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Local charities and donors can benefit from IRA
Charitable Rollover
WILL COUNTY, IL (January 28, 2013) – Local charities and donors can benefit from an extension of a popular tax-law provision, known as the “IRA Charitable Rollover.”
The IRA Charitable Rollover permits individuals age 70 ½ or older to direct distributions of up to $100,000 from their IRA directly to a qualified charity and exclude the payout from their gross income.
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Grant helps kids with disabilities feel like
Major League
ball players
WILL COUNTY, IL(November 2, 2012) – When parents sign their child up to play in the Miracle League baseball program, their handicapped child of any ability or disability gets to dress in a uniform, make plays in the field and round the bases just like their main stream peers. For a couple of hours a week in the spring and in the fall, these players come together and feel like big league ball players.
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Foundation Awards $107,400 in Grants to
Eight Area Nonprofits
WILL COUNTY, IL (October 22, 2012) – The Will County Community Foundation awarded and presented $107,400 in grants to local nonprofit organizations working in the Foundation’s priority areas of health, human services and education during the 2012 Grant Awards Reception. Community Leaders, Foundation Trustees, benefactors and other stakeholders joined the recipient organizations at the reception on Wednesday, October 17th. Lewis University and Br. James Gaffney, FSC, WCCF Board Chairman and President of Lewis University, graciously sponsored and hosted the event.
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Boys and girls beat the heat with grant from
The Will County Community Foundation
JOLIET, IL (July 19, 2012)– When temperatures sore over 100 degrees, the pool
at the George Werden Buck Boys & Girls Club is a critical community resource
where children come to cool off.
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Mobile food pantry helps Will County families
WILL COUNTY, IL (MAY 23, 2012) – On a recent Saturday in University Park, IL,
the Northern Illinois Food Bank’s mobile food pantry arrived with over 7,000 lbs.
of food, prepared to help over 200 Will County families put food on their tables.
The hot weather didn’t deter families from arriving as early as 6:00 a.m. for the
10 a.m. Pantry opening.
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Marshall Field V Sees the Future in the Will County Community Foundation
The Will County Community Foundation’s professional advisor event brought Marshall Field V, the great-great grandson of merchandising king Marshall Field, to Bolingbrook where Mayor Roger Claar welcomed him.
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Michael Trench joins the Will County Community Foundation
as Executive Director
The Will County Community Foundation, our region’s community foundation, has welcomed Michael Trench as Executive Director in January.
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Joliet Woman’s Club Establish a
$200,000 Legacy
The Will County Community Foundation and the Joliet Woman’s Club recently created a partnership that will advance philanthropy throughout Will County, and that will establish the Joliet Woman’s Club name with a lasting community legacy.
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2011 Grants Awarded
During the 2011 Grantmaking cycle, applications were received from 27 area non-profit organizations, requesting more than $518,000 in funding.
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Thanks to Lewis University for thier sponsorship of the Grant Awards Reception
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