Community Health Giving Circle (CHCG)

Mission: To promote the good health of our community.

The giving circle is a group of like-minded individuals who pool their financial resources to promote the good health of our community. It awards grants to local nonprofit organizations for programs and projects that serve health related needs.

Giving circle members collectively decide where to donate their pooled gift. Health needs are diverse — in addition to physical and mental health issues, they can include poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity.

IWIL members now have the opportunity to join IWIL-CHGC and participate in the power of collective giving. Together we can amplify our charitable impact!

While any amount will make a difference, those who donate a minimum of $250 per year will be CHGC members and will be eligible to vote on which organizations receive grants.

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Benefits of Contributing to IWIL-CHGC

Amplify impact: Collective giving amplifies charitable awards.
Connection to community: Helps us discover the true needs of our community.
IWIL spirit: Collaborating together connects us to each other.
Satisfaction in seeing balance grow: The IWIL-CHGC fund at the Community Foundation of the Land of Lincoln (CFLL) is invested with a focus on growth and continued grant giving into perpetuity. The balance and grant amounts have grown every year.

Contributing is Easy

Click here to donate. Follow the prompts and enter "IWIL-CHGC Fund" when asked where to direct your donation.
Donate a minimum of $250 to be a "Participating" IWIL-CHGC Member.
Participating IWIL-CHGC Members:
- Select the area of health to support each year.
- Vote to select which organizations to support with a CHGC Health Grant.
- Participate in special IWIL-CHGC events (voting, grant awards reception, membership appreciation, and pop-up socials.)
- May serve as an IWIL-CHGC Committee Chair or as an IWIL-CHGC Grant Committee Member.
For more information, please contact CHGC Committee Chairs Donna Jean Gibney (djgibney@icloud.com) or Cara Tabatabai (ctabatabai54@gmail.com)

Lower Cost Option: Become a Friend of CHGC

For those who want to support the CHGC mission at a lower amount, it is possible to be a Friend with a social membership (no voting benefits.)

All contributions are 100% tax deductible and go directly to the IWIL-CHGC Fund at the Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln (CFLL.)

2025 Health Grant Recipients

Envision Unlimited: $7500

Smith Alzheimer's Center at SIU: $2700

Community Health Giving Circle 2025

Community Health Giving Circle 2025 awards ceremony

2024 Health Grant Recipients!

Springfield Noon Lions — $2,500 for its Pre-School Sight and Sound program providing free vision and hearing screening as well as eyeglasses and hearing aids free to families who can't afford them.

Prairie Center Against Sexual Assault — $600 to provide assistance for transportation to enable clients to access counseling and appointments.

Washington Street Mission — $4,500 for its Supportive Employment Program which provides assistance finding a job, paid training, transportation, uniforms and job coaching for people at risk of homelessness.