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.

Ameren Education Fund

The Ameren Education Fund is utilized to support projects related to education in central Illinois. Grants are made to nonprofit organizations or governmental entities within the education field.

Mildred L. Arends Musical and Cultural Activities Fund

The Mildred L. Arends Musical and Cultural Activities Fund supports projects that will maintain and enhance the quality of local musical and cultural activities in central Illinois.

The Arts Mean Business Fund

The Arts Mean Business Fund supports economic growth in the region through the arts.

CFCI CommunityWorks Endowment Fund

The CFCI Community Works Endowment Fund supports projects that will maintain and enhance the quality of life in central Illinois through collaboration between multiple non-profit organizations. Grants are made to support workforce development, childcare, and land usage and protection.

Stephen A. and Bonnie J. Gosselin CommunityWorks Fund

The Stephen A. and Bonnie J. Gosselin Community Works Fund supports projects that maintain and enhance the quality of life in central Illinois through collaboration between multiple non-profit organizations. The funds are used for programs that improve workforce development, childcare, and land usage and protection.

Central Illinois Disaster Recovery Fund

Coming Soon

Fine Arts Society of Peoria Creativity Fund

The Fine Arts Society of Peoria Creativity Fund supports the Community Foundation’s arts-related grantmaking programs, with preference given to programs that provide hands-on artistic experiences to underserved middle-school aged children residing in zip codes 61605, 61604 and 61603.

The Fontaine Earle Endowment Fund

Coming Soon!

The Fontaine Earle Fund

The Fontaine Earl Fund supports programs in the Peoria area with special considerations given to the American Cancer Society and the American Red Cross.

Maurice Elbert Charitable Fund

The Maurice Elbert Charitable Fund supports projects that maintain and enhance the quality of life for people living in or around the Metamora area.

Ending Hunger Together Fund

Coming Soon!

Emerging Philanthropists Fund

Coming Soon!

For the Family Fund

For the Family Fund assists with programs that aid in the restoration of family as the fundamental unit of our society, as well as elimination of the dysfunctional aspects of family life in our community.

The Thomas and Ellen Foster Fund

The Thomas and Ellen Foster Fund provides support for charitable, religious, humanitarian, benevolent, or educational projects and organizations that work with Peoria area youth and/or adults who are indigent, homeless, illiterate, or who need care and guidance. Grants from this Fund are used to enhance the quality of life for the Peoria area community.

Taylor and Corrine French Fund/Fine Arts Education

The Taylor and Corinne French Fund/Fine Arts Education supports fine arts education projects and programs in central Illinois.

George A. Fulton Charitable Fund

The George A. Fulton Charitable Fund supports projects and organizations that maintain and enhance development of the arts and community education for the arts in central Illinois.

Gilmore Fund

Coming Soon!

Whitney Grotts Endowment Fund

The Whitney Grotts Endowment Fund supports projects at organizations and schools that will help develop or maintain youth depression programs designed to identify and counsel at-risk youth.

Alvin and Donna Haerr Family Performing Arts Fund

The Alvin and Donna Haerr Family Performing Arts Fund supports performing, visual, and fine arts projects within the Tri-County area.

The Robert Hespell Estate Fund

Coming Soon!

Homeless Youth Endowment Fund

The Homeless Youth Endowment Fund provides support to programs that assist with the needs of homeless youth in the Peoria area.

The Local Jobs Fund

The Local Jobs Fund supports projects that have direct linkage to breaking the poverty cycle by equipping individuals with the necessary skills to earn a living wage.

Carol L. Ladwig Youth Service Fund

Coming Soon!

Thomas & Lynn Landes Fund for Performing Arts

The Thomas and Lynn Landes Fund for Performing Arts provides support for and projects or programs in the performing arts within the Tri-County area.

Robert W. Leu Family Charitable Fund

The Robert W. Leu Family Charitable Fund is used to assist with general charitable purposes in the Peoria area, specifically organizations who assist those in need such as Common Place, Salvation Army, Friendship House and South Side Mission.

Jean M. Ligon Fund

The Jean M. Ligon Fund assists with the care and adoption of homeless cats and dogs, the neutering of both homeless and other pets, and for the fostering of research and education.

Literacy Fund

The Literacy Fund provides funding for programs that promote literacy among individuals in the Peoria area.

Mental Health Remembrance Leadership Fund

The Mental Health Remembrance Leadership Fund is used to help improve awareness of issues and services related to mental health through the education of individuals and agencies in the Tri-County area. Funds are also put toward increasing the awareness of support programs and establishing innovative projects to ensure the continued progress of mental health support.

Larry Oertley, Jr. Wildlife Memorial Fund

The Larry Oertley, Jr. Wildlife Memorial Fund supports projects that will maintain and enhance wildlife preservation, provide educational programs for youth, and scholarships for accredited wildlife programs at a school of higher education.

The “OTHERS” Fund

Coming Soon!

Russell F. and Eleanor Sikes Peters Performing Arts Fund

The Russell F. & Eleanor Sikes Peters Performing Arts Fund supports performing, visual and fine arts projects within the Tri-County area.

Eugene and Harriett Swager Fund for Public Art

The Eugene and Harriett Swager Fund for Public Art supports sculpture and visual fine arts works for display within the community.

Fritz and Doris S. Reuling Charitable Fund

The Fritz and Doris S. Reuling Charitable Fund supports projects that will maintain and enhance the health field to better prevent and treat abuse, public education, and all forms of art.

Rinkenberger CommunityWorks Fund

The Rinkenberger Communityworks Fund supports projects that maintain and enhance the quality of life in central Illinois through collaboration between multiple non-profit organizations. The funds are used for programs that improve workforce development, childcare, and land usage and protection.

Heartland Riverfront Foundation Fund

The Heartland Riverfront Foundation Fund is used to support projects that will maintain and enhance the Riverfront along the Illinois River in Peoria.

The Peoria Sertoma Foundation Fund

Coming Soon!

Anneliese Sinn Arts Fund

The Anneliese Sinn Arts Fund was created to provide support for performing, visual and fine arts projects, as well as art education and art therapy initiatives that serve children and/or those with special needs or disabilities.

Juanita Slane Memorial Fund

Coming Soon!

Sow a Seed Fund

Coming Soon!

Karin Spaulding Fund

The Karin Spaulding Fund supports programs promoting education services for children, and/or programs advocating for literacy and job skills training for adults.

Jack C. Sweney Peoria Youth Tennis Fund

Coming Soon!

Women’s Fund

Coming Soon!

Yomi John Fund

Coming Soon!

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
Particia Barton Charitable Gift for Women Fund
Bernita A. Otto Charitable 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
Dewitt Nelson Charitable Fund
Father Tom Henseler Fund
Janice E. and James T. Cunningham Endowment Fund
John F. Gilligan Community-Based Psychiatry Fund
Merle H. and Barbara J. Glick Fund
Home for the Holidays Fund
Hult Center for Healthy Living, Inc., SOS/Hope Suicide Prevention Program Endowment Fund
Chip and Nancy Otto Family 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
Jack C. Sweney NonEndowment 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
Anonymous Fund
John and Libby Black Foundation for Life Fund
Golden Bantam 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
The Charles and Kimberly Hemmer Charitable Fund
The Heward Charitable Fund
Holmes Family Fund
Dr. James C. and Arlys R. Hunt 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
Mike and Cheryl Quine Charitable Fund
The Rotary Club of Peoria Endowment 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
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
The Stark County Communities Fund
Springdale Historic Preservation Foundation Endowment 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

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.

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.

DESIGNATED FUNDS

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

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.

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.

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.

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