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Before her death in the summer of 2003, Fort Atkinson resident Carol Liddle created an estate plan that left a gift to the Fort Atkinson...

Season's Greetings from the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation! We are so grateful for our generous donors and community! If you are...

A good example of this is the Fort Polar Path – a festive holiday light display along the bike path brought to us by two local service...

This year, FACF is so thankful to be able to celebrate our 50th year of philanthropy in Fort Atkinson. And just like every year, we are...

244 North Main Street has been home base for FACF since 1994 when the Fort Atkinson Area Chamber of Com purchased and remodeled the...

Veteran’s Day is coming up this Saturday, November 11th – a day the US Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs describes as “A celebration to honor...

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...

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...

Many of the grants that FACF has awarded over the last 50 years have been dependent on the organization applying to raise additional...

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...

The majority of projects the Foundation has helped fund over the last 50 years tend to be physical ‘bricks and mortar’ upgrades –...

The idea for an afterschool program for our youth originated with the 2003 Fort Atkinson Community Foundation’s Board of Directors led by...

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...

Tomorrow, we get to celebrate one of the most important things to us – people who make Fort special. And Mabel Schumacher, Erin...

The Community Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of the Don Gruber Athletic Acorn Fund to the Foundation’s portfolio. The...

If you have ever walked, skied, or snowshoed the trails at Haumerson’s Pond (FRIENDS OF HAUMERSON'S POND), you enjoyed property that the...

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...

S ometimes our hardest job is just trying to connect our community with all the opportunities we have to offer. From trying to reach...

The Teacher Wish grants program was started by the Foundation in 2019 to help School District of Fort Atkinson teachers improve their...

This community really knows how to come together under tough circumstances. FACF has been lucky enough, thanks to our generous donors, to...