Field of Interest Funds
Field of Interest Funds create grants that meet the needs of a particular field (i.e. youth, elderly, literacy, food security) or geographic area that is of interest to you, the donor.
To discuss your charitable interests or to give back to the community by establishing a Fund of your own, please contact Executive Director Dan Templin at 815-748-5383 or dan@dekalbccf.org.
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
In 2003 the DeKalb County Community Foundation was one of 18 Illinois community foundations invited by the Grand Victoria Foundation to participate in an endowment building program aimed at grant making. The CommunityWorks initiative is designed to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use that impact DeKalb County.
By 2011, the CommunityWorks initiative had generated $3.7 million in support from Grand Victoria Foundation which included a dollar for dollar match, leveraging $1,045,547 from generous community donors. These donations launched the creation of 20 different CommunityWorks Funds. The purpose of these Funds are to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County.
- William H. and Mary M. Awalt Communityworks Fund
- Nancy D. Castle Communityworks Fund
- Tony and Micki Chulick Communityworks Fund
- Cinco De Mayo Communityworks Endowment Fund
- Communityworks Fund
- CommunityWorks Leadership Endowment Fund
- Curran Communityworks Endowment Fund
- Steve and Pat Faivre Communityworks Endowment Fund
- First National Bank CommunityWorks Fund
- Dr. Gordon and Joan Graham Communityworks Fund
- Lana and Michael Haines Communityworks Endowment Fund
- Jerry and Annette Johns Communityworks Fund
- Kishwaukee Kiwanis Club Communityworks Endowment Fund
- Karen Lee Klein Communityworks Endowment Fund
- Bill and Bonnie Mullins Communityworks Endowment Fund
- Howard and Martha Mullins Memorial Communityworks Endowment Fund
- Northern Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Communityworks Fund
- Robert and Mary Pritchard Communityworks Endowment Fund
- Barbara J. Rauman Family Communityworks Fund
- Daniel and Kristal Templin Communityworks Fund
Please visit the alphabetical Fund listing on this page to donate to a specific CommunityWorks Fund.
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
Created in 2018, this Fund provides administrative, operating, and/or programmatic support to programs and/or organizations that increase the capacity, effectiveness, and efficiency of nonprofit organizations serving DeKalb County. Learn more about DCNP >
This Fund supports the programmatic needs of the DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership (DCNP), a membership-based program of the DeKalb County Community Foundation. DCNP works to strengthen nonprofit organizations in DeKalb County through training, programming, collaboration, access to resources, and professional development opportunities. Learn more about DCNP >
This Fund provides support to DeKalb County organizations serving two areas of need: food insecurity and victims of domestic violence. Learn more about the Deborah and Colin Booth Fund >
This Fund was established in 2008 as a gift from Helen Bozivich in her passing. This gift was partially used to create the Youth Grantmakers Fund, which has become the major funding support of the Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP). Grants from this Fund support the YEP Grants program for DeKalb County. Learn more about YEP Grants >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
This 2012 Fund allows the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Board of Advisors to make grant recommendations to nonprofit and public sector organizations throughout the greater Chicagoland area involving music education. Learn more about the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation Fund >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
A charitable remainder trust gift established this Field of Interest Fund to support projects related to health care and affordable housing within DeKalb township. Learn more about the Howard and Mildred Eychaner Fund >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
This Fund provides emergency assistance to local human service agencies in times of need. Such grants should not be awarded for routine capital needs of organizations; rather, should prioritize needs that occur as a result of an unexpected/unplanned emergency (i.e. natural disaster, significant loss of funding due to no fault of their own, sudden breakdown of critical equipment).
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
This Fund was created by the residents of Kirkland and Fairdale to specifically support public and nonprofit entities that have a direct benefit to Kirkland and Fairdale residents. Learn more about this Fund >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
Created as an endowment for the community, this Fund provides support to organizations and nonprofit entities serving Malta, IL. Through ongoing community support and generosity, this Fund continues to grow and provide impact where needed most. Learn more about the Malta Community Endowment Fund >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
Established by Jack & Eloise Kaeck in 2001, the primary purpose of this Fund is to provide support for underserved minority populations in the DeKalb County community. Grants from this Fund are used to support the Promise Grant program for DeKalb County. Learn more about Promise Grants >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
The purpose of this Fund is to provide grantmaking support to enhance programs and address issues concerning early care and education, workforce development, and land use in DeKalb County. Learn more about CommunityWorks >
Created in January 2021, this Fund supports the proactive grantmaking efforts of Youth Engaged in Philanthropy (YEP). Such efforts are currently led by the YEP 2.Pro Subcommittee who continue to explore and seek to proactively address key youth issues in DeKalb County, IL. This Fund is not intended to add grant resources to YEP’s responsive grantmaking program(s). Learn more about the YEP 2.Pro Committee >
The Fund was originally established as the Horizons Unlimited Castle Advised Fund in May 1995. The purpose was to support the Community Foundation in its early/start up years and to allow for Nancy Castle and her children to have a locally managed charitable Fund and resource to provide grants to local organizations. When the Fund transitioned to individual Donor Advised Funds, Nancy and her children generously donated a portion to support YEP in their proactive grantmaking efforts.
