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Kiwanis Club benefits from charitable giving plan

Posted on Dec 15, 2020, by Community Foundation

Members of Kiwanis provide cookies at “Light Up the Night” (pre-COVID), in conjunction with last year’s annual Appleton Christmas Parade in Appleton. By Jeffrey Walters treasurer, Appleton-Fox Cities Kiwanis Club As a donor and treasurer of Appleton-Fox Cities Kiwanis Club’s two funds, I’m grateful for the administrative help and investment base provided by the Community […]

Community Foundation and United Way Fox Cities give thanks

Posted on Nov 24, 2020, by Community Foundation

Curt Detjen from the Community Foundation and Peter Kelly from United Way Fox Cities take a moment to voice what we’re all feeling: Incredible thankfulness for all of you who have helped our communities flourish by supporting our local nonprofit organizations. Many of these organizations are struggling and their needs continue. There is still time […]

Range lights off Door County must wait for $200,000 restoration

Posted on Oct 15, 2020, by

Pictured is the LAST surviving Duluth-style Life Saving Station on the Great Lakes. Due to the threat of COVID-19, the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands delayed the restoration of two range lights on Plum Island to be funded in part by a $200,000 grant from the David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund within […]

COVID-19 Fund Grants $100,732 to 11 Nonprofits

Posted on Oct 7, 2020, by

From homelessness to coming home, Pillars provides shelter, support and solutions to address the housing needs in our community. Thanks to gifts generously donated to the COVID-19 Community Response Fund established by the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region and United Way Fox Cities, 11 nonprofits were recently awarded $100,732 in grants to assist […]

‘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 […]

COVID Response Fund Reaches $1 Million in Grants to Local Nonprofits, $1.5 Million in Donations

Posted on Jul 30, 2020, by Community Foundation

LEAVEN Fox Cities is among the latest local nonprofits to receive a grant from the COVID-19 Community Response Fund, established by the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region and United Way Fox Cities. In an incredible show of charity and selflessness during a time of challenges, hundreds of generous individuals, businesses and foundations have […]

Two Waupaca-area grant opportunities available now

Posted on Jun 5, 2020, by Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region

Established in 2003, the Waupaca Area Community Foundation’s mission is to preserve and improve the quality of life for the people of the greater Waupaca area. It is a regional affiliate of the Appleton-based Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region. Photo credit: Teri Van Dam. The Waupaca Area Community Foundation has two grant opportunities […]

Family fund helps community research Irish ancestry

Posted on Mar 5, 2019, by Community Foundation

For those of you who have Irish or Scots-Irish ancestors, two nationally renowned speakers are coming to northeast Wisconsin to help discover more about those roots, thanks  to a grant from the Miller/Anthes Family Fund within the Community Foundation. The grant helps support a March 13th lecture at the Brown County Library in Green Bay by […]

Foundation elves deliver grant checks

Posted on Dec 22, 2017, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

United Way staff members accepted the grant checks en masse. From left are Josh Kilgas, Peter Feldkamp, the Foundation’s Shelly Leadley, Sarah Wright, Tony Gonzalez, Andrew Konkel, Mary Wisnet, the Foundation’s Kathy Rechner, Lisa Smith and Rhonda Hannemann. Usually it’s the mail carrier that brings Community Foundation grant checks to nonprofit organizations, but this Friday […]

Help us celebrate Community Foundation Week

Posted on Nov 13, 2017, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

You may have driven to work this morning unaware that you have entered Community Foundation Week. There’s no parade. No tree-lighting ceremony in Rockefeller Plaza. You won’t get any days off. In fact, for us it is a week to work harder at raising awareness of the important role community foundations play in helping people […]