CFCI Fund List

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.
  • Glen A. Barton Endowment Fund
  • Marion and Warren Bohner Fund
  • James and Rosella Bubert Charitable Fund
  • Ross E. and Susan M. Canterbury Fund
  • Caterpillar Community Leadership Fund
  • CFCI Administrative Unrestricted Endowment Fund
  • Community Impact Fund
  • The Dr. Paul Dirkse Endowment Fund
  • Pete and Mildred Donis Charitable Fund
  • William and Marilyn Engel Charitable Fund
  • John H. “Ted” and Betty Flora Charitable Fund
  • Scott Heimdal Fund
  • The Louise Flora Howard Memorial Fund
  • Paul Jackson Fund
  • Norma M. and Keith G. Johnson Charitable Fund
  • William L. and Mary E. Kella Fund
  • Lee L. Morgan and Mary H. Morgan Endowment
  • Louis and Selma Neumiller Fund
  • Gordon S. and Jean H. Peters Charitable Fund
  • Sandra L. Stemler Endowment Fund
  • Field and Jeannine Triebel Unrestricted Charitable Fund
  • Sandra and Richard Ullman Unrestricted Charitable 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.
  • Ackerman Family Learn to Swim Fund
  • Alvin and Donna Haerr Family Performing Arts Fund

DESIGNATED FUNDS

Designated Funds allow donors to choose the charitable organizations they wish to receive support from their funds.
  • Owen H. Ackerman Family Charitable Fund
  • Nick Adkins Class of ‘52 Fund
  • CFCI Administrative Endowment Fund
  • Patricia Barton Arts Exhibition Fund
  • Patricia Barton Charitable Gift for Women Fund
  • Buesing Alzheimer Remembrance Fund
  • The Merrill and Mary Buesing Charitable Endowment Fund
  • Leone Burwash Estate Endowment Fund
  • The Mary Eileen Carroll Charitable Fund
  • Carolyn C. Catton Charitable Fund
  • Leroy E. and Florence A. Chinn Charitable Fund
  • Leo E. and Eileen B. Christian Family Fund
  • Central Illinois Epilepsy Foundation Fund
  • Community Crisis Center Fund
  • Daryl R. and Laura S. Dagit Charitable Fund
  • Mary Lynn Dickson/Kathryn Marie Knick Memorial Fund
  • Janice E. and James T. Cunningham Endowment Fund
  • John F. Gilligan Community-Based Psychiatry Fund
  • Merle H. and Barbara J. Glick Fund
  • Homer and Barbara Gurtler Designated Fund
  • Home for the Holidays Fund
  • Hult Center for Healthy Living, Inc., SOS/Hope Suicide Prevention Program Endowment Fund
  • Father Tom Henseler Fund
  • Bernita A. Otto Charitable Fund
  • Dewitt Nelson Charitable Fund
  • Laura J. Nelson Designated Fund
  • Peoria Audubon Society Sanctuary Endowment Fund
  • City of Peoria for Full Service Community School Fund
  • Roanoke, IL Charitable Fund
  • The Rudy Singleton Memorial Endowment Fund
  • The Harold and Dorothy Sherman Memorial Charitable Fund
  • The Raymond F and Dorothy H Sitton Education Fund
  • Stark Fund
  • Springdale Cemetery Prairie Gardens Maintenance Fund
  • Eugene and Harriett Swager Fund
  • Eugene and Donna Sweeney Arts and Education Fund
  • Jack C. Sweney Non Endowment Fund
  • William and Margaret Wendle Fund
  • Wheels O’ Time Museum 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.
  • Nick and Sandra Adkins Fund
  • John and Sharon Amdall Fund
  • Anonymous Fund
  • James and Ethel Baldwin Fund
  • Golden Bantam Fund
  • Paul and Kathy Barker Fund
  • John and Libby Black Foundation for Life Fund
  • Blackburn Family Charitable Fund
  • Mary Dill Fund
  • Brenda Epley Homeless Children’s Fund
  • Jim and Sally Fassino Charitable Fund
  • Steve and Bonnie Gosselin Family Charitable Fund
  • Vernon “Butch” Gudat Charitable Fund
  • Homer and Barbara Gurtler Fund
  • The Charles and Kimberly Hemmer Charitable Fund
  • The Heward Charitable Fund
  • Holmes Family Fund
  • Dr. James C. and Arlys R. Hunt Fund
  • Margaret B. Jacob Fund
  • The Karl B. and Cheryl J. Kuppler Charitable Fund
  • Rex and Laurie Linder Charitable Fund
  • Terry and Laura Machetti Family Charitable Fund
  • Creve Coeur Club Robert H. Michel Endowed Fund
  • Edward C. and Carol A. Moehle Charitable Fund
  • Nickerson Family Fund
  • The Stella O’Hanlon Memorial Endowment Fund
  • Adolph Sr., Helen B., Elmer and Adolph Pletsch Memorial Fund
  • The PNC Fund
  • Providence Foundation
  • Mike and Cheryl Quine Charitable Fund
  • Roberts Family Fund
  • The Rotary Club of Peoria Endowment Fund
  • Glenn R. and Marguerite D. Ross Fund
  • Mark and Janice Schleder Fund
  • Violet Family Fund
  • Robert and Lois Wendle Charitable Fund
  • The Yeomans Fund
  • The Zika Family Charitable 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.
  • CGN and Associates Charitable Fund
  • Delavan Summer Band Concert Fund
  • District 150 Emergency Grants Fund
  • Duane and Polly Heward Memorial Fund
  • East Bluff Community Center Fund GACA Fund
  • Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois, Inc. Employee Scholarship Fund
  • GP 2030 Fund
  • Greater Peoria Leadership Council Fund
  • Illinois Mutual Employees Children Scholarship Fund
  • The Knollcrest Homeowners Association Fund
  • The Leonard Marshall Memorial Plaza Fund
  • Peoria NEXT Foster Fund for the Glen A. Barton Science and Technology Education Grants
  • Peoria Police Explorers Fund
  • City of Peoria Sister City Fund
  • Eugene C and Harriett P Swager Designated Fund Number Two
  • WMBD Children’s Fund
  • Women’s Fund Operating Non-Endowment Fund
  • The 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.
  • The ADDWC Endowment Fund
  • Advocates for Access Endowment Fund
  • AMC Foundation Fund of Central IL Youth Symphony
  • Contemporary Art Center Endowment Fund
  • CASA of Peoria County Endowment Fund
  • Counseling and Family Services of Peoria Endowment Fund
  • Children’s Home Fund
  • Central Illinois Friends of PWA, Inc. Endowment Fund
  • Central IL Youth Symphony Fund
  • The Christ Lutheran Church of Peoria Endowment Fund
  • Delavan School Fitness Center Endowment Fund
  • Peoria School District 150 Foundation Fund
  • East Peoria Elementary School District 86 Foundation
  • Epilepsy Foundation of Central IL Fund
  • Fine Arts Society of Peoria Fund
  • Friends of Peoria Public Library Endowment Fund
  • The Forman Valley Community Foundation Fund
  • Germantown Hills School District 69 Fund
  • Goodwill Industries of Central Illinois, Inc. Fund
  • Haiti Mission Connection Robert J. Flaherty Endowment Fund
  • Heartland Community Health Clinic Endowment Fund
  • The Laura and Rex Linder Family Endowment Fund for Easter Seals
  • Look. It’s My Book!
  • The James A. Maloof Ballet Endowment Fund
  • Mental Health Association of Illinois Valley Fund
  • Morton Community Foundation Fund
  • MTHS Educational Fund
  • Oak Bluff Preserve Stewardship Endowment Fund
  • Peoria Academy of Science Endowment Fund
  • Peoria Academy of Science Scholarship Fund
  • Peoria Academy of Science Treasure Hunt Fund
  • Keep Peoria Beautiful
  • PAWAC Founder’s Circle Endowment Fund
  • PAWAC General Fund
  • Peoria Area Civic Chorale Endowment Fund
  • Peoria Garden Club Fund
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois Fund
  • Shoemaker Family Charitable Fund
  • Springdale Historic Preservation Foundation Endowment Fund
  • The Stark County Communities Fund
  • The Sun Foundation for Advancement in the Environmental Sciences and Arts, Inc.
  • The Elmer Szepessy Endowment Fund/sub-fund of Central Illinois Youth Symphony
  • The Majory Szepessy Endowment Fund/sub-fund of Central Illinois Youth Symphony
  • Tri-County (Peoria) Urban League, Inc. Endowment Fund
  • First United Methodist Church of Pekin Endowment Fund
  • University United Methodist Church Endowment Fund
  • Washington Community Foundation
  • Women’s Lifestyle Educational Fund
  • Greater Peoria Family YMCA Endowment Fund

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