Whether you donate to an existing endowment or create your own, be assured that your passion is our purpose.
Support for charitable activities that benefit the people and places of northern Illinois. Over $1.4M is distributed each year through the Community Grants Program alone!
90+ Unique Scholarships, nearly $300K in awards, just ONE Application! Application open December 1 - February 1.
Community Grants Program Recipients Announced
CFNIL is pleased to announce the results of the 2021 Community Grants Program cycle: $1.47M invested via 79 grants awarded to 69 organizations, all for the benefit of the people of northern Illinois!
CFNIL Scholarship Application Now Open
With nearly 100 unique scholarships designated specifically for students in northern Illinois, and just one application to complete, don't delay -- apply today!
“We’re focused on endowment because we’re long term thinkers. Some of the seeds we plant are not going to come up for eight years, so it was not a struggle for us to imagine that we should start planning now for what the needs might be in ten or twenty years.” -- Bernie Buchholz, Friends of Nachusa Grasslands, which established an Agency Endowment Fund with CFNIL in 2014