2023 Consolidated Communications Fund for Economic Development and Community Leadership

For Immediate Release

(Mattoon, Illinois – August 18, 2023) Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation announces the Consolidated Communications Fund for Economic Development and Community Leadership is open for grant applications, August 29, 2023

Consolidated Communications Fund for Economic Development and Community Leadership awards grants to nonprofit organizations that contribute to building workforce skills, encourage entrepreneurship, or enhance the environment for business development in Coles County.

The shareholders, managers, and employees of Consolidated Communications value their connection to the communities in which they live and in which the company does business. They know our lives are greatly enhanced by the good works of many men and women working on staff or as volunteers with the community and nonprofit organizations. As well, our community is made more vibrant by the creativity and effort of those working across sectors, as entrepreneurs or educators, to drive a vibrant, local economy. Nonprofit organizations that support the efforts of these community leaders are frequently undercapitalized and often lack the financial resources or the human capital – but not the potential – to build truly great institutions and communities. This Fund has been created to recognize their good works and to provide incentives to achieve the fullest community potential.

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSL) is dedicated to moving people, businesses, and communities forward by delivering the latest reliable communications solutions. Consumers, businesses, and wireless and wireline carriers depend on Consolidated for a wide range of high-speed internet, data, phone, security, cloud and wholesale carrier solutions. With a network spanning more than 50,000 fiber route miles, Consolidated is a top 10 U.S. fiber provider, turning technology into solutions that are backed by exceptional customer support. Learn more at www.consolidated.com.

Grant applications will open on August 29, 2023, and are due by Tuesday, October 3, 2023, at 11:59 pm.

Interested? Please contact our Grant Administrator, Kristen Bertrand at kristen@southeasternillinois.org or 217-342-5413 to receive assistance or go to southeasternillinois.org/grants/ to begin the application.