Fort Atkinson Beautification Council
Here at FACF we love moving towards ‘A Better Fort Atkinson’ - it’s extra special when that also means a more beautiful Fort. And the...
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2022-23 Impact Report
On behalf of FACF Chairman Sue Johnson and the rest of the FACF Board of Directors, we are proud to share our 2022-23 Impact Report with...
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Haumerson's Pond
Many of the grants that FACF has awarded over the last 50 years have been dependent on the organization applying to raise additional...
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High School Auditorium
As we work to finish up our 2022-23 Impact Report, we thought we’d look back 25 years to see what we were up to in 1997-98 year! The...
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Behavorial health counseling program at FAHS
The majority of projects the Foundation has helped fund over the last 50 years tend to be physical ‘bricks and mortar’ upgrades –...
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Badgerland After School Enrichment - Club
The idea for an afterschool program for our youth originated with the 2003 Fort Atkinson Community Foundation’s Board of Directors led by...
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Glacial River Bike Trail
Imagine how hard it would be to sell a piece of property 2.3 miles long and about 40’ wide. You’d think you’d take the first decent offer...
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Jones Park hosts Making Fort Special event
Tomorrow, we get to celebrate one of the most important things to us – people who make Fort special. And Mabel Schumacher, Erin...
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Don Gruber Athletic Acorn Fund
The Community Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of the Don Gruber Athletic Acorn Fund to the Foundation’s portfolio. The...
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Kerschensteiner Family Fund
If you have ever walked, skied, or snowshoed the trails at Haumerson’s Pond (FRIENDS OF HAUMERSON'S POND), you enjoyed property that the...
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Helen Rose
As we look back over 50 years of our history, no one has served the Foundation as faithfully and in so many ways, as Helen Rose. Helen...
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'Like' & 'Follow' FACF
S ometimes our hardest job is just trying to connect our community with all the opportunities we have to offer. From trying to reach...
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Teacher Wish grants program
The Teacher Wish grants program was started by the Foundation in 2019 to help School District of Fort Atkinson teachers improve their...
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Evergreen Cemetery
This community really knows how to come together under tough circumstances. FACF has been lucky enough, thanks to our generous donors, to...
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FACF 50th Celebration
Last night we celebrated FACF’s 50th year of philanthropy in City of Fort Atkinson, WI at the beautiful Riverstone Premier Event Center....
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The Wildermuth Award for Excellence in Education
Since the Wildermuth Award for Excellence in Education was established in 1987, FACF has partnered with the School District of Fort...
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Making Fort Special
FACF is dedicated to making ‘A Better Fort Atkinson’ - but we are not the only ones. Over the last 50 years we have had a lot of help...
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Fort Atkinson's historic 1901 water tower
Hopefully some of you took the chance over the July 4th weekend to climb Fort Atkinson’s historic 1901 Water Tower. The Hoard Historical...
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Joan Jonas
Joan Jones was the first woman to serve on the Community Foundation’s Board of Directors. She was the 10th director, nominated in 1984 by...
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Rock River Community Clinic (RRCC)
The Rock River Community Clinic(RRCC) has been serving the underinsured and uninsured population in Jefferson County and surrounding...
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