Donor Named Funds

The Community Foundation of Northern Illinois has been creating endowments and honoring donor intent through grantmaking in the Rockford region since 1953. Many donors have established named funds that support specific focus areas within the Community Grants Program; grants in this program are partly funded by the named donors.

The following donors have made contributions that support the Community Grants Program:

  • Armer F. Ahlstrand Fund
  • Barber-Colman Management
  • Bengt & Mary Kuller Fund
  • Community Arts & Humanities
  • Donald V. and Britta A. Peterson Memorial Fund
  • Dr. Courtney J. and Margaret Hutchins Hamlin Family Fund
  • Dr. Louis & Violet Rubin Fund
  • Eunice Wishop Stromberg Fund
  • Glenn E. Thiel Memorial Fund
  • Guy B. Reno Family Fund
  • Guyer-Hyzer Fund
  • Howard D. Colman Memorial
  • Jon W. Lundin Historic Preservation Fund
  • Margaret K. Aldeen Christian Ministry Fund
  • Meryle A. Stockhus Fund
  • Norris A. & Margaret K. Aldeen Fund I
  • Phyllis Mae Rogers Fund
  • Ralph A. & Mildred Johnson Fund
  • Rod MacDonald Memorial Theatre Endowment Fund
  • Roger and Mary Reithmeier Fund
  • The Corbett Family Fund for Youth, Families, and Human Services
  • Thomas G. and Mary Alyce Bartels Memorial Fund
  • Thomas W. Crull Family Fund
  • United Cerebral Palsy of Blackhawk Region
  • Vera Maureen Fisher
  • William & Catherine McCoy Fund