Community Needs Grants help in projects for non-profits
The Community Foundation of Chippewa County, announces the list of Community Needs Grants from their annual competitive grant process, awarded to area non-profit organizations for projects that will impact Chippewa County.
Community Needs Grants are made possible from the growing number of unrestricted and field of interest endowment funds at the foundation.
This time around, 36 grant awards were presented and 21 of the awarded projects were fully funded at their requested amount, to assist non-profits in their work.
Community Needs Grants ranged in size from $300 to $6,000 during this cycle, with $73,664 awarded.
Grants support projects in the areas of arts and culture, community development, education, environment and animal welfare, and health and human services.
In addition to those grants, the Response-Recovery-Rebuild Fund, which opened in April 2020, to assist non-profits serving Chippewa County, with needs directly related to COVID-19, has granted $90,943.
To date, 28 organizations have received assistance from this fund, to support their efforts in serving Chippewa County residents.
Those grants have supported food pantries, safe shelter for residents, cleaning and protective supplies, childcare programming and virtual learning tools.
The Response Fund is still open and accepting applications for non-profit needs, because of COVID-19.
“We are grateful for all of the work area non-profits do to assist our communities, and for each individual, business and organization who has donated funds to make the Response-Recovery-Rebuild Fund such a successful collaborative giving effort,” said Jill Herriges, executive director of the Community Foundation of Chippewa County.
The foundation also shares that seven projects for Chippewa County schools, received $1,600 in funding from the Northwestern Bank School Mini-Grant Program, during Phase 1 of that granting.
Mini-grants are awarded to third through eigth-grade educators in the public, and private schools, throughout Chippewa County.
The following are some of the grants awarded to nonprofi t or community organizations serving the Chippewa Valley.
Response-Recovery-Rebuild Grants:
• American Red Cross of Northwest Wisconsin – support for the costs of the Chippewa County blood drives and COVID- 19 antibody testing
• Boy Scouts of America-Chippewa Valley Council – to purchase camp cleaning supplies and support costs of summer camp fees, for Chippewa County families in need
• Chippewa County Criminal Justice – safe shelter vouchers for individuals in Chippewa County
• Chippewa County Humane Association – shelter cleaning and protective supplies
• Chippewa Valley Free Clinic – medication supplies, flu vaccines, staff needs, Ask-A-Nurse/RN and lab tech support
• Chippewa Youth Hockey Association – to purchase sanitizer and cleaning supplies to be used in the locker rooms
• Feed My People – to reduce food costs for Chippewa County partners
• Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes – support costs of virtual programming for Chippewa County Girl Scouts
• Hope Village – to purchase sanitation supplies, laundry gift cards and laundry detergent for tiny house guests
• Open Door Clinic – purchase PPE and help cover costs of prescription medications Community Needs Grants:
• Chippewa Valley Humane Association – Dog Run Window/ Fan Project
• Chippewa Valley Free Clinic – free clinic health services
• Chippewa Youth Hockey Association – south rink dehumidifi cation heat • Come Now & Eat – Cadott Pop-Up Food Pantries
• Cornell School District – speech/language pathology testing
• Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes – Camp Nawakwa: Maker Space
• Jim Falls Elementary School – Playground Campaign
• Lake Holcombe School – maple syrup sugar shack/shed
• Open Door Clinic – diabetic foot care Northwestern Bank School Mini-Grants:
• Cornell Elementary School – building classroom decodable library
• Cornell Elementary School – decodable readers
• Cornell School District – mirroring good phonics practices • Cornell School District – speech buddies
• Lake Holcombe School District – math/writing individual student lapboards
• St. Joseph Catholic Schools – sensory room supplies Designated Fund Grants:
• Cadott Area Historical Society, Inc.
• Chippewa County Dept. of Human Services
• Chippewa County Genealogical Society
• Chippewa County Historical Society, Inc.
• Chippewa County Humane Association, Inc.
• Chippewa Youth Hockey Association
• Chippewa Youth Hockey Association Kids on Ice Fund
• Family Support Center
• Feed My People, Inc.
• Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes
• The Open Door Clinic, Inc.
Donor Advised Fund Grants:
• Lake Holcombe Food Pantry
• Lake Holcombe Improvement Association, Inc.
Applications for grants can be requested by emailing grants@yourlegacyforever.org.
A full list of awardees is available at yourlegacyforever. org.
