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Below you will find some ways you can make an impact. Choose the option that best fits your giving needs.
Please use our quick and convenient online form to make a gift today via credit card. You can make a one-time donation or sign up for a recurring gift.
Gifts of cash usually take the form of cash, money orders or checks made payable to the Joliet Junior College Foundation. Please mail your contribution to:
Joliet Junior College Foundation
1215 Houbolt Road
Joliet, IL 60431
Scholarships can be created through the JJC Foundation to support students as they work toward their degree. The foundation offers both annual and endowed scholarships.
Stock gifts are accepted by the JJC Foundation. Giving appreciated stock can be tax-wise for some donors. Consult your financial advisor to see if this option may be right for you. Contact Kristi Mulvey, Executive Director, JJC Foundation at 85-280-2353 or kmulvey@jjc.edu.
Some companies may match your gift to education. Check with your Human Resources Department, complete the application form, and mail it with your check. We’ll do the rest.
The Joliet Junior College Foundation's Planned Giving Program allows individuals the opportunity to ensure the financial well-being of Joliet Junior College by making gifts that provide a maximum benefit for the College, while decreasing the income tax, estate and gift tax burdens upon their estates and descendants. Philanthropic giving can merge your personal financial needs and tax planning. With the assistance of your tax and legal advisors, Joliet Junior College can assist you in making a difference in the future while you gain the greatest benefits today.
Donations of goods and services are also known as in-kind donations. To make an in-kind gift please contact Kristi Mulvey, Executive Director, JJC Foundation at 815-280-2353 or kmulvey@jjc.edu.
Making a gift to the foundation in honor of a family member, mentor, colleague or friend is a thoughtful way to remember someone special and create a living legacy. The JJC Foundation will notify the individual or family of your gift, but will not specify the gift amount.
Joliet Junior College employees may make one-time or on-going contributions to the Foundation through payroll deduction.
The JJC Foundation has a variety of scholarship and giving funds for you to choose from when making your donation.
Below you will find a list of the many funds the JJC Foundation houses for donations. Find an option that best suits your giving needs.
The generosity of our partners allows us to provide scholarships and enhance academic and athletic programs at the college.
Would your company or organization like to support our endeavors by making a gift to the JJC Foundation’s Sponsorship Campaign? Your investment will allow the foundation to provide opportunities for student to grow and succeed in their educational pursuits. This year’s campaign will not only fund scholarship for our students, but also our nationally-ranked athletic programs.
Joliet Junior College Foundation
Campus Center: A-3023
Amanda Quinn
Assistant Director, Institutional Advancement
Phone: 815-280-2693
Email: aquinn@jjc.edu
Leave your legacy at Joliet Junior College by ordering a customized, engraved paver brick.
The Joliet Junior College Foundation is offering an opportunity to purchase commemorative paver bricks to recognize a graduation, wedding, birthday, anniversary, retirement or other special event. For just $100, the paver brick is a unique way for alumni and friends to pay tribute to a loved one, beautify the campus and become a permanent part of the college's glorious history. The paver bricks surround the Alumni Bell Tower located at the entrance of the Dr. Gena Proulx Campus Center.
The Trees for Tomorrow program improves and diversifies the 11-acre Arboretum at Joliet Junior College. Make your donation today to enables the college to make the needed acquisitions to develop and maintain the arboretum well into the future.
We would like to enlist your support to improve and diversify the 11-acre arboretum at Joliet Junior College. The Arboretum was designed and partially planted in 1975 by Dr. William M. Zales. Your support will help to increase the number and diversity of plantings to include more than 200 species belonging to more than 100 genera in approximately 50 families. Our vision is to create a park-like setting with winding footpaths, benches, and educational information about the native and naturalized woody plants growing in the arboretum.
Your tax-deductible gift will allow you to become a member of Friends of the Arboretum and will enable the college to make the needed acquisitions to develop and maintain the arboretum well into the future. Trees will be added to the arboretum in the spring and fall seasons of each year. To make your donation, please complete the form below.
Students were awarded more than $1,000,000 in scholarships and student emergency funds from the JJC Foundation
The Joliet Junior College Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization, was established in 1973 to support the mission and goals of Joliet Junior College by raising and managing private dollars for scholarships, new buildings and equipment, the expansion and enrichment of academic programs, endowments and other priority needs.
The Joliet Junior College Foundation is recognized as the official gift-receiving agency of the College. Any gift to the College - unrestricted or restricted - given through the Foundation qualifies as a charitable gift within the limits of the law.
Last year, students were awarded over $1,000,000 in scholarships and student emergency funds from the JJC Foundation.
The totals assets of the JJC Foundation are almost $37.5 million, with $20.8 million in endowments.
Yearly, the JJC Foundation provides $50,000 in Awards for Excellence and Innovation grants to faculty and staff for special projects and programs.
Alumni, friends, employees, and community partners donated $1.7 million.
The Joliet Junior College Foundation Board of Directors is comprised of College alumni and friends who provide invaluable counsel and assistance in strategic planning, fundraising, portfolio management, and other matters.
President
J. David Conterio
Hometown National Bank
President Elect
Christopher Brown
Mayor of Morris, Illinois
Vice President
William Conte
Morgan Stanley
Treasurer
Brian Giegerich
BMO Wealth Management
Past President
Dr. K. Brett Gould
Retired, Lockport Township High School
Present Board Members
Life Members
*deceased
Executive Director, JJC Foundation
Executive Director, Institutional Advancement
Kristin Mulvey
Director, Institutional Advancement
Amanda Quinn
Alumni Relations and Annual Fund Manager
Jen Davis
