- Amplify impact: Collective giving amplifies charitable awards.
- Connection to community: Helps us discover the true needs of our community.
- IWIL spirit: Collaborating together connects us to each other.
- Satisfaction in seeing balance grow: The IWIL-CHGC fund at the Community Foundation of the Land of Lincoln (CFLL) is invested with a focus on growth and continued grant giving into perpetuity. The balance and grant amounts have grown every year. Since 2018, a total of $40,530 has been awarded by CHGC to charitable non profits!
- Joining is easy: Click here to join and complete the CHGC membership form and donate a minimum of $250 to the IWIL-CHGC fund. (Note: membership is only open to IWIL members.)
- Members vote on which area of health to support: Health needs are diverse; poverty, homelessness, food insecurity, mental health and more. By looking at the Community Needs Analysis put out by area hospitals, the CHGC committee will present options to members to vote on which health need to focus on for the year.
- Choose from list of charitable requests: The CFLL Community Grants Program will provide a list of grant requests from area non profit organizations. CFLL does the heavy lifting of gathering the applications. CHGC members will then participate in the enjoyable process of voting on which requests fit the Health Focus Area to choose where to award grant money!
- Members have even more opportunities: Members have the option to serve on the IWIL-CHGC Committee and participate in special IWIL-CHGC events such as voting meetings, grant awards reception, membership appreciation social or pop-up social events.
- For those who want to support the CHGC mission at a lower amount, it is possible to join as a friend without voting benefits.
All payments are 100% tax deductible and will go directly to the IWIL-CHGC Fund at CFLL. CFLL assists in decisions on how much to award as grants for the year and will keep the balance invested with a growth focus for future giving.
The Community Health Giving Circle (CHGC) is happy to announce its 2024 Health Grant Recipients!
Springfield Noon Lions — $2,500 for its Pre-School Sight and Sound program providing free vision and hearing screening as well as eyeglasses and hearing aids free to families who can't afford them.
Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault — $600 to provide assistance for transportation to enable clients to access counseling and assistance.
Washington Street Mission — $4,500 for its Supportive Employment Program which provides assistance finding a job, paid training, transportation, uniforms and job coaching for people at risk of homelessness.
We will be celebrating the successful completion of this year’s grant giving cycle at a Grant Reception to be held at Arlington's on October 22 from 5:30-7:30 pm. The grant recipients will be in attendance and will have the opportunity to speak about their programs.
In addition to CHGC Members, all other interested IWIL members are invited to attend, along with spouses or significant others. The Reception will be free to CHGC members. There will be a fee of $25 for all others. CHGC members wishing to attend must RSVP directly to Cara Tabatabai at [email protected]. All others must register at www.iwil.biz by October 8th.
