Category: Events We Sponsor

The Community Foundation held its annual Celebration of Giving on Nov. 2 at the newly opened Community First Credit Union headquarters with good numbers to share. John Hogerty, board chair during the 2016-17 fiscal year, announced to the more than 200 attendees that a record $26.8 million in grants had been awarded in the fiscal year […]

Do you know an outstanding volunteer? You probably know more than one. Each spring, hundreds of people in the Fox Valley area come together to celebrate volunteerism and honor those who go above and beyond to help make the community a better place with their gifts of time. Now is the time to shine the spotlight […]

2017 Award Recipients Carolyn Ragusett, 2017 Arts Award. Above, Jane Dwyre Garton, 2017 Rugland Community Service Award. Kaylie Bittner, 2017 Youth Award Sally Podoski, 2017 Groth Mentoring Award Mary Downs, 2017 Janet Berry Award Kimberly-Clark and the Diaper bank, 2017 Business Partnership Award Lee Hillstrom, 2017 Health Care Award Photos courtesy of The Post-Crescent There is […]

If you see management of a nonprofit in your future, you can earn a Nonprofit Management Certificate through the Leadership Institute. The application deadline is Friday, Jan. 13. The class maximum is 12 participants. The Leadership Institute is a year-long series of seminars led by experts and designed for new nonprofit executive directors or those in […]

The Community Foundation is one of the sponsors of this webinar series with a Bright Idea Fund grant supporting the event. Other sponsors are the Nonprofit Leadership Initiative, United Way Fox Cities, CLA, and Association of Fundraising Professionals – NE Wisconsin Chapter. Nonprofit staff and board members are encouraged to participate in a nonprofit webinar […]

Registration is available now for a workshop that promises to provide a tool for nonprofits to achieve sustainability to better accomplish their missions. “Pursuing Nonprofit Sustainability: Using the Matrix Map to Make Strategic Decisions” is designed for nonprofit staff and board members. It starts  8 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, at Bridgewood Resort Hotel & Conference Center, […]

More than 115 nonprofit leaders gather for a forum at Fox Valley Technical College to increase their knowledge on how to steward their donors and strengthen their organizations’ financial future. On May 8, the Nonprofit Leadership Initiative and the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region partnered to conduct a two-part Leadership Forum on building […]

The Northeast Wisconsin Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals is celebrating philanthropy with an awards banquet and daylong educational event at Liberty Hall and Conference Center in Kimberly. The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region is a sponsor, along with the community foundations on Green Bay and Oshkosh. These individuals are being recognized […]

READ THE POST-CRESCENT’S COVERAGE Our Fox Valley Region has a well-earned reputation for quality of life and community pride. We have the responsibility to build on that, and making a good thing even better takes creative thinking and fresh perspectives. That’s why the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region sponsored the recent consulting visit […]

If there was any question whether the folks running Fox Valley-area nonprofits are looking for quick and quality resources to help them do their jobs, the 60-some filled chairs at the Bordini Center the morning of June 25 answered with a resounding “YES.” As good as the catered breakfast cookies were, this crowd turned out to learn […]

A new mural is brightening up the tunnel behind Fox Commons thanks to Paint the City 4. Each summer for the past four years, Paint the City has brought together students from the Appleton Area School District (AASD) for a two-week program to design and paint a public mural. This year’s project took place from […]

A panel of six representatives of nonprofits dedicated to enjoying the outdoors Thursday evening told a crowd of about 40 mostly younger people about the benefits they can get from serving on a board of directors. “I’ve been richly paid for my volunteer work,” Dave Peck, president of Friends of the Fox said. Whether working […]