The “arts” describe a broad range of creative activities which can stimulate thought and inspire the soul. Door County’s arts and cultural treasures are essential to our quality of life. The Community Foundation supports creative charitable activities in Door County that use the arts to enrich our community and enhance the lives of the people of our peninsula. For a more complete listing of Door County charities that support arts and culture, please click here. Give Door County is an initiative to inspire visitors, seasonal residents, and year-round residents to give back to sustain and advance this place we all love. … [Read More]
Door County Community Foundation
Inspiring people to give back to the community we love.
Simplify Your Giving
“We love Door County and fully understand that this community it is what it is because of the generous people here. We have given what we can, but it is the generosity of many people who are like-minded who make a difference. We can’t do anything alone. And I’m not sure we would want to. The sense of collaboration is what makes Door County special.”
- Don & Coggin Heeringa
Give To The Future
“One of the things that serving on an interfaith board in Manhattan did is that it gave me a great awareness of the importance of people giving something back, if they can, to their community. I want to give back to this community which I feel has done so much for me. The Door County Community Foundation seems to fill that function so well.”
- Lee Traven
Create A Philanthropic Legacy
“I served for many years on the Community Foundation's Board with Ruth and knew her personally for even longer. She and Hartley were wonderfully generous people who always felt the call to return to Door County every year. For her, the Community Foundation was a way to touch every aspect of life in this community she so loved."
- John Herlache; Board of Directors of the Community Foundation
News from the Community Foundation: Door County Community Foundation Blog
- Why I Choose to Love the GranaryBy Bret Bicoy, Peninsula Pulse – August 6th, 2021 For a long time, I couldn’t get excited about the Teweles and Brandeis granary in Sturgeon Bay. A few years ago, many people I admire were vehement about the need to save this 120-year-old structure from destruction, yet others I respect were equally certain that it has no place in our […]
