As you work with charitable clients, you may discover that they’ve established a donor-advised fund at a national commercial provider. It’s easier than your clients (and you!) might think to transfer this donor-advised fund to a donor advised fund at the SRCCF, which offers the same tax benefits plus the benefits of local connection. Learn how it works, step by step, and we can help.

Our latest update addresses these potential tax law changes, and we’re also covering two important, tried and-true charitable planning strategies.

Feed His Children recently received a $1,500 community grant from the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation. Working through the school system, Feed His Children provides supplemental grocery bags to over 600 families two weekends each month.

Braveheart Children’s Advocacy Center in Princeton recently received another $1,500 Starved Rock Country Community Foundation community grant to help it better serve victims of child abuse and their families.

The Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund awarded grants to nine projects this spring including a combined $6,000 to theatre groups in LaSalle, Streator and Princeton.

The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation (SRCCF) is honored to receive state approval as a Qualified Community Foundation (QCF) for the new Illinois Gives initiative.

Debbi and Kevin Esler fell in love with the Ottawa riverfront while on a guided boat tour more than 20 years ago. The couple, formerly of Lombard, have created two charitable funds with the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation to demonstrate just how much they cherish the region.

The Reimagine Mendota Fund has added the Dementia Friendly Mendota initiative as a component fund to raise awareness and develop respect and inclusion for individuals living with dementia and their caregivers.

Responsive. Broad-based. Philanthropic. Those are three of the “purposes” or characteristics outlined in the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation by-laws—guidelines we live by. Since 2015, SRCCF has championed the arts, education, entrepreneurship, preservation, the environment, physical and mental health, humanities, human services, and disaster relief.

Established in October 2015, the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation makes it possible for non-profit and charitable organizations in the area to benefit from the generosity of the community as a whole.

Far beyond the scope of mainstream philanthropy, ELEV̅ATE is a collaborative participatory giving circle approach to philanthropy established to bring together members of our community to collectively support the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation.

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“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give” – Winston Churchill

Recipients of grants, scholarships, or disaster funds from the SRCCF to date