A New Year, A Shared Purpose
20 Jan 2026As we begin 2026, we do so with deep gratitude and a clear sense of both progress and purpose. Thanks to your generosity, 2025 was a milestone year for HPCF, with $1,012,240 in grant awards distributed to organizations working every day to improve and enhance lives throughout our community.
We also enter the new year with new Board leadership, renewed momentum, and the distinction of being re-certified as a Qualified Community Foundation under the Illinois Gives Tax Credit Act — allowing individual and business donors to receive a 25% state tax credit for donations to the Foundation. More information follows below.
At the same time, we know many of our neighbors are facing increasing challenges. Economic pressures are growing, people are losing health insurance, and SNAP benefits are being cut. Funding for nonprofits continues to tighten as well. While we remain hopeful about the year ahead, your continued support — at the start of and throughout the year — will be essential to sustaining the vital work of the local nonprofits we support.
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