Category: Philanthropy
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Kanes Keep YMCA Project on Track with $2 Million Donation
The Door County YMCA is excited to announce a very generous gift of $2 million from Jackie and Steve Kane. Having made a previous commitment to this project, Jackie and Steve were saddened to hear that due to increased material costs, the project timeline needed to be adjusted. They felt strongly about keeping the project […]
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Jimmy John’s Fundraiser Benefits Neighbor to Neighbor
Jimmy John’s of Sturgeon Bay recently hosted a fundraiser to benefit Neighbor to Neighbor and raised $300 through donating $1 per sandwich sold on a specific date. Neighbor to Neighbor is a local nonprofit that provides short-term medical-equipment loans, peer companions for homebound individuals, respite for family caregivers and the Lemonade Club cancer-survivor and patient-support […]
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100+WWC Awards $25,500 in April
The 100+ Women Who Care (100+WWC) of Door County giving circle awarded grants to three local nonprofits in April, for a total of $25,500. During its four years, the giving circle has grown to 360 givers and has awarded more than $295,500 to 38 nonprofit organizations. Unity Hospice received the 100+WWC main gift of approximately […]
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Pulse of Philanthropy: Making $12 Billion Worth More Than $12 Billion
by BRET BICOY, President and CEO, Door County Community Foundation Even if you don’t follow the trends in the philanthropic world as obsessively as I do, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about MacKenzie Scott, who has been giving to charity from her Amazon.com wealth at a record pace. Three years ago, she signed the […]
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Cookout Fundraiser for Baileys Harbor Fire & Rescue
Join Baileys Harbor Fire & Rescue for a drive-through cookout fundraiser April 23, 11 am – 2 pm, at the Baileys Harbor Fire Station, sponsored by Buttercups Coffee. Visitors should enter from the east side of the building, place their order, pull through the station and be served windowside. For $7, diners will receive their choice […]
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Mirrorball Raises Funds for Kendall Park
Mirrorball’s first official event April 15-16 raised $1,500 for the Kendall Park improvement initiative. The money was raised the first night when the audience and drag queens played The Match Game, and $10 donations – or more – were taken at the door. The 116 attendees raised the $1,500. More than 500 people attended the […]
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Door County Historical Society Receives $25,000 Grant
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Telling the Full History Preservation Fund has announced its award of $25,000 to the Door County Historical Society (doorcountyhistoricalsociety.org). The grant is one of 80 given to select organizations nationwide that facilitate projects to help preserve, interpret and activate historical places to tell the stories of underrepresented groups in […]
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$24,000 to be Awarded at Next Giving Circle
The next quarterly meeting of the 100+ Women Who Care (100+WWC) Door County giving circle will be held in person at the Kress Pavilion, 7845 Church St. in Egg Harbor, and via livestream April 25, 6:30-7:30 pm. Registration and an abridged social hour will begin at 5:30 pm. More than $24,000 will be awarded to […]
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Crossroads Expands Ida Bay Outreach
Crossroads at Big Creek recently received an $8,859 grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council that will help Crossroads introduce the community to its Ida Bay Preserve by funding archaeological research, creating a historical trail map and interpretive markers, facilitating outreach programs for schools and the community and culminating in a community event tentatively scheduled for […]
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Neighbor to Neighbor Reach Grows
In 2021, 1,654 individuals benefited from services provided by Neighbor to Neighbor (NTN) – up from 1,480 in 2020. Door County residents saved more than $500,000 in medical expenses by using the organization’s services. Fifty-one volunteers donated 1,880 hours to facilitate medical-equipment loans, maintain equipment, serve as peer companions, provide respite care for family caregivers, […]
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Community Foundation Awards Grants
The Door County Community Foundation (DCCF) has awarded Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Northeastern Wisconsin a $5,000 sustainability grant from the Door County Children and Youth Fund to enhance programming. BBBS programs match volunteer mentors with Door County youth to support healthy behaviors and decision-making, which lead to positive academic, socio-emotional and behavioral outcomes. […]
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Goal in Sight for Nicolet Beach Playground
Launched in November 2021, the fundraising appeal for a new, all-inclusive playground at Nicolet Beach in Peninsula State Park has reached a new audience: 73% of the donors are first-time contributors to the Friends of Peninsula State Park, and their gifts account for about 53% of the funds raised. “While we have raised about 90% […]
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100+WWC Participates in Matching-Grant Program
100+ Women Who Care of Door County (100+WWC), which has raised more than $270,000 during the past four years, has been invited to participate in a matching-grant program of the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation (RMSFF), which offers the potential to raise an additional $20,000 to support area nonprofit organizations. In 2022, the RMSFF grant […]
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Rotary Interact Collecting Bikes for Refugees
The YMCA Rotary Interact chapter is partnering with Catholic Charities of Green Bay to help provide bikes for Afghan refugees because 125 people in 20 families will be relocated to Brown County. To support this effort, donate bicycles in good working condition to Nor Door Sport & Cyclery in Fish Creek or Sturgeon Bay, or […]
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Seventh Day Adventists Donate $20k to Those in Need
The church board of the Sturgeon Bay Seventh Day Adventist church approved the distribution of $20,000 to aid organizations, and church members voted to select Neighbor to Neighbor, Door Community Child Development Center, Door-Tran, Lakeshore CAP and Green Bay’s Altrusa House. It also approved contributing to four statewide, four nationwide and four worldwide organizations that […]
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Women’s Fund Seeks Grant Applicants
The Women’s Fund of Door County is making a push for organizations to apply for its spring round of grants. “Maybe it’s a bit of a COVID-19 hangover, but we haven’t received the number of grant applicants that we normally do,” said Women’s Fund board member Karen Peterson. “We want to get the word out […]
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Lighthouse Tower Capital Campaign Closes
The Door County Maritime Museum (DCMM) has announced that its $9.2 million capital campaign for the Jim Kress Maritime Lighthouse Tower is officially closed. Museum administrators learned in early February that its $1.75 million application to the Wisconsin Department of Administration’s Tourism Capital Grants Program had been approved; then DCMM supporter David G. Hatch stepped […]
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Death’s Door BBQ recently presented donations to the Washington Island Community Health Program and Neighbor to Neighbor. Death’s Door BBQ chair Richard Jepsen (center) presented a $1,000 check to Christine Andersen (left), executive director of the Washington Island Community Health Program; and $1,000 to Neighbor to Neighbor representative Janet Hanlin (right).
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Grants Awarded to Housing Partnership, Crossroads
The Door County Housing Partnership (DCHP) recently received a grant for $5,000 from the Women’s Fund of Door County – a component fund of the Door County Community Foundation – for the Affordable Housing Home Collaborative Build. DCHP is partnering with Habitat for Humanity to construct a home for a single mother and her four children. […]
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Pulse of Philanthropy: The Problematic Shift from ‘We’ to ‘I’
by BRET BICOY, President and CEO, Door County Community Foundation I read something truly fascinating the other day that is indicative of a troubling trend in our nation: During the past 50 years, in all the books published in the United States, the frequency of the word “I” has doubled. This fact comes from Robert […]