IPCF NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2022
Keeping you informed about YOUR Community Foundation!
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Spring Grants Round Open Feb. 1-28, 2022 |
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IPCF will accept applications for grants in three categories from February 1-28, 2022. Interested applicants may view additional information about the grants on the IPCF website. Links to the online applications will be posted in the last week of January.
The Community Foundation expects to award nearly $170,000 during this grant round. These grants support nonprofit programs that benefit local residents. General Grants fund programs for education, environment, health and wellness and youth. IPCF's Mirza/Arts & Culture Grants fund programs for the performing or visual arts, music education, and/or arts education and enrichment. Shulman Grants focus on Jewish-themed educational, arts and cultural enrichment programs that are open to all.
New this year is the Go Green Frautschi/Bedell Grant, which focuses on enhancing and beautifying our surroundings in McLean County. Programs interested in applying for a Go Green Frautschi/Bedell Grant will use the General Grants online application. The David and Kay Williams Music Education Grant is in its fifth year of awarding money to innovative music education programs. Those interested in applying for a Williams Music Education Grant will use the Mirza/Arts & Culture Grant online application.
Funding for these grants comes from endowments held at IPCF, designated gifts and donors to the Annual Campaign. For additional information, grant seekers may contact Michele Evans at 309-662-4477.
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Celebrating Local Philanthropy Events |
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Hank and Mary Campbell of Normal and Dale Maley of Fairbury |
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Congratulations to Hank and Mary Campbell of Normal and Dale Maley of Fairbury for being named IPCF's 2021 Philanthropists of the Year! They were honored at the Philanthropy Luncheon on Nov. 18, 2021, in Normal. Read their bios. Also recognized at the luncheon were Arthur and Camille Taylor of Bloomington and Susan Hoblit of Atlanta, who were the 2020 recipients of the award.
The day kicked off with the Nonprofits Workshop at which panelists discussed how nonprofits can use digital strategies to improve their communication with their constituents. Beth Whisman of the Children’s Discovery Museum, moderated the discussion with panelists Ben Mitzelfelt of PIP Printing, Ashlee Sang of Ashlee Sang Consulting and Brian Huonker of State Farm. View photos from the events.
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Women to Women, YEP Grant Recipients |
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The Women to Women Giving Circle aims to improve the lives of women and children in Central Illinois and focused its grants for 2022 on programs that support renewal and recovery after the pandemic for women and children in our community (McLean, DeWitt, Livingston and Logan counties). Applicants were encouraged, but not required, to collaborate with another nonprofit organization on the grant program.
Receiving Women to Women grants were: Autism Collective in collaboration with OSF Health Care System and Easterseals; Children's Discovery Museum in collaboration with Children's Home + Aid's Scott Early Learning Center; Children's Home + Aid in collaboration with Chestnut Health Systems; Community Health Care Clinic; Milestones Early Learning Center; and YWCA McLean County.
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Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) grants were selected by 19 area high school students for youth-focused programs.
Receiving YEP grants were: Girl Scouts of Central Illinois, Girls on the Run of Central Illinois, Jump 4 Joy Squad, Ridgeview Elementary School, Sunnyside Community Gardens & Food Forest, Vespasian Warner Public Library and Western Avenue Community Center.
Read More about these grants
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Use your IRA as a Tool for Good |
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If you or someone you love are 70½ or older, an IRA qualified charitable distribution is a powerful way to contribute to your charitable giving goals.
Tax-free IRA distributions of up to $100,000 can be donated to a charity through Illinois Prairie Community Foundation, helping you meet your annual required minimum distribution. This saves you taxes on the transfer, reduces your taxable income and avoids deduction limits on charitable gifts.
How a Qualified Charitable Distribution Works
- Contact your IRA plan administrator to donate from your IRA to the charity of your choice through IPCF
- Your IRA distribution funds will be transferred directly to IPCF and distributed to the charity that you choose
- Any IRA qualified charitable distribution gifts do not qualify for a charitable deduction on your taxes, so you’re able to make separate nonprofit donations if you choose.
Leverage your IRA distributions for a cause you care about and support its mission! Contact your IRA plan administrator today to pay it forward.
If you are making a distribution from your IRA into a charitable fund at IPCF, please send us an email or call our office (309-662-4477) to let us know to expect the check. Allow for extra time to process the distribution before the end of the year.
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Our Impact in the Community |
Our grant recipient programs and fiscal sponsorship funds remain active at this time of the year. Read more about them to see the impact we're having in the community:
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These funds were recently opened at IPCF:
- O'Neil Park Pool Pass Endowment
- Pontiac Township High School Endowment
- Hays Family Donor Advised Fund
- Finish the Fight Against Malaria Fund
- Debbie Sylvester Memorial Scholarship Fund
- L.P.C. Field of Interest Fund
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- We accept non-cash donations like stocks or mutual funds into funds held at the Community Foundation. We're here to help you build your funds at the Community Foundation in the easiest manner possible. Simply contact us and tell us how we can help.
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THANK YOU!
Thank you to our
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DONATE NOW!
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Illinois Prairie Community Foundation, 915 E. Washington St., Ste 2, Bloomington, IL 61701 309-662-4477 | www.ilprairiecf.org
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