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Registration Now Open for Nonprofits Workshop & Luncheon BLOOMINGTON — Illinois Prairie Community Foundation will celebrate National Philanthropy Day (November 15) with a morning workshop for local nonprofits and a luncheon to recognize the annual Philanthropists of the Year. The Celebrating Local Philanthropy events will be held at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center, 8…

To Be Honored at Nov. 15 Luncheon BLOOMINGTON — Duane and Toni Farrington of Bloomington, who have given generously of their time and treasure to many local organizations, have been named the 2018 Philanthropists of the Year by the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation (IPCF). They will be honored at the Celebrating Local Philanthropy Luncheon at…

2 Sessions to Help Potential Applicants Better Understand Grant Process The Women to Women Giving Circle of Illinois Prairie Community Foundation will host two grant writing information sessions in September for nonprofits interested in applying for the giving circle’s fall grants. Women to Women will again focus its grants on impacting children, especially girls, ages…

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – The Illinois Prairie Community Foundation board of directors has elected two new officers and six new members. Mary Anne Schierman, a member of the IPCF board since 2014 and retired from the McLean County Museum of History, is the Community Foundation’s new secretary and Aaron Hays, a member of the IPCF board…

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Illinois Prairie Community Foundation is seeking nominations for its 2018 Philanthropist(s) of the Year. An individual, couple, or family will be honored at the Community Foundation’s Celebrating Local Philanthropy Luncheon at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Normal on Nov. 15, 2018. Nominees must reside in McLean, DeWitt, Livingston or Logan…

BLOOMINGTON, Ill.  – Illinois Prairie Community Foundation has awarded $157,347 in three categories of grants to 73 programs in McLean, DeWitt, Livingston and Logan counties. Grants ranged from $500 to $6,750. Funding came from the Jerome Mirza Foundation, donors to the Community Foundation’s annual campaign and several endowments at the Community Foundation. Receiving 37 General…

The Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Board of Directors has elected two local men to the board. Josh Barnett will serve on the board’s Grants Committee while Adrian Barr will join the board’s Governance Committee. Josh Barnett is Development Coordinator at Advocate Charitable Foundation, the philanthropy arm of Advocate BroMenn Medical Center and Advocate Eureka Hospital. In…

 BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – A public forum about ensuring schoolchildren are prepared to learn will be hosted by the Women to Women Giving Circle  from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, at the ISU Alumni Center, 1101 N. Main St., Normal. The group, a component program and funding arm of Illinois Prairie Community Foundation, sponsors…

More than $35,000 will be awarded to 10 local nonprofit programs in 2018, thanks to the Women to Women Giving Circle and Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) of the Illinois Prairie Community Foundation. The Women to Women Giving Circle seeks to improve the lives of women and children in Central Illinois and focused its grants…

Illinois Prairie Community Foundation will accept applications for grants in three categories from February 1-28, 2018. Interested applicants may find information about the grants on IPCF’s website. Links to the online applications will be found there beginning Feb. 1. The Community Foundation expects to grant out more than $158,000 during this grant round. These grants…