Grants Awarded To 11 Area Nonprofits
The Community Foundation of Will County announced that it has awarded Community Partner Grants in the priority areas of health, education, human services and the arts at the organization’s recent fall reception.
Community leaders, foundation donors, trustees and other friends joined representatives from the recipient organizations at the reception Oct. 5 to celebrate the distribution of the grants and learn more about how they will be used to support the projects and initiatives of the various recipient organizations.
“For the second year, we invited those who have donor advised funds with us to help fund grants,” said Kathy Cawley, grant committee chair. “Through their generosity we are able to increase our total impact by over 65 percent, adding over $35,000 of their support to our $55,000, for total grants awarded of $90,221.”
Nonprofit organizations serving Will County apply for grants through the Community Foundation’s annual Community Partner Grant program. In 2016, with more than $264,000 of funding requests received from 26 organizations and with exciting work happening in our community, the Board of Directors had difficult decisions to make.
In total, 11 area nonprofits makeup 2016 grant recipients. They include Camp Fire Illinois Prairie, Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Joliet, Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project, George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, Northern Illinois Food Bank, One Hope United, Senior Services Center of Will County, The Cancer Support Center, Trinity Services, and Will-Joliet Bicentennial Park.
Since its inception in 2006, the Community Foundation has built its assets to more than $3.2 million and awarded more than $1.6 million in grants to nonprofit agencies serving the residents of Will County.