Catherine Bocke Meckes
QUINCY, Ill. — Adams County received a boost of $50,000 last month as part of a joint effort to support local childcare providers. The Community Foundation, Kohl Wholesale, West Central Child Care Connection and a private funder partnered to provide Kohl Cash and Carry gift cards to child care providers to help offset food costs…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Twenty-eight local nonprofit organizations are receiving grants in Samantha Otte’s memory that will benefit hundreds of area youths for artistic, leadership and humanitarian efforts. The grants, totaling nearly more than $55,000, were distributed from the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund with the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri. The announcement…
Read Full Article QUINCY — More than $400,000 recently was granted to 60 local nonprofit organizations that benefit from an endowment fund at the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri. These year-end grants bring the Community Foundation’s grantmaking total to more than $4 million in 2023. The grants were awarded from designated funds, which support…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Catherine Bocke Meckes, CEO of the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri, recently was elected to the board of directors of the Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations (AICF) at its annual meeting in Galesburg in September. The AICF was formed in 2005 to strengthen and support community foundations serving Illinois.…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri recently received re-accreditation with the nation’s highest standard for philanthropic excellence. National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations establish legal, ethical, effective practices for community foundations everywhere. In a press release, Randy Royster, board member of the Council on Foundations, said, “Meeting the National…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Twenty-three local nonprofit organizations recently received grants in Samantha Otte’s memory that will benefit hundreds of area youths for artistic, leadership and humanitarian efforts. The grants, totaling nearly $40,000, were distributed from the Samantha Otte Youth Opportunity Fund with the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri at the Oakley-Lindsay Center…
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