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Marilynn W. Taylor/Wohlt Cheese Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Awards $180,500 in Grants

Posted on Jan 8, 2025, by Micah Beck, Community Engagement Coordinator

The Marilynn W. Taylor/Wohlt Cheese Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region recently awarded grants totaling $180,500 to the Friends of New London Public Museum for its expansion to support a part-time Executive Director; Weyauwega Area Historical Society for their historical silo mural painting; Boys and Girls Club of the Fox Valley […]

Meet Kyle Tauschek!

Posted on Nov 19, 2024, by Micah Beck, Community Engagement Coordinator

Hello! My name is Kyle Tauschek, and I am excited to announce that I have recently joined the Community Foundation as a Database Specialist – Contributions and Giving. My role is to support operations by processing and recording all constituent record transactions. I am thrilled to be a part of an organization that has a […]

Powerful New Data Platform Launched for Tri-County Region 

Posted on Oct 21, 2024, by Tammy Geenen

A new, centralized data platform is now available to make public and community health facts across Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago counties accessible, easy to use, and actionable. This new resource is an evolution of the Fox Cities LIFE Study, created in 2001 and co-led by the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region and United […]

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Posted on Apr 23, 2024, by Community Foundation

April marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a time when Reach Counseling and its partners focus on raising awareness about sexual assault. This year’s theme, “Building Connected Communities,” spearheaded by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, emphasizes the powerful role of community cohesion in combating sexual violence. Reach Counseling has been a key provider of […]

Embracing Art and Community: Trout Museum of Art’s Exciting Journey to a New Home

Posted on Feb 6, 2024, by Community Foundation

For over six decades, the Trout Museum of Art (TMA) has been a pillar in the visual arts, shaping cultural experiences and fostering creativity in the Fox Cities community. Now, as it begins a new journey, TMA is set to redefine its future with the construction of a new state-of-the-art facility and community space. TMA […]

Documentary’s impact felt a year later

Posted on Feb 1, 2024, by Community Foundation

A year ago in February 2023, I was packing my bags to head up to the Fox Valley Region to share my film, “The Exchange In White America: Kaukauna & King 50 Years Later,” with audiences in Kaukauna, Appleton, Oshkosh, Green Bay, Lawrence University and Fox Valley Technical College. I never expected to show the […]

Documentary’s roots go back to Kaukauna student exchange program

Posted on Jan 31, 2023, by Community Foundation

This is how it all began… One Sunday in early 2016 I was sorting through boxes in the garage. I found a box marked “high school stuff.” It held things that only I would consider treasures. It also held a copy of my high school newspaper, The King’s Page. It had this headline: “King is […]

Celebrate nature’s healing power this Earth Day

Posted on Apr 22, 2021, by Dave Horst, Environmental Grants and Gifts Manager

The 51st Earth Day doesn’t have flare of last year’s 50th anniversary, but it comes at a time when more people are enjoying the outdoors than we’ve seen in a long, long time. The unlikely and unwelcomed motivator is the COVID-19 virus and the bad case of stir crazy it gave so many people. Trails […]

A Legacy and Life Well Lived

Posted on Oct 19, 2020, by

Mary Lamers Grist passed away in August. She was part of the Community Foundation’s Himebaugh Legacy Circle, recognizing those who have made future plans for their favorite charitable causes through a bequest or similar deferred gift to the Foundation. For 91 years, Mary Lamers Grist poured her love for making an impact into the Fox […]

Basic Needs Giving Partnership releases an additional $5 million to regional nonprofits

Posted on Jul 20, 2020, by

$5 million in additional funding has been released to regional nonprofits for emergency relief from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership within the Community Foundation, supported by the U.S. Venture Fund for Basic Needs, the J.J. Keller Foundation, Inc., and other community partners. Leaders from the U.S. Venture Open and the Basic Needs Giving Partnership are […]