LLCU Employees and Organization Donated $15,000 to Ten Designated 2025 Charities of the Year in each LLCU Branch Market

Land of Lincoln Credit Union (LLCU) announced Friday that the final tally of donations collected through the LLCU Designated Charity of the Year Program for each LLCU market has been determined and disbursed. The amount raised by employees and matched by the organization totaled $15,000 - which has been distributed to ten (10) different designated non-profit service organizations (listed below).

Several years ago, LLCU launched the “Charity of the Year” program, which encourages employees to personally donate to a designated charity for each LLCU market (these non-profit organizations are nominated and voted for by LLCU employees). Then, LLCU employees are provided with an opportunity to donate either through payroll distribution, branch fundraising efforts, or a combination of the two.

The list of LLCU Designated Charity of the Year organizations in 2025 is below:

DOVE, INC. (Decatur)
Fayette County Shop with a Cop (Vandalia)
Fear Nothing (Effingham)
Centralia Community Youth Center (Centralia)
Ronald McDonald House Charities® (Springfield)
Loving Arms Pregnancy Center (Pana)
Coles County Animal Shelter (Mattoon)
Colchester Lions Club (Colchester)
Humane Society of Central Illinois (Bloomington)
Nokomis Christian Missions (Nokomis)

The 2026 Designated LLCU Charity of the Year market organizations have already been selected and notified. A list of those organizations can be found at www.llcu.org.

Photos of the Check Presentations to each organization can be found and downloaded here: LLCU COTY Photos