Illinois

LyndseyThompson

Looking to connect with grant and program staff at community foundations in Illinois! I have added several contacts who I've chatted with already so we can keep the conversation going about grantmaking strategies and ideas for innovation.

My role is the Director of Program Services at The Community Foundation for McHenry County. I'm responsible for our GLM, SLM and support our nonprofit partners in the community.

KaraAdams (Former Community Manager)

Hi @LyndseyThompson! Welcome to Compass! I joined Foundant when I moved back to Bozeman after living in Chicago (Loop) for almost 11 years. There are so many great foundations in IL!

Kara

Community Manager

LyndseyThompson

Hi @KaraAdams! Yes there are! I'm new to our foundation, but not new to NFPs, and have started meeting some of our amazing changemakers in the county. With our NFP partners, we have the ability to do amazing things for our community!

kathleenbolamba

Hi @LyndseyThompson! Thanks for creating this group. I'm a Grantmaking Specialist at the Quad Cities Community Foundation. I joined the team this past summer after spending the past few years living in Chicago engaged in nonprofit education work.

LauraErnst

Hi, all! Thanks for making this group @LyndseyThompson! I've been the Program Associate at the DuPage Foundation for four years

CiaraStahly

Hi @LyndseyThompson! I work at the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois in Rockford. I am the Program Officer and manage our scholarship process. I have been with the foundation for about two and half years. I'd love to chat!

LyndseyThompson

Welcome to the group @kathleenbolamba, @LauraErnst and @CiaraStahly! Nice to e-meet you all and look forward to having some good discussions in the near future. :)

SylvesterThomas

Congrats! I am currently unemployed and lives in Africa. I can work remotely in any role relating to Project management, HRM, Finance and procurement. Very nice to e-meet all and learn from your vast experiences. Part of my profile is here.....but can find me on LinkedIn.com/Facebook etc.

KaraAdams (Former Community Manager)

Hi @SylvesterThomas! You may also want to share your information in our Jobs & Services category.

I think you might win the award for "Compass member who lives farthest from Foundant HQ"!

AaronSpevacek

I just wanted to say "Hi" and "let me know what you need" to everyone in Illinois. I'm currently Foundant's sole employee in Illinois but I did hear that may be changing soon.

LyndseyThompson

Alright colleagues, time to put our collective knowledge to use! I'm hoping at least one person has come across information about this or knows where I can locate policies regarding this.

Q: How long is a Foundation required to keep scholarship applications once they are submitted? We're moving to a new building in the next couple of weeks and have tons of scholarship files, both accepted and declined. I read somewhere that you have to keep both the accepted and declined for at least 3 years, but this was in another state. Any knowledge on the ruling in IL?

Thank you!!

AudraClodfelter

Hey! I work at Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation in Effingham, Illinois. I manage our communication/marketing, online fundraising, and scholarships. Really excited to be a part of this community! We're new to Foundant and I'm very excited to get started with SLM and CommunitySuite.

LyndseyThompson

Hi @SylvesterThomas, @AaronSpevacek and @AudraClodfelter! Welcome to the IL Community Foundations Group! So nice to meet you all. Can't wait to have some great discussions together.

MariannePlath

Good morning everyone!

We are nearing the 'completion' of a full transition to Foundant's solutions here at the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, and as the initial 'migration' fires simmer down, I look forward to having more time to devote to the Foundant Community. I am the Director of Finance here, and have been counting these beans for 12 years.

@LyndseyThompson - our grants team worked on a similar document purge about a year ago, I will pose your question and see if they have any insight...

We at CFNIL have also been pretty active over the years in the Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations and it has proven a great resource if anyone here is not already familiar, check out their website: https://allianceilcf.org/

Looking forward to collaborating!