Tag: Heckrodt Wetland Reserve

From cultural events and an accessible playground to helping nonprofits build capacity through the addition of staff or updated technology, the Community Vision Fund within the Community Foundation awarded 68 grants totaling $842,323 during 2023.  The Community Vision Fund seeks to fulfill community needs and advance well-being for people living in Calumet, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, and […]

The Community Vision Fund within the Community Foundation is ready to help nonprofit organizations make a huge impact in the Fox Valley. The fund seeks to fulfill community needs and advance well-being for people living in Calumet, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, and the Neenah-Menasha area of Winnebago counties. The fund combines dollars from donors who created […]

The Fox Valley is home to an abundance of natural beauty and the Environmental Stewardship Fund within the Community Foundation continues to support organizations and efforts that increase access and inclusion in the outdoors so more people can enjoy it. The Environmental Stewardship Fund was created in 2006 by 54 generous donors with an interest […]

I’m honored to share with you the impact that Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (NPLI) has had on my personal journey in the nonprofit world. After working in mission-driven programming for over 12 years at Heckrodt Wetland Reserve, I knew I was ready for the next chapter of my leadership journey. Thankfully, NPLI’s Leadership Institute was there to […]

Environmental literacy should be available to everyone! Exactly one year ago, we reported on a very exciting dream just coming to life over at the Heckrodt Wetland Reserve: a sky-high adventure in discovering nature, designed to give those with challenges of any kind, from financial to physical, access to this learning opportunity in the trees! […]

Tracey Koenig’s 25-year career at Heckrodt Wetland Reserve started largely because the Menasha nature center was close by. That was a happy bit of serendipity for the visitors, staff and wildlife at the 91-acre nature center in Menasha. Tracey and her husband moved from Texas to a house near Heckrodt early in 1998. She had […]

The David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region provided 24 nonprofits with a much-needed financial boost with grant awards totaling more than $2.5 million.  The fund made two $500,000 grants:  To support the Door County Historical Society’s project to restore the Eagle’s Bluff Lighthouse in Peninsula […]