Apply effects to Fill only in Illustrator.

Hi everyone.  My illustrator skills are pretty weak, so I was wondering if anyone in the community can help me out with a question?  Is it possible to apply a raster effect to the Fill of a shape BUT NOT the Stroke?  The best workaround I have for this is to creat a shape with no stroke, apply the effect, and then create a shape with no fill, placed over the shape with the raster effect.  But this way I have two paths, where I'd rather just have the one.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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