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As an advocate for the arts in Shawano County and the Shawano Area Community Foundation, Dr. Susan Hanson was an unstoppable force. Even her passing in 2015 didn’t stop her from contributing to her causes. After becoming the first woman graduate of Wittenberg High School to attend medical school, she served as director of the […]

The Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra Association will present “Brats, Beers and Beethoven!” a free, family friendly concert 7 p.m. July 1 at Fox Cities Stadium. The Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra will perform an array of classical music, including Beethoven, Copland and Sousa. Additionally, the MacDowell Chorus and Fox Valleyaires will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” and […]

Nearly 300 ninth-graders, accompanied by 50 adult chaperones from 19 Fox Valley-area high schools, worked on improving their leadership skills at Teen Symposium 2017, a day-long leadership conference at the Radisson Paper Valley hotel on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The event was presented by United Way Fox Cities. The Community Foundation is one of the sponsors, having awarded […]

By: Andrea Peterson, Program & Communications Manager – NPLI  According to BoardSource’s latest Leading With Intent report, only 29% of nonprofits surveyed reported that they have adopted a written succession plan or policy to guide the board when the CEO/Executive Director transition occurs. Why is that?  Succession planning is often framed in terms of the […]

A couple months ago I mentioned to a friend that I planned to participate in a “plunge” and she envisioned me doing a polar bear-style leap into an icy lake. Not me—I’m more of a heated pool type—but I was more than willing to do a deep dive into the issue of end-of-life in our […]

While there are many predictions of dire consequences for charitable giving with the higher standard deduction implemented with tax reform, giving expert Bryan Clontz says there are two particularly favorable opportunities for donors. Clontz, President of Florida-based Charitable Solutions, frequently speaks to professional advisors in the Fox Valley at gatherings arranged by the Community Foundation. […]

Be Well Fox Valley is a new United Way Fox Cities initiative designed to improve health and well-being in Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago Counties, thanks to support from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership Fund within the Community Foundation and the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, supported by the U.S. Venture Fund for Basic Needs, the J.J. […]

Nineteen Fox Valley schools will send more than 300 freshmen to invest a day at the 2018 Teen Symposium in hopes that the payoff will be informed leaders who will leave their mark over the rest of their high school careers. The symposium will be held Feb. 12 at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in downtown […]

A Community Foundation grant helped the Kurt Stein School of Music in Neenah get started in a partnership with YouthGo to give disadvantaged youth the chance to learn a musical instrument, but more instruments were needed. That was until a nonprofit run by a 19-year-old came to play. The nonprofit music school offered to give lessons in guitar, […]

A film produced by local teens about confronting the crisis in the use of heroin and other opiates will be one of the highlights of the Wildwood Film Festival, this Saturday, March 11, at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center. The short film Heroes Rising will be presented at 1-2:15 p.m. in the Kimberly-Clark Theater. Tickets […]

The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region awards hundreds of scholarships annually to high school graduates and college students. Lucie Spanbauer, a 2021 high school graduate, received the Jackie Johnson Fox Communities Credit Union Scholarship and recently shared her gratitude: Dear Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, I was this year’s recipient of […]

Nearly 500 people gathered in the grand ballroom of the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton Tuesday for the community’s 20th year of celebrating volunteerism with the Celebrating Volunteers gala. Volunteers in eight award categories were honored during the event, which has been hosted by the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region and The […]