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COVID-19 grant boosts Diverse & Resilient’s Room to Be You(th) Program

Posted on Jan 26, 2021, by Community Foundation

A $10,000 grant from the COVID-19 Community Response Fund will help Diverse & Resilient’ s Room to Be Safe program.. By Kathy Flores, program director, Diverse & Resilient We are thrilled that Diverse & Resilient of Appleton has secured funding to provide programming for LGBTQ youth in Northeast Wisconsin. The new Room to Be You(th) […]

We are listening and learning as we address diversity, equity and inclusion

Posted on Jan 22, 2021, by Community Foundation

The diversity, equity, and inclusion journey begins with each one of us listening and learning from one another to strengthen and enrich our communities together. By Jon Stellmacher, Community Foundation Board Chair Our nation has certainly experienced historical events unlike our nation has seen in over 50 years: a once-in-a-century pandemic and social justice issues […]

How Are We Doing?

Posted on Dec 16, 2020, by Community Foundation

The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) conducted a survey for us in June to learn from our donors what we’re doing well and what we could improve. We received 316 surveys and a 35% response rate. Thanks to all who took the time to respond! The survey results show our impact on the community and […]

2020 defined by challenges as community, staff step up

Posted on Dec 8, 2020, by Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region

Curt Detjen, president and CEO of the Community Foundation, and Jon Stellmacher, chairman of the Community Foundation Board. By Curt Detjen, President and CEO The fiscal year that concluded in June 2020 was one of the most disruptive in memory for the Community Foundation. It was also a year for which we are most proud […]

Rhoades Sanford extends WACF grantmaking

Posted on Oct 27, 2020, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

Tomorrow’s Children of Waupaca recently received a grant from the Waupaca Area Community Foundation, one of our affiliate partners, toward the purchase and training of a therapy dog to work with children with traumatic or difficult pasts. The Waupaca Area Community Foundation’s grantmaking this year was extended by an extra $20,000 thanks to a new […]

‘Visionaries, Progressive Big Thinkers and Investors’ Help Advance Health Equity

Posted on Oct 5, 2020, by

Us 2 Behavioral Health Care, Inc. is an Appleton nonprofit whose mission is to advance health equity by removing barriers and creating an inclusive community where people can reach their full potential. Pictured: Sheng Lee Yang, MSW, LCSW, executive director, and Kou Yang, director of operations and finance By Kou Yang, director of operations and […]

Pandemic Pivoting and Planning in Our New Fiscal Year

Posted on Aug 19, 2020, by Tammy Geenen

A grant from the Bright Idea Fund within the Community Foundation to the Waupaca Community Arts Board helped the community create hundreds of Kindness Flags, which were displayed recently in downtown Waupaca. By Tammy Geenen, Vice President Community Engagement, Community Foundation Unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic during the last several months continue to […]

Surprise grants provide nature centers relief from COVID

Posted on Jul 8, 2020, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

By Dave Horst, Donor Services & Environmental Grant Manager, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region If you were at an area nature center recently and heard a strange sound you couldn’t identify, that wasn’t a rare migrating warbler. It was a sigh of relief from the naturalist. Eight area nature centers were informed recently […]

Community Conversations Aim to Understand Race, Racism, Antiracism

Posted on Jun 22, 2020, by Community Foundation

To make it easier to talk about race and have compassionate community conversations, Imagine Fox Cities is providing series of free conversation guides to those who live and work in the region. “We launched this series on Juneteenth in recognition of the lasting racial inequities in the US that have their origins in the transatlantic slave […]

Local partnership hosts online training Wednesday on “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Cultivating Culture”

Posted on Jun 9, 2020, by Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region

Us 2 Behavioral Health is teaming up with NPlace.org to present a timely topic, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Cultivating Culture. The online training is tomorrow, June 10, at 3 p.m. The presentation is made possible by a grant from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership within the Community Foundation, supported by the U.S. Venture Fund for […]

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