Year-End Charitable Giving Deadlines

So we can provide the best possible service and ensure your charitable gifts qualify for a charitable income tax deduction in the 2025 tax year, please keep year end giving dates in mind.

Review year-end giving deadlines for your 2025 contributions.

Giving Circles

Learn about the giving circles we support - the more members we have, the more good we can do!

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Community Wish List

Check out the wish list items from area nonprofits and schools

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Untold Stories

Our vision is to promote a fuller understanding of history as a contribution to conversations about racial equity and social justice.

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Secure Your Illinois Gives Tax Credit

This tax credit act provides new tax relief for an Illinois taxpayer who makes a charitable gift(s) to a permanent endowment benefiting an Illinois charitable cause administered by a qualified community foundation.

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What's going on with the Heart of Illinois Community Foundation

HICF Celebrates 25th Anniversary

As we celebrate and reflect on 25 years of growing the quality of life in our region, we are incredibly grateful to those who have made it possible - our donors, volunteers, supporters, professional partners and nonprofit organizations.

Scholarship Programs

Because of donor generosity, the Heart of Illinois Community Foundation supports Scholarship Programs for Workforce Development, Adult Students, and Graduating High School Seniors in Macon, Piatt, and Moultrie Counties.

Untold Stories

The Untold Stories program’s vision is to promote a fuller understanding of history as a contribution to conversations about racial equity and social justice.

News & Events

November 18, 2025

HICF presents $800,000 in community grants in Clinton on behalf of an anonymous angel donor

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November 18, 2025

Announcing our 2026 ‘That’s What She Said’ Cast: An Evening of Inspiration and Giving Back

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November 15, 2025

Moultrie County Impact Giving Circle Hosts First Gathering, Awards $5,000 in Community Grants

By The Numbers

Check out donor impact in our communities!

$61 Million

Total Assets

$66 Million

Total Grants Awarded Since 2000

(and still growing!)

$6.8 Million

Awarded in grants and scholarships in 2025

As of October 21, 2025

4,450

Donors

since 2017

400+

Funds

managed

$615,592

Awarded to 103 Nonprofits

in October 2025

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