Community Memorial Foundation (CMF), established in 1995, is a private independent foundation with a focus on community health improvement. Our geographic target area includes 27 communities in western Cook and southeastern DuPage Counties in Illinois. We define health in the broadest of terms to include physical, mental, social, and environmental well being. Our focus embraces the needs of infants, children, teenagers, and adults as they travel through the path of life. Family health and well being, also broadly defined in order to encompass traditional and non-traditional structures, is a core Community Memorial Foundation focus.

At Community Memorial Foundation, we strive to be more than grant makers; we strive to be change makers. Likewise, we strive to be more than asset builders; we strive to be community builders. As philanthropists, we acknowledge that meaningful change rarely happens in a hurry. We acknowledge that philanthropy is a calculated investment made with the expectation that humankind - or some small part of it - will be profoundly, measurably and permanently changed for the better as a direct result of the contribution.