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CFCI Fund List

Funds List | Community Foundation of Central Illinois

Unrestricted Funds

Unrestricted Funds remain in perpetuity to address needs within our community as they change over time. A community-based committee reviews and approves grants, then awards them in the fund holder’s name.

  • CFCI Administrative Unrestricted Endowment Fund
  • Caterpillar Community Leadership Fund
  • Cindy and Bill Fischer Endowed Fund
  • Community Impact Fund
  • Dr. Paul Dirkse Endowment Fund
  • Eugene & Harriett Swager Fund
  • Glen A. Barton Endowment Fund
  • Gordon S and Jean H Peters Charitable Fund
  • James and Rosella Bubert Charitable Fund
  • John H. “Ted” and Betty Flora Charitable Fund
  • Lee L. Morgan and Mary H. Morgan Endowment
  • Louis and Selma Neumiller Fund
  • Louise Flora Howard Memorial Fund
  • Marion and Warren Bohner Fund
  • Norma M. and Keith G. Johnson Charitable Fund
  • Paul Jackson Fund
  • Pete and Mildred Donis Charitable Fund
  • Ross E. and Susan M. Canterbury Fund
  • Sandra and Richard Ullman Unrestricted Charitable Fund
  • Sandra L. Stemler Endowment Fund
  • Scott Heimdal Fund
  • Triebel Family Unrestricted Charitable Fund
  • William and Marilyn Engel Charitable Fund
  • William L. and Mary E. Kella Fund

Field of Interest Funds

Field of Interest Funds can be donor-directed for a particular purpose, such as literacy or art education. CFCI then selects the organizations that best serve the donor’s charitable intent.

  • “OTHERS” Fund
  • Ackerman Family Learn to Swim Fund
  • Alvin and Donna Haerr Family Performing Arts Fund
  • Ameren Education Fund
  • Anneliese Sinn Arts Fund
  • Bernie and Marta Vonachen Templin Fund
  • Carol L. Ladwig Youth Service Fund
  • Carrie “Bodie” and Fred Dunaway Fund
  • Central Illinois Disaster Recovery Fund
  • CFCI CommunityWorks Endowment Fund
  • Cindy and Bill Fischer Charitable Fund
  • Community Investment Fund
  • Emerging Philanthropists Fund
  • Ending Hunger Together Fund
  • Eugene & Harriett Swager Fund for Public Art
  • Fontaine Earle Endowment Fund
  • Fontaine Earle Fund
  • For the Family Fund
  • Fritz and Doris S. Reuling Charitable Fund
  • George A. Fulton Charitable Fund
  • Gilmore Fund
  • Homeless Youth Endowment Fund
  • Jack C. Sweney Peoria Youth Tennis Fund
  • James W. Wogsland Endowment Fund
  • Jean M. Ligon Fund
  • Juanita Slane Memorial Fund
  • Karin Spaulding Fund
  • Literacy Fund
  • Local Jobs Fund
  • Martha J. Bantz Early Childhood Development Fund
  • Mental Health Remembrance Leadership Fund
  • Mildred L. Arends Musical & Cultural Activities Fund
  • Peoria Sertoma Foundation Fund
  • Rinkenberger Community Works Fund
  • Robert W. Leu Family Charitable Fund
  • Russell F. & Eleanor Sikes Peters Performing Arts Fund
  • Sow a Seed Fund
  • Stephen A. and Bonnie J. Gosselin CommunityWorks Fund
  • Taylor & Corrine French Fund/Fine Arts Education
  • The Arts Mean Business Fund
  • Thomas & Lynn Landes Fund for Performing Arts
  • Thomas and Ellen Foster Fund
  • Transportation Club of Peoria Charitable Fund
  • Whitney Grotts Endowment Fund
  • Women’s Fund
  • Yomi John Fund

Designated Funds

Designated Funds allow donors to choose the charitable organizations they wish to receive support from their funds.

  • Adolph Sr., Helen B., Elmer and Adolph Pletsch Memorial Fund
  • Bernita A. Otto Charitable Fund
  • Buesing Alzheimer Remembrance Fund
  • Byron and Sylvia DeHaan Charitable Fund
  • Can Do 4:13 Scholarship Fund
  • Carolyn C. Catton Charitable Fund
  • CASA of the Tenth Judicial Circuit Designated Fund
  • Central Illinois Epilepsy Foundation Fund
  • CFCI Administrative Endowment Fund
  • Chip and Nancy Otto Family Fund
  • Cindy and Bill Fischer Children and Family Fund
  • City of Peoria for Full Service Community School Fund
  • Daryl R. and Laura S. Dagit Charitable Fund
  • Dewitt Nelson Charitable Fund
  • Dr. Ian T. Sturrock Scholarship Fund
  • Eugene and Donna Sweeney Arts and Education Fund
  • Father Tom Henseler Fund
  • Heartland Riverfront Foundation Fund
  • Home for the Holidays Fund
  • Homer and Barbara Gurtler Designated Fund
  • Hult Center for Healthy Living, Inc., SOS/Hope Suicide Prevention Program Endowment Fund
  • Janice E. and James T. Cunningham Endowment Fund
  • Larry Oertley, Jr. Wildlife Memorial Fund
  • Laura J. Nelson Designated Fund
  • Leo E. and Eileen B. Christian Family Fund
  • Leone Burwash Estate Endowment Fund
  • Leroy E. and Florence A. Chinn Charitable Fund
  • Mantz-Drake Family Scholarship Fund
  • Mary Eileen Carroll Charitable Fund
  • Mary Lynn Dickson/ Kathryn Marie Knick Memorial Fund
  • Maurice Elbert Charitable Fund
  • Merle H. and Barbara J. Glick Fund
  • Michael and Cheryl Quine Designated Fund
  • Nick Adkins Class of ’52 Fund
  • Owen H. Ackerman Family Charitable Fund
  • Patricia Barton Arts Exhibition Fund
  • Patricia Barton Charitable Gift for Women Fund
  • Roanoke, IL Charitable Fund
  • Rudy Singleton Memorial Endowment Fund
  • Springdale Cemetery Prairie Gardens Maintenance Fund
  • Stark Fund
  • Wheels O’ Time Museum Fund
  • William and Margaret Wendle Fund

Donor Advised Funds

Donor Advised Funds allow donors to actively participate in the grant making process by recommending to the Foundation the purpose or charitable organization that might receive available grant dollars.

  • Blackburn Family Charitable Fund
  • Brenda Epley Homeless Children’s Fund
  • Creve Coeur Club Robert H. Michel Endowed Fund
  • Glenn R. and Marguerite D. Ross Fund
  • Golden Bantam Fund
  • Heward Charitable Fund
  • Holmes Family Fund
  • Homer and Barbara Gurtler Fund
  • James and Ethel Baldwin Fund
  • John and Libby Black Foundation for Life Fund
  • John and Sharon Amdall Fund
  • Karl B. and Cheryl J. Kuppler Charitable Fund
  • Margaret B. Jacob Fund
  • Mark and Janice Schleder Fund
  • Mary Dill Fund
  • Mike and Cheryl Quine Charitable Fund
  • Nick and Sandra Adkins Fund
  • Nickerson Family Fund
  • Paul and Kathy Barker Fund
  • Providence Foundation
  • Rex and Laurie Linder Charitable Fund
  • Robert and Lois Wendle Charitable Fund
  • Roberts Family Charitable Fund
  • Rotary Club of Peoria Endowment Fund
  • Stella O’Hanlon Memorial Endowment Fund
  • Steve and Bonnie Gosselin Family Charitable Fund
  • Vernon “Butch” Gudat Charitable Fund
  • Violet Family Fund
  • Yeomans Fund

Pass-Through Funds

A Pass-Through Fund provides a conduit through which charitable contributions flow towards a specific project, program, or area of interest that positively impacts the quality of life in central Illinois.

  • City of Peoria Sister City Fund
  • Dist. 150 Emergency Grants Fund
  • Duane and Polly Heward Memorial Fund
  • GACA Fund
  • Illinois Mutual Employees Children Scholarship Fund
  • Illinois River Cities and Towns Initiative Fund
  • Knollcrest Homeowners Association Fund
  • Leonard Marshall Memorial Plaza Fund
  • Peoria All-America City Fund
  • Peoria NEXT Foster Fund for the Glen A. Barton Science and Technology Education Grants
  • Peoria Police Explorers Fund
  • Women’s Fund Operating Non-Endowment Fund
  • Wyman Family Charitable Fund

Agency Endowment Funds

Agency Endowment Funds allow charitable organizations to establish a fund to provide financial support to the organization for a specific project or program. CFCI provides professional investment services for the funds contributed.

  • ADDWC Endowment Fund
  • Advocates for Access Endowment Fund
  • AMC Foundation Fund of Central IL Youth Symphony
  • CASA of the Tenth Judicial Circuit Endowment Fund
  • Central IL Youth Symphony Fund
  • Children’s Home Fund
  • Christ Lutheran Church of Peoria Endowment Fund
  • Community Crisis Center Fund
  • Contemporary Art Center Endowment Fund
  • Counseling & Family Services of Peoria Endowment Fund
  • Dale & Elizabeth Whitehurst Memorial Research Fund
  • Deirdre Purcell Collins Mathematics Award
  • Delavan School Fitness Center Endowment Fund
  • East Peoria Elementary School District 86 Foundation
  • Elmer Szepessy Endowment Fund/sub-fund of Cent. IL
  • Youth Symphony
  • EMC-EMS Sustainability Endowment Fund
  • Fine Arts Society of Peoria Fund
  • First United Methodist Church of Pekin Endowment Fund
  • Fund for Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Center
  • Germantown Hills School District 69 Fund
  • Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois, Inc. Fund
  • Greater Peoria Family YMCA Endowment Fund
  • Heart of Illinois Harvest Fund
  • Heartland Community Health Clinic Endow. Fund
  • James A. Maloof Ballet Endowment Fund
  • John F. Gilligan Community-Based Psychiatry Fund
  • Keep Peoria Beautiful
  • Laura and Rex Linder Family Endowment Fund for Easter Seals
  • Majory Szepessy Endowment Fund/sub-fund of Cent. IL
  • Youth Symphony
  • Manual High Band Fund
  • Manual High School Educational Fund
  • Mental Health Assn of IL Valley Fund
  • Oak Bluff Preserve Stewardship Endowment Fund
  • PAWAC Founder’s Circle Endowment Fund
  • Peoria Academy of Science Endowment Fund
  • Peoria Area Civic Chorale Endowment Fund
  • Peoria Audubon Society Non-Endowment Fund
  • Peoria Garden Club Fund
  • Peoria Municipal Band Commission Fund
  • Peoria School District 150 Foundation Fund
  • Peoria Women’s Club Endowment Fund
  • Springdale Historic Preservation Foundation Endowment Fund
  • Sun Foundation for Advancement in the Environmental Sciences and Arts, Inc.
  • University United Methodist Church Endowment Fund
  • Washington School Gifted Education Fund
  • Wholesome Food Fund
  • Women’s Lifestyle Educational Fund
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