Twelve organizations receive grants
CF Release - November 16, 2009

Today charitable causes get a boost from the Community Foundation of the Quincy Area. Twelve nonprofit organizations share the spotlight as grants are awarded from the Katherine Broemmel Endowment for the Arts Fund and the Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund.  
 
The $20,500 will affect hundreds of lives. The grants make provisions to bring art activities and programs to Adams County schools, allow area nonprofit organizations to purchase much needed equipment to serve area residents, increase energy efficiency, provide resources for area nonprofits, support organizations that serve the elderly and more.  
 
Since 1999, the Community Foundation has awarded more than $1,146,000 through more than 730 grants to support local programs and projects in the tri-states.  
 
Katherine Broemmel Endowment for the Arts  
Katherine Broemmel was raised in Quincy. As a young woman, she moved to Chicago and loved attending plays, art exhibits and concerts in the Windy City. She also bought a condominium and, at age 27, made plans for the future. Those plans included a method to say thank you to her hometown Quincy for nurturing her interest in the arts.  
 
Katherine died unexpectedly in March 2006 at age 33. Through her will, she had established the Katherine Broemmel Endowment for the Arts to express her gratitude to the community. Family and friends contributed memorial gifts to her endowment to further ensure that her appreciation for the arts will have an impact.  
 
Katherine has taught us that it is never too early to make plans to take care of that which we love and cherish, says Jill Arnold Blickhan, executive director of the Community Foundation. We are grateful to her for her planning and her generosity. To date, she is the youngest person known to make plans for supporting the causes that mattered to her through the Community Foundation of the Quincy Area.  
 
Paul H. & Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund  
Anne Gardner set up a trust in 1959 to take care of her sister. Following her sisters death, grants were made from the trust to benefit charitable organizations in Quincy and Adams County. In 2003, trustees terminated the trust and donated its assets to the Community Foundation.  
 
Mrs. Gardner wanted to take care of her sister and her community. She was able to do both. Grants from the Paul H. and Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund serve nonprofit organizations in Quincy and Adams County, according to Mrs. Gardners wishes in her original trust, says Blickhan. Blickhan adds that this fund is not to be confused with the Marion Gardner Jackson Charitable Trust which is managed by a bank in Chicago.  
 
Connecting people who care with causes that matter  
The Community Foundation of the Quincy Area is a nonprofit resource that connects people who care with causes that matter in the tri-states. It encompasses13 area counties and works with donors to build charitable funds that support local causes. It is an endowment builder, a donor advisor, community connector and grant maker.  
 
For more information, call 217-222-1237, email grantsqacf@adams.net or go to www.mycommunityfoundation.org.  
 
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(Grants list follows.)  
 
Community Foundation of the Quincy Area  
Grants Awarded November 16, 2009  
 
Katherine Broemmel Endowment for the Arts  
2009 Grant Recipient  
 
Quincy Art Center*  
The Quincy Art Center seeks to educate the public by promoting the growth and appreciation of the visual arts through exhibitions and programs. The grant will support the Art Mentoring Program for volunteer training that will provide art classes to K-3 students in Quincy elementary schools.  
 
Paul H. and Anne B. Gardner Memorial Fund  
2009 Grant Recipients  
 
Adams County Academic Success Initiative  
Adams County Academic Success Initiative strives to train every Adams County public and private school and child care center staff member in Stephen Covey's ''The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.'' The secondary mission is the implementation of these principles into each school and childcare center. Funding will be used to support this program in Adams County schools.  
 
Big Brothers Big Sisters  
Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois is a one-to-one mentoring program that serves at-risk children. This grant will help serve the needs of children in Adams County, thus contributing to better schools, brighter futures, and stronger communities for all.  
 
Chaddock  
Chaddock offers hope and healing to children and families by providing innovative services in caring settings. Its core values are spirituality, relationships, responsibility, learning, and caring. The grant will be used to purchase an energy efficient heating and cooling system for a new residential cottage.  
 
Community for Christ Assistance Center  
The center is committed to providing for people in need. Funding will be used to purchase a copier/printer/scanner to improve office operations for the Centers food pantry and rent and utility assistance program.  
 
Center for Effective Nonprofits  
The Center for Effective Nonprofits assists, promotes, represents and strengthens community organizations as they improve the quality of life for those they serve. The Center assists community organizations in capacity building so that they can better serve their clients. The grant will be used for the annual membership fee of and new materials for the West Central Illinois Philanthropy Center. The collection is available to the  
general public and nearly 1,500 nonprofit organizations and is used to research funding opportunities.  
 
Quincy Art Center*  
The Quincy Art Center seeks to educate the public by promoting the growth and appreciation of the visual arts through exhibitions and programs. The grant will support the Art Mentoring Program for volunteer training that will provide art classes to K-3 students in Quincy elementary schools.  
 
Quincy Society of Fine Arts  
Quincy Society of Fine Arts was founded in 1947 to stimulate the practice and appreciation of the fine arts. This grant will help support the In$tant Art$ Dollar$ program in Adams County schools. In$tant Art$ Dollar$ will be used to visit local museums and/or bring local artists into classrooms.  
 
United Way of Adams County, Inc.  
The United Way of Adams County is a catalyst for bringing together the citizens of Adams County, Illinois in a productive, community-wide effort to plan, support, deliver and monitor human service programs that are sensitive to the changing social needs of all people in the community. Funding from the Community Foundation will be used to purchase a photocopier/printer to improve agency support.  
 
Walter Hammond Day Care, Inc.  
Walter Hammond Day Care provides quality childcare services to low to middle income families, who are at-risk of academic failure. Grant funding will be used to re-surface the playground to meet licensing standards and provide a safe learning environment for children.  
 
West Central Illinois Agency on Aging  
West Central Illinois Agency on Aging plans, implements and provides a comprehensive variety of supportive and direct services to seniors and their caregivers. The grant will be used to purchase armchairs for frail and disabled participants at the Quincy Senior and Family Resource Center.  
 
West Central Illinois Nutrition Project  
West Central Illinois Nutrition Project provides nutritional services to seniors through congregate meal sites and home delivered meals. Funding will be used to purchase portable dish carts for use by staff and volunteers at the Quincy Senior and Family Resource Center meal site.  
 
* Organization received grants from more than one fund.