The Illinois Prairie Community Foundation Board of Directors has elected two local men to the board. Josh Barnett will serve on the board’s Grants Committee while Adrian Barr will join the board’s Governance Committee.

 

Barnett is Development Coordinator at Advocate Charitable Foundation, the philanthropy arm of Advocate BroMenn Medical Center and Advocate Eureka Hospital. Prior to Advocate, Barnett was a financial advisor and spent several years overseeing marketing, communications and stewardship at Calvary United Methodist Church in Normal. 

 

Barnett is also a member of the McLean County Board representing more than 17,000 District 10 residents on Bloomington's east side. Within the County Board, he is a member of the Transportation Committee and Property Committee. Outside of his day jobs, Barnett volunteers with the Kiwanis of Bloomington, McLean County Chamber of Commerce, IPCF’s Grants Committee and many more organizations.

 

Barr is Managing Attorney for Prairie State Legal Services’ Bloomington office. In his current role, Barr supervises the delivery of civil legal services to low-income people and seniors in McLean, Livingston and Woodford counties. Barr’s devotion to improving our community extends beyond his work at Prairie State. He serves on the board of directors of the Immigration Project, a nonprofit organization in Bloomington providing immigrants with affordable immigration legal services; serves on the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Access to Justice Name Change Standardized Forms Subcommittee, and has chaired it since 2015; and currently is the president of the United Way of McLean County's Agency Executive Council and also serves on the board of directors of the United Way of McLean County. In addition, he is a member of the PILI Eleventh Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Committee and is active in the McLean County Bar Association’s Pro Bono Committee.

 

Illinois Prairie Community Foundation, now in its 20th year, encourages and facilitates philanthropy in McLean, DeWitt, Livingston and Logan counties by connecting donors who care with causes that matter to them. The Foundation currently manages assets of more than $16 million in 160 funds including endowments and donor advised, fiscal sponsorship and scholarship funds.