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We are sad to announce the passing of Michael Farrell, a member of CFGC’s Board of Trustees. He and his late wife, Charlotte, were long-time supporters of the Foundation and Mike was surprised when we asked him to serve!  But with a career in newspaper journalism, Mike was a deep thinker and could recall information […]

To say that these last few days have been strange is a complete understatement.  Every time I check the news it seems there is a new procedure or recommendation in place.  Things are literally changing by the hour which is why over the last couple days, I’ve avoided telling my kids anything about the coming

After being in the community for twenty years, Community Foundation staff and board members are still often asked, “what exactly does the Community Foundation do?”  A good answer, “what don’t we do?” The Community Foundation of Grundy County came into existence in 1999 and since then CFGC has been involved with many diverse projects and

WCSJ Feb 11, 2020   Grundy County Sheriff Ken Briley and the Community Foundation of Grundy County have partnered to create a new donor fund. The nickname for the fund is “The K9 Fund” since the first asset the fund will provide will be a new canine officer, but the donations will also support drug

February 6, 2020   We’ve said this for years:  Grundy County is a very generous community.  If a family has a house fire or someone is ill, the money, food, and support come pouring in. Why is that?  One big reason is that the need is defined and easy to understand.  House fire.  Got it. 

During the summer of 2019 we were approached about accepting a gift of a 1,300 square foot office building in downtown Gardner, Illinois. Our Gift Acceptance Policy spells out how we can accept gifts of real estate, so the next step was to brainstorm about what we’d do with it if we accepted it. One

  January 9, 2020 I’m a huge trivia geek and January 4th was National Trivia Day!  Trivia question:  In what year was the Community Foundation of Grundy County (formerly the Morris Community Foundation) formed?  Answer: 1999 – we just celebrated our 20th anniversary year! Another trivia factoid:  January 13th is Make Your Dream Come True

CASA of River Valley swears in first Grundy volunteer By Marney SimonEmail Jan. 2, 2020   Children involved in court cases in Grundy County will now have an advocate on their side. In December, the first volunteer for the newly formed CASA of River Valley, which will service Grundy County children, was sworn in during a

My son has always had the heart of a giver. At the ripe old age of 5 he really likes to get presents and like most kids, expects presents on his birthday and at Christmas. But he loves to give presents. When he was 3, we randomly had to wrap up presents (his own toys

December 11, 2019 Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are. Sounds like “The Little Drummer Boy” and “The Gift of the Magi,” doesn’t it? This also describes Grundy County and our charitable spirit so so well. Give what you got – charities have gotten much better at accepting the assets of