Recipients Of Siemer Milling Endowment For Youth Leadership Development Grant For 2023 Announced

Pictured L – R: Julie Flack, Jennifer Jansen, Amber Kidd, Becky Meyers, Megan Tylka, Katie Siemer, Stacey Rios, Rhonda Wines, Briar Smith and Kristen Bertrand. 

Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)-Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation is pleased to announce the Siemer Milling Endowment for Youth Leadership Development has awarded six grants totaling $20,816 to the following:

• Mid-Illinois Big Brothers Big Sisters received $5,000 for Programming and Youth Education. 
• FBLA (Eastern Area) Stewardson-Strasburg received $5,000 for the Future Business Leaders of America – Eastern Area Leadership Conference. 
• Arts Connection of Central Illinois received $2,500 for the Summer Youth Theatre Camp 2024. 
• Aspire and Tristar Academy received $2,250 for Trauma-Informed Youth Leadership class workbooks. 
• Imagination Library of Effingham received $5,066 for the start-up of books. 
• Effingham CUSD Unit 40 Mentoring Program received $1,000 for the Dressed for Success program. 

Pictured L – R: Julie Flack, Kimberly Jansen, Amber Kidd, Becky Meyers, Megan Tylka, Katie Siemer, Stacey Rios, Rhonda Wines, Briar Smith and Kristen Bertrand. 

The Siemer Milling Company Endowment for Youth Leadership Development, a fund of the 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 $350,000 to nonprofit organizations serving Effingham County.

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

Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation was established in 2009 as a result of a merger between Effingham County Community Foundation (est. 1999) and Mattoon Area Community Foundation (est. 1980). Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization managing permanent and non-permanent assets for the long-term benefit of communities in southeastern Illinois.