The Lake County Community Foundation

The deadline for our survey is fast approaching! 📣 Please be sure to submit your survey by Monday, July 15th at 11:59pm. Access the survey here ➡ https://lnkd.in/gsH2wfqU Thank you to all that have submitted their survey. Your input is invaluable to LCCF as we develop leadership and capacity-building opportunities for nonprofits in Lake County. #LakeCountyIL

The Small Business Growth Initiative (SBGI) is making headlines! 📣 The collaborative effort between Allies for Community Business and The Lake County Community Foundation known as the Small Business Growth Initiative (SBGI), provides financial capital, coaching, and connections to help 8 entrepreneurs grow their businesses in Waukegan, IL. SBGI was recently featured in an article from the Chicago Tribune! 📰 Check out the article highlighting the journey of two 2024 SBGI cohort participants and the SBGI program: https://lnkd.in/gYg9xsSA 💡Discover how SBGI is driving economic empowerment and entrepreneurial success in Waukegan by visiting the website at https://sbgilc.org/

🚨 Calling all Lake County Nonprofits! 🚨 The Lake County Community Foundation invites you to take a survey! LCCF deeply values the nonprofits doing crucial work in our county and aims to provide support for them beyond just funding. The feedback from this survey will inform what types of leadership development and capacity-building opportunities LCCF builds out and offers to Lake County nonprofits in the future. In order to create well-informed opportunities, it is necessary for us to hear directly from the nonprofits in our community. Access the survey here ➡ https://lnkd.in/gsH2wfqU ✔ Multiple representatives of organizations are welcome to participate in the survey ✔ By completing the survey, your organization enters a raffle for a micro-grant of $250! ✔ Please ONLY complete this survey if your organization is located in or serves a significant number of Lake County, IL residents.  ✔ To learn more: https://lnkd.in/gnAE-pTk

In partnership with LCCF and GiveNKind, the Vernon Area Public Library hosted the quarterly Nonprofit Networkers meeting last week focused on providing local nonprofits with tangible strategies to recruit and retain volunteers. Thank you to our speakers Renee Davis, MNM, Ann Marie Mathis of Keeping Families Covered and Beth Sallmann Zender of Reading Power Inc. for sharing their incredible expertise on volunteer management strategies. We would also like to thank Ashley Johnson of Vernon Area Public Library and Emily Petway of GiveNKind for their leadership and partnership in this networking and workshop series!

We extend our sincerest gratitude to our partners at the GLCU Foundation for Financial Empowerment for their support of The Lake County Community Foundation's Economic Justice Program. Thank you for being a partner in making Lake County a thriving place to live, work and play! 💙

We appreciate Keeping Families Covered (KFC) for allowing The Lake County Community Foundation's Board members to volunteer last Thursday. Our Board members learned about the various services KFC offers Lake County families and helped pack diapers and other essentials for families. For the incredible work that you do in our county and this amazing volunteering and learning opportunity - thank you Keeping Families Covered! 💙

Last week, The Lake County Community Foundation's Board of Directors and staff gathered for a retreat at the Eleanor Murkey Center at the College of Lake County. Our team would like to express our appreciation of our Board members for their dedication to the Foundation's mission and support of the work we do. Your involvement in the Foundation has been invaluable and a key to creating a thriving Lake County. Thank you! We would also like to extend our sincerest thank you to College of Lake County for allowing us to host in their beautiful space and our Board member Ali O'Brien for a wonderful tour of CLC's Lakeshore campus.

📣 Job Opportunity: The Alliance for Human Services (AHS) is seeking a determined and enthusiastic individual to become their Executive Director. The Executive Director will be expected to over-see the programs and operations of AHS, cultivate relationships across sectors of human service organizations and organizes activities for the Alliance. Learn more about the position via the job description below. ⬇ #LakeCountyIL

📣 Job Opportunity: Ragdale Foundation is looking for a skilled communicator to become their Development and Communications Associate. The Development and Communications Associate will be expected to facilitate in organizing fundraising activities and events, create a quarterly newsletter and assist in content creation for social media. And much more! Learn more about this position through the job description below ⬇ #LakeCountyIL

📣 Are you an accountant, estate planning lawyer or financial advisor in Lake County? If so, The Lake County Community Foundation invites you to take a brief survey. The Lake County Community Foundation is seeking information from Professional Advisors based in Lake County to provide learning opportunities related to their clients' charitable planning needs and goals. To access LCCF's survey, click on the following link ➡ https://lnkd.in/g76uVZ8U