Our Story

 

Established in 2013, the Brillion Area Family of Funds’ (BAFF) mission is to preserve, strengthen, and improve quality of life in the Brillion Area.

We became a geographic affiliate of the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region in 2013. As an affiliate, we benefit from their professional services and staff, allowing more time for our volunteer Affiliate Advisory Board Members to focus on raising funds and determining the best way to grant dollars back to our community.

The Brillion Area Family of Funds’ charitable funds generate grants that are awarded to nonprofit organizations that are either recommended by the donor(s) who created the fund, or that are selected through an application process.

View our Report to the Community Brillion Support Fund

Apply for a Grant or Scholarship

Nonprofits and students in the Brillion area can apply for grants through our funds.

Grants

There are two ways you may receive a grant from a fund within the Brillion Area Family of Funds.

  1. Through the Brillion Area Family of Funds Endowment Fund. This is a permanent endowment that provides annual grants to nonprofit organizations. Recipients are chosen by local volunteers through a competitive grant application process. Apply for a grant through the Brillion Area Family of Funds Endowment Fund.
  2. Through a Donor Advised Fund. Most grants are awarded from charitable funds for which the donors recommend the nonprofit organization recipients. There is no way to apply for these funds.

Scholarships

Brillion students can apply for scholarships that are both restricted to the Brillion school district or any scholarship offered without a district restriction offered through the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region.

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Impact of Our Grants

2025 Grants & Scholarships

Brillion Area Family of Funds Endowment Fund Grant Recipients

The Brillion Area Family of Funds Endowment Fund is a permanent endowment that accepts donations of any amount to be used to provide annual grants to nonprofit organizations. Recipients are chosen by local volunteers through a competitive grant application process.

The Brillion Area Family of Funds awarded $28,000 in grants to 10 charitable organizations serving the Clintonville area from the Brillion Area Family of Funds Endowment Fund. 

  • Brillion Historical Society
  • Brillion Public Schools
  • Brillion Nature Center
  • Optimist International Foundation
  • City of Brillion
  • Crossfire Ranch
  • Home Aweigh Acres, Inc
  • LEAVEN, Inc.
  • River Surge FC, Inc.
  • Samaritan
  • The Salvation Army Central Territory

2024 Grants

Brillion Area Family of Funds Endowment Fund Grant Recipients

The Brillion Area Family of Funds Endowment Fund is a permanent endowment that accepts donations of any amount to be used to provide annual grants to nonprofit organizations. Recipients are chosen by local volunteers through a competitive grant application process.

Grants totaling $16,868.19 were awarded from the Brillion Area Family of Funds Endowment Fund to 9 charitable organizations serving the people of the greater Brillion Area.

  • Bay-Lakes Council Boy Scouts of America
  • Brillion Middle School
  • Brillion Police Department
  • Brillion Public Library
  • Calumet County Extension
  • Friends of the Endries Performing Arts Center
  • LEAVEN, Inc.
  • Optimist International Foundation – Brillion Optimist Club’s Horn Park Playground Project
  • Samaritan

Grant Recipients

In 2024, grants awarded from funds within the Brillion Area Family of Funds totaled $666,578.28. These grants are awarded through funds for which the donors recommend recipients or have dedicated all grant money to specific charitable organizations or causes. The following nonprofit organizations, located locally and beyond, received grants.

  • ALS Association, Inc., Wisconsin Chapter
  • Babies & Beyond of WI
  • Basic Needs Giving Partnership, Inc.
  • Bay-Lakes Council Boy Scouts of America
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Wisconsin
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Wisconsin
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of West-Central Wisconsin
  • Brillion City Community Drive
  • Brillion Middle School
  • Brillion Nature Center
  • Brillion Police Department
  • Brillion Public Library
  • Brillion Public Schools
  • Brown County Community Women’s Club
  • Calumet County Extension
  • Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay
  • Cerebral Palsy Inc.
  • City of Brillion
  • Diocese of Madison
  • First Baptist Church of Wildwood
  • First Congregational UCC (Appleton)
  • Friends of the Endries Performing Arts Center
  • Friends of Wisconsin Public Television
  • Greater Green Bay Community Foundation
  • GROW Foundation
  • Hidden Treasures Thrift Shoppe
  • Holy Family Parish
  • Hometown Heroes, Inc.
  • HSHS Foundation
  • Junior Achievement of Wisconsin
  • Learn 2 Fish With Us Inc.
  • LEAVEN, Inc.
  • New Covenant United Methodist Church
  • New Holstein Community Chest
  • New Hope Center, Inc.
  • NextGen ALS Inc.
  • Old Glory Honor Flight
  • Operation Shoebox
  • Optimist International Foundation – Brillion Optimist Club’s Horn Park Playground Project
  • Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church
  • Peace United Church of Christ (Brillion)
  • Pillars
  • Portage Food Pantry Inc.
  • Project ALS
  • PROLIFE Across AMERICA
  • Rawhide Inc.
  • Samaritan
  • Servants of the Good Help, Inc.
  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul Brillion
  • St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church
  • St Benedict Parish
  • St. Bernard Parish
  • St. Gianna Molla Clinic, Inc.
  • St. Joseph Parish
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
  • St. Mary School
  • The Family Radio Network, Inc.
  • The Salvation Army of Calumet County
  • Trinity Lutheran Church & School
  • Vida Inc.
  • Wisconsin Public Radio Association
  • Wrightstown Community School District
  • YMCA of the Fox Cities
  • Zion Church Forest Junction
  • Zion Lutheran Church – Wayside

2023 Grants & Scholarships

Grant Recipients

In 2023, grants awarded from funds within the Brillion Area Family of Funds totaled $1,114,422. These grants are awarded through funds for which the donors recommend recipients or have dedicated all grant money to specific charitable organizations or causes. The following nonprofit organizations, located locally and beyond, received grants.

  • ALS Association, Inc., Wisconsin Chapter
  • Altrusa Hospitality House
  • American Cancer Society-Midwest Div.
  • Babies & Beyond of WI
  • Basic Needs Giving Partnership, Inc.
  • Bellin Health Foundation
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Wisconsin
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Wisconsin
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of the Bay & Lakes Region
  • Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha
  • Brillion City Community Drive
  • Brillion High School
  • Brillion Nature Center
  • Brillion Police Department
  • Brillion Public Library
  • Brillion Public Schools
  • Brown County Community Women’s Club
  • Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Green Bay Inc.
  • Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Green Bay
  • Cerebral Palsy Inc.
  • City of Brillion
  • Curran Spirituality Center, Inc.
  • Diocese of Madison
  • Faith United Methodist Church
  • Fallen Timbers Environmental Center
  • Fox Valley Memory Project
  • Friends of the Endries Performing Arts Center
  • Friends of Wisconsin Public Television
  • Girls on the Run Northeast Wisconsin
  • Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity
  • GROW Foundation
  • Hidden Treasures Thrift Shoppe
  • Holy Family Parish
  • Junior Achievement of Wisconsin
  • Lakeland University
  • LakeView Technology Academy
  • Marinette Menominee Area Chamber Foundation Inc
  • New Holstein Community Chest
  • New Hope Center, Inc.
  • Old Glory Honor Flight
  • Optimist International Foundation
  • Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church
  • Peace United Church of Christ
  • Pillars
  • Portage Food Pantry, Inc.
  • Production Farm, Inc.
  • Project ALS
  • Rawhide, Inc.
  • Relevant Radio
  • Ribbon of Hope Foundation
  • Samaritan
  • Servants of the Good Help, Inc.
  • Service League of Green Bay, Inc.
  • Society of St. Vincent de Paul Brillion Ua
  • St Benedict Parish
  • St. John’s Ministries
  • St. Joseph Parish
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
  • St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception
  • St. Paul Elder Services
  • The Family Radio Network, Inc.
  • Trinity Lutheran Church & School
  • University of Wisconsin – Green Bay Foundation Inc.
  • Vida Inc.
  • Whatsoever You Do, Inc.
  • Wisconsin Public Radio Association
  • Wrightstown Community School District
  •  YMCA of Dodge County, Inc.
  • Zion Church Forest Junction
  • Zion Lutheran School of Wayside

Join the Impact

Make a gift to the Brillion Area Family of Funds and support our mission to strengthen Brillion!

Give now

Your gift creates or adds to a charitable fund to benefit causes important to you now or for the long term. If you are looking to create a fund, contact the Community Foundation team and we will help you get started!

If you’d like to donate online click here: Join the Impact!

If you’d like to donate by mail, please send your gift to:
The Brillion Area Family of Funds
4455 W. Lawrence Street, Appleton, WI 54914

 

Give Later

The Himebaugh Legacy Circle

No matter if Brillion is your hometown or the place you now call home, you have a lot invested here. You can help ensure the vitality of the Brillion area for future generations by counting your community among your heirs. Become a member of the Himebaugh Legacy Circle by naming the Brillion Area Family of Funds as the beneficiary of any estate planning tool.

We reached our goal!

Whether you were born and raised in the Brillion area or it is your adopted community, you no doubt appreciate the quality of life we enjoy here.

The privilege of living in a community like ours instills in us a desire to pay something back for what we’ve been given. One of the important and necessary funds that we are growing is the Brillion Area Family of Funds Endowment Fund. It provides a permanent source of dollars for charitable organizations working to improve the lives of everyone in our area.

Bob and Pat Endries want to leave a legacy by helping shape the future of Brillion today! They are matching dollar-for-dollar up to $500,000 for all donations in any amount to the Brillion Area Family of Funds Endowment Fund, the Fund that will support the work in Brillion forever.

If we can raise $500,000, secure the match of $500,000, we will be ensuring $45,000 annually will be given to our local nonprofits and schools forever!

Advisory Board Members

2026 Advisory Board

  • Tammy Koehler – Chair
  • Nick Romenesko – Vice Chair
  • Cheryl Brazil
  • Bruce Keller
  • Dennis Miller
  • Bonnie Olson
  • Jason Rottier
  • Tamara Pribbernow
  • Matt Vechart
  • Peter Vechart
  • Jessica Wenzel
  • Kelsey Woldt

Who are the Affiliate Partners?

Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region affiliates are funds within the Community Foundation that are designed to serve our smaller, more rural geographic areas.

These five geographic areas include Brillion, Chilton, Clintonville, Shawano, and Waupaca. Their relationship with the Community Foundation allows them to focus on raising funds and determining the best way to grant dollars back to their communities.

Our affiliate partners are volunteers who advise on the operations of the affiliate and utilize the Community Foundation’s professional services and staff. Volunteers who oversee the affiliates have advisory roles, but final legal authority resides with the board of the Community Foundation. We are grateful for their partnership and dedication to improving their communities not only today, but for many generations to come.

Need help?

Contact us if you need any assistance.

Director of Community Engagement

Jenny Krikava

Phone

920.702.7632

Email

jkrikava@cffoxvalley.org

Jenny Krikava
Director of Community Engagement
Jenny Krikava
Phone
920.702.7632
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