🎓 90 students are heading off to college with the support of scholarships from the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation.
This year, $473,000 was awarded from 47 scholarship funds created by donors who wish to support local students and their futures. More than half of this year’s recipients demonstrated significant financial need, and 39% are first-generation college students.
As these students prepare to walk across the stage and into their next chapter, they do so knowing their community is behind them.
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Learn more: ggbcf.org/students
✨ By investing in the people behind our local nonprofits, we strengthen organizations and the future of vital services in our community.
Congratulations to the inaugural cohort of the Nonprofit Leaders Collaborative! Over the past nine months, through the Nonprofit Impact Initiative and our partnership with Ascent Leadership, these nine leaders built meaningful connections with mentors and peers, gained clarity in their vision, and strengthened how they show up for their organizations and communities. They also found support, encouragement, and a shared understanding of the unique challenges nonprofit leaders face.
Thanks to a significant investment from the 1923 Fund, this pilot effort will continue for the next two years—creating more opportunities for nonprofit leaders to grow, connect, and lead with purpose across our community.
Child care continues to be a critical need in our community. The Brown County Employee Child Care Survey is an opportunity to directly inform collaborative action grounded in community data.
Take the survey or share it with your networks:
English – https://bit.ly/4fgsL8N
Spanish – https://bit.ly/4dyiEuR
To learn more about child care as a critical community need and the data behind it, visit ggbcf.org/community-needs.
At the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, your generosity meets our local expertise to create lasting impact. Discover how we make giving simpler, smarter, and more impactful for the causes and organizations you care about at ggbcf.org/donors.
Do you know a philanthropist, volunteer, or colleague whose impact deserves the spotlight? Now is the time to ensure they get the recognition they deserve.
Submit your nomination for any of the following National Philanthropy Day Awards by May 15 at https://bit.ly/3PhIlqi:
🌟 Outstanding Lifetime Philanthropy Award
🤝 Outstanding Fundraising Volunteer Award
🏢 Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation/Foundation Award
📈 Outstanding Professional Fundraiser (40+)
🌱 Emerging Fundraising Leader (under 40)
🎓 Outstanding Student Philanthropist
🎯 Fundraising Campaign of the Year
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🤝 Looking to connect with other nonprofit professionals doing good work in the community?
Join us on Thursday, May 14 for a free nonprofit social hour where ideas can flow, relationships can grow, and knowledge can be shared across organizations. Hosted in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Nonprofit Network and Curative Connections, with support from the Nonprofit Impact Initiative.
🔗 Register to attend:
https://ow.ly/I3Ym50YUEEf…
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Important work is happening across our community—and we’re here to support it. Applications are now open for the following grants programs:
🌱 Funds for Greater Green Bay
🦋 Women’s Fund of Greater Green Bay
🚨Crime Prevention Foundation
Learn more and find out how to apply:
/nonprofits/grants-programs
At the recent UW–Green Bay Nonprofit Leadership Conference, our President & CEO, Dennis Buehler, joined regional leaders to highlight the importance of investing in the people, technology, and systems behind our local nonprofits—alongside the programs that serve our community.
Read more about the conversation and how, together, we can build a stronger, more sustainable nonprofit sector: https://ow.ly/L7kl50YR7C2
#Nonprofits #CommunityImpact #StrongerTogether
📣 Attention Nonprofit Leaders: The 2026 Wisconsin Nonprofit Compensation & Benefits Survey from the UW–Milwaukee Helen Bader Institute turns local experience into shared insight—helping leaders across the state understand how nonprofit pay and benefits are evolving.
By adding your voice, you'll help strengthen our collective understanding and support more equitable, informed decision-making across the sector. Survey respondents will also receive a complimentary copy of the full report upon release.
Participate now through May 25: /jfe/form/SV_799HG5HVUNJYAfk
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🌱 Across Northeast Wisconsin, caring people are turning their passion for conservation, outdoor exploration, and stewardship into meaningful investments in our shared future. They’re restoring trails, protecting natural spaces, expanding access to parks and waterways, and creating more opportunities for people to experience the beauty of the place we call home.
If you’re passionate about the environment and expanding access to it, our team can help you turn that passion into lasting impact—connecting your giving to the people, projects, and possibilities that align with your values and goals. Learn more or connect with us at ggbcf.org/team.
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📸 Image courtesy Green Bay Botanical Garden
The Community Foundation is a place where donors, nonprofits, and community partners find welcome resources and constant support—thanks to the incredible team behind our work.
This Administrative Professionals Day, we’re celebrating Stephanie and Jessi, whose care and attention help turn compassion into action every single day. Please join us in celebrating the GOOD that grows with their support! 🌱
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Last week’s Press Forward Summit offered a meaningful opportunity to listen and learn with partners from across the Midwest who are working to strengthen the systems that keep our communities informed, connected, and engaged.
In Northeast Wisconsin, we’re investing in research to better understand what information residents value, how they access it, and where gaps still exist. Early findings suggest that local news doesn’t just inform—it often leads people to further engage in community life. We’ll be sharing more of this data soon.
We’re grateful for the chance to learn alongside others in this space and to keep building toward a more informed and engaged region. For those who care deeply about informed and engaged communities, we’re always glad to connect around how this work aligns with philanthropic goals and opportunities in Northeast Wisconsin.
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