A week ago, Caroline Portlock and I traveled to Peoria for a conference of communities where business, education, and community foundations are partnering in a “collective impact” model to better help students identify careers and complete the education that will get them there. Parts of it was dry (think “data collection”) but most of […]
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Last week a group of us Grundy County non-profits had breakfast together. After I asked everyone for a story about the best gift they ever received as a child, a colleague asked, “What’s the best professional gift you’ve received?” Hmmmm…. My first thoughts went to the April flood and November tornado and
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Opening a new donor-designed fund at the Community Foundation of Grundy County is easy. Please follow this link to download our New Fund Questions Form to help you get started. Questions to ponder as you design your fund: What type of fund will it be? donor advised designated field of interest scholarship agency endowment (learn about
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by Devan Gagliardo December 10, 2013 As 2013 comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on all that has happened in 2013 in my role as program director for the Community Foundation of Grundy County. Through our unrestricted grants the Community Foundation has been able to provide grants to several 501c3 organizations including: Morris
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National Philanthropy Day® (NPD) is the special day set aside to recognize and pay tribute to the great contributions that philanthropy – and those people active in the philanthropic community – have made to our lives, our communities, and our world. When NPD was first celebrated in 1986, then-President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation
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Click this link to download Craig Schroeder’s handout: Grundy County Growth Conference 10-11-2013.pptx Click this link to download the Grundy Labor Market Information: Grundy Labor Market Information (101113) Click here for the video – “The Entitlement Creed” Click here for Mike Rowe’s testimony By CHRISTINA CHAPMAN–VAN YPEREN – [email protected] October 11,
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By DEVAN GAGLIARDO – Program Director October 8, 2013 Community Foundation looking for ways to improve area I recently listened to an audiobook called “Be the Miracle: 50 Lessons for Making the Impossible Possible” by Regina Brett. It was a wonderful book comprised of a collection of stories. Regina is a journalist in the
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Last evening Jim Baum, founder of CFGC, was honored by Senator Sue Rezin for his years of service to the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. Read the full story here. Congratulations, Jim!!
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Grundy County Treasurer Marcy Miller won last night’s “Who Wants to be a Grantmaker?” raffle drawing and chose We Care of Grundy County to receive her $100 grant! “Who Wants to be a Grantmaker?” is a raffle that we conduct each month at the Grundy County Chamber of Commerce “Business After Hours.” We draw a
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Click here to download the RSVP form: 2013 GC2 invitation 2 page
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