Month: June 2017

Exciting New Funds at ECCF

  Since the beginning of 2017, nine new Funds have joined ECCF's family of over 200 Funds. It's a diverse group that's improving Wisconsin's quality of life in a variety of ways. They are:   Babbette's Seeds of Hope Fund: To support cancer research and patients undergoing treatment Beckermann Family Fund: To promote family literacy, address homelessness, and support arts and culture Carson Park Baseball Stadium Renovation Fund: To support much-needed updates to the baseball stadium Draper Hills Financial Literacy Fund: To promote financial literacy in the Loyal community Eau…

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2017 ECCF Competitive Grant Awards Announced

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Grants Committee Chair Karl Murch speaks at the 2017 ECCF Annual Meeting. The Eau Claire Community Foundation is proud to announce that it awarded $118,441 in grants through its 2017 competitive grant cycle. Most grant recipients received their checks at the Foundation’s Annual Meeting on June 7. In this grant cycle, the Foundation received 65 grant applications and was able to fully or partially fund 51 of them. These awards bring the Foundation’s current 2017 disbursements through competitive and Donor-Advised granting to more than $2.1 million, including…

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