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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

Click here to make a donation with credit card online.  All donations will be used for this specific event. The Grundy County COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disaster) is hub for volunteer needs and assignments.  Click here for the GC-COAD Facebook page.  

By DEVAN GAGLIARDO –  Community Foundation of Grundy County June 8, 2015 MORRIS – Believe it or not, school is out for summer. June has arrived and we are already halfway through 2015. Earlier in the year, I wrote about the Community Foundation of Grundy County’s grant process and since we are halfway through the

By DEVAN GAGLIARDO – Program director, Community Foundation of Grundy County May 18, 2015 SENECA – So often the “younger generation” gets a bad reputation. If I had a dollar for every time I heard “kids these days don’t know how to communicate; are always on their phones; have no regard for others; act entitled;

by Julianne Buck Executive Director April 28, 2015     Monday, May 11th, is the date of the Foundation’s annual “Donor & Partner Appreciation Night” from 5:00-7:00 pm at the Morris Country Club.   This event is not a gala – no tickets, no raffles. Instead it is a night of fellowship to celebrate the

More than 240 investors, business and municipal leaders, and guests were in attendance Wednesday at Chapin’s East Banquets in Minooka for the annual dinner hosted jointly by the Grundy Economic Development Council and the Grundy County Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Grundy County Chamber of Commerce Awards Caroline Portlock, executive director, and Jill Behning, Chamber

By DEVAN GAGLIARDO – Community Foundation of Grundy County March 9, 2015 MORRIS – If you ask a 4-year-old what do you want to be when you grow up, they often times answer by saying a fireman, police officer, or something creative like a superhero or a cat. If you ask a 10-year-old the same