Category: In the News

Today the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region and Greater Green Bay Community Foundation announce the formation of the NEW News Lab (Northeast Wisconsin News Lab), a new collaborative effort providing technology support, capacity building and additional funding to boost local journalism and newsrooms. It includes six news organizations: Fox Valley 365, The Post-Crescent, […]

Hello! My name is Hope Schaefer (she/her) and I’m thrilled to be a part of the Nonprofit Leadership Initiative (NPLI) team as Program and Communications Manager! My official start date was May 1, but I’ve been part of the NPLI community for several years. I’m a graduate of the 2019-2020 Leadership Institute, I’ve attended many […]

O.C. Boldt clearly was an incredibly influential community leader, but he also was still the common construction worker who took over the modest family construction business in 1950. His last trip through the city he loved demonstrated that. He was one of the founders of the Community Foundation and a valuable and dependable friend to […]

We wear a lot of hats as a community foundation serving the Fox Valley. Today kicks off national Community Foundation Week, and we think it’s a great time to recognize one of our most important jobs: Community foundations are a first responder of philanthropy. In other words, we step up to help those most in […]

The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region exists to serve our community, especially in times of critical need. We’ll continue to pay close attention to needs related to the coronavirus pandemic as this develops in the Fox Valley region we serve. As our local community joins the rest of the globe in navigating this […]

We’re all feeling the great loss of Oscar C. Boldt today, remembering not only his huge impact in the Fox Valley but the many personal memories of a man who meant so much to his family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and community. He was known to many of us as “O.C.” He died yesterday morning at […]

The David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region (Nelson Family Fund) awarded grants totaling $2,058,650, providing nonprofits and local municipalities with a much-needed financial boost.  The Nelsons, who lived in De Pere, made provisions during their lifetimes for a planned gift to benefit the region. Rita was a teacher, and David was the Chief […]

By: Carolyn Desrosiers, Director of Community Engagement On the night of August 16th in the alley behind the Appleton YMCA, as upbeat music and the smell of good food filled the air, so did a sense of community pride and belonging. It was the culmination of “Paint the City 3,” a mural project led by […]

Shelly Leadley, Stacie Belke and Michelle Lippart Hardwick do a bang-up job during our staff demolition celebration. Hard hats: Check. Safety goggles and vests: Yep! The walls of our new office space came crumbling down last week, and our excited staff is now watching in amazement as the new space is already taking shape. Last […]

The Northeast Wisconsin Mental Health Connection (The Connection) has shared a new report on recommendations to improve the mental health of adults in the Fox Valley. Raising the minimum wage; increasing walk-in services for mental health care; speeding up the state licensure approval process for new therapists; and adopting social connectedness strategies are among the […]

Appleton grew from trade and industry, thrived in tandem with the rise of Lawrence University, and has been transformed by music and activism. Coming soon: The newest installment in PBS Wisconsin’s history series, Wisconsin Hometown Stories: Appleton tells the story of a city built by the power of the Fox River and reinvented by generations […]

From homelessness to coming home, Pillars provides shelter, support, and solutions to address the housing needs in our community. That is more than 150 homes per year and more than 45,000 nights of shelter each year! Recently, to support these efforts, Lisa Strandberg, Executive Director of Pillars, accepted a grant of $797,245 from the U.S. […]