Foundation awards $13,350 in grants

CLINTONVILLE – The Clintonville Area Foundation (CAF) recently awarded $13,350 in grants to 10 charitable organizations serving the Clintonville area. The grants, benefitting a range of community causes, were awarded from a variety of charitable funds within the community foundation this year.
“We are proud that the Clintonville Area Foundation will again this year be sharing funding with eleven area nonprofit organizations,” said Dirk Weber, advisory board chairperson of the Clintonville Area Foundation. “These monies will be used for better nutrition, hygiene, clothing, victim services, emergency equipment, playground equipment, children’s beds, area history and more.”
Eligible nonprofit organizations submitted grant requests through the Foundation’s annual competitive process. The Foundation’s volunteer grants committee members recommend grant recipients to the advisory board for approval.
The following grants were approved:
• The Clintonville Area Food Pantrywas awarded $3,000 to help purchase food to support families in need during the summer months when school is not in session and children are not receiving free breakfast and lunch.

• The Clintonville Area Ambulance Servicewas awarded $1,000 to help purchase the Masimo Rad-57 tool used for rapid and accurate assessments in emergencies such as smoke inhalation, respiratory distress, cardiac arrest, trauma and toxic exposures, making it easier to provide potentially life-saving rapid treatments
• The Community Clothes Closet in Clintonville was awarded $2,000 to help support the 2025 Traveling Closet distribution events, which take place every 60 days, providing pants, hoodies, socks, underwear, winter gear and other essentials to children and adults in Clintonville with a demonstrated financial need.
• Goodfellows of Clintonville and Marion was awarded $1,000 to help provide age-appropriate gifts for teen recipients in 2025 for the annual holiday distribution where there tends to be a gap in donations.
• The Compassionate Connections Incwas awarded $3,000 to help support the growing personal hygiene and diaper pantry which provides individuals and families in need with essential hygiene items once a month and diapers/wipes once a week.
• The Embarrass Volunteer Fireman’s Association Inc was awarded $500 to help support startup costs of an Emergency Medical Responder program in Embarrass to get life-saving equipment and personnel to emergencies more quickly.
• Down with Mylestones was awarded $435.43, and $564.57 from the Clintonville Education Fund, for a total of $1,000 to help support the construction and installation of Clintonville’s first all-inclusive playground at W.A. Olen Park to ensure children of all abilities, including those with physical, sensory, and cognitive disabilities, can play together.
• Sleep in Heavenly Peace, Inc. of Waupaca was awarded $600 for its “No Kid Sleeps on the Floor in Our Town!” initiative to help volunteers build twin beds which are delivered fully-furnished to children ages 3-17 who do not have a bed.
• The Clintonville Area Historical Societywas awarded $250 to help celebrate the historical society’s 50th anniversary with trolley car tours of historical Clintonville businesses and homes as part of a larger event at Pioneer Park.
• The SAM25 Program was awarded $1,000 to support general expenses of running the SAM25 Emergency Shelter from November 1 through April 30, and the Resource Center year-round to help end the cycle of poverty.
To learn more about the Foundation, visit www.ClintonvilleFoundation.org, write Clintonville Area Foundation c/o Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, 4455 W. Lawrence Street, Appleton, WI 54914 or call 920-830-1290.