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Jul 1, 2025

The Invisible Backbone: Nonprofits in the Fox Valley Region

Last month I shared a message of support for our nonprofit partners. Your community foundation and our region are supported by a strong and knowledgeable[...]

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Jun 27, 2025

B.A.B.E.S., Inc.’s Takin’ It Outside Provided an Evening of Family-Friendly Fun

On Friday night, June 20, 2025, families, including parents, children, grandparents, and other relatives, gathered for an enjoyable evening at B.A.B.E.S., Inc.’s “Takin’ It Outside”[...]

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Jun 24, 2025

Vice President of Community Engagement to Begin New Chapter after More Than 26 Years with the Community Foundation

From growing up on a dairy farm to her first career as a TV reporter to spending the last 26 years at the Community Foundation[...]

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Jun 19, 2025

Nonprofit Leadership Initiative Offers Financial Leadership Program

Written by Andrea Peterson, Program & Communications Manager for the Nonprofit Leadership Initiative In today’s complex nonprofit landscape, exceptional financial leadership is no longer a[...]

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Jun 13, 2025

Dayton Community Connection Awarded Grant to Restore Lyman Dayton Trail

With the support of a grant from the Jim and Mary Grist Fund for Waupaca, a fund within the Waupaca Area Community Foundation, an affiliate[...]

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Jun 11, 2025

The Monthlies Project Reaches One Million Period Products Distributed with Community-Led Power

Written by Stacie Hazlett-Rothe, Communications & Outreach Specialist with the Women’s Fund for the Fox Valley Region In a powerful demonstration of community-driven change, The[...]

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"Two lifetimes of hard work"

Patti Schoenborn-Kinjerski


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It was wonderful for her to be able to give back to her school.

Fritz Merizon


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Anyone, of any giving means, now has a vehicle where they can put their money and know it will be effectively used to further environmental causes.

Dick Gosse


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"Those gifts will go on forever.”

Cindy Wyngaard


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