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The last quarter of the calendar year is a whirlwind for nonprofits. An unbelievable 30% of all charitable giving occurs in December and 10% of that is given in the last 3 days of the year. Additionally, over a quarter of nonprofits raise between 26 – 50% of their operating funds from their year-end ask. […]

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. […]

Megan Schuessler with her husband, Erik.                By Megan Schuessler, Donor Services Manager Hello! My name is Megan Schuessler and I am very excited to be a part of the Community Foundation team as the new donor services manager. In my new role I will get to work with donors and funds and connect […]

Encompass of Green Bay’s Child And Classroom Advocate Program received a $57,000 grant from the David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund within the Community Foundation. By Debbie Ashmann, director of fund development, Encompass Imagine living with trauma every day. This is a way of life for 40 percent of Encompass families. They have […]

“This is a terrible disease. I had no idea,” says George Butz, who is his wife Martha’s caregiver. “Our husbands, they’re our protectors. That’s my role now. It gets overwhelming just trying to take care of everything,” says Deb Depies, who cares for her husband Mike. Both Mike and Martha have dementia, and need care […]

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month which celebrates the long history and rich cultures of the nearly 62 million people who make up the Hispanic and Latinx communities in the United States. The impact of the Hispanic and Latinx population on the economy, history, and culture of this country cannot be […]

Pictured: Todd Raether, former Shawano board chair, Jon Meyers, current board chair and master of ceremonies, and volunteer Wendy Crawford. During the Shawano Area Community Foundation’s annual Harvest Moon Soiree event on Sept.18, the Herb Rycroft Volunteer Award was presented to Wendy Crawford for her outstanding work in the Shawano community. Wendy shared her story […]

Rock the Block volunteers make a huge impact in New London. By Eric Cernjar, Director of Communications and Marketing, Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity The Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity kicked off our Rock the Block event in New London September 16-18. Rock the Block is a neighborhood revitalization project helping […]

September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month which celebrates the long history and rich cultures of the nearly 62 million people who make up the Hispanic and Latinx communities in the United States. The impact of the Hispanic and Latinx population on the economy, history, and culture of this country cannot be […]

“I don’t want to be tens of thousands of dollars in debt,” says Alex Aschenbrener, a Gresham High School student, looking ahead to his future. Now he doesn’t have to be. Today we “dropped*” our second episode of Voices From the Valley: A Podcast of the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, and you […]