Giving back to the community of Galva takes many forms. From monetary donations to voting in city-wide elections to serving on a board or commission; volunteering to safe-guard life and property as a storm watcher, fireman or emergency medical technician; enhancing the beauty of our municipality by planting flowers and painting signs; contributing to the vibrancy of small-town life by assisting with community events and serving on committees and boards of the many clubs and organizations that make small town life quite grand.
Whether your gift is large or small, whether it be a gift of your time and effort or a gift of money; giving enhances our community and provides an opportunity to leave behind a lasting legacy.
Monetary donations & Endowments
Below you will find information regarding different endowments and organizations accepting monetary donations. If you would like to donate your time and efforts through volunteering instead of money, you may reach out to anyone of the organizations and endowment funds to discuss how you may donate your time.
Consistent with Sections 1601 and 2932 of the Internal Revenue Code, the City of Galva has established an endowment fund pursuant to the authority granted it under 65 ILCS 5/2-2-12 and 11-61-1.5 of the Illinois Municipal Code.
Donors who make contributions to the endowment fund not only make a difference during their lifetime but provide a gift that lasts forever. Your gift, invested over time is a permanent source of community capital, helping to do good work now and in the future.
Generally, unless instructed otherwise by the donor, the principal of the endowment fund will remain invested, and the income realized therefrom will be utilized for the funding of City services and programs and capital improvements.
You may donate to the fund via PayPal or by credit card at the link below.
Alternately, you may donate by sending or bringing a check by City Hall with “Endowment Fund” notated in the memo line of your check.
If you wish to provide guidance on the use of your gift, include special instructions with your donation, by clicking on “Add special Instructions to…” link on the PayPal confirmation page, or please contact the Galva City Administrator at (309) 932-2555.
ILCS 95/2 allows the city’s cemetery association to receive and hold in perpetual trust money, funds, securities and property given, donated or bequeathed to it, and may convert the property, funds and securities into money which must be invested and kept invested.
The principal of the fund must be kept intact, meaning only the income arising from the investment may be used, with no exceptions.
You may donate to the fund via PayPal or by credit card at the link below.
Alternately, you may donate by sending or bringing a check by City Hall with “Cemetery Fund” notated in the memo line of your check.
If you would like to donate securities or make a gift of land or other real property to the fund, please contact the Galva City administrator at (309) 932-2555.
Life and property funds include the Galva Police Department, the Galva Fire Department, and the Galva Emergency Services and Disaster Agency (ESDA).
Your generous donation to one of our property and life departments will be used to purchase much needed equipment and/or defray their everyday operating expenses.
You may donate to one or all the funds via PayPal or by credit card at the links below.
Alternately, you may donate by sending or bringing a check by Alternately, you may donate by sending or bringing a check by City Hall with which agency you are donating to notated in the memo line of your check.
Founded in 1989, the Galva Arts Council (GAC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing, promoting, and fostering a unified identity for the arts in the Galva area. They do this through the promotion, presentation, and appreciation of the arts.
Throughout the year GAC hosts a variety of events for the community to enjoy and participate in. Music series, Christmas activities, garden walks, photo shows and more. Their Levitt AMP Galva Music Series brings 10 Weeks of free, family-friendly concerts to beautiful Wiley Park, featuring performers from all over the globe.
There are three options of donating to the Galva Arts Council.
General Donation to GAC
You may donate to the Galva Arts Council via PayPal or by credit card at the link below.
Alternately, you may donate by sending checks payable to “Galva Arts Council” to: PO Box 29 Galva, IL 61434
Donate to the Levitt AMP Galva Music Series
Donate to the Levitt AMP Galva Music Series
You may donate to the Levitt Amp Galva Music Series via PayPal or by credit card at the link below.
Alternately, you may donate by sending checks payable to “Galva Arts Council” with a memo of “Levitt” to: PO Box 27 Galva, IL 61434.
GAC’s Endowment Fund
Galva Arts Council founding member Marge Dickinson set up the Charles “Scott” Dickinson Endowment Fund in honor of her late husband. This endowment will help ensure that the GAC will be a driving force in promoting the arts in the Galva area for years to come.
You may donate to the GAC Endowment Fund via the Galesburg Community Foundation at the link below, on the page “search funds” and follow the instructions.
Alternately, you may donate by sending checks payable to “Galesburg Community Foundation” with a memo of “Galva Arts Council Endowment Fund” to: 246 E. Main St., Suite 101 Galesburg, IL 61401.
Organized in 1987, the Galva Historical Society is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to keeping and recording the history of Galva, Illinois and operates a museum location that was the home of one of the founders of Galva, William L. Wiley. The museum relies on generous contributions to continue the good work they began in 1987.
A donation of $100 is recognized as a one-year membership in the Society and brings to your mailbox the Historical Society’s newsletter which is published three times throughout the year. In addition, as a token of appreciation, the Society will provide an extraordinary gift in return: A flash drive of all 327 issues of Galvaland magazine which the Society scanned, one issue at a time, as Portable Document Files (.pdf). Also included is an index fiel allowing you to find a favorite story, person or event from Galva’s past by issue and page number.
Your one-hundred-dollar ($100) donation may be made via PayPal or credit card at the link below. This link will get you the Galvaland magazine gift.
If you already have the Galvaland magazine gift, but still want to donate and continue your membership, you may do so via PayPal or credit card at the link below.
Alternately, you may donate or pay a membership by sending checks payable to “Galva Historical Society” with a memo of to: 906 W. Division St., Galva IL 61434.
Galva Freedom Fest is one of our city’s most visible volunteer committees. Providing an array of activities during our Fourth of July celebration, the Committee works year-round to ensure the success of freedom from the British crown day with events for both children and adults alike.
Culminating in a spectacular fireworks display, the committee’s hard work has consistently drawn upwards of 10,000 people to Galva for the day’s activities.
As volunteers, no one on the committee receives a salary or remuneration of any kind, so you can be confident that one hundred percent (100%) of your generous donation is applied solely to the expense of providing for this unique Galva tradition.
You may donate to Freedom Fest via PayPal or by credit card at the link below.
Alternately, you may donate by sending or bringing a check by City Hall with “Freedom Fest” notated in the memo line of your check.