DeKalb County Community Foundation, DeKalb County COVID-19 Response Fund

DeKalb County COVID-19 Response Fund

In uncertain times one thing remains constant — it's best to face challenges together. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, our community moved forward with the intent to do what we could to protect the health, safety, and welfare of our fellow citizens, especially the most vulnerable among us.

In this spirit of togetherness, local organizational funders worked together to plan and respond to priority needs and issues in DeKalb County. These funders partnered to create the DeKalb County COVID-19 Response Fund (DCCRF) advisory committee. Funders in this committee included the DeKalb County Community Foundation, Kishwaukee United Way, Douglas C. & Lynn M. Roberts Family Foundation, DeKalb County Community Mental Health Board, IDEAL Foundation, Horizons Unlimited Foundation, and the DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership (DCNP).

To aid in their response to areas of needs due to the pandemic, a new Fund was created. The DeKalb County COVID-19 Response Fund expedited charitable resources to nonprofit and community organizations responding to COVID-19 related needs throughout DeKalb County. Resources were granted where they were needed most, with an initial focus on the basic needs of those most significantly impacted by this crisis.

Learn more about the local organizational funders >

Thank you!

Thank you to the many donors contributed to the DeKalb County COVID-19 Response Fund. And thank you to the Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund for the multiple grants, totaling $175,000, that boosted the amount we were able to give in response to local needs. From April 2020 to August 2021, we distributed $729,135 in assistance to organizations serving DeKalb County.

Grant impact from the DeKalb County COVID-19 Response Fund >

Donors

$100,000 +

$50,000 - $99,999

  • DeKalb County Community Foundation

$25,000 - $49,999

$10,000 - $24,999

$5,000 - $9,999

$1,000 - $4,999

  • Elizabeth Bass
  • Compeer Financial
  • Bill and Pat Curran and Family
  • Dan and Mary Curran
  • Kim Curran
  • Karen & Joseph Grush Charitable Fund
  • Tom and Barbara Hulseberg Fund
  • Michael D. Larson
  • New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
  • Suzanne Rich
  • Sycamore Charities Investment
  • Kurt and Jeanine Thurmaier
  • Jeffrey Weingarz

$100 - $999

  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Sharon Banks-Wilkins
  • Jim Barker
  • Joshua Bass
  • Sue and Jerry Bemis
  • Blackhawk Moving and Storage
  • Colin and Deborah Booth
  • Joe and Robin Bothe
  • Kevin Brown
  • Kevin Bunge
  • Paul and Cheryl Callighan
  • David Castro and Amanda Durik
  • Suzanne Cook
  • William Cummings
  • Ron and Mary Lou Flemal
  • Dave Gores
  • Mary Grimes
  • Joseph P. and Joy C. Gulotta
  • Virginia M. Hall
  • Hayes’ Body Shop, Inc.
  • Barbara E. Hulseberg
  • Bernie and Pam LaDue
  • Karen Leifheit
  • Suzi Leigh
  • LePrint Express
  • Lisa Matuska
  • Dr. Judith L. Mazion
  • Steven Michaud
  • Renanne Milner
  • Ron and Carol Naylor
  • Clark and Arlene Neher
  • NIU Forensics Speech & Debate Team
  • Mary Kae O'Grady
  • Beverly Pigott
  • Mary Renner
  • Daniel Rinker
  • Frank and Susan Roberts
  • Rosati’s of DeKalb
  • Rotaract Club of Sycamore
  • Daniel Schewe
  • Debbie and Cecil Sells
  • Paul Stoddard
  • Diana Swanson and Carolyn Law
  • Dan and Kristal Templin
  • Ruth Anne and Peter Tobias
  • Dr. Patricia S. Vary
  • Carl N. and Paula L. Von Ende
  • Beryl Weber
  • Barbara Young
  • Jerrold and Carol Zar

$1 - $99

  • 8 donors have contributed a combined total of $250 to the Fund since May 8, 2020.
  • 438 people donated a total of $7,795 in gifts under $100 through the May 7, 2020 Give DeKalb County event. This grassroots support also helped to meet the $10,000 match offered by The Suter Company and the Douglas C. & Lynn M. Roberts Family Foundation.
  • 120 people donated a total of $10,318 during the May 6, 2021 Give DeKalb County event.

    • DeKalb County COVID-19 Response Grants

    The DeKalb County COVID-19 Response Grant program was designed to assist with the needs of nonprofit and public sector service providers that are in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Priority areas for funding included requests that met basic human needs of residents in the county, including but not limited to emergency food and basic supplies, interim housing and shelter, primary health care services, utility and financial assistance, supports for children and other vulnerable populations, and nonprofit safety and operations assistance.

    Learn more about COVID-19 Response Grants >