Foundations Serving Northcentral Wisconsin

This resource provides a complete listing of private, corporate, and public foundations serving Northcentral Wisconsin. These are not foundations administered within the Community Foundation – they are separate organizations with their own funding guidelines. You must contact them directly to determine if their mission matches your fundraising needs.
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Community Foundations

Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Contact: Sue Nelson, Program Director
200 Washington Street, Suite 120
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone: (715) 845-9555 / Email / Website / Online Application

Boulder Junction Community Foundation
Contact: Susan Govier
200 Washington Street, Suite 120
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone: (608) 381-0944 / Email

Foundation funds administered within the Community Foundation utilizing the Online Application
Contact: Sue Nelson

  • Ed & Joyce Creske Family Foundation
  • Mid Wisconsin Legacy Foundation
  • Murco Foundation
    Contact: Stewart Etten
    715-845-4336 / Email
  • Clyde F. Schlueter Foundation
  • Wausau & Marathon Parks and Recreation Foundation
    Contact: Jamie Polley
    715-261-1550 | Email

Private Foundations

Judd S. Alexander Foundation
Contact: Gary W. Freels
PO Box 2137
Wausau, WI 54402-2137
Phone: (715) 845-4556 / Email / Website

Walter Alexander Foundation
Contact: Walter Koskinen
227521 Harrier Ave, Suite D
Wausau, WI 54402
Phone: (715) 203-1401 / Email

Bell Family Charitable Foundation
Contact: Becky Kettleson
PO Box 1725
Wausau, WI 54402-1725
Email

Dwight and Linda Davis Foundation
Contact: Jeff Stubbe or Amanda Sahr
500 N 1st Street, Suite 5500
Wausau, WI 54402-1367
Phone: (715) 393-4572 / Email

Dudley Foundation
Contact: Andrew Dudley Shannon
500 First Street, Suite 2
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone: (715) 849-5729 / Email / Website

John & Alice Forester Charitable Trust
Contact: John M. Forester
Family Office Solutions, LLC
PO Box 4079
Greenville, DE 19807
Phone: (302) 426-4910

Victor & Helen Geisel Foundation
Contact: Matt Rowe
PO Box 8050
Wausau, WI 54402-8050
Phone: (715) 845-4336 / Email

Gering Family Foundation
Contact: Rick or Sue Gering
6870 CR-W
Winchester, WI 54557
Phone: (715) 845-9230 / Email

Raymond & Marie Goldbach Foundation, Inc.
Contact: John L. Skoug
PO Box 363
Marathon, WI 54448
Phone: (715) 443-2211 / Email

B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation
Contact: Pam Jackson
500 First Street, Suite 5
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone: (715) 842-3700 / Email / Website

Robert & Mary Jo Hartwig Family Foundation
Contact: Daniel Hartwig
3604 Maple Hill Drive
Wausau, WI 54401
Phone: (715) 845-3555 / Email

Juedes-Molinaro Family Foundation
Contact: Art or Barb Juedes
117 S 3rd Avenue
Wausau, WI 54401-4635
Phone: (715) 845-9231 / Email

Lewitzke Foundation
Contact: Jeremy or Lindsey Lewitzke
1701 Green Vistas Drive
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone: (715) 581-5871 / (715) 571-2463 Website / Email 

Marth Foundation
Contact: Michelle Natzke
6752 State Hwy 107 North
Marathon, WI 54448
Phone: (715) 443-3748

May Family Foundation
Contact: Amy Sislo Rydland, Secretary
14430 Bermuda Dunes Way
Colorado Springs, CO 80921
Phone: (907) 687-9820 / Email

Harvey J. Nelson Charitable Trust 
Contact: Erica Bean
111 E Kilbourne Ave, Suite 200
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-287-7259

Paul & Ruth Schultz Foundation
Contact: Karla Kieffer
1800 Grand Ave
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone: (715) 847-4609

Sonnentag Foundation
Contact: Rebecca Sonnentag
PO Box 100
Wausau, WI 54402-0100
Phone: (715) 848-1365 / Email / Website

Dan Storey Foundation
Contact: Matt Rowe
PO Box 8050
Wausau, WI 54402-8050
(715) 845-4336 / Email

Stanley Zebro Foundation
Contact: Collin Ritzinger
Associated Trust Company, N.A.
2010 Stewart Avenue
Wausau, WI 54401
Phone: (715) 848-4772 / Email

Corporate Foundations

AbbyBank Foundation, Inc.
Contact:  Hillary Strebe
PO Box 648
Abbotsford, WI 54405-0648
Phone: (715) 316-6234 | EmailWebsite

Aspirus Health Foundation
Contact: Lanna Scannell
425 Pine Ridge Blvd
Wausau, WI 54401
Phone: (715) 847-2470 / Email / Website

George Kress Foundation
Contact: Gordy Dybdahl
Green Bay Packaging
PO Box 19017
Green Bay, WI 54307-9017
Phone: (920) 433-5307

Foundation of Saint Clare’s Hospital
3400 Ministry Parkway
Weston, WI 54476
Phone: (715) 393-2604 / Email / Website

IncredibleBank Foundation
Contact: Dawn Follendorf
327 N 17th Avenue
Wausau, WI 54401
Phone: (715) 348-1459 / Email

Wisconsin Public Service Foundation
Contact: Kelly Zagrzebski
PO Box 1166
Wausau, WI 54402-11166
Phone: (715) 848-7342 / Email / Website

Wood-Trust Charitable Foundation
Contact: Joan McCarville
PO Box 8000
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-8000
715-423-6800 / Website

Other Funding Sources

City of Wausau Community Development Block Grants
Contact: Tammy Stratz
Wausau City Hall
407 Grant Street
Wausau, WI 54403
715-261-6682 / Email

Impact 100 Greater Wausau
Contacts: Becky Kettleson / Margy Stahr / Jen Thomas
PO Box 1554
Wausau, WI 54402
Website | Email

United Way of Marathon County
Contact: Ben Lee
705 S 24th Avenue, Suite 400B
Wausau, WI 54401
715-848-2927 / Email | Website

Public
Foundations

D.C. Everest Area Education Foundation
Contact: Lindsey Lewitzke
6300 Alderson Street
Schofield, WI 54476
Phone: (715) 359-6561 / Email

Edgar Area Education Foundation
Contact: Richard Wirkus
Edgar School District
PO Box 92
Edgar, WI 54426
Phone: (715) 352-2755 / Email

Friends of Vincent Foundation
W6535 Wayside Drive
Merrill, WI 54452
Email / Website

Grand Theater Foundation
Contact: Bill Tehan
PO Box 8050
Wausau, WI 54402-8050
Phone: (715) 845-4336 / Email

Marathon County Public Library Foundation
Contact: Chrystal Misener
300 N 1st Street
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone:715-261-7211 / Email

NTC Foundation
Contact: Vicki Jeppesen
1000 W Campus Drive
Wausau, WI 54401
Phone:715-675-3331 / Email / Website

Performing Arts Foundation
Contact: Sean Wright
401 N 4th Street
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone:715-842-0988 / Email / Website

UWMC Foundation
Contact: Brad Zweck
518 S 7th Avenue
North Hall, Room 242
Wausau, WI 54401
Phone: (715) 261-6280 / Email / Website

Wausau Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Contact: David Eckmann
PO Box 6190
Wausau, WI 54402-6190
Phone: (715) 845-6231 / Email

Wausau School Foundation
415 Seymour Street
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone: (715) 261-0510 / Email / Website

Aytchmonde Woodson Foundation
Contact: Kathy Foley
PO Box 65
Wausau, WI 54402-0065
(715) 845-9201
Phone: (715) 845-2177

Woodson YMCA Foundation
Contact: Brian Bailey
707 Third Street
Wausau, WI 54403
Phone: (715) 845-2177 / Email / Website

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Sue Nelson

Sue Nelson | VP of Program & Donor Services