Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois Center for Nonprofit Excellence

We want to ensure that all organizations can belong to NICNE. That's why our sliding scale fees are based on your operating budget. Read more about membership. If you have any questions, contact Pam Clark Reidenbach, executive director, at pclark1@niu.edu.

Corporate Members

We know that nonprofit leaders aren't the only ones committed to community improvement. Business leaders also recognize that a thriving community fosters a thriving economy partnering with the business community, we increase our capacity to foster collaboration between leaders from all sectors to address our most pressing social issues. To learn more about how your business can partner with NICNE to strengthen the nonprofit sector, contact Pam Clark Reidenbach, NICNE executive director, at 815-753-8733 or pclark1@niu.edu.

Our corporate members become partners with dozens of other agencies in our region. We recognize the investment of corporate partners in several ways:

• Refer people inquiring about professional services to their business.
• Post their logo and website on our website.
• Promote their training opportunities and/or services in our newsletter (reaching nearly 2,000 nonprofit professionals across northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin).

2022 Member Organizations

Our members form a community of nonprofit leaders who share common interests and aspirations. We support one another as we work to achieve our missions. Join today to benefit from NICNE membership.

• Alignment Rockford
• Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce
• Boone County Community Foundation
• Boone County Council On Aging (Keenage Center)
• Carpenter’s Place
• Catholic Charities-Rockford
• Center for Sight & Hearing
• Circle of Change
• Circles of Learning
• City of Rockford Human Services Dept.
• Community Foundation of Northern Illinois
• Community Life Center of Rockford
• Critter Camp Exotic Pet Sanctuary
• Family Counseling Services of Northern Illinois
• Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
• Get Connected 815 
• Goldie B. Floberg Center
• Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois
• Harlem Community Center
• HomeStart Inc - Rockford
• IDEA Illinois (Illinois Digital Educators’ Association)
• Illinois Legal Aid Online
• Jeremiah Development
• Junior League of Rockford
• Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful
• Ken-Rock Community Center, Inc.
• Liam Foundation
• Life Decisions
• Lifescape Community Services, Inc.
• Metro West Council of Government
• Midway Village & Museum Center
• Milestone, Inc.
• Northern Illinois Hospice
• Northern Illinois Training Advisory Board
• Northwest Community Center
• One Body Collaboratives
• Prairie State Legal Services Inc.

• Regional Access & Mobilization Project (RAMP)-Rockford
• Ride Illinois
• Rock House Kids
• Rock River Valley Blood Center
• Rock River Valley Pantry
• Rockford Area Arts Council
• Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Rockford Area Habitat For Humanity, Inc.
• Rockford Dance Company
• Rockford Day Nursery
• Rockford Lutheran School
• Rockford Promise
• Rockford Rescue Mission Ministries
• Rockford Symphony Orchestras, Inc.
• Rock Valley College Foundation
• Rosecrance Health Network
• Safe Passage
• Severson Dells Nature Center
• Shelter Care Ministries
• Sinnissippi Centers, Inc.
• Stepping Stones of Rockford, Inc.
• SwedishAmerican Foundation
• The Literacy Council, Inc
• The Music Academy in Rockford
• The Pregnancy Care Center of Rockford
• The West Side Show Room
• Tommy Corrall Memorial Foundation
• Traditions and Hope
• United Way of Northwest Illinois
• United Way of Rock River Valley
• University of Illinois Extension - Unit 1
• Veterans' Assistance Commission of Stephenson County
• Village of Progress Inc.
• Visit Beloit
• Womanspace, Inc.
• Wesley Willows
• Winnebago County CASA
• Youth Services Network
• YWCA of Northwest Illinois