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Platteville Community Fund and Platteville EIE
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 $984,504 through hundreds of grants for projects and initiatives in the Platteville area.
About the Fund
About the Platteville Community Fund
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 makes 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
- Joan & Ralph Faherty Family Community Fund
- Robert & Marian Graham Community Fund
- Margaret S. Keizer Charitable Fund
- Schneller-Tang Community Fund
- PCF COVID-19 Disaster Relief Fund
- Platteville Excellence in Education Endowment Fund
About the Platteville Excellence in Education Endowment Fund
The Platteville Excellence in Education Endowment Fund supports the educational needs of the Platteville School District that are not funded through the regular school budget. The EIE fund was started with a grant of more than $30,000 provided from a bequest by Jane Howell, a mathematics teacher at Platteville Middle school for more than 30 years.
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.
Recent Grant Awards
Elinore Loveland Trust
- Wisconsin Badger Camp, Inc., Campership Program
- Inspiring Community, Inc., Improving Acoustics at the Broske Center
- Platteville Fire Department, Rescue Training Dummies
Platteville Community Fund
- Platteville Chorale, Inc., Amplification System for Platteville Chorale and Children’s Choir Performances and Outreach
Platteville Community Fund COVID-19 Disaster Relief Fund
- Platteville Chorale, Inc Air Purification System for Rehearsal Spaces
- Family Promise of Grant County, Inc Pantry Stocking
Ralph & Joan Faherty Family Community Endowment and Platteville Community Fund
- City of Platteville Museum Department, Electrical Wiring for Industrial Artifact Storage Building at The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums
Robert & Marian Graham Community Fund
- PATH: Platteville Arts Trails History Chalk & Cheese
Robert & Marian Graham Community Fund and Platteville Community Fund
- Concerned Church Women of Platteville, Inc. Volunteer Counter Top Replacements and Inventory Baskets
Robert A. and Marjorie M Hartshorn Trust
- Platteville School District Instrument Storage Expansion
- Friends of our Gallery d/b/a Rountree Gallery Teeny, Tiny, BOLD – funding assistance for a regional art exhibit
Schneller – Tang Community Fund
- Jamison Museum Association, Inc. Advancing Archival Preservation at The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums
Fall 2021 Grant Awards Total = $30,850
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 and Platteville EIE 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 81;
Platteville, WI 53818
P.O. Box 81;
Platteville, WI 53818
Advisory Board Members
The Fund is advised by a committee of community volunteers who initiate fundraising activities and determine grant awards:
Cindy Tang, ChairEd Faherty, Vice Chair
Jan Weier, Secretary
Todd Allion
Kim Brodbeck
Kathy Lomax
Eileen Nickels
Joe Rosemeyer
Mary Rosemeyer
Jen Schweigert
Bill VanDeest
