COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ANNUAL GRANTS
BARABOO, WISCONSIN; NOVEMBER 17, 2021 –- Serving children and alleviating hunger are the focus of this year’s Community Grants, the Community Foundation of South Central Wisconsin announced today. It is awarding $15,519 in Community Grants this month to 14 area nonprofits, as follows:
6:8 Inc.: $3,100 for Circles program to reduce poverty
Baraboo Area Chamber of Commerce: $1,500 to launch new nonprofit Giving Tuesday Fair
Baraboo Children’s Museum: $500 for new musical instruments
Boys & Girls Club: $1,000 for new “Club on the Go” program
Faithworks Ministries: $1,500 for Thanksgiving holiday community meal
Historic Indian Agency House: $1,000 for historic preservation/exhibition project
Kids Ranch: $1,200 for one-year program scholarship
Portage Center for the Arts: $1,500 for new signage
River Arts Inc.: $600 for children’s snow globe decorating contest
River Valley Area Community Gardens: $500 for children’s garden project
Sauk County Health Department: $1,000 for children’s Seal A Smile dental care program
Sauk County Historical Society: $450 for children’s archeology workshop
Sauk Prairie Area Food Pantry: $1,000 for new food delivery program
Sauk Prairie FFA Alumni: $669 for agriculture career day
The Community Foundation of South Central Wisconsin (formerly Greater Sauk) is a 501(c)(3) public charity whose mission is to encourage charitable giving, matching local gifts to local needs. Earlier this year the Foundation surpassed the $5 million milestone in total charitable grants distributed since its founding in 1998. The Foundation manages 100 different funds and more than $10 million in assets.
Governed by a volunteer board of community leaders, the Foundation is based in Baraboo and serves Adams, Columbia, Iowa, Juneau, Richland, Sauk, and Vernon counties. Donations to support the Foundation’s grantmaking work may be sent to the Community Foundation of South Central Wisconsin, PO Box 544, Baraboo, WI 53913. For more information, call 608-355-0884 or email director@cfscw.org.