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Barb Schmidt, a founder of Shawano Area Community Foundation, dies at 90

Posted on Feb 17, 2021, by Community Foundation

Photo by Shawano Area Community Foundation (SACF) Board member Curt Knoke. Barb Schmidt is being remembered for her life of serving Shawano County through her many years of leadership. As co-founder of the Shawano Area Community Foundation (SACF), in 1990, her legacy will impact the community forever. “Barb provided the push to get the SACF […]

Clintonville Area Charities Receive $13,564 in grants

Posted on Feb 16, 2021, by

The Clintonville Area Foundation has awarded $13,564.23 in grants to six nonprofit organizations serving the Clintonville area. The grants, which benefit a range of community causes, were awarded from a variety of charitable funds within the community foundation this year. “The Foundation’s mission to enhance and improve the social, cultural, educational, health and general well […]

Matty’s Fund not about just talk or complaining

Posted on Feb 8, 2021, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

Play fair. Learn to share. Show you care. That was the answer to any dispute for Matty Mathison’s family growing up with eight siblings in the small Winnebago County town of Winchester. She heard it so often, Matty would recite it before Mom or Dad had the chance. An avid bicyclist and a longtime Shawano-area […]

Shawano Area Community Foundation looks forward to hopeful future

Posted on Jan 25, 2021, by

Cover photo for the new Shawano Area Community Foundation Annual Report. By Jon Meyers, Shawano Area Community Foundation chair A few weeks ago I shared the great news of how our Shawano community is benefiting from more than $50,000 in grants to impact lives through unprecedented events in 2020. We’ve just published our Annual Report […]

Mission of Hope House here to help families

Posted on Dec 28, 2020, by

Mission of Hope House of Wisconsin in New London has received several grants to help families during the economic and health crisis. A $3,000 grant from Clintonville Area Foundation supported operations. Two grants totaling $40,000 from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership allow them to work collaboratively with Forward Services, CAP Services and the Salvation Army […]

Shawano community benefits from more than $50,000 in grants

Posted on Dec 23, 2020, by

A $2,500 grant to Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin – Fox Valley is providing Food Funds to approximately 11 member food pantries in Shawano County. Food funds are re-granted dollars to member organizations to source healthy food from warehouse inventory of perishable and shelf stable food products. The Shawano Area Community Foundation (SACF) announced $50,100 in […]

Generous donors help foundation impact the Chilton community

Posted on Dec 22, 2020, by Community Foundation

The Chilton Area Community Foundation Fund awarded LEAVEN a $5,000 grant to help our Chilton neighbors who are most in-need during these difficult times. Funds like this have helped LEAVEN provide uninterrupted service. By Derek McDermott, Chilton Area Community Foundation board chair Greetings from the Chilton Area Community Foundation! Our mission is to preserve and […]

Clintonville community flourishes in time of change

Posted on Nov 30, 2020, by Community Foundation

By Jill Cassiani, Clintonville Area Foundation Board Chair Having been a resident of Clintonville for over 45 years, I’m proud to serve as the Clintonville Area Foundation Board Chair. The Clintonville Area Foundation to date has $1,096,848 in assets. This is because of the generosity of the many people, businesses and organizations over the past […]

Waupaca Area Community Foundation rises to meet increasing needs

Posted on Nov 16, 2020, by Community Foundation

By Board Chair Stephen Johnson, Waupaca Area Community Foundation Your generosity to the Waupaca Area Community Foundation has had long-term effects on our community. The mission of the Foundation to preserve and improve the quality of life for the people of the greater Waupaca area remains. Your support has been critical to the existence of […]

Brillion’s newest philanthropist is learning on the job

Posted on Nov 5, 2020, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

Bruce and Walter Keller. Bruce Keller knew his father had put some money into some kind of account for charity, but he wasn’t really sure what it was for or how it worked. Bruce and his father, Walter, were more likely to talk about how things were going at Keller Inc., the family construction company, […]

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