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  July 23, 2019   Illinois Valley Industries was the recipient of a $5,000 grant made possible through a partnership between the Community Foundation of Grundy County and the Disability Resource Center in Joliet. The grant allowed IVI staff to overhaul curriculum materials and to add needed technology in two Community Day programs that serve

Morris Herald-News July 8, 2019   Thursday, July 18, kicks off the annual Liberty Arts Festival and #GiveGrundy will be there again! #GiveGrundy will have two booths this year during the “Creator’s Village” on Friday, July 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Grundy County Courthouse lawn. Booth #1 is new for us

2019 is our 20th Anniversary!  Please click here to watch a short video highlighting our first 20 years!

Do you know that you can use farmland as the asset to start your donor-designed fund?? Margaret “Peg” Davis set aside 145 acres in her estate to set up a geographic field of interest fund to benefit the village of Seneca, Illinois. The Foundation owns the land (in Keep Grundy Growing, LLC) and our half

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Guest column – Julianne Buck February 14, 2019   In the early days of the Community Foundation, Jim Baum and I spent a lot of time and energy encouraging collaboration and breaking down silos.  We believed that collaboration and partnership are the path to a greater quality of life in Grundy County…and we still do.

by Devan Gagliardo Morris Herald-News Feb. 1, 2019   “Kids today are lazy and self-centered.” “They are entitled and just don’t care about others.” I have heard these statements over and over and if I’m being honest, I’ve even caught myself saying them before. While these statements are true for some kids, the same statements could

It’s that time of year when high school seniors fill out scholarship applications and get asked all sorts of questions about their high school career. TIP: Start a log freshman year and track awards, compliments from teachers, volunteer activities, leadership roles, extracurricular such as sports, band, and speech team, plus activities outside of school such