The Loop

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 […]

Community members gather to celebrate the newly formed Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Wisconsin and the opening of its new facility in Neenah.  The Community Foundation assisted as convener in the merger of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fox Valley Region and Best Friends of Neenah Menasha. The merger took effect Jan. […]

Kelly Tanck is the Community Foundation’s new controller in our finance department. Hello! My name is Kelly Tanck and I’m honored to introduce myself as the newest member of the finance team here at the Community Foundation. I am thrilled to be able to support the good work being done here in the Fox Valley […]

A lively group of more than 80 nonprofit executive directors, staff and board members, and funders gathered last week for a bird’s-eye view of regional nonprofit compensation and benefits trends. InterSector, the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region and United Way Fox Cities co-hosted the event as collaborators on the 2019 Northeast Wisconsin Nonprofit […]

The annual U.S. Venture Open is the nation’s single largest one-day charitable event dedicated to ending poverty. Last year the golf raised $5.24 million for the Basic Needs Giving Partnership within the Community Foundation. Posted by Jenny Krikava, Community Engagement Manager overseeing the Basic Needs Giving Partnership Record-breaking new grants of nearly $6 million have […]

War heroes march in Kaukauna parade, 1918. One of many photos restored and archived at the Kaukauna Public Library, thanks to a grant from the new Kaukauna Local History Collection Fund. The Kaukauna Area Historical Society will be able to help preserve Kaukauna’s history forever, thanks to a $34,000 bequest from the estate of the […]

Appleton and Shawano school district students in grades 1 through 3 were treated to the Makaroff Youth Ballet’s performance of“Peter and The Wolf” at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Wednesday. Not many 6-year-olds can say they’ve watched a ballet or listened to a symphony orchestra perform, but Wednesday youngsters in our area did both. […]

Move-in day! Grants from charitable funds within the Community Foundation continue to support organizations eradicating poverty and homelessness, such as Pillars’ Single Room Occupancy Program that allows clients to share a home with affordable rent.   By Ryne Lodl, Donor Engagement Manager, Pillars Imagine doing everything you can to get out of homelessness, but not […]

The Bright Idea Fund within the Community Foundation recently awarded a $57,600 grant to Us 2 Behavioral Health Care to help hire a therapist to provide culturally responsive counseling to minority groups in the Fox Cities and offer training and consulting to local agencies that also seek to serve minority clients. The nonprofit opened last […]

Destiny is a junior at Neenah High School and is participating in the Shoulders-to-Stand-On program. Grants from within the Community Foundation help provide girls from low-income families opportunities to successfully pursue post-secondary education and to remove barriers that could prevent them from reaching their goals..   By Michael Voet, executive director of Life Tools Foundation […]