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FACF offers technical school scholarships
Six scholarship programs at the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation, open only to vocational or technical college students, are now...
Jan 11, 20243 min read


FACF offers scholarships for graduate and undergraduate students
The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation has a variety of scholarships opportunities now available to help local undergraduate and graduate...
Jan 5, 20244 min read


Cassiday joins Foundation Board
The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is pleased to announce that Robert Cassiday will be joining the Foundation's Board of Directors in...
Jan 4, 20242 min read


Fort Foundation announces new James Rossing Adversity Scholarship
The Fort Atkinson Community Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of a new scholarship fund to its portfolio. The James Rossing...
Dec 26, 20232 min read


Carol Liddle
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...
Dec 19, 20232 min read


Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings from the Fort Atkinson Community Foundation! We are so grateful for our generous donors and community! If you are...
Dec 19, 20231 min read


Polar Path
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...
Dec 19, 20231 min read


50 years of philanthropy
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...
Dec 19, 20231 min read


244 North Main Street
244 North Main Street has been home base for FACF since 1994 when the Fort Atkinson Area Chamber of Com purchased and remodeled the...
Dec 19, 20231 min read


Jake Meinert Memorial Scholarship
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...
Dec 19, 20232 min read


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...
Dec 19, 20231 min read
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...
Dec 19, 20231 min read


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...
Dec 19, 20232 min read


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...
Dec 19, 20231 min read


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 –...
Dec 19, 20231 min read


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...
Dec 19, 20231 min read


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...
Dec 19, 20232 min read


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...
Dec 19, 20231 min read


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...
Dec 19, 20232 min read


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...
Dec 19, 20231 min read
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