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Community Foundation of East Central Illinois

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Thank you very much for your recent contribution to the Community Foundation of East Central Illinois. It is through the generosity of donors like you that we are able to assist the many nonprofit organizations in our area providing programs and services to our friends and neighbors.

With your help, we are able to distribute more than $1.5 million in grants and scholarships annually to more than 190 different local organizations. You can read more about our work at www.cfeci.org.

We sincerely appreciate your support--it allows us to continue to serve as the link between donors and the needs of our community. Have a great race!

The Community Foundation of East Central Illinois was established in 1972 to encourage and receive gifts and bequests from individuals, corporations, organizations and foundations for the purpose of responding to the charitable needs of the residents of east central Illinois. The Foundation’s mission is to promote philanthropy in an impartial, unbiased, ethical way, with a commitment to inclusiveness, and bring together people and resources to identify and address present and emerging community needs.

The Foundation has distributed more than $22 million in charitable grants to more than 450 nonprofits working to improve the quality of life in its nine-county service area. These distributions include designated and undesignated gifts from endowments, field-of-interest funds, Donor-Advised funds and scholarships.

The Foundation distributed $1.5 million last year to local nonprofits through its annual grants and scholarships. As a result of these distributions, more than 190 nonprofit organizations and causes were able to improve, expand or enhance the vital services they provide residents of east central Illinois.

In addition to the monetary support, last year the Foundation staff also provided hundreds of hours of support to area nonprofit leaders through its Center for Nonprofit Excellence

The Foundation stewards more than 190 funds. Its total assets have grown from $1,300 in 1972 to nearly $33 million today. For more information, visit www.cfeci.org or find the Foundation on Facebook (@CFECI), Instagram (communityfoundation_eci_), Twitter (@CFECI) and LinkedIn (Community Foundation of East Central Illinois.

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Recent donors

Recent donors
Date Name Amount
Sep 06 Angie Marker $107.35
Sep 06 Ayala Ulises Undisclosed amount
Sep 05 Anonymous Undisclosed amount
Sep 04 Anonymous Undisclosed amount
Aug 28 Mindy Eddy $11.50
Aug 23 Anonymous Undisclosed amount
Aug 22 Anonymous Undisclosed amount
Aug 21 STEVE ZAZESKI $11.50
Aug 20 Ralph Mathisen $27.48
Aug 13 Steve Pawlinski $43.45