Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation

The Looser-Flake Foundation is a private foundation started in 2013. The fund will serve charitable causes in Mercer County, with preferred support to New Boston Township, Illinois.

Dorothy Looser-Flake and Roberta Looser were sisters who were born and raised on a family farm near New Boston Township, Illinois.

They cared deeply about the community that gave them so much growing up. So much so, in fact, that they left a portion of their estates to establish the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation, a private foundation dedicated to Mercer County.

Mission

The mission of the Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation is to advance economic development and further cultural and educational opportunities in Mercer County, Illinois, with a particular focus on New Boston Township in Mercer County, Illinois.

Vision

It is the vision of the Looser-Flake Foundation to provide opportunities for improvement, maintenance and advancement of local education, as well as agricultural and economic development for people in their community.

General Aims

Advance educational and cultural opportunities, and economic development in Mercer County, Illinois, with particular reference to New Boston Township in Mercer County.

Increase the jobs base in Mercer County
Make the county a more desirable place in which to raise a family and live.
Provide for scholarships distribution through designated grants to entities that can implement a scholarship program.

Grants

The Looser-Flake Charitable Foundation recently gave out more than $110,000 in new grants across Mercer County, IL for the Looser-Flake Foundation Creative Arts Grants. Check out this story to learn more.

FINAL REPORTS

Grant recipients are required to complete an online report describing the use of the funds after the project/program is completed or within one year of the award. Future grant applications will not be considered until a report is submitted for past grants.

Click here to log in and complete your final report for the Looser-Flake Foundation grant you received.

To learn more about the Mercer County Better Together community visioning process and how to get involved, watch this video and visit Mercer County Better Together.