Greater Green Bay Community Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation supports efforts for poverty, arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, basic needs, women and girls, the elderly, neighborhoods and community in Wisconsin.
IP TAKE: This is a transparent community foundation with well-defined grant programs and a broader regional reach than just the city of Green Bay. Guidelines and due dates vary by program.
PROFILE: Established in 1991, the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation (GGBCF) is a community foundation based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. This foundation has managed at least 628 funds and awards both grants and scholarships. The foundation aims to "connect caring people with solutions that strengthen our community.” GGBCF funds local grantmaking efforts for poverty, arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, basic needs, women and girls, the elderly, neighborhoods and community.
The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation’s Stand Together Foundation supports economic stability for people facing poverty. Funds for Greater Green Bay support a wide variety of nonprofits and is a general granting program with two annual deadlines. The Basic Needs Giving Partnership awards planning and implementation grants and regional grants, while the Women’s Fund of Greater Green Bay supports the needs of local women and girls. Other grant opportunities are available through GGBCF’s Ashwaubenon Education Foundation, Nonprofit Impact Initiative, Crime Prevention Foundation, R. Bruce & Alyce S. Kopseker Trust and the School Spirit Endowment. The foundation has also set up a COVID-19 Community Relief Fund.
Grants range between about $3,000 and $100,000. Grantmaking focuses on Brown, Kewaunee and Oconto counties in Wisconsin and also the counties north of the greater Green Bay Area. Past local grantees include Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, Door County Memorial Hospital Ministry Health Care and Encompass Early Education & Care. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits for many of its grant programs. Each grant opportunity has its own unique set of guidelines and deadlines. The application process is conducted online. Direct general questions to the staff at ggbcf@ggbcf.org or 920-432-0800.
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