In My View: Community shows its giving heart
Foundation: Grand Victoria Foundation, Victoria Foundation
At the Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln and the United Way of Central Illinois, we have the good fortune of working with such people and groups each and every day. We can say without...more

DCCF reaches $2 million in Vision Campaign
Foundation: DeKalb County Community Foundation, Grand Victoria Foundation, Victoria Foundation
By JEFF ENGELHARDT - jengelhardt@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – More than $50000 in donations came in on the last day of a three-year fundraising effort by the DeKalb County Community Foundation, which...more

Community fund hits goal, gets $4 million boost
Foundation: Grand Victoria Foundation, Victoria Foundation
The OPRF CommunityWorks, which is part of the OPRF Community Foundation, was one of only two groups to hit the $2 million mark in fundraising. The group met the goal Tuesday morning. The deadline was...more

Our Opinion: You can help local foundation reach goal
Foundation: Grand Victoria Foundation, Victoria Foundation, Kellogg Foundation
Since its transformation in 2003 from the Sangamon County Foundation to its current name and status as an administrator of charitable trusts and clearinghouse for national grants, the Community...more

Community Chest Makes $500000 Donation to Communityworks Fund
Foundation: Grand Victoria Foundation, Victoria Foundation
By Community Chest Monday at 4:07 pm In a unanimous decision, the board of the Community Chest of Oak Park, River Forest, and Forest Park recently opted to make a grant of $500000 to the Oak Park and...more

Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation wins $500K grant from Com. Chest
Foundation: Grand Victoria Foundation, Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, Victoria Foundation
By Marty Stempniak The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation is in a race against the clock, looking to raise $2 million by the end of September, with the guarantee of doubling that money with a...more

Kane deciding on requests for riverboat grants
Foundation: Grand Victoria Foundation, Victoria Foundation
The subcommittee poured over the applications line by line, to make recommendations for the $1145000 available in grants from the Grand Victoria Foundation. “We've funded hundreds of great...more

OPRF Community Foundation Director to Share Communityworks with Rotary Club
Foundation: Grand Victoria Foundation, Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, Victoria Foundation
Sophia Lloyd, the executive director of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, will be the guest speaker on Wednesday, May 25, at the Rotary Club of Oak Park-River Forest's weekly...more

A roadmap to quality education for Oak Park and River Forest kids
Foundation: Grand Victoria Foundation, Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, Victoria Foundation
So far, the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation has raised $1156523 toward its end goal of soliciting $2 million in donations by Sept. 30, 2011. To reach that mark, an additional $900000 in...more

$200000 raised toward $2 million grant for local programs
Foundation: Grand Victoria Foundation, Sangamon County Community Foundation, Victoria Foundation
The Sangamon County Community Foundation received an initial $2 million grant in 2009 from the Grand Victoria Foundation. Grand Victoria, a charitable program of Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin,...more