DONOR INFORMATION
The Rochelle Area Community Foundation provides a simple way for members of the community to invest in the non-profit organizations that improve the lives of friends, neighbors and co-workers. Charitable gifts entrusted to the Foundation are invested in endowment funds, the principle gift is preserved, and a portion of the earnings provide annual grants to local not for profit organizations.
Grants are made in the areas of arts, education, community development, health and wellness, community services and hunger relief. It’s our business to know the community and make the best use of charitable gifts through grant making.
Ways to Give
Contribute to an existing fund, or establish a fund to benefit a field of interest, non-profit organization, or recommend an annual grant to non-profit organizations you care most about. The Rochelle Area Community Foundation can accept charitable gifts in many forms.
Cash
Appreciated Securities
Appreciated Securities
Definitely the most popular way to make contributions, both large and small. Gifts can be made electronically on our website, or checks can be mailed to PO Box 74, Rochelle, IL 61068
Appreciated Securities
Appreciated Securities
Appreciated Securities
With gifts of stocks or bonds that have been held for some time, donors can avoid significant capital gains, and the net contribution is larger than the actual cost. A real "win-win" for donor and Foundation alike.
Life Insurance
Appreciated Securities
Life Insurance
There are a number of ways a donor can use insurance. For example, a policy's value can be donated to the Foundation, or you may want to name the Foundation as beneficiary.
Real Estate
Business Partnerships
Life Insurance
When a donor gives real estate or other tangible assets, she/he receives a tax deduction, and can name a specific fund for a specific purpose, after the Foundation sells the property.
Estate Planning
Business Partnerships
Business Partnerships
Donors may choose to make gifts in their wills. Again, flexibility is important to those making bequests. Talk with your financial planner, trust officer or attorney. The Rochelle Area Community Foundation will be pleased to work with you in this regard.
Business Partnerships
Business Partnerships
Business Partnerships
The Business Partnership Program began in 2014 as a unique way for local businesses to partner with the foundation to improve the community through charitable giving. Click here to learn more »
LOCAL IMPACT
- Since 2006, the Rochelle Area Community Foundation has invested more than $1 Million back into the local community through a competitive grant process known as the Community Needs Grants.
- Habitat For Humanity of Ogle County
- Rochelle Action Network-CAN
- Chana Education Center
- Girl Scouts of Northern IL
- Serenity Hospice and Home
- St. Paul Lutheran School
- Village of Progress
- Creston-Dement Public Library
- Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project
- Lincoln Highway Heritage Festival
- Camp Cedar Illinois Inc.
- Shining Star Advocacy Center
- Flagg-Township Museum
- Foundation for Focus House
- Sinnissippi Center
- Flagg-Rochelle Public Library
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Regional Office of Education #47
- Blackhawk Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Rochelle Rescue Mission
- Hope of Ogle County
- Christian Food Pantry
- Rochelle Elementary CUSD #231
- RTHS Alumni Association
- Pegasus Special Riders
- Hub City Senior Center
- The Kitchen Table
- Rochelle Police Department
- Rochelle Fire Department
- Livingston Bible Scholarship
- Camp Cedar Illinois Inc.
- Casa-15th Judicial Circuit (Ogle County)
- Central School Project
- Central School Program
- Creston Booster Club
- Creston-Dement Public Library
- Flagg Township Museum
- Foundation for Focus House
- Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois
- HOPE of Ogle County
- Rochelle Elementary District #231
- Rochelle Middle School
- Serenity Hospice and Home
- Vince Carney Community Theatre
- Tyler “Smitty” Smith Memorial Fund
Grant Recipient:
Central Elementary School - Jacobs Family Fund
Grant Recipient:
Community Action Network - Jeffry W. Cole Family Memorial Fund of the RACF
Grant Recipient:
Flagg-Rochelle Public Library - Human Services Fund of RACF
Grant Recipient:
Floyd J. Tilton VFW Post 3878 - Berg-Burkholder Family Fund
in collaborations with the RACF Endowment Fund
Grant Recipient:
Foundation for Focus House
and Community Programing Ogle County - Community Advancement Fund of RACF
Grant Recipient:
Habitat For Humanity of Ogle County, Inc. - Rochelle Foods Hunger Challenge Fund or RACF
Grant Recipient:
Northern Illinois Food Bank Program - Disaster Preparedness and Relief Fund RACF
Grant Recipient:
Rochelle Community Consolidated School District #231 - Inspire Learning Fund of RACF
Grant Recipient:
Rochelle Elementary District #231 - Hintzsche-Hinkston Classroom Support Fund
Grant Recipient:
Rochelle Elementary School District #231 - Tom Hall Community Giving Fund
in collaboration with the RACF Endowment Fund
Grant Recipient:
Shining Star Children's Advocacy Center - Steve Pfeiffer Memorial Endowment Fund
Grant Recipient:
Tilton Elementary School
- Chana Education Center (2 grants awarded)
- Habitat For Humanity of Ogle County
- Steward Elementary School District #220
- Creston Community Consolidated School
- Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois
- Rochelle Community Action Network
- Rochelle Christian Food Pantry
- Kings School District #144
- Rochelle Elementary District #231 (5 grants awarded)
- Foundation for Focus House & Community Programming (2 grants awarded)
- Flagg-Rochelle Public Library District
- Hub City Senior Center
- Rochelle Rescue Mission (2 grants awarded)
- City of Rochelle
- Vince Carney Community Theater (2 grants awarded)
- Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project
- Pegasus Special Riders
- H.O.P.E. of Ogle County
- Kitchen Table, Inc.
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Inc.
- Village of Progress
- Wycliff Bible Translators
- Kingdom Aviation Fellowship
- Trans World Radio
*Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Rochelle Area Community Foundation offered a flexible grant cycle that supported nonprofit partners to provide relief in ways that it made sense to their organization. Because of the generosity of donors and support funding from the state of Illinois, RACF was able to support the community with almost $180,000 in grants.
*Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund Recipients:
- Farmworker Advocacy Project
- Rochelle Christian Food Pantry
- Kitchen Table Inc.
- Lifescape Community Services
- Easter Seals Metropolitan, Chicago
- Sinnissippi Centers, Inc
- Village of Progress, Inc.
- Rochelle Rescue Mission
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Hub City Senior Center
- Believe In The Children, Inc.
- H.O.P.E. oF Ogle County
- 4-C Community Coordinated Center
*Local Covid Grant Recipients:
- Hub City Senior Center
- Pegasus Special Riders
- Creston Booster Club
- Rochelle Christian Food Pantry
- Norther Illinois Food Bank
- Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois
- Kitchen Table Inc.
- Farmworker Advocacy Project
- Rochelle Rescue Mission
*2020 Community Needs Grants Recipients:
- Habitat For Humanity of Ogle County
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Rochelle Christian Food Pantry
- Farmworker Advocacy Project
- H.O.P.E of Ogle County
- Kitchen Table Inc.
- Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District
- Wycliffe Bible Translators
- Master’s Academy International
*Other Community Needs Grant for 2020 Recipient:
- Vince Carney Community Theater
- Rochelle Retail Advisory Group
- Rochelle Rescue Mission
- Floyd J. Tilton VFW Post 3878
- C.A.N. – Community Action Network
- Central Elementary School
- Chana Education Center
- Creston Booster Club
- Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project
- First Presbyterian Church of Rochelle
- Flagg Township Museum
- Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District
- Flagg-Rochelle Public Library District
- Foundation for Focus House and Community Programming
- Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois
- Habitat for Humanity of Ogle County
- HOPE of Ogle County
- Hub City Senior Center
- Hub Project – Before and After School Program
- Kings Elementary School
- Kitchen Table
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Pegasus Special Riders
- Rochelle Christian Food Pantry
- Rochelle Elementary Great Beginnings Preschool
- Rochelle Rescue Mission
- Serenity Hospice and Home
- Shining Star Children's Advocacy Center
- Village of Progress
- C.A.N. – Community Action Network
- CASA-15th Judicial Circuit (Ogle County)
- Central Elementary School
- Downtown Rochelle Association
- Eswood Elementary School Boosters
- First Presbyterian Church of Rochelle
- Flagg Township Museum
- Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District
- Flagg-Rochelle Public Library District
- Floyd J. Tilton VFW Post 3878
- Foundation for Focus House and Community Programming
- Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois
- Habitat for Humanity of Ogle County
- HOPE of Ogle County
- Hub City Senior Center
- Hub Project – Before and After School Program
- Lee Ogle Transportation System
- Lifescape Community Services
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Pegasus Special Riders
- Rochelle Child Care Center
- Rochelle Christian Food Pantry
- Rochelle Elementary District
- Family Fine Arts Program
- Rochelle Middle School Music Program
- Rochelle Elementary School District
- Rochelle Township High School Marching Band
- Rochelle Township High School Renaissance Program
- Rochelle United Methodist Church Outreach
- St. Paul Lutheran School
- Village of Progress
- Vince Carney Community Theatre
- C.A.N. – Community Action Network
- CASA - 15th Judicial Circuit (Ogle County)
- Central Elementary School
- Creston Consolidated School District
- Family Counseling Services of Northern Illinois
- Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project
- First Presbyterian Church
- Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District
- Flagg-Rochelle Public Library District
- Floyd J. Tilton VFW Post 3878
- Foundation for Focus House & Community Programming
- Girl Scout Troop 3323
- Habitat for Humanity of Ogle County
- HOPE of Ogle County
- Hub City Senior Center
- Hub Project – Before and After School Program
- Kitchen Table
- Lifescape Community Services
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Ogle Lee Fire Protection District
- Pegasus Special Riders
- Presbyterian Thrift Shop
- Rochelle Child Care Center
- Rochelle Christian Food Pantry
- Rochelle Elementary District 231
- Rochelle Fire Dept. Social Organization
- Rochelle Free Summer Lunch Program
- Rochelle Middle School Builders Club
- Rochelle Rescue Mission
- RTHS Counseling Department
- Serenity Hospice and Home
- Shining Star Children's Advocacy Center
- Village of Progress
- Vince Carney Community Theatre
- Rochelle Elementary School District 231
- AYSO Soccer Organization
- Rochelle Community Action Network
- Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA of Ogle County)
- Central Elementary School
- Chana Education Center
- Creston School
- Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District
- Farm Worker & Landscaper Advocacy Project
- Focus House
- Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois
- HOPE of Ogle County
- Hub City Senior Center
- The HUB Project
- Kings School
- Kitchen Table
- Flagg-Rochelle Library District
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
- Flagg Township Museum
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Pegasus Special Riders
- Presbyterian Thrift Shop
- RMS Royal Builders Club
- Rochelle Christian Food Pantry
- Rochelle Child Care Center
- Rochelle Interact Club
- Rochelle Little League
- Serenity Hospice & Home
- St. Patrick Parish Outreach
- St. Paul Lutheran School
- Tilton Elementary School
- Floyd J. Tilton VFW Post 3878
- Village of Progress, Inc.
- City of Rochelle, Community Development
- Eswood Elementary School Library
- Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District
- Flagg Township Historical Society Museum
- Focus House
- Hand in Hand Community Services
- HOPE of Ogle County
- Hub City Senior Center
- Rochelle Elementary District #231
- Northern Illinois Center for Non-Profit Management
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Pegasus Special Riders
- First Presbyterian Church of Rochelle
- Rochelle Child Care Center
- Rochelle Christian Food Pantry
- Rochelle Middle School
- Rock River Center
- Seven C's Mission
- Shining Star Children's Advocacy Center
- St Patrick Catholic Church Outreach
- Steward Elementary School
- Rochelle Summer Lunch Program
- Vince Carney Community Theatre
- Floyd J. Tilton VFW Post 3878
- Village of Progress
- Rochelle Child Care Center
- Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District
- Sinnissippi Centers
- St. Patrick Catholic Church Outreach
- CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children)
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Pegasus Special Riders
- Focus House
- Seven C’s Mission of Crossroads Community Church
- Eswood School
- Needy Families Foundation
- RTHS Music Department
- Kings School
- Flagg Township Historical Society
- Rochelle Elementary Schools 100 Mile Club
- Serenity Hospice & Home
- Rock River Center
- HOPE of Ogle County
- Floyd J Tilton VFW
- The HUB Project
- Steward Elementary School
- Central Elementary School
- Ogle County Farmers & Hunters Feeding the Hungry
- CAN (Community Action Network)
- Hub City Senior Center
- Rochelle Community Hospital
- Rock River Center
- HOPE (Help Offer Protective Environment)
- CAN (Community Action Network)
- CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children)
- Floyd J Tilton VFW
- Lifescape Community Services
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Village of Progress
- Rochelle Child Care Center
- Rochelle Middle School
- HUB Project
- Rochelle Christian Food Pantry
- Hub City Senior Center
- Serenity Hospice and Home
- Pegasus Special Riders
- Rock River Center
- HOPE (Help Offer Protective Environment)
- CAN (Community Action Network)
- Floyd J Tilton VFW
- Northern Illinois Food Bank
- Village of Progress
- Rochelle Child Care Center
- Rochelle Middle School
- Focus House
- Central Elementary School
- Flagg Township Historical Society
- Kings Elementary School
- Needy Families Foundation
- Rochelle Free Lunch 4 Kids
- VCCT (Vince Carney Community Theatre)
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