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We are an affiliate of the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region. As an affiliate, we benefit from their professional services and staff, allowing more time for our volunteer Affiliate Advisory Board Members and Committee Members to focus on raising funds and determining the best way to grant dollars back to our community.
The Shawano Area Community Foundation’s 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.
Most grants are awarded from charitable funds for which the donors recommend the nonprofit organization recipients. However, the Shawano Area Community Foundation accepts applications annually by December 1 from local nonprofit organizations for grants from the Shawano Area Community Fund. View our list of charitable funds.
Scholarships are available for Shawano County high school students, with application deadlines starting February 1. Search for available scholarships.
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In 2023, the more than 80 charitable funds within the SACF awarded more than $428,870 in grants to charitable organizations. Each year, the Shawano Area Community Foundation board awards grants from the Shawano Area Fund through an application process involving a committee of local volunteers. A complete list of grantees can be found in our Shawano Annual Report.
The Shawano Area Community Foundation accepts grant applications by October 1 from eligible charitable organizations in Shawano County.
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!
To donate online: Join the Impact!
To donate by mail, please send your gift to:
Shawano Area Community Foundation
4455 W. Lawrence Street, Appleton, WI 54914
No matter if Shawano is your hometown or the place you now call home, you have a lot invested here. You can help ensure the vitality of the Shawano area for future generations by counting your community among your heirs. Become a member of the Himebaugh Legacy Circle by naming Shawano Area Community Foundation as the beneficiary of any estate planning tool.
For example, here’s how one of our grants helped the Boys & Girls Clubs of Shawano continue serving kids and families in our community during the Covid-19 pandemic.
We have many very generous people and organizations in our community, and you can get to know them through stories we share about folks like our friend Charlie Harvey, who gives back to his neighbors in unique ways. Read his story here, and watch his video.
Board:
Raquel Strayer – Chair
Lynn Schaal – Secretary
Kari Grassman
Kyle Klotzbuecher
Jim Meyer
Kim Zinda
Grants Committee:
Lynn Schaal – Chair
Kari Grassman
Kyle Klotzbuecher
Rhonda Uelmen
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.
Contact us if you need any assistance.
4455 W. Lawrence St.
Appleton, WI 54914
(920) 830-1290
Regular Hours
Monday-Friday: 8 am-4 pm
Summer Hours
Monday-Thursday: 8 am-4 pm
Friday: 8 am-12 pm
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