Leo and Anne Pondelick Endowed Fund Grants $32,000
Each May 12, the Heart of Illinois Community Foundation celebrates the wedding anniversary of the late Leo and Anne Pondelick by sharing a 5% distribution from their endowed fund.
As members of the HICF James J. Madell Society, the Pondelicks created the Leo and Anne Pondelick Family Fund with a gift through their estate of $426,031.
Their original gift has now grown to $650,000 and granted out $234,800 to date!
The 2025 Leo and Anne Pondelick Endowed Fund grant recipients are (from left to right in photo): Historic Decatur Foundation $3,800 – Jim Wilkerson and Greg Sullivan Decatur Area Arts Council $9,000 – Jami Fawley Decatur Public Library-Illinois $9,000 – Rick Meyer Scovill Zoo $5,100 – Heather Purdeu Macon County Conservation Foundation $5,100 – Jerry Culp
