Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri

06/12/2026

Registration is open for our upcoming Professional Advisors Webinar! Join CEO Catherine Meckes and Development Officer Emily Moore on Tuesday, June 30 from 11:30 AM–12:00 PM for 3 Powerful Giving Strategies to Know: Grain, Farmland, & the Illinois Gives Tax Credit. We'll walk through practical strategies, including Gifts of Grain, Gifts of Farmland, and the Illinois Gives Tax Credit, to help you guide your clients toward meaningful charitable giving. Slide deck and recording available to all registrants.

Register and learn more at www.mycommunityfoundation.org/events

06/11/2026

Some legacies are built in classrooms. The Ty Rylander Fund is investing $4,400+ in Griggsville-Perry Elementary's Reading Rewards Program, thus planting seeds of curiosity in Pike County kids that will grow for a lifetime. 📖

Learn more about Ty's legacy and the fund created in his honor:
mycommunityfoundation.org/ty-rylander-fund

06/08/2026

WCIL Gives is now live, and we’re proud to be a prize sponsor! Four $1,500 prizes will go to nonprofits in Adams, Brown, Hancock, and Pike Counties, one from each county, chosen by random drawing from organizations that raise at least $1,000. Support the causes you love and help a local nonprofit win a little extra for their community!

Learn more: www.wcilgives.org

06/08/2026

Teens Active in Grantmaking meetings for the 2025-2026 cohort may have come to an end, but our work hasn't stopped! TAG started their summer by volunteering at Horizons Social Services through United Way of Adams County, Inc. Day of Caring to make a difference in their community, one pallet at a time.

06/04/2026

As we wrap up our 2025-2026 Teens Active in Grantmaking cohort, we look forward to kicking off the second year of TAG, too! Save the date for July 6, when applications for high school students in the Quincy area open. For more information, visit us at mycommunityfoundation.org/tag

06/03/2026

We’re proud to be a prize sponsor for WCIL Gives this year! Four $1,500 prizes will go to nonprofits in Adams, Brown, Hancock, and Pike Counties, one from each county, chosen by random drawing from organizations that raise at least $1,000. Support the causes you love and help a local nonprofit win a little extra for their community!

This year’s WCIL Gives prize pool has doubled thanks to new prize sponsors and community partners. Our first sponsor spotlight is the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri.

The Community Foundation sets out to connect people who care with causes that matter. This year, they’re awarding four $1,500 prizes to fuel impact in Adams, Brown, Hancock, and Pike Counties! One nonprofit from each of the four counties that raises at least $1,000 will be randomly selected and awarded the $1,500 prizes following WCIL Gives on June 12th. How neat is that?

Please join us in thanking the Community Foundation for their support!

05/28/2026

It was truly a special afternoon celebrating the hard work of our 2026 scholarship recipients! Because of generous donors, the Community Foundation awarded more than $209,000 in scholarships in 2026 alone. Watching the students stand and be recognized, surrounded by their families and a community that believes in them, was a powerful reminder of why this work matters so much.

05/22/2026

In observance of Memorial Day, your Community Foundation will be closed Monday, May 25. We'll be back on Tuesday, May 26!

Wishing you a restful and memorable holiday weekend.

05/17/2026

With a grant made through the Green-Humphrey Family Fund for Music at your Community Foundation, the John Wood Community College Music Department purchased new percussion instruments! The new additions included a xylophone, cymbal set, tambourine, and triangle — along with a storage cabinet to keep them safe and a chair rack to make concert prep a breeze. These additions give students greater access to quality instruments and a more seamless performance experience.

This is the power of a Donor Advised Fund in action: a generous gift, guided by donor advisors' own values and passions, directing meaningful support in our community.

Interested in playing an active role in your giving? A Donor Advised Fund through the Community Foundation lets you give with purpose — and we handle the details. Learn more at mycommunityfoundation.org/donor-advisors.

05/15/2026

Allow us to introduce Gretchen Wolfmeyer to our team! Gretchen joined the Community Foundation in April 2026. From secretarial and financial support to office management and project coordination, she's already the kind of person who keeps every detail in order and every project moving forward. We're so glad to have her in our corner. Welcome, Gretchen!