Announcing 2021 Gundlach Scholarship Awards
The Kenosha Community Foundation congratulates the following six Kenosha County high school seniors – the 2021 recipients of the Herman and Virginia Gundlach Scholarships:
● Laneah Curtis
● Miles Foster
● Ryan Jackson
● Jamie Peña
● Claudia Santos
● Olivia Webers
Click here For further details on this year’s scholarship awards.
Announcing 2021 Unrestricted Funds Grants
The Kenosha Community Foundation awarded grants totaling $55,960 to 13 Kenosha County not-for-profit organizations and projects from the income earned by the Foundation’s pool of Unrestricted Endowment Funds.
This year’s grants align with the needs assessment the Foundation conducted in partnership with the United Way of Kenosha County in November 2020. Many of this year’s grants went to programs that address a need that became apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click here for details on this year’s awrads.
In 2021, the Foundation awarded $111,201 in competitive grants to not-for-profit organizations. Earlier in 2021, the Foundation awarded $51,241 in grants from its four Field of Interest funds (the LaFave Family Fund, the OMC Legacy Fund, Women’s Fund, and the Kenosha Arts Fund) and $4,000 in grants from the CBK Small Grant Program.
Now Accepting – Applications for 2021 Cropley and Howard J. Brown Scholarships
We invite Kenosha County residents who are currently attending a university, college or technical college in the state of Wisconsin to apply for our Cropley and / or Howard J. Brown Scholarships.
Scholarships are open to all academic majors.
Deadline for applications is Thursday, July 8, 2021.
These scholarships have separate application forms and different Grade Point Average (GPA) criteria. Application forms can be found at:
• Cropley Scholarship page – applicants must have a GPA of 3.0 (or better) out of 4.0.
• Howard J. Brown Scholarship page – applicants must have a GPA of 3.5 (or better) out of 4.0.
All applications for the Cropley and Brown Scholarships must be submitted by email to: scholarships@kenoshafoundation.org.
Take note: female students attending Carthage College and UW-Parkside and entering their senior and junior year who apply for either the Cropley or Brown Scholarship will also be considered for the Madrigrano-Friebus Scholarship.
Announcing 2021 CBK Small Grant Awards
We are pleased to announce that the following organizations have been awarded 2021 Creativity by Kids (CBK) Small Grants:
- The Pringle Nature Center
- Hawthorn Hollow (through the Hyslop Foundation)
- Lemon Street Gallery and ArtsSpace
- The Bong Naturalist Association
- St. Matthew’s Lakefront Eldergarten
- The Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network
Click here to read the article posted at Kenosha.Com.
Jane Harrington-Heide Named Executive Director
The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Jane Harrington-Heide as the Executive Director of the Kenosha Community Foundation.
Jane has served the Foundation in a variety of roles since the mid-1990’s, including positions on the Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Executive Committee and as Chairperson of the Foundation’s Grants and Women’s Fund Committees. She has filled the role of Interim Executive Director since June 2020.
Congratulations Jane!
Click here to read the announcement as reported in the Kenosha News.
FYI – 2021 Grants from our Field of Interest Funds
The Kenosha Community Foundation has awarded 24 grants totaling $51,241 to non-profit organizations and projects that serve Kenosha County residents from four of its Field of Interest Funds charitable funds – the LaFave Family Fund, the OMC Legacy Fund, Women’s Fund, and the Kenosha Arts Fund.
Click here for the full list of grants awarded.
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