Siemer Milling Endowment Benefits Nine Entities

(FROM LEFT: Rhonda Wines, Meghan Rewers, Amber Kidd, Libby Moeller, Kim Jansen, Amanda Raiman of Siemer Milling Company, Rochelle French, Julie Flack, Tammy Meinhart)

Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation has announced the Siemer Milling Endowment for Youth Leadership Development has awarded nine grants totaling $44,600 to nonprofit agencies in Effingham County.

 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Illinois received $5,000 for Youth Leadership Development Program.

 Arts Connection of Central Illinois received $2,500 for their Summer Youth Theatre Camp 2024.

 Aspire and Tristar Academy received $2,700 for Trauma-Informed Youth Leadership class workbooks.

 Imagination Library of Effingham received $1,000 for their county expansion work.

 Effingham CUSD Unit 40 Mentoring Program received $2,400 for their STEM to Drive Leadership.

 The Study Shoppe, Inc. received $17,500 for new computers and expanded programs.

 Effingham Child Development Center received $5,000 for their Today’s Classroom Holds Tomorrow’s Leaders work.

 CASA of Effingham County received $7,500 for Self-Advocacy for Special Interests project.

 Crisis Nursery of Effingham County received $1,000 for Rock for Kids Sound System Rental.

Each grant award was given at the Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation Grant Reception.

The Siemer Milling Company Endowment for Youth Leadership Development, a fund of Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation, was established in 2006 to provide a permanent source of funding to programs in Effingham County that support young leaders' development. Since its inception, the Siemer Milling Company Endowment has contributed more than $400,000 to nonprofit organizations serving Effingham County.

For more information, please contact Alex Pleasant, CEO/President, at 217-342-4988 or alex@southeasternillinois.org.