Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln

Posted on February 15, 2019

The Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln hopes to be seen as an inviting option for philanthropists and charitable organizations in neighboring communities to Sangamon County that are not currently reaping the benefits a community foundation can provide. We are accredited by the Council on Foundations and we are your community foundation for Sangamon and surrounding counties. Community foundations are tax-exempt… Read More

Christopher Ellinger

Posted on February 15, 2019

Christopher Ellinger founded Bolder Giving in 2007 with his wife, Anne Ellinger. After deciding to give away fifty percent of an unexpected inheritance, Christopher and Anne have dedicated their lives to donor organizing… Read More

Cindy Doyle

Posted on February 15, 2019

Cindy Doyle is a trustee of the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation and the Tower Family Fund, Inc. She is a board member of the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard, the Dukes County Health Council Youth Task Force, and the Martha’s Vineyard Donors Collaborative. Cindy is particularly interested in youth issues, substance abuse prevention, and education. Cindy earned a B.A… Read More

Cindy Johnson

Posted on February 15, 2019

Cindy Johnson was the founding director of Courage & Renewal – North Texas for 13 years and continues to offer courage and renewal experiences locally and nationally to leaders from many sectors. A social worker by training, she has provided executive leadership to nonprofit organizations and community initiatives for more than 30 years. Cindy’s passion is creating space for people… Read More

Claire L. Gaudiani

Posted on February 15, 2019

Claire L. Gaudiani currently serves on the boards of MBIA, Inc., the Henry Luce Foundation, the Council for Economic Education, the Davlin Foundation, and the Philanthropic Collaborative. Claire was president of Connecticut College in the 1990s, during which time she helped revitalize the local economy of New London, CT, and brought in millions of dollars to the college… Read More

Claire Peeps

Posted on February 15, 2019

Claire Peeps is the executive director of the Durfee Foundation. A graduate of Stanford University and the University of New Mexico, she served as the Associate Director of the Los Angeles Festival, a large-scale, international arts festival. She also served as executive director/publisher of the national High Performance Magazine, and as director of education for Ansel Adams’ The Friends of… Read More

Clara Miller

Posted on February 15, 2019

Clara Miller became the president of the F.B. Heron Foundation in 2011. She is the founder and former CEO of the Nonprofit Finance Fund. She has written extensively on how and why the nonprofit sector is undercapitalized. … Read More

Claude O. Norcott

Posted on February 15, 2019

Claude O. Norcott wrote and edited publications for government and private clients specializing in philanthropy. Her clients included the White House, Cabinet officers, more than 30 presidential and congressional commissions and such private foundations as the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation. She won several national awards, including one for the Justice Department’s bicentennial year history of the American criminal justice system, which… Read More