May 16, 2023

$20,000 Grant Assists Habitat For Humanity (DeKalb County) With New Program

The DeKalb County Community Foundation is pleased to award a $20,000 grant to Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County to launch a new program in DeKalb […]
May 16, 2023

$14,725 Awarded in Youth Impact Grants for DeKalb County

Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP) is excited to announce their distribution of $14,725 in youth impact grants. Thirteen community and nonprofit organizations received grants for various […]
May 10, 2023

1,150 Kindergarten Readiness Toolkits Distributed to Promote Summer Learning

The DeKalb County Community Foundation is thrilled to announce the distribution of 1,150 kindergarten readiness toolkits to children through the Kindergarten Readiness Toolkits grant program. Grants provided toolkits […]
January 1, 2023

Applications Open for Spring 2023 Community Foundation Grants

The DeKalb County Community Foundation is accepting applications for spring 2023 Community Needs Grants, Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund Grants, and YEP Grants. Nonprofit and public […]
December 12, 2022

$9,522 in Promise Grants Awarded to Local Organizations

Projects supporting underserved populations in DeKalb County received a boost through the Promise Grant – Subvencion de Promesa program offered by the DeKalb County Community Foundation. […]
November 3, 2022

Applications Open for 2023 Kindergarten Readiness Toolkits Grants

Applications are open for a new round of Kindergarten Readiness Toolkit Grants. Schools and school districts in DeKalb County, Illinois, are highly encouraged to apply. The […]
October 6, 2022

Fund Dedicates Support to the Kirkland-Fairdale Communities

The DeKalb County Community Foundation is excited to announce the first endowment Fund specifically supporting the Kirkland and Fairdale, IL, communities. The Kirkland-Fairdale Community Endowment Fund […]
June 17, 2022

Woodwork, Literacy, and Philanthropy – The DeKalb/Sycamore Bookcase Project

The DeKalb/Sycamore Bookcase Project has made bookcases for children over the last 11 years. Every year in the spring, a group of volunteers craft 50 bookcases […]
June 14, 2022

$127,506 Awarded in Support of Music Education

This spring, the DeKalb County Community Foundation awarded $127,506 in Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund Grants to support music education. Funding benefited 28 nonprofit and public […]
$127,506 Awarded in Support of Music Education
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