Wisconsin Community Fund - Home Page

<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="88" > <tr> <td colspan="6" width="100%" height="48"> <p><font face="Garamond" size="2"><a href="index.html" target="_top"><img border="0" src="images/header-v3-top.jpg" alt="WCF Home Page" align="left" width="752" height="48"></a></font></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="145" height="40" align="left"><a href="index.html" target="_top"><img border="0" src="images/header-v1-bottom2.jpg" alt="WCF Home Page" align="left" width="145" height="40"></a></td> <td width="110" height="40" valign="bottom"> <a href="aboutwcf.htm" target="_top"><img border="0" src="buttons/aboutwcf.jpg" alt="About WCF" align="absbottom" width="96" height="24"></a> </td> <td height="40" width="110" valign="bottom"> <a href="contacts.htm" target="_top"> <img border="0" src="buttons/contacts.jpg" alt="Contacts" align="absbottom" width="96" height="24"></a> </td> <td height="40" width="110" valign="bottom"> <a href="grants.htm" target="_top"> <img border="0" src="buttons/grants.jpg" alt="Grants" align="absbottom" width="96" height="24"></a> </td> <td height="40" width="110" valign="bottom"> <a href="giving.htm" target="_top"> <img border="0" src="buttons/giving.jpg" alt="Donate" align="absbottom" width="96" height="24"></a> </td> <td height="40" width="110" valign="bottom"> <a href="onlinegiving.htm" target="_top"> <img border="0" src="buttons/donatenow.jpg" alt="Secure Online Giving" align="absbottom" width="96" height="24"></a> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="10%" valign="top" align="left"> <p align="left"><i>Mission<br> statement</i>: </td> <td width="90%" align="left"> <b> Wisconsin Community Fund supports progressive social change by investing in grassroots groups, new initiatives and emerging movements</b> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" valign="top" align="left" colspan="2"> <hr align="left" noshade size="1" color="#000080"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10%" valign="top" align="left"> <i>Recent Events:</i> </td> <td width="90%" valign="top" align="left"> <b>Wisconsin Community Fund is 25!!                                                                   <a href="April2008eventphotos.htm" target="main">click here for more event photos!</a><br> <br> </b>Thanks to all of you who joined us in celebrating 25 years of Change, not Charity. Here are some of the highlights from our evening celebrations in Milwaukee and Madison.  <br>    <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <a href="images/2008-04-09-welcome.JPG" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=620,height=470,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="240" height="180" border="0" src="images/2008-04-09-welcome-sm.JPG " alt="WCF event" title="Bruce Moffat, Executive Director, welcomes party goers at Milwaukee’s Public Market" style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;" /></a> <p> </p> <p>Bruce Moffat, Executive Director, welcomes party goers at Milwaukee’s Public Market. [<i>Click image for larger version</i>]</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="images/2008-04-09-honorees.JPG" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=620,height=620,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="240" height="240" border="0" src="images/2008-04-09-honorees-sm.JPG " alt="WCF event" title="Award winners: Constance Clark and Christine Neumann-Ortiz" style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px; float: right;" /></a> <p> </p> <p>Award winners: Constance Clark ( left) and Christine Neumann-Ortiz (right) at the Public Market in Milwaukee. Constance is the founding director of the African American Children’s Theatre in Milwaukee. She received the Jack Rosenberg Award for lifetime commitment to social justice. Christine is the founding director of Voces de la Frontera. She received the Wisconsin Community Fund Outstanding Grantee of the Year award. [<i>Click image for larger version</i>]</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <a href="images/2008-04-09-founders.JPG" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=620,height=470,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img width="240" height="180" border="0" src="images/2008-04-09-founders-sm.JPG " alt="WCF event" title="Three of our six founders: Dale Wiehoff, Amy Pincus Merwin and Helen Boley" style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;" /></a> <p> </p> <p>Three of our six founders: from left to right, Dale Wiehoff, Amy Pincus Merwin and Helen Boley. Since Wisconsin Community Fund is celebrating 25 years this year, we decided to take a look back at how it all started. Not pictured are Grant Abert, George Pillsbury and Nancy Ward. [<i>Click image for larger version</i>]</p> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <p>  </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="10%" valign="top" align="left"> <p align="left"><i>Current Grant Opportunities:</i></p> </td> <td width="90%" valign="top" align="left"> <ul> <li> <b>33rd Funding Cycle</b>:  The 33rd Funding Cycle started on January 2, 2008</st1:date> and will run through July, 2008.  WCF will be giving out grants of between $2,000 and $15,000 to groups working for social change and social justice in <st1:State w:st="on">Wisconsin. <a href="apply.htm" target="_top"><b>Click here to access the Timeline and WCF Guidelines</b></a>.   <br>     </li> <li> <b>Media Justice Fund Grants</b>:   WCF has awarded over $27,000 to groups working on Media related issues.  <a href="apply-MJF0708pressrelease.htm" target="_self"><b>Click here for our Press Release about the 2007 Media Justice Fund Grantees</b></a>. </li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p>  <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td colspan="4"> <hr noshade size="1" color="#000080"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%" rowspan="3"> <p><font face="Garamond" size="2">1202 Williamson St, Suite D<br> Madison WI  53703<br> Tel: (608) 251-6834<br> FAX: (608) 251-6846</font></p> <p><font face="Garamond" size="2"><font color="#000080">e-mail:  </font><a href="mailto:info@wcfund.org">info@wcfund.org</a></font></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="50%" rowspan="3"> <p></p> </td> <td valign="top" width="328" colspan="2"> <p align="center"> <a href="index.html" target="_top"><img border="0" src="images/wcf-page-footer.jpg" title="Wisconsin Community Fund Home" width="328" height="45"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="328" colspan="2"> <p align="center"><i><font face="Garamond" size="2">a member of: </font></i> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" width="164" height="58"> <a href="http://www.communityshares.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="images/cs-wi-milw-small.GIF" align="left" width="120" height="57" title="Community Shares of Wisconsin"></a> </td> <td valign="top" width="164" height="58"> <p align="right"><a href="http://fex.org/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="images/fex-small.gif" align="right" width="120" height="58" title="The Funding Exchange"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom" colspan="4"> <hr noshade size="1" color="#000080"> </td> </tr> </table> </div>  <p><i>This is the "no frames" version of this page.</i></p> </body>