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From paper to digital data: An Appleton East student takes a wellness screening. Thanks to a grant from the Bright Idea Fund within the Community Foundation, Samaritan Counseling Center of the Fox Valley will retire its paper-based filing system and implement an electronic database in local schools to prevent teen suicide in the Fox Valley. […]

Hi everyone! My name is Iida (pronounced ee-da) Berg and am thrilled to be a part of the Community Foundation team as the Donor Services & Gift Planning Coordinator, supporting multiple areas of the Foundation, focusing on gift planning and our robust scholarship program. I have a diverse professional background from working with international visa […]

After nearly 28 years of dedicated service, Betty Van Den Broek is retiring from the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region. She initially joined the Community Engagement team and later became the Front Desk Coordinator, making her the first-person visitors would meet upon entering the Foundation’s doors. Kind, friendly, welcoming, and caring; those are […]

After a career as a wealth management advisor, Warren Schneider doesn’t leave financial matters to chance. That goes for the financial decisions to be implemented after his and his wife Linda’s lifetime. Warren and Linda have everything well planned to meet their objectives in life even after their deaths. Part of that plan is making […]

The Community Foundation has been closely following updates from the U.S. Department of Education regarding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. There have been multiple issues with the updates for the 2024-25 school year, including late opening for applicants, delays in producing Submission Summary documentation for applicants who have submitted their FAFSA […]

On April 20, 2018, Chilton High School graduate Grant Richman died as the result of suicide. His friend Ben Hertel wrote the following letter thanking the Community Foundation for helping him set up the Grant Richman Memorial Scholarship Fund to honor Grant’s memory. Ben has allowed us to share his letter. By Ben Hertel, Employee […]

Time is running short to apply for scholarships at the Community Foundation, and it’s best not to wait until the last minute to apply. Through the generosity of our donors, we have more than $1 million in scholarships available each year to students from 60 schools in the Fox Valley. Many scholarship deadlines are March […]

Ethan Zwiers has a life full of potential to fulfill. Luckily, he’s not alone in that assignment. Ethan, a Stockbridge High School graduate from Hilbert, is this year’s recipient of the Katie Hemauer Memorial Scholarship, with our Chilton Area Community Foundation partner. The scholarship fund was set up by Katie’s family in honor of the […]

Kodye Fassbender was the kid his friends would go to seeking help with relationship problems or other difficulties that surface in the lives of high schoolers. The extent of his role as his classmates’ counselor surprised his family. Finding out he was so unable to do the same for himself that he took his own […]

As the school year ends and the scholarship season wraps up here at the Community Foundation, we celebrate another busy spring with more than $1.3 million awarded to more than 450 students! It is exciting to see students from all around the greater Fox Valley area benefit from the generosity of our donors.  High schools […]

Generous donors and qualified graduates combined to allow the Community Foundation to award more than $1 million in scholarships for the third year in a row for students attending college in fall. Our 409 scholarship recipients for 2018 received a total of $1.01 million in scholarships offered from among 189 charitable funds with the Foundation. […]

Thanks to the generosity of people, businesses and organizations with a passion for education, we award scholarships each year that help hundreds of area students pursue their educational dreams. Our 2019 scholarship recipients are awarded $1.36 million from among 203 scholarship funds with us to help pay for college: Interested in starting a scholarship fund […]