“When a donor gives a gift or makes a commitment to Birch Creek’s Endowment within the Door County Community Foundation, that process helps Birch Creek fulfill its mission of serving talented young musicians, and simultaneously brings high-quality live music to the Door County community long into the future.”
Kaye Wagner
Executive Director
Birch Creek Music
Performance Center
“Our endowment is important to fund the things that our operating budgets from Door County and the city, towns and villages with library buildings don’t provide. We have very strong support from local governments. Our endowment is available for extras – such as the startup funding of the Infosoup catalog.”
Rebecca Berger
Director
Door County Library
“We love using the Door County Community Foundation for our charitable giving. It was very easy to establish our Fund and it has assisted us greatly in doing our long-term financial and estate planning. It is a great benefit to us.”
John & Polly Alberts
Brussels, Wisconsin
Bayside Cemetery Charitable Fund
(920) 743-5322
Since 1876, Bayside Cemetery has been a spiritual place, possessing a quiet dignity that honors and celebrates the lives of our loved ones. The Cemetery’s tranquil grounds offer not only finely sculpted monuments, but also an abundance of Mother Nature’s artistic handiwork. The natural beauty of these 27 acres imparts a serene feeling in all those who walk in this peaceful park-like setting.
Bayside Cemetery has maintained a standard of excellence by providing families with comprehensive cemetery services of the highest quality. Just north of the Sturgeon Bay city limits, beautiful grave sites and professionally maintained grounds distinguish Bayside as one of the finest cemeteries in Door County.
The Bayside Cemetery Charitable Fund provides an opportunity for the community to support the maintenance of the chapel, grounds, and other facilities of this historic cemetery.
Building for Tomorrow Fund
Lifetime for Education Fund
Now and Forever Fund
Scholarships Forever Fund
www.birchcreek.org
(920) 868-3763
Founded in 1976, Birch Creek is Door County’s unique residential center for music education and performance. Its mission is to provide intensive, performance-based instruction to promising young musicians by immersing them in a professional and mentoring environment.
Birch Creek is a school by day and a concert hall at night. During the day, music students ages 13-19 are involved in rehearsals, classes and seminars, working closely with faculty members who mentor them as musicians and guide them as young adults. At night, students join faculty to perform public concerts that directly serve Birch Creek’s mission by giving students diverse training of the highest quality as well as the real-life experience of performing before live audiences, and of performing with the frequency and varied repertoire that is required of professional musicians. Since its first class of 12 students in 1976, more than 6,000 students have studied and performed at Birch Creek.
Boys & Girls Club of Door County Fund
Facilities Fund
www.bgcblr.org/door-county/
(920) 818-1046
A lot of people know Door County as vacation land. While that is true, there are also a lot of working people whose hard work year-round helps make Door County the beautiful place that it is. Many of these working people have families and an increasing number of them rely on the services such those offered by the Boys & Girls Club of Door County.
As the old saying goes, “it takes a community to raise a child.” An increasing number of children are at home with no adult care or supervision. Young people need to know that there is a place to go during these times. The Boys & Girls Club of Door County offers that and more. Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence.
Crossroads at Big Creek Endowment Fund
www.crossroadsatbigcreek.org
(920) 746-5895
Once marketed as “an ideal place for a gas station,” Crossroads at Big Creek is a 200-acre nature preserve and learning center located within the city limits of Sturgeon Bay.
Crossroads’ mission is to inspire environmental stewardship through education, research, land restoration and outdoor recreation.
Support from the community helps us improve habitat for wildlife and people and allows our hiking and skiing trails to be open every day, all day at no charge for families, school groups and individuals.
DOOR CANcer Fund
www.doorcancer.com
(920) 743-8492
DOOR CANcer, Inc. is a community based charitable organization dedicated to helping Door County residents with financial needs during treatment for cancer. It strives to make life a little easier for families who are living with cancer by offering financial assistance with the costs of everyday living. While DOOR CANcer does not pay medical bills or cover prescription drugs, the organization will assist families with rent or mortgage payments, insurance premiums, transportation and lodging costs related to treatment, utility bills, food for the family and other non-medical expenses as determined appropriate. DOOR CANcer does not employ any staff – all time is donated.
Recipients must reside in Door County and be in active treatment for cancer. Generally, no funds are awarded directly to the applicant. Payment coupons or account numbers must be provided to DOOR CANcer and payment will be made directly to the company or vendor owed.
Door County Folk Alliance Endowment Fund
www.dcfolk.com
In 1995 a group of folk musicians and dance enthusiasts, led by Cy Rosenthal of Sturgeon Bay, came together to play music and hold barn dances, bringing together multiple generations for fun and fellowship. Cy saw local folk bands as a way for musicians to play together, support each other, and improve their skills. Cy died in 2010, but the all-volunteer organization he founded continues his goal of building community through music and dance.
The central activity of the alliance is a series of monthly barn dances – all open to the public – with live music provided by the Alliance band, Sugar on the Floor. The Alliance coordinates regular music “sessions” to provide local folk musicians with opportunities to learn new music and hone their skills, as well as supplying music & dance for community and special events. Donations to the Door County Folk Alliance are used to pay for dance callers, rental of the dance hall, the organization’s insurance, equipment, outreach and educational materials.
Molly’s Fund
www.doorcountyhumanesociety.org
(920) 746-1111
Lost, abandoned, seized, and surrendered companion animals find warm beds, medical care, and ultimately a new forever home once they reach the Wisconsin Humane Society Door County Campus. Animals arrive 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so the facility must be constantly staffed. Animals arrive from every part of Door County, including Washington Island.
WHS Door County Campus provides a safe haven for lost or homeless pets while working to reunite them with their owners or place them with a new loving family. WHS Door County Campus also encourages responsible pet ownership through education, training and spay/neutering.
WHS Door County Campus receives less than 5% of its budget from government. Generous benefactors, members, businesses and Humane Heroes contribute 95% of the funds needed to keep the doors open and supply shelves filled. No animal found in Door County is turned away. This is possible only because of financial and volunteer help from so many open-hearted supporters.
