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Please click here to view the October issue of our e-newsletter, “Community Matters.”    

Ralph Martire of the Center for Tax & Budget Accountability will be one of the presenters at the 10th annual Grundy County Growth Conference (GC2) on Friday, October 30th, at the Morris Country Club.  The event runs from 8 am to 1 pm and includes a breakfast of locally grown foods. “What Do We Value

By DEVAN GAGLIARDO –  Program director for Community Foundation of Grundy County Oct. 12, 2015 Over the last several months, the state budget has been the topic of conversation among area nonprofits. It’s a hard topic to ignore when it causes local agencies to change programming and cut staff. Grundy County has many organizations that

Morris Herald-News Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 COAL CITY – The Long Term Recovery Committee in charge of the distribution from the relief fund for victims of the June 22 EF3 tornado said it will begin distributing money in October to affected residents. To date, there is $299,235.54 in the fund managed by the Community Foundation

by Julianne Buck Executive Director August 25, 2015   Hopefully by now you’ve heard that the Community Foundation of Grundy County is moving offices. As of September 1st, our address will be 520 W. Illinois Avenue in Morris.   Does that address sound familiar?? It used to be We Care’s condo in the Canalport Community

Aug. 10, 2015 MORRIS – It wasn’t all that long ago that I was an involved high school student full of enthusiasm to change the world. During that time, when presented with an offer to participate in an organization, volunteer, or attend a workshop or camp, I jumped at the chance. I truly wanted nothing

Corporations wanting a W-9 from CFGC for donations to the “Disaster Fund” for Coal City tornado relief should contact us at [email protected].  We can email a completed W-9 plus a copy of our IRS Letter of Determination. Thanks!

We haven’t moved into our new office condo yet, so please feel free to mail Coal City Tornado donations to our old place. Please write checks to “Community Foundation of Grundy County” and put “Disaster Fund” in the memo line. Mail to: Community Foundation of Grundy County 102 Liberty Street Morris, IL  60450 Our EIN

As of 3:00 pm on Tuesday, June 23rd, it feels like not much has changed: only residents are allowed into the village of Coal City; first responders are still dealing with blocked streets, downed lines, checking houses, etc.  Therefore there is not yet a list of tasks for volunteers to do.  Yet we’re reading on

by Julianne Buck Executive Director June 23, 2015       June is always a busy grant-writing month. The donor-designed endowed funds that we hold run on a fiscal year of July 1 to June 30th, so we are busy cutting grant checks to the favorite charities of our fund holders.   Some checks are