March 28, 2022 – Twelve local nonprofit organizations have been selected to receive a total of $200,000 in grants from the CommunityWorks Endowed Fund established at The Community Foundation of Macon County. This year’s grants are targeted to help education, environmental and workforce priorities.
“The grant review committee members were tasked with evaluating and selecting the grant recipients from several outstanding applications received from our area’s nonprofits,” says CFMC Director of Strategic Grantmaking Tony Holly. “We look forward to seeing how our community benefits through the good work made possible by the funding power of these grants.”
This year’s recipients, individual awards, and proposed programs are divided by the type of funding received:
EDUCATION
· Decatur Family Y, $5,000, “Child Development Center & Summer Day Camp”
· Baby TALK, $10,000, “STEPS Program”
· Girl Scouts of Central Illinois, $15,000, “G.I.R.L. Outreach Program”
· Macon County CASA, $15,000, “CASA Enhanced Educational Advocacy Program”
· Community Missions First, $18,000, “Community Growth and Investment Initiative”
· Macon-Piatt Regional Office, $18,500, “Skills Special Needs Summer Respite”
· Millikin University, $20,000, “Robotics Summer Workshop at Millikin University”
· Richland Community College, $20,000, “RESTORE Tutoring with Project Read Plus”
ENVIRONMENT/LAND USAGE
· Baby TALK, $5,000, “Children’s Memorial Garden & Community Park”
· Macon County Community Environmental Council, $8,500, “Control of Non-native Invasive Species at Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park and Memorial”
· Good Samaritan Inn, $15,000, “Mercy Gardens Capital Projects”
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
· Prairieland Service Coordination, $20,000, “Accessing Community Employment (A.C.E.)”
· The Salvation Army of Decatur and Macon County, $30,000, “Workforce Development for Homeless Men”
In 2005, The Community Foundation of Macon County was one of only 18 initial foundations chosen to receive a CommunityWorks grant from the Grand Victoria Foundation to establish an endowment fund. Through the years, donors have added to the fund to meet challenge matches required by that foundation, increasing this endowment fund to more than $6 million.
Tony Holly and Cathy Mansur of the Community Foundation joined Byers & Co to announce the recipients of community grants. Listen to the podcast below:
