The summertime pace may change for attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors while clients are on vacation and shifting their schedules—but you may be busier than ever as you address real-time opportunities and gear up for fall transactions and year-end planning. As always, the SRCCF is here to help as you build charitable plans for your clients. We’ll also keep you up-to-date on important developments even during this “slower” time of year.

Starved Rock Country Community Foundation presents Putnam County Public Library District with a check representing a community grant of $3000 for the Library’s America250 program series.

Starved Rock Country Community Foundation presents Community Players of Streator (Engle Lane) with a check representing a $1,750 grant from the Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at the William C. Schiffbauer Center for the Performing Arts in Streator.

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The Illinois Arts Council (IAC) announces the opening of its Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) Creative Projects Grant program. The goal of CPG is to provide up to $12,000 to support art projects for Illinois artists, eligible not-for-profit organizations, municipal entities, or colleges and universities.

Through the generosity of local donors who care deeply about the advanced education of local youth, the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation is pleased to honor our scholarship recipients. The Board of Directors and staff of SRCCF would like to extend their sincere thanks to the donors who made these scholarships possible and congratulations to the recipients.

On June 11, 2026 Streator, Illinois and its surrounding areas were struck by a devastating tornado. The storm damaged at least 79 homes, with 44 homes having severe or complete destruction. Other significant damages occurred, some yet to be determined.

Responsive. Broad-based. Philanthropic. Those are three of the “purposes” or characteristics outlined in the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation by-laws—guidelines we live by. Since 2015, SRCCF has championed the arts, education, entrepreneurship, preservation, the environment, physical and mental health, humanities, human services, and disaster relief.

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Far beyond the scope of mainstream philanthropy, ELEV̅ATE is a collaborative participatory giving circle approach to philanthropy established to bring together members of our community to collectively support the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation.

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“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give” – Winston Churchill

Recipients of grants, scholarships, or disaster funds from the SRCCF to date