SkokieNews - Each year for several decades, Village of Skokie employees have participated in an Employee Giving Campaign to raise funds for a local charity. For the past few years the funds generated by the annual employee giving campaign have been directed to the Skokie Community Foundation, (SCF) a non-profit, grant-making public charity that supports collaborative
Skokie Patch - From December 13 to 19, Sketchbook will donate 10% of all sales from its Skokie Taproom to the Skokie Community Foundation! Come out to celebrate the season and support the foundation, which helps your Skokie neighbors in need. Read More
Skokie Public Library - Northlight Theatre, the Skokie Public Library and Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center present a performance of Martin Rising: Requiem for a King funded by a 2019 Skokie Community Foundation grant. Read More
NewSkokie Newsletter – page 3 - In 2018 the Village of Skokie made the Skokie Community Foundation the beneficiary of its generous employee donation program donating over $17,000, to support the Foundation’s work to improve lives of the residents of Skokie. In fall 2018, Village employees from all departments donated more than
Skokie Review - The Skokie Community Foundation awarded a total of $25,000 in grants for 2019 in an event at Community Animal Rescue Effort (C.A.R.E.) in Skokie. Three general $5,000 grants and one $10,000 grant targeted toward social inclusion were awarded to partnered organizations. Staff report The Skokie Community Foundation announced its eighth year
Skokie Patch - The Skokie Community Foundation announced the 2019 grant cycle winners today at an event held at the Community Animal Rescue Effort (CARE). Read More
NewSkokie Newsletter – page 8 - Founders of the Skokie Community Foundation were named Skokie 2018 Humanitarians of the Year in April for their commitment to supporting the community. Read More
Evanston Now - Mudlark Theater presents ‘Mudpie,’ partially funded by a 2018 Skokie Community Foundation grant to provide under-served students in Skokie with literacy and theater programs in their schools and the opportunity to see performances by their peers.
Turning Point - Funded by the Skokie Community Foundation, Turning Point Behavioral Health Care Center and the Skokie Public Library launched Let’s Talk About It an interactive forum for teens to talk about mental health. Once a month for nine months Skokie teens grades 6-12 can visit the Skokie Public Library where a Turning
Metropolitan Family Services - Metropolitan Family Services, working with the Skokie Coalition to End Abuse and Neglect of Adults with Disabilities, announces a training initiative funded by the Skokie Community Foundation to educate staff and participants at community agencies in order to increase reporting and prevent abuse. Read More
