Ty Rylander Fund with the Community Foundation Presents Grants to Two Pike County Elementary Schools

“The grants honor Ty's memory because he loved to read as a boy,” said Gina Rylander, Ty’s mother. “His Grandma Prentice is a retired school library media specialist and she nurtured the love of reading for Ty. In addition, Ty spent many hours at the Pikeland South School Library with Peggy Ottwell and at the Pittsfield Public Library with Sandy Henry.”

The Ty Rylander Fund was founded in 2014 in memory of Ty Rylander, a student at Western Illinois University who passed away suddenly at the age of 20. A graduate of Pittsfield High School, Rylander was known for his happy spirit and often took fellow students involved in FFA, basketball, and football “under his wing.” The Ty Rylander Fund honors Ty’s happy spirit and willingness to help others by supporting organizations that help youth in need in Pike County, Illinois.

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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 $12 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 ceo@mycommunityfoundation.org or go to mycommunityfoundation.org or www.facebook.com/mycommunityfoundation.

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