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Door County Housing Partnership

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Door County Housing Partnership Charitable Fund
www.doorcountyhousingtrust.org
(920) 421-5090


The Door County Housing Partnership is an independent, nonprofit organization focused on providing permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for working households living year-round in Door County. We use a shared equity homeownership model and work with the community to provide the subsidy that bridges the gap between what working families can afford and what it costs to purchase a decent home.

Our homes are priced to be affordable to the working families that stable communities need, representing teachers, nurses, social workers, and municipal workers, to name a few. The DCHP’s unique approach allows us to create housing solutions that will stay affordable for generations.
 
 

Arts & Culture Fund

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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.

Click here to support the Door County Arts Fund.

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.  

Door County Historic Preservation

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Understanding the stories of our past helps us discover our own place in this world and imagine the possibilities of our future. The shared history of this place we love informs the identity of our people. The Community Foundation invests in charities that supports the appreciation, enhancement, and preservation of iconic historical landmarks, and the unique cultural heritage of Door County, Wisconsin.

Click here to support the Door County Historic Preservation Fund.

For a more complete listing of Door County charities that support historic preservation, 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.  

Door County Education Fund

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Education needs to go beyond traditional schooling and formal classrooms. It should include informal modes of learning and extend beyond traditional settings. It must be integrated into the home and throughout the community – and education is not limited to children. The Community Foundation believes that learning is a lifelong pursuit and nurtures its incorporation into the many aspects of life in Door County.

Click here to support the Door County Education Fund.

For a more complete listing of Door County charities that support education, 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.  

Health & Human Needs Fund

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The people of Door County are a family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. It’s difficult to appreciate the incredible beauty and quality of life here in Door County if the very basic needs of your life are not being met. The Community Foundation supports charities that are working to aid those who live in the shadows of society – the families of Door County whose health and human service needs are not being adequately addressed.

Click here to support the Door County Health and Human Needs Fund.

For a more complete listing of Door County charities that support health and human needs, please click here.

Door County Green Fund

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Door County is blessed with an abundance of natural resources. From our lakeshore to the wetlands, our orchards to the meadows, the open spaces and our rural roads – there is something about the beauty of this place that keeps us here or calls us back each year. The Community Foundation invests in environmental education, funds land preservation, protects native species, and supports other types of “green” projects.

Click here to support the Door County Green Fund.

For a more complete listing of Door County charities that support the environment, 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.  

Door County Habitat for Humanity

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Door County Habitat for Humanity Assurance Fund
www.doorhabitat.org
920-743-2869

Since 1994, the mission of Door County Habitat for Humanity has been to provide a hand up to help others acquire and own decent and affordable housing.  We work with future homeowners to build new simple, safe, and decent homes to increase the inventory of affordable homes in Door County.  We also work with existing homeowners to complete repairs they would otherwise be unable to afford or complete on their own.  Our projects are done in partnership with the homeowners as they are required to both contribute time during the project and pay for material costs with a mortgage for home builds and a payment plan for home repairs.  Door County Habitat for Humanity provides a hand-up, not a hand-out to current and future homeowners.

EYC Aaron R. Moore Sailing Scholarship

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The EYC Aaron R. Moore Sailing Scholarship Fund finances sailing lesson scholarships at the Ephraim Yacht Club for junior sailors ages 7 and up who are year-round residents of Door County, WI, and who otherwise would not be able to afford sailing lessons. Aaron was a lifelong sailor and an enthusiastic sailing instructor; he recognized the many important life lessons that children learn through sailing, such as leadership, sportsmanship, self-reliance, and responsibility. This Scholarship Fund allows Door County children to take part in this learning experience and enjoy the growth and satisfaction that come from learning the sport. In its first eleven years, the fund was able to provide 250 scholarships to the children of Door County. We hope to be able to continue at this pace. Generous donors like you made the funding for these scholarships possible.

There are several ways in which you can support the Aaron R Moore Sailing Scholarship Fund:

The Ephraim Yacht Club is a family-oriented non-profit organization focused on providing sailing education and amateur sailboat racing. The EYC is located in the town of Ephraim, Door County, Wisconsin on beautiful Eagle Harbor. For more information on sailing lessons and scholarships at the EYC, see www.eyc.org/lessons.

We are so proud to help enable EYC to provide educational opportunities and promote good sportsmanship through sailing scholarships. The school children of Door receive the opportunity to learn and participate in one of the few, truly coeducational and Olympic sports in the world.

The EYC Aaron R. Moore Scholarship Fund is a charitable fund of The Door County Community Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3)public charity.

Council of Former Directors

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The knowledge and wisdom of our former Directors help us identify areas of need, potential opportunities, and future projects for the Community Foundation. The Council also provides feedback surrounding the Community Foundation’s current strategic direction.  Members of the Council have no formal corporate role but serve as an invaluable counsel to the Community Foundation.

The Council of Former Directors is convened twice a year.  Every spring we convene the Council for a conversation about the current activities of the Community Foundation. This gives us the opportunity to gather feedback about our current strategic direction. Then in the fall, we reconvene for a discussion about Door County. This is our chance to have a discussion about what the Council sees and hears around the peninsula.

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