Our Goal

The Goal of Edgar County Community Foundation

The Edgar County Community Foundation seeks to raise the quality of life throughout Edgar County by developing and channeling philanthropy to meet the changing needs of its residents. Through collaboration and cooperation with community groups and individuals the foundation provides opportunities to both the donor and the recipient.

The foundation supports nonprofit organizations working in the arts and culture, civic affairs, historic preservation, education, youth activities, environmental affairs, health and humane services. For more information, contact us by phone, mail, or email.

Who Does ECCF Help?

Edgar County Community Foundation has been a part of supporting the following:

  • 1544th Memorial Fund
  • Altrusa Reading Program
  • BPW Sarah Adams Professional Scholarship
  • Blue Bird Society Fund
  • CAMA
  • Camp Clover
  • Charles & Genieve Willis Technology Venture
  • Children's Fund
  • Citizens for Safe Water
  • Class of 1960 Dual Credit Program
  • Cockcroft Scholarship
  • Community Coordination Council
  • Computer Lab Technology
  • Courthouse Citizens Committee
  • Crisis Action Groups
  • D.O.IT Cancer Group
  • ECHO
  • ED Plex Project
  • Edgar County 4-H
  • Edgar County Arts Endowment
  • Edgar County Educational Fund
  • Edgar County Food Pantry
  • Edgar County Positive Youth Development
  • Elizabeth Akerman Scholarship
  • Faith in Action
  • Friends of the Track
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Hanner Scholarship
  • Heather Rigdon Scholarship
  • Hume Community Playground Equipment
  • Imagination Library
  • Joseph Archer Scholarship Fund
  • Kale Brinkley Scholarship
  • Kiwanis Memorial Park
  • Laker Stadium Project
  • Mayo Gym Fund
  • Mayo Technology Fund
  • Mike Ball Athletic Fund
  • Newman Regional Library
  • PHS Marching Tigers Band Parent Association Fund
  • Paris Area Youth Services
  • Paris Beautification Fund
  • Paris Community Hospital Fund
  • Paris Junior Basketball League
  • Paris Park Board
  • Paris YMCA
  • Paris Youth Baseball
  • Paris Youth Football
  • Partners in Art Education
  • Rotary Playground Equipment
  • Rudy Reading Classics Program
  • Shelly Johns Scholarship
  • Trees for Tomorrow
  • U of I Extension Group
  • Virgil Henson Scholarship
  • William D. Ingram Memorial Scholarship Fund
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For Good, Forever, For Edgar County
Edgar County Community Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 400 or 177 W. Wood Street
Paris, IL 61944
(217) 465-4154
inquiry@eccfdn.org

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