Door County Community Foundation

The Door County Community Foundation was founded in 1999.

It combines the charitable gifts of many to provide leadership and financial leverage in addressing the current and future needs of Door County.

Differentiating the Community Foundation from other philanthropic options is a high degree of personalized service for its donors. At its most basic, the Door County Community Foundation is a simpler, cheaper, more tax-efficient alternative to creating your own private foundation.

The Community Foundation routinely works with families (and their attorneys, accountants and investment managers) to design a gift plan that fits your unique financial situation and addresses the issues you care about most.

By giving through your own personal charitable Fund, you maximize both the tax benefit of your contribution as well as its impact by tapping into the Community Foundation's in-depth knowledge of local issues.

Please join us in inspiring people to give back to sustain the community we love.

"The Community Foundation is a great way to leave a legacy to the Door County community. Each of us have 'favorite' organizations that we support with our time, talents and treasure, but a community is more than a few organizations."

"Our Door County Community Foundation provides an opportunity for Annie and me to support some or all of these activities today and in our planned giving so that Door County will continue to be a special place."

Dick Egan

PLANNED GIVING TOOL AVAILABLE ONLINE

The Community Foundation is pleased to be able to offer PhilanthroCalc - an online giving tool that allows you to experiment with different planned giving scenarios from the comfort of your own home. Use the calculator online...

CHARITIES PROVIDING RELIEF IN HAITI

In an effort to ensure that your generosity reaches those truly in need, we are providing this list of reputable charities that have shown to be highly effective in the past at responding to natural disasters. Read more...

2009 PHILANTHROPIST OF THE YEAR

The Board of Directors of the Door County Community Foundation unanimously selected Josephine Guenzel as the 2009 Philanthropist of the Year for her many years of giving back to Door County. Read more...

ONLINE LIST OF TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS

Our mission at the Door County Community Foundation is to inspire people to give back to sustain the community we love. Giving back is more than just writing a check, it's getting involved. Here are the organizations working hard to keep Door County special. Read more...

GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE

Thanks to the incredible generosity of both seasonal and year-round residents, the Community Foundation is offering grants from its of Community Impact Funds. Read more...

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS FOR 2010

The Community Foundation administers several scholarship programs created by generous families in Door County. Application materials for the 2010 scholarships for are now available online. Read more...