COVID-19 Response Fund Offering Nonprofit Grants

The Freeport Community Foundation (FCF) announced today, in partnership with the United Way of Northwest Illinois (UWNWIL), that it will distribute $200,000 in emergency grant funding to northwest Illinois nonprofits via an online application process. Funds from the NWIL COVID-19 Response Fund (NWILCRF) will benefit nonprofits and programs serving the most vulnerable populations of Stephenson, Jo Daviess and Carroll counties affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fifty percent of the funds being distributed ($100,000) were awarded to the FCF as part of the Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund (ICRF)...