth Fund
• Ralph Oakley Family Fund
• Thankful Heart Fund
These are among the 215+ funds at the Community Foundation that support arts and culture, community betterment, education, health or human services.
This year’s grant recipients include:
Advocacy Network for Children - Provide training for human trafficking response/awareness campaign - Ralph Oakley Family Fund
Barry Food Pantry - Food and supplies for Pike County, Illinois residents - Pike County Endowment Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Bella Ease dba Quincy Teen REACH - Student participation in school Washington, DC trip - Grace United Methodist Church of Quincy Fund, Optimist Club of Quincy Friend of Youth Fund, Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund, United States Founding Fathers Fund
Birthday Blessings - Support for physical and emotional needs of kids in the Missouri foster system - Lewis County Endowment Fund, Marion County Endowment Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Bluff City Theater - 2022 Second-Sight Theater School Outreach project - Marion County Endowment Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Brown County Arts Alliance - General Operating Support - Thankful Heart Fund
Camp Point Historical Society - Newspaper digitization project - Ralph Oakley Family Fund
Carl Sandburg College Foundation - Food pantry expansion for the Sandburg Branch Campus in Carthage, Illinois - Hancock County Endowment Fun, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois - Mobile Food Pantry expansion - Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Central CUSD #3/Camp Point - Wall and floor mats for new wrestling facility - Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund, Jon’s Home Center Associates Fund
Chaddock Attachment and Trauma Services - Sensory equipment for students - Ralph Oakley Family Fund
CHART Teen Task Force - Safer sexuality education for students throughout Northeast Missouri - Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Cheerful Home Child Care & Early Learning Center - Gymnasium & preschool classroom improvements - Optimist Club of Quincy Friend of Youth Fund
The Child Advocacy Center of Northeast Missouri, Inc. - Crisis intervention services for child victims of abuse - Jane’s Kids’ Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Community for Christ Assistance Center - Walk-in freezer for frozen meat and vegetables - Grace United Methodist Church of Quincy Fund, Betty Schmidt Endowment
Community for Christ Assistance Center - School supplies for Back to School Fair - Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund
Consumed International Ministries/Mission 180 - Musical instruments for community teen outreach program in Marion and Ralls County, Missouri - Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Covered Bottoms Diaper Bank, Inc. - Bridging the diaper gap in West Central Illinois - Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund, Grace United Methodist Church of Quincy Fund
Douglass Community Services, Inc. - Educational program for seniors on digital financial literacy and scam prevention - Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Douglass Community Services, Inc. - Kids in Motion curriculum development - Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Embrace Children and Families - Training, support, and resources for children and families in the foster care system of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Missouri - Ralph Oakley Family Fund
FACT: Families and Communities Together - Home Resource Program - Marion County Endowment Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
The Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri - Hunger relief in Northeast Missouri - Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Foster Adopt Connect, Inc. - MyStorybook Memory Portal to digitally organize foster childrens’ placement histories, legal documents, and mementos - Ralph Oakley Family Fund
Future Chargers Youth Basketball - Program support for Future Chargers Youth Basketball program - Hancock County Endowment Fund
Girl Scouts of Central Illinois - G.I.R.L. outreach program - Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Hancock County Health Department - Community CPR classes - Blessing Hospital Community Health Fund, The Wood Endowment, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Harvest Outreach Ministries - Harvest House transitional sober living facility - HOMEBANK Fund, Marion County Endowment Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Historic Bethel German Colony - Refurbishment of an 1844 colony schoolhouse - Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County - Updating phone and internet connections - Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund, The Quincy Foundation Fund
Horizons Social Services - Operating and soup kitchen and food pantry program support - Ralph Oakley Family Fund
Jensen Camp Foundation - Outhouse replacement - Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis - Program expansion in additional Illinois counties - Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Lewis County Fair Association - Project support for Lewis County barn upgrades - Lewis County Endowment Fund
Lewis County Food Pantry - General operating support - Lewis County Endowment Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Mental Health Centers of Western Illinois - Trauma-related training for staff through The Knowledge Center at Chaddock - Thankful Heart Fund, Ralph Oakley Family Fund
NorthEast Independent Living Services - Counseling and Transition Coordination Services - G. Arthur (Art) Keller, Jr. Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Quincy Art Center - smART Kids program expansion to rural Adams, Brown, and Pike Counties - Noma Meyers Eaton Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Quincy Children’s Museum - Outreach experience program support - Alan L. Stiegemeier and Mary Ellen Stiegemeier Charitable Fund
Quincy Hospitality House - General operating support - Grace United Methodist Church of Quincy Fund, William & Sheila Menke Endowment, James L. & Dorothy W. Rouner Fund
Quincy Humane Society - General operating support - Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund
Quincy Museum, Inc. - General operating support - Alan L. Stiegemeier and Mary Ellen Stiegemeier Charitable Fund
Quincy Society of Fine Arts - Instant Arts and After School classroom arts programs - Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund, The Quincy Foundation Fund
Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association - Youth programs - Jayne & Leroy Boeckelman Fund for Young Musicians, Katherine Broemmel Endowment for the Arts, Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund, Irwin Family Fund
Quincy Symphony Orchestra Association - General operating support - Katherine Broemmel Endowment for the Arts
Quincy YMCA/ Brown County Early Learning Center - General operating support - Ralph Oakley Family Fund
Regional Office of Education - Ready. Set. Grow! children’s book purchase - Grace United Methodist Church of Quincy Fund, Kaye & Norman Kemner Education Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
Salvation Army of Quincy - LEAP – Life Employment Assistance Program - Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund, Grace United Methodist Church of Quincy Fund
Salvation Army of Quincy - Smiles for Hire program - Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund
Salvation Army of Quincy - Emergency rent and utility assistance for at-risk Palmyra residents - Marion County Endowment Fund
Son Valley Youth Ranch - General operating support - Lewis County Endowment Fund
Transitions of Western Illinois - Mobile interactive white board for New Horizons school - Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund, HOMEBANK of Quincy Fund, The Quincy Foundation Fund
Two Rivers Regional Council of Public Officials - Outreach and marketing efforts - Brown County Endowment Fund
Two Rivers Resource Conservation and Development - Access Food Feed the Hungry program - Pike County Endowment Fund, Unrestricted Endowment Funds
YWCA of Quincy - Permanent Supportive Housing program - Ralph Oakley Family Fund
In addition to Tuesday's presentation, County Endowment Fund Councils will present grants from County Endowment Funds. Fund councils in Brown, Hancock and Pike County, IL and Lewis and Marion County, MO reviewed applications from local, eligible organizations and made recommendations on grants to be awarded to best serve each county’s needs and opportunities. Grants from County Endowment Funds will be presented at County Endowment awards ceremonies in each county.
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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 grants totaling more than $13 million in the 12 county service area of 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.
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