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Community Foundation Awards $93,324 To Eleven Area Nonprofits Making Connections Winter 2017 The Community Foundation of Will County gathered community leaders to award eleven grants in the priority areas of health, education, human services, and the arts...

2017 Grant Awards Reception The Community Foundation of Will County gathered community leaders to award 11 grants in the priority areas of health, education, human services, and the arts at the fall reception. sponsored by Sentinus, LLC, Through the many donors who...

The Chicago Community Trust today announced the selection of Dr. Helene Gayle, CEO of the McKinsey Social Initiative, as its new CEO, succeeding Terry Mazany, who will step down at the end of September. Gayle will become just the seventh leader in the...

Joliet, IL – The Community Foundation of Will County celebrated with donors, Board members and nonprofit leaders at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Philanthropy held on May 4, 2016 and hosted by Lewis University. Ten years ago visionaries from the...

WILL COUNTY, IL - At our fall reception, The Community Foundation of Will County awarded Community Partner Grants in the priority areas of health, education, human services and the arts. “We have always felt the need outweighed what we can fund. So it was...

Joliet, IL – The Community Foundation of Will County celebrated with donors, Board members and attendees at the Annual Donor Recognition & Celebration of “community” Philanthropy held on July 21, 2015 and hosted by Lewis University. As part of the...

Will County, IL (October 2014) - At our fall reception, the Foundation awarded and presented $38,050 in grants to local nonprofit organizations working in the Foundation’s priority areas of health, human services and education. “This is the second year we...

Will County, IL (August 18, 2014) – The people of Will County are always helping their neighbor in ways that are as unique as their fingerprint. No two philanthropic visions are exactly the same. At The Community Foundation of Will County’s Annual Donor...

WILL COUNTY, IL(October 17, 2013) – The Will County Community Foundation awarded and presented $54,500 in grants to local nonprofit organizations working in the Foundation’s priority areas of health, human services and education during the 2013 Grant...

Will County, IL (August 30, 2013) – The Will County Community Foundation honored two families during the 2013 Donor Recognition and Celebration of Philanthropy on August 14. The award is presented each year to those who provide philanthropic leadership for...

WILL COUNTY, IL (January 28, 2013) – Local charities and donors can benefit from an extension of a popular tax-law provision, known as the “IRA Charitable Rollover.” The IRA Charitable Rollover permits individuals age 70 1⁄2 or older to direct...

WILL COUNTY, IL(November 2, 2012) – When parents sign their child up to play in the Miracle League baseball program, their handicapped child of any ability or disability gets to dress in a uniform, make plays in the field and round the bases just like...

WILL COUNTY, IL (October 22, 2012) – The Will County Community Foundation awarded and presented $107,400 in grants to local nonprofit organizations working in the Foundation’s priority areas of health, human services and education during the 2012 Grant...

JOLIET, IL –(August 2012) During The Will County Community Foundation’s Annual Donor Recognition and Celebration of Philanthropy donors and guests gathered at the Barber & Oberwortmann Horticulture Center to recognize Ed & Gloria Dollinger and Lewis...

JOLIET, IL (July 19, 2012)– When temperatures sore over 100 degrees, the pool at the George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club is a critical community resource where children come to cool off. So when the pool pump broke last July and the water flooded the...

WILL COUNTY, IL (MAY 23, 2012) – On a recent Saturday in University Park, IL, the Northern Illinois Food Bank’s mobile food pantry arrived with over 7,000 lbs. of food, prepared to help over 200 Will County families put food on their tables. The hot...

BOLINGBROOK (MAY 11, 2012)-The Will County Community Foundation’s professional advisor event brought Marshall Field V, the great-great grandson of merchandising king Marshall Field, to Bolingbrook where Mayor Roger Claar welcomed him. Ed Dollinger,...

JOLIET (April 14, 2011) - The Will County Community Foundation, our region’s community foundation, has welcomed Michael Trench as Executive Director in January. Trench brings over 25 years of diverse and varied experience in the nonprofit sector, including...