Create Or Support A Fund

Choose a type of fund based on how involved you would like to be.

We work with you and your financial advisor to determine the fund that maximizes your tax savings and establishes an enduring legacy. The following types of funds offer various levels of freedom in designating the dollars. You may contribute to an existing fund or start your own. For more information please call 715-552-3801.

Community Fund

The Community Fund receives donations to help support grants to local non-profit organizations. The Eau Claire Community Foundation Grant Review Committee determines where allocations are directed from this fund.

Operations Fund

Gifts to this fund insure the continuation of the Community Foundation’s work in supporting philanthropic goals of donors the nonprofit organizations whose work they cherish.

Donor Advised Funds

If you wish to actively participate, you may set up a Donor Advised Fund that allows you to advise grant recommendations. They can be set up for one person, or a family, which is an excellent way to involve the entire family in the tradition of philanthropy. Minimum of $25,000

 Janet Barland Fund

 Dick and Marlene Cable Family Fund

 Community Technology Fund

John Matthew Fesenmaier Children’s Fund

 Frederikson Family Fund

 Charles and Joanne Graaskamp Fund

 Grewe Family Fund

 Jon N. and Maureen S. Homstad Family Fund

 John and Betsy Kell Family Fund
 Norm and Mary Ellen Keller Fund

 Kristo Family Fund

 Larson Family Fund

Dan and Debbie Market Family Fund
O’Halloran Family Fund
David B. and Dorothy H. Owen Family Fund
Robert R. Southard Memorial Fund
Scobie Family Fund
Mike Siker Donor-Advised Fund
Women’s Giving Circle Fund
Young Family Fund

Designated Name Funds

A Designated Named Fund allows you the greatest control in the destination of you gifts. You may select one or more specific charitable organizations to receive grants from this fund. Minimum of $10,000

 Thomas and Joyce Bruckner Fund

 Eau Claire Transit Disadvantaged Token Fund
 Eau Claire Dunn Pepin Medical Society
 L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Endowment Fund
 Ralph Owen Disaster Relief Perpetual Fund
 Lyle and Karyn Quandt Fund

 Jeanne Richie Memorial Puddle Jump Endowment Fund
 Hubbard and Kathryn Robbins Family Fund
 Dr. Michel and Cathy Sultan Fund
 John and Lela Thompson Fund
 Dr. Joseph M. and Jean M. Tobin Family Designated Fund

Field of Interest Funds

With a Field of Interest Fund, the donor relies on the expertise of the Board of Trustees to determine the most effective use of your gift within a general area of interest to you, such as arts & culture, education, environment, recreation, or social services. Minimum of $10,000

 Aubre Children’s Fund
 Children’s Legacy Luncheon Fund
 Nellie and John I. Kaiser Memorial Fund
 Luther Midelfort Children’s Health Fund
 Daniel and Mary Ann Ogan Educational Fund

 Jim and Kathy Pinter Mental Health Fund
 Public Gardens Fund
 Pat and Sue Quinn Recreational Fund
 Siker Education Fund

Unrestricted Funds

Contributions to your Unrestricted Fund give the Foundation the flexibility to address ever changing community needs. Your gift will be strategically used to respond to the needs of the Greater Eau Claire area.

 Charter Bank Eau Claire Fund

 James H. Cupery Fund

 Lois and Arnie Domer Fund

 Phillip and Barbara Fey Family Fund
 Victoria E. Finstad Fund
 Richard T. Gannon Fund
 Giving Traditions Fund

 T. Gordon and Gladys P. Keith Fund
 Dean and Susan Olson Family Fund
 Jack and Lois Postlewaite Family Fund
 Terry and Flo Sheridan Family Fund
 Society of Founders Grant Fund
 Paul and Cheri Weinke Family Fund
 Anonymous

Pass-Through Funds

Pass-Through and Municipal Funds are established by groups for a specific purpose. In most cases these are short-term charitable benefiting our community or a particular agency.

 Clear Vision Fund
  Eau Claire Police Department Special Units Fund (K-9 Fund)
  L. E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Building Fund

 Rice Lake 11-21-04 Fund
  Sculpture Tour Eau Claire Fund

Scholarship Funds

Scholarship Funds are named to recognize individuals, families, businesses, and other organizations. These scholarships assist schools to provide opportunities for students in their academic pursuits. Students apply for scholarships through their schools. Minimum of $10,000

 Elk Mound High School Alumni Scholarship Fund

 Memorial High School Class of ’60 Scholarship Fund

Acorn Funds

Acorn Funds are starter funds that grow over time through interest and your continued contributions (with a maximum of five years.) When the balance of the fund reaches the minimum balance for the type of fund chosen, gifting can begin.

 Advancing Innovation with Eau Claire County Fund

 Thomas and Jill Barland Fund

 Clarence and Isabel Berger Family Scholarship Fund

 Stephen A. and Kristine K. Bien Family Fund

 David T. Bodeau and Family Fund

 Paul Del Torto Fund
 Foundation Leaders Fund
Leonard E. Gibbs Fund

 Philip and Janice Happe Family Fund

 Laura and Duane Hookom Family Fund

 Innovation Foundation of Western Wisconsin Fund

 Al and Peggy Jones Fund

 Kincaid Family Fund

 John and Jane Lokken Fund

 Michael Lund Memorial Fund

 5 Martins Family Fund

 Buzz and Mary Ann Minton Family Fund

 RCU Fund

 Chuck and Lori John Shoemaker Family Fund

 SS Safari All-Star Fund

 Sculpture Tour Eau Claire Endowment Fund

 Sue and Roger Tietz Family Fund

 Gary and Sonya Tourville Fund

 The Warloski Family Fund

 Anonymous

Agency Endowment Funds

We administer Endowment Funds for many Eau Claire area non-profit organizations. These funds provide perpetual support for operations of the organizations, ensuring their future stability. Donors wishing to contribute to an Agency Endowment Fund should send their gifts directly to the agency, and the agency will transfer the funds to the Eau Claire Community Foundation. Minimum of $10,000

 Bolton Refuge House Endowment Fund

 Chippewa Valley Health Clinic Endowment Fund

 Feed My People, Inc. Agency Endowment Fund

 Friends of Beaver Creek Reserve Endowment Fund

 Friends of Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum
   Endowment Fund

 Goodwill Industries Fund

 Interfaith Hospitality Network Endowment Fund
 Literacy Volunteers-Chippewa Valley Legacy for Literacy

 L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library Agency Fund

 L.E. Phillips Senior Center Endowment Fund

 United Cerebral Palsy Endowment Fund

 Young Men’s Christian Association of Eau Claire
    Endowment Fund