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The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is now accepting online applications for 42 different scholarships available to Fort Atkinson...

The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of a new scholarship fund to its portfolio. The Gary and...

Fort Scholarships, the online scholarship application website sponsored by the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation, is now open and...

In reading through the minutes of the early Foundation board meetings, we noticed that from 1974 to 78, the Board frequently met at...

The AAUW Jane Shaw Knox Scholarship Fund was established at the Foundation in 1987 in memory of Mrs. Knox, a charter member of our local...

Today, a tip of the hat to Cleveland, Ohio! The very first community foundation was established in Cleveland in 1914 by a lawyer and...

“I’ve got an idea,” said Steve Mode, in January 2013 as he slid into the front seat of the minibus Craig Roost was driving home from a...

During our 50 years of existence, the largest grant ever made by the Community Foundation was a $1.9 million award to the Fort Atkinson...

Over the last 50 years, the Foundation has awarded many meaningful grants, one of which is a special memorial playground in Jones Park. ...

In 1975, the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation awarded its first scholarship - a $150 Ormay Mason Freye Nursing Scholarship, created by...

The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is pleased to announce that Mabel Schumacher, Erin Patterson and the Fort Atkinson Generals...

The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation has a variety of scholarships opportunities now available to help local undergraduate and graduate...

The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is pleased to announce that Bonnie Geyer will be joining the Foundation’s Board of Directors in...

One of the first grants awarded by the Community Foundation went to the Black Hawk Pageant Committee. In early 1975, Crawford Thayer...

While Foundation press releases have always stated the organization was begun with a donation/pledge from an anonymous donor, we think...

The members of the Foundation's first Board of Directors in 1973 were Allan Haukom, Milo Jones, Mark Kerschensteiner, Milt Lorman (not...

The Watergate hearings began. 110-story Sears Tower opened in Chicago. Dawn, Jim Croce, and Marvin Gaye were taking over the airwaves....

The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is now accepting online applications for 41 different scholarships available to Fort Atkinson...

Organizations interested in submitting a Community Grant application to the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation are reminded of the...

The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is now accepting online applications for 41 different scholarships available to Fort Atkinson...