Barrington Area Community Foundation

Follow these 4 steps to create an account, complete your organization profile, and submit your grant application. You can download the create account/application instructions here: BACF Account-Profile-Apply

1. Register to Create an account
2. Log in and Create a Profile for your organization
3. Read about the Grant type you are applying for and gather up all the necessary documents.

   Please Note:
   Pursuant to Illinois statute, all charitable 501(c)(3) organizations who solicit donations are required to file an annual report with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. 

   With your application documents, we will request that you upload copies of your previous 2 annual reports. 

   If you have not filled this out before, you can print and fill it out, and label it as draft and with the date of submission on the top of the form. If you are less than 2 years old submit only the applicable years. Link to Illinois Charitable Organization Annual Report

4. Complete the online application.

If you have any questions, please contact us.