Community Grants
Grant Portal is Closed. The next grant cycle opens July 1, 2025.
See our Grant Guidelines HERE.
See our Sample Grant Application HERE.
Community Grants are also supported by our Community Grants Fund, Women’s Giving Circle Fund, The Mike Tauschek Fund, The Cole Family Music Fund, Senior Citizen’s Endowment Fund, The Marshfield Area Community Foundation Forever Fund, and several other funds, including the Heinzen Family Fund.
Greg & Sally Rindfleisch Performing Arts Fund grant application is a part of the portal application.
2024 Community Grants
Grants available thru the Foundation’s Forever Fund, The Mike Tauschek Fund, The Community Grants Fund, The Cole Family Music Fund, The Women’s Giving Circle Fund, The Senior Endowment Fund, & the Children’s Future Fund.
- Rails to Trails for Neillsville Improvement Corporation
- Pittsville Area Community Theater – Microphone System
- Marshfield Parks and Recreaction – Hub City Concert Series
- HART Equine Therapeutic Center, Inc – Augmenting HART lessons & gel pads
- Three Bridges Recovery – “Falling into Recovery”
- Huey’s Hideaway Children’s Museum – Sponsorships
- Marshfield Child Advocacy Center – Child Abuse Awareness Month
- Hannah Center – Resident Bathroom Project
- Weekend Owen-Withee (W-O-W) Kid’s Meals
- Leadership Marshfield – Volunteer Marshfield Website Campaign
- Marshfield Area Respite Care Center – Drumming Circle Percussion
- Nazareth Lutheran Church – Owen-Withee Food Pantry
- MACY – MCLA
- South Beach Chamber Ensemble – Up North Concert
- Auburndale Playground
2023 Community Grants
Grants available thru the Foundation’s Forever Fund, The Mike Tauschek Fund, The Heinzen Family Fund, The Community Grants Fund, The Cole Family Music Fund, The Women’s Giving Circle Fund, The Senior Endowment Fund, & the Children’s Future Fund.
- Huey’s Hideaway – Summer Camp
- South Beach Chamber Ensemble – Up North Concert
- Village of Spencer – Pickleball project
- Feed My People Food Bank – Forklift
- Marshfield Heritage Museum – Marshfield History project
- Junior Achievement of Wood County – Rural Expansion of JA
- Feed My People Food Bank – Forklift
- Soup or Socks Inc – Best Snow Day
- Spencer Youth Recreations Inc – Playground
- School District of Owen-Withee – Food Insecurity
- Big Bro Big Sis of Central Wis – Enrichment Activity & Supplies
- Marshfield Community Gardens – Permanent compost bins
- Discovery Education Station Inc – Cultivating Connections
- Pittsville Area Community Theater – Microphone System
- Boson Courts – Pickleball Courts
- Marshfield Parks & Recreation – Braem Park Pickleball
- MainStreet Marshfield – National Fitness Campaign
- North Wood County Historical Society- Reaching Larger Community
- Lu Cille Tack Center – Stage Curtains
2022 Community Grants
Grants available thru the Foundation’s Forever Fund, The Mike Tauschek Fund, The Heinzen Family Fund, the Community Grants Fund, The Cole Family Music Fund, The Women’s Giving Circle Fund, The Senior Endowment Fund, & the Forward Bank CMMA donation
- South Beach Chamber Ensemble – Up North Concert
- Wood Co. Health Dept. – Marshfield Bike Share program
- Marshfield Cultural Fair
- Huey’s Hideaway – Summer Camp in Medford
- Spencer Community Boosters – Concession Stand project
- Chestnut Center for the Arts – Accessible bathroom remodel
- Marshfield Area Pet Shelter – Community spay/neuter program
- St. Vincent de Paul – Memorial Garden project
- Marshfield Rotary – Rotary Winter Wonderland Celebration
- Memory Lane Farm – Scholarships and Garden project
- United 4 Community Wellness – Community Kindness project
- Memory Lane Farm – Gardens & Camp Scholarships
- Marshfield Parks & Rec – Ukulele Group
- MakerSpace – Collaborate & Create
- Leadership Mfld Project – CatTale Walk at Mfld Public Library
- UWSP-Marshfield – Student Food Pantry
- MACY-MHTF – Suicide Awareness/Remembrance Event
- MACCI – Workplace Positivity Speaker
- Wildwood Zoological Society – Howl-oween Event
- Feed My People – Mobile Food Bank in Owen-Withee
- Indianhead Community Action Agency – Home visit program
- Marshfield Area Respite Care Center – Music Therapy
- School Based Mental Health Consortium – Spanish Interpretation Services
- Workforce Resource – Seniors Job Training
2021 Community Grants
Grants available thru the following funds & donations- Wood Co. Medical Society, Forward CMMA, Mfld History Project Fund, Cole Music Fund, Community Grants Fund, Heinzen Community Grants Fund, Senior Endowment Fund, & the Women’s Giving Circle Fund.
- South Beach Chamber Ensemble for a concert August 7th at Chestnut Center for the Arts
- Raised beds for the Wood Co. Master Gardener Volunteers
- Cultural Fair Fund support for programs
- Rails to Trails for Neillsville Improvement Corporation
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace for the Spencer Area Project
- Spay/Neuter program for Marshfield Area Pet Shelter
- Hub City Days DJ for teens to Main Street Marshfield
- Emergency Communications Trailer for the Heart of WI Amateur Radio Group,Inc.
- Veteran’s Honor Wall
- UWSP-Mfld – Marshfield Symphony tickets for area youth
- St Vincent de Paul Outreach Free Medical Clinic
- Pittsville Schools- outdoor classroom
- MACCI- Leadership Marshfield lunch
- Wood Co. Human Svcs – Community Elf Program
- Children’s Wisconsin – safety boxes
2020 Community Grants Recipients
Supported by the Forever Fund, Community Grants Fund, Chronquist Senior Fund, Cole Music Fund, and Women’s Giving Circle Fund.
- Clark County – Bookworm Project
- Columbus Catholic Schools – Social Emotional Learning
- Workforce Resource, Inc – Supporting Work-Based Training
- Marshfield Area United Way – Heckel House
- Sustainable Marshfield – School Forest Solar Panels
- Marshfield Cultural Fair
- MHS Student Council
Expenditure responsibility requires:
Conducting a pre-grant inquiry including a reasonable investigation of the grantee to ensure that the proposed activity is charitable and that the grantee is able to perform the proposed activity.
Executing a written agreement with the grantee that specifies the charitable purposes of the grant and includes provisions that prohibit use of the funds for lobbying activities and require the grantee to return any funds not used for the designated purposes.