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Platteville Community Fund
What is a Community Fund? A Community Fund allows individuals and groups to contribute time and money toward the betterment of a specific community. Each community fund has a volunteer advisory board comprised of local members who encourage the growth of the fund and oversee distributions in the form of grants. These grants are awarded to community projects and programs based on the changing needs of that community. The Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin oversees 16 community funds in its nine-county service area.
- Since its founding, the Platteville Community Fund has awarded $525,000 through over 250 grants for projects and initiatives in the Platteville area.
Get To Know Us
The Platteville Community Fund is a permanent, unrestricted, charitable endowment created in 2002 to serve the Platteville area. Annually a portion of the Fund’s earnings are given back to the community in the form of grants. The Fund supports community projects that enhance the arts, education, health and human services, the environment, and historic preservation.
The Platteville Community Fund also provides a means for individuals, organizations, and businesses to support their unique charitable community interests through funds that focus on specific concerns. The PHS Scholarship Fund, created by the Platteville Community Fund in 2010, is one such entity.
A group of volunteer citizens make up the Fund’s advisory board which initiates fundraising activities and determines grant awards.
Family of Funds
The charitable funds shown below have been established by individuals and organizations to support their charitable goals for the Platteville community:
- Platteville Community Fund Endowment
- Carmen and Eva Beining Community Fund
- Cushman Music in the Park Fund
- Robert & Marian Graham Community Fund
- Margaret S. Keizer Charitable Fund
- Schneller-Tang Community Fund
Learn About Our Grants
Twice per year the advisory board awards grant to non-profit organizations, the local school district, and/or local government agencies providing charitable programs or projects serving the community.
Check Out Our Impact: Grant Awards
Robert & Marian Graham Community Fund:
- The Platteville Chorale, to support the Platteville Children’s Choir’s spring tour to Southwest Wisconsin schools ($600)
- Make Music Platteville – 2019, to continue Platteville’s alliance with this international event, held annually on the summer solstice ($700)
- The University of Wisconsin-Platteville Computer Science & Software Engineering Department, to support the purchase of supplies for the “Girls Who Code Club” ($750)
- The Platteville Main Street program, for the purchase of Holiday Wreaths for the decorative street lights on the “Library Block” ($975)
- The UWP Office of Continuing Education, to fund scholarships for Platteville students-in-need to attend the 2019 College for Kids/Middle University program ($700 )
- The Platteville High School Music Department, to support the establishment of a Digital Music Learning Lab and Recording Studio at the high school ($5,000)
- Wisconsin Badger Camp, for the purchase of life jackets for the canoeing program ($700)
Carmen & Eva Beining Endowment:
- Family Advocates, for client transportation ($1,000)
- Southwest Opportunities Center, to purchase curriculum for the Community Integration Program ($700)
- City of Platteville Recreation Department, for a custom frame for a large screen for the City Auditorium ($680)
- City of Platteville, for landscaping of the roundabout on Markee Avenue ($1,500)
- Platteville Main Street program, to fund the 2019 Senior Citizen and Food Pantry Client farmer’s market nutrition Voucher Program ($1,500)
Schneller-Tang Community Fund:
- Family Connections of Southwest Wisconsin, to enhance STEM offering through the purchase a large light table and ‘Shine a Light’ books ($663)
- Platteville Community Arboretum and the Platteville Human Powered Trails, for the purchase of a trimmer for trail maintenance ($360)
Platteville Community Fund Endowment:
- Concerned Church Women of Platteville (aka/Thrift Shop), to support safety improvements in the exterior areas surrounding the building ($925)
- Friends of the Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums, to purchase shelves for storage of educational materials and voice-over for the video depicting 1930’s Zinc mining ($3,235)
Fall 2018 Total: $18,638
Grant Guidelines
Tips and tools for you to use as you prepare your application. Print out this PDF as you prepare your grant for a quick checklist of your progress.
Invest In Your Community
Donations to the Platteville Community Fund are welcome at any time of the year. All gifts are tax deductible. Mail a check to this address, or click the button to donate online.
Platteville Community Fund
P.O. Box 46
Platteville, WI 53818
P.O. Box 46
Platteville, WI 53818
Advisory Board Members
The Fund is advised by a committee of community volunteers who initiate fundraising activities and determine grant awards:
Nate Curry, chairEd Faherty, vice chair
Jan Weier, secretary
Todd Allion
Kim Brodbeck
Kathy Lomax
Eileen Nickels
Joe Rosemeyer
Mary Rosemeyer
Jen Schweigert
Cindy Tang
Bill VanDeest
