???? The Community Foundation of Central Illinois will be closed on Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29, 2024. As we enter the holiday season, we'd like to take a moment to express our gratitude for the incredible community we have the privilege of serving, our generous donors, dedicated volunteers, and invaluable nonprofit partners. Together, we've achieved extraordinary things and can't wait to see what the future holds. ?? CFCI wishes you a joyful Thanksgiving, surrounded by loved ones and cherished moments.
Community Foundation of Central Illinois
非盈利组织
Peoria，Illinois 864 位关注者
Connecting People Who Care With Causes That Matter
关于我们
Established in 1985, the Community Foundation of Central Illinois was brought to life by a group of community-minded citizens excited to leverage their generous donations to make lasting change in our community. From the start, CFCI has focused on building permanent endowments as charitable capital to serve the needs of central Illinois. Over the years, we have contributed over $25,000,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations making a real impact in our community. Our high professional standards in the investment and management of funds entrusted to CFCI is recognized and accredited by the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations – the highest standard for philanthropic excellence. The Community Foundation of Central Illinois was created to serve donors with diverse interests at various levels of charitable giving. With extensive knowledge of the community, we link our donors with charitable agencies with the mission and vision that align with their own objectives and philanthropic desires. We also offer maximum flexibility in terms of assets that can be used to create a fund and options for the use of donors’ gifts. For more information, please visit www.communityfoundationci.org.
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https://www.communityfoundationci.org
Community Foundation of Central Illinois的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 非盈利组织
- 规模
- 2-10 人
- 总部
- Peoria，Illinois
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1985
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主要
获取路线
3625 N Sheridan Rd
US，Illinois，Peoria
Community Foundation of Central Illinois员工
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Beginning in early 2025, Illinois Gives authorizes a 25% state income tax credit for donors who wish to support the causes they care about through endowment funds at eligible community foundations! Eligible taxpayers include individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, and estates. Eligible funds must be permanently endowed, grant exclusively in Illinois, and cannot be donor-advised. Contact CFCI at (309) 674-8730 to learn more, or to discuss opening your own eligible fund!
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Time is running out to submit applications for the Vernon "Butch" Gudat Scholarship. This scholarship fund provides at least one $1,500 scholarship to qualifying children and grandchildren of firefighters in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford counties in honor of the dedication and bravery of Peoria Fire Captain Butch Gudat. For all the details, go to: https://ow.ly/HgeP50UbZYH.
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The Community Foundation of Central Illinois (CFCI) is pleased to announce that Amanda Fiske has joined the CFCI team as Director of Grants and Community Initiatives. In this role, she will be responsible for leading the grantmaking process, overseeing scholarship programs, building relationships with stakeholders, organizing events, as well as supporting marketing efforts. Amanda moved to Central Illinois fairly recently and looks forward to building meaningful relationships in her new community! Welcome Amanda!
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A Community Needs grant from the Community Foundation of Central Illinois (CFCI) is enabling the Tazewell County Health Department offer free Mental Health First Aid Certification classes for the public. Check out the whole story on WCBU at: https://ow.ly/Tf5T50UboM6 for a great example of how CFCI is impacting the health and well-being of our community!
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In support of Giving Tuesday, the Caterpillar Foundation will provide a limited-time 2:1 match through their Matching Gifts Program for global employees and U.S. retirees for gifts made December 2-6, 2024. Gifts must be a tax-deductible, charitable contribution of $25 or more and each Caterpillar participant can apply for up to $500 USD in donations and the Foundation will match at a 2:1 ratio up to a maximum amount of $1,000 USD. For all the details: https://ow.ly/mIjY50U9hfr
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A bonus post for Neighborhood House Association and their Youth Education Program because this one is too fun not to share! This program is completely free to participants, focuses on education and enrichment activities, and strengthens youth by providing much needed support, both after school and during school breaks. As you can see, we were lucky enough to visit during art and polka time!
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Today is the last day of Community Foundation Week 2024, and what a week it’s been! Check out all the highlights from the week, and more, in the November issue of our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gtQYgCcH
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Today is the last day of National Community Foundation Week and what an incredible week it’s been! Community foundations, like CFCI, operate in every state in the country and play a key role in identifying and solving community problems. For the past week we have been celebrating the incredible positive impact they have on communities. Much appreciation to our staff, board members, volunteers, grantees, and community partners for their dedication to making central Illinois a wonderful place to live, work and play! #CommunityFNDWeek #CFCI #CommunityFoundationofCentralIllinois
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Our last nonprofit spotlight of Community Foundation Week is on Neighborhood House Association (NHA), recipient of a 2024 Community Needs grant for its Youth Education Program! NHA is located in the third poorest zip code in the state of Illinois. The Youth Education Program provides a safe, welcoming environment where young people can develop the tools needed to be successful. The program is completely free to participants, focuses on education and enrichment activities, and strengthens youth by providing much needed support, both after school and during school breaks.
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