Nonprofits

About 100 nonprofit professionals gathered Wednesday at Illinois State University, part of an annual workshop focused on networking and education for the nonprofit sector in Central Illinois. Host Illinois Prairie Community Foundation made this year's theme coalition building.

The event featured many volunteers and more than a dozen community organizations offering information and resources for people with autism.

The Ecology Action Center's executive director received a letter from the EPA notifying him of the grant cancellation — with no clear reason why.

An out-of-state provider will pick up the service in April, with PATH providing support in the background to ease the transition that becomes final on July 1.

The president of a recycling and clean-cooking initiative emphasized the importance of nonprofits working closely with, and listening to, the populations they serve.

Bloomington-Normal nonprofits worry of an uncertain future now that the Trump administration tried to freeze federal grant funds. That order was halted on Tuesday, but remains tied up in the courts.

An after-school program at Bloomington Junior High School is now going back to the Boys and Girls Clubhouse on Illinois Street after federal funds that supported the program weren't awarded. The funding impact includes well over a dozen other clubs in the state.

Following decades of wear and tear on its downtown Bloomington building, the nonprofit Recycling Furniture for Families needs its own community service.

Leaders at a free clinic in Normal that serves the uninsured say they’ve put new safeguards in place after a series of administrative blunders cost them their tax-exempt status with the IRS.

The Peace for Preston Foundation's goals include a future community center and community engagement events on Chicago's South Side, where police officer Aréanah Preston was shot and killed on May 6, 2023.