In 2025, the Tracy Family Foundation awarded $25,000 in prizes to help further the missions of participating WCIL nonprofits.
See the complete list of Grand Prizes, Milestone Challenges, Daily Prizes, and Bonuses below.
Prize money is considered unrestricted funding for your organization. Receiving prizes through WCIL Gives does not affect an organization's grant eligibility through Tracy Family Foundation's grant programs.
🏆Grand Prizes:
1st Place: $4,000
2nd Place: $2,500
3rd Place: $1,000
4th Place: $750
= $8,250 total
Description: Grand Prizes were awarded to the 4 organizations who raised the most dollars during WCIL Gives. Organizations were required to have a minimum of 10 unique donors to be eligible to win a Grand Prize.
Qualifying Donations: Only online donations made via WCILGives.org during the specified time period above were eligible for this prize.
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Grand Prize Winners
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🏆Milestone
Challenges:
$500 for the first organization to reach $1,000
$750 for the first organization to reach $5,000
$1,000 for the first organization to reach $10,000
$1,500 for the first organization to reach $15,000
= $3,750 total
Description: Prizes were awarded to the first organization who reached the defined milestone.
Qualifying Donations: Only online donations made via WCILGives.org during the specified time period above were eligible for this prize.
Win Limit: If an organization won multiple awards within this category, the highest possible award was granted.
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Milestone Challenge Winners
| Value | Title | Winner |
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🏆Daily Prizes:
$1,000 - June 9th top fundraiser
$1,000 - June 10th top fundraiser
$1,000 - June 11th top fundraiser
$1,000 - June 12th top fundraiser
= $4,000 total
Description: $1,000 per day was awarded to the organizations who raised the most dollars each day of WCIL Gives. Each organization was eligible to win one Daily Prize.
Qualifying Donations: Only online donations made via WCILGives.org during the specified time period above were eligible for this prize.
Win Limit: Organizations were eligible to win a maximum of one daily prize during WCIL Gives.
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Daily Prize Winners
| Value | Title | Winner |
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🏆Bonuses
Each organization is eligible to win one Bonus.
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Unique Donors
The organizations with the highest number of unique donors over the event's duration were awarded the following bonuses:
1st Place: $1,500
2nd Place: $1,000
3rd Place: $500
= $3,000 total
Unique Donors Winners
| Value | Winner |
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New Donors
The organizations with the most first-time donors over the event's duration were awarded the following bonuses:
1st Place: $1,500
2nd Place: $1,000
3rd Place: $500
= $3,000 total
New Donor Winners
| Value | Winner |
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Checklist Champions
$1,000 total
Two organizations with a completed to-do list by June 1st were randomly selected to win $500 each.
Prize Winners
| Value | Winner |
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Total Bonus Prize Value = $9,000
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Most Creative Marketing Campaign
$1,000
Participating organizations were judged by a panel based on creativity, effectiveness, and engagement, with the winner receiving $1,000!
Prize Winner
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Rules
WCIL Gives launches June 9th at 8:00am CT and runs through June 12th at 11:59pm.
501(c)3 Nonprofit organizations, churches, and schools serving West Central Illinois in the counties of Adams, Brown, Cass, Greene, Hancock, McDonough, Morgan, Pike, Scott, or Schuyler are eligible to register for WCIL Gives.
Only organizations that register with https://www.wcilgives.org will be eligible to receive donations. Organizations must be approved by the Tracy Family Foundation and will receive approval confirmation after completing the application process. Private non-operating foundations are not eligible to participate.
Each participating organization will be eligible for 1 Grand Prize, 1 Milestone Challenge, 1 Daily Prize, and 1 Bonus Challenge. If an organization wins multiple awards within the same category, the highest possible award will be granted. In the event of a tie, the available bonus funds will be equally split among the winning organizations.
Donations must be made online by a credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, GooglePay, Paypal, or ACH* through the WCIL Gives website in order to count towards a grand prize or bonus challenge (no offline donations - e.g. cash or check). *ACH payment method does not support Donor Advised Funds.
Donations must be made within the Challenge or Bonus Challenge timeframes to count towards that particular prize. Any donations made outside of those timeframes will still be sent to your nonprofit but will not count towards prizes.
An organization may not make a donation to its own campaign to help secure a prize. Proxy donations (employees making donations using the organization's credit card to the campaign page) are also not allowed.
An organization must have a minimum of 10 unique donors to be eligible to win a Grand Prize. An individual that makes more than one donation to a nonprofit's campaign will only count as one unique donor.
Prizes will be disbursed via check from the Tracy Family Foundation. Organizations should expect to receive funds within 30-45 days. Donations made through https://www.wcilgives.org to nonprofit organizations are 100% tax deductible and irrevocable.
Donations will not be refunded. Contributions may be made via credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, GooglePay, PayPal, or ACH. Checks and Donor Advised Funds are not accepted for this online giving event.
Matching Grants: This campaign encourages organizations to offer their own dollar-for-dollar matching funds on their individual https://www.wcilgives.org pages. Contact Callie.Niedederhauser@tracyfoundation.org for assistance setting up Matching Grants.
Tracy Family Foundation can modify any restrictions or conditions if, in the sole judgment of the Board of Directors, such restriction or condition becomes unnecessary, incapable of fulfillment or inconsistent with the charitable needs of the community. As such, Tracy Family Foundation reserves the right to deny or condition the distribution of prize grants if, in the judgment of its Board of Directors, such restriction or condition becomes necessary.