The Door County Community Foundation is a collection of charitable Funds dedicated to improving the quality of life in Door County, Wisconsin. We play a key role in identifying and solving community problems by building collaborative efforts between generous people and the charities working hard to improve our County. Last fiscal year our family of charitable Funds received contributions of $9 million and distributed $5 million to worthy causes throughout Door County and across the nation. We are expanding and need two new people to help us fulfill our charitable mission. Business OfficerThe Business Officer is an accounting clerk with the critically important role of recording financial transactions under the supervision of the Senior Business Officer. It is a full-time, year-round position with benefits. The ideal candidate will have bookkeeping experience and an exceptional attention to detail. Download the Business Officer position description and … [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
- Take Advantage of These Expiring Charitable DeductionsIn my last column, I wrote about the enormous tax advantages of placing highly appreciated stock in a donor-advised fund at your local community foundation, particularly when “bunching” several years of tax deductions into a single year. In the column titled “Maximizing Your Charitable Deduction,” I noted that this has long been a highly effective […]
