Local Nonprofits Awarded Grants from
Hancock County Endowment Fund
Three local nonprofit organizations were honored with grants from the Hancock County Endowment Fund, held at the Community Foundation Serving West Central Illinois & Northeast Missouri, at a reception hosted at the Hancock County Courthouse on August 29. The grants mark the ninth annual grant awards presented from the Hancock County Endowment.
“The Hancock County Endowment Fund fuels local projects that support the needs of the community most prevalent at the time,” said Amy Graham, Hancock County Fund Council Chair. “This year, the Fund Council recognized the need to support early childhood education and local food security programs that help strengthen the mind and body of our residents within Hancock Count.”
Recipients of the 2024 Hancock County Endowment Fund grant awards include:
· Food for Thoughts for the week-end meal program.
· Hancock County Senior and Childcare Services for child care classroom operating support.
· United Way of the Great River Region for the emergency food kit program.
The Hancock County Fund Council, made up of local volunteers, annually evaluates applications submitted by Hancock County nonprofit organizations through the Community Foundation’s Community Grant program. Since the Hancock County Endowment Fund’s first grants in 2015, more than $18,000 has been awarded to nonprofits advancing the quality of life in Hancock County.
The Hancock County Endowment Fund is a permanently endowed charitable fund exclusively for the benefit of Hancock County. It is a communal fund that anyone can give to and help strengthen the quality of life in Hancock County. Gifts made to the fund are invested for long-term growth and grants are made from earnings, providing a permanent, steady source of support for local needs and opportunities.
“The Hancock County Endowment Fund is a way to ‘keep local money working for local causes,’” said Graham. “Anyone can make a gift to the Hancock County Endowment Fund at any time and be confident that their gift is more than a donation – it’s an investment into the future of Hancock County.”
Gifts to the Community Foundation for the Hancock County Endowment Fund are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Gifts of cash, securities and other appreciated assets, estates or trusts, IRAs, life insurance, and even grain and farmland are accepted and will help ensure the future of Hancock County.
To make gifts to support future grantmaking in Hancock County, or to learn more about the fund, contact:
Community Foundation Contact:
Bailee Duesterhaus, Program Manager
(217) 222-1237
bduesterhaus@
Web: www.mycommunityfoundation.org
621 Vermont Street, Quincy IL 62301
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