Grantmaking
Available Grants
Application Information
Please click on a link below to open the file. Files are in Microsoft Word format. Please call or email Joedy Hightower, Executive Director of the Effingham County Community Foundation with questions concerning the grant application process.
Grants
This past year, grantmaking at the Community Foundation was made possible through gifts from generous donors who give us the opportunity to support the good work of a number of local non-profits.. This year, more than $102,929 in grants and pass through funds was awarded to the following organizations:
Bill and Jacquelyn Anderson Youth Activities Fund (Total $4,800)
- CASA of Effingham County: $4800
Bill and Jacquelyn Anderson Visual Arts Fund (Total $3,000)
- Helen Matthes Library: Artisan Fair $3,000
Fedders Technology Fund (Total $12,107)
- Effingham Community Unit #40: Purchase Smart Boards $12,107
Delbert and Maradyl Facklam Fund (Total $4,572)
- Teutopolis High School Scholarships:
- Dillon Wallin $500
- Katie Sudkamp $500
- St. Michael's Parish, Sigel: General Parish $993
- Trinity Lutheran Church, Shumway: Cemetery Upkeep $993
- Stewardson Cemetary: Cemetery Upkeep $593
- St. Paul' Lutheran Church: Cemetery Upkeep $993
Unrestricted Fund (Total $38,000)
- Ballard Nature Center: Copier for Educational Programs $3,000
- Dieterich Community Civic Center: Facility Improvements $4,000
- Eastern Illinois University: Beecher City Music Program $3,875
- Effingham Child Development Center: Operating Support $4,000
- Effingham Community Unit #40: Family Service Program $1,525
- Effingham Community Unit #40: Mentoring Program $4,000
- Effingham County Family YMCA: Youth Sports Equipment $2,000
- Girl Scouts of River Bluffs Council: Platform tents for Camp $2,600
- Greater Effingham Chamber of Commerce: Choices Program $1,000
- Helen Matthes Library: Check Out What’s Inside Promotion $3,000
- Post Oak Flats: Entrepreneurship Curriculum $1,000
- Sexual Assault and Family Emergencies (SAFE): Technology for education $1,200
Donor-Advised Funds (Total $10,060)
- Ballard Nature Center: $7,802
- Effingham County Family YMCA: $1,000
- St. Anthony Church:$1,258
Annual Reports
We are pleased to make our annual reports available to you online.
