Community Foundation offers grant opportunities for 2020
Children and Youth focus of fall grant cycle

 

[September 26, 2019] 

Illinois Prairie Community Foundation will accept applications for grants in two categories from October 1 to October 31, 2019. Potential grantees will find links to the online application forms on the IPCF website at https://ilprairiecf.org/fall-grants.

These grants provide support to local programs that benefit local residents. The Women to Women Giving Circle has a total of $35,000 available to give in grants and Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) has $10,000 available for grants. Funding for the Women to Women and Youth Engaged in Philanthropy grants comes from endowments held at IPCF, designated gifts and individual donors.

The Women to Women Giving Circle seeks to improve the lives of women and children in Central Illinois and is focusing its grants for 2020 on programs that develop the potential in girls from birth to third grade in McLean, DeWitt, Livingston and Logan counties and their support networks (families, teachers and caregivers). In addition, the Women to Women grant requires applicants to collaborate with another organization on a program addressing the focus. Youth Engaged in Philanthropy grants are selected by 21 area high school students for youth-focused programs, with priority given to organizations that include youth in the application process.

“The number and quality of applications increases each year,” said Michele Evans, Grants & Communications Director at IPCF. “While not all grants are able to be fully funded, those that are selected generally receive between $1,000 and $8,000, depending on the program. That can make a huge difference to the organizations that receive them.”

Successful applicants will receive funding starting in January 2020.

Applicants must represent a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, a local unit of municipal, county, state or federal government, a school or college/university, or a tax-exempt religious organization or place of worship. Programs must be available to residents of McLean, DeWitt, Livingston or Logan counties, but do not have to serve all four counties.

For additional information and questions, grant seekers may contact Michele Evans at [e-mail] or 309-662-4477.

About Illinois Prairie Community Foundation

Illinois Prairie Community Foundation, now in its 21st year, encourages and facilitates philanthropy in McLean, DeWitt, Livingston and Logan counties by connecting donors who care with causes that matter to them. The Foundation currently manages assets of more than $17 million in more than 160 funds including endowments and donor advised, fiscal sponsorship and scholarship funds. More information is available at www.ilprairiecf.org.

[Michele Evans
Grants & Communications Director
Illinois Prairie Community Foundation]