About the Event
Community relationship building is central to our work at the Waukesha County Community Foundation. In 2016, The WCCF began hosting an annual Giving Forward Breakfast to celebrate these relationships, the work of nonprofits in our community, and announce the Community Grant Recipients.
The BIG News
Each year, the Waukesha County Community Foundation awards Community Grants to nonprofit organizations making a difference for the people of Waukesha County. The competitive grant process culminates at our Giving Forward Breakfast where the grant recipients for that year are announced. To learn more about Community Grants, visit our Grants Page.
Interested in supporting Community Grants? Donate here.
Meet the 2024 Speakers
Community Grant Recipients
2024 Grant Recipients
- Addiction Resource Council
- Agrace
- Blessings in a Backpack Waukesha County
- Community Smiles Dental
- Falls Area Community Services, Inc.
- Falls Patio Players
- Family Promise of Waukesha County
- Greater Milwaukee El Sistema
- Hebron Housing Services
- Ice Age Trail Alliance
- IMPACT, Inc.
- Lake Area Free Clinic
- Life Navigators
- Literacy Services of Wisconsin
- Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
- Muskego Senior Taxi
- NAMI of Southeast WI
- New Berlin Food Pantry Inc.
- Playworks Wisconsin
- Sharp Literacy
- Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers
- Team Up! With Families/Katy’s Kloset
- The Oasis Project
- The Women’s Center, Inc.
- Tricia’s Troops Cancer Connection
- Vision Forward Association, Inc.
- Waukesha County Land Conservancy
- Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp. (WWBIC)
- Zachariah’s Acres Inc.
2023 Grant Recipients
- ACAP, Inc.
- AFAR, Inc. D/B/A The Ability Center
- American Red Cross of Southeast Wisconsin
- Autism Society of Southeastern Wisconsin
- Christmas Clearing Council of Waukesha County
- Diverse and Resilient, Inc.
- Donna Lexa Art Centers
- Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin, Inc.
- Elmbrook Humane Society
- Elmbrook Senior Taxi, Inc.
- Food Pantry of Waukesha County
- GPS Education Partners, Inc.
- Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha County, Inc.
- Hope Center
- Housing Action Coalition of Waukesha County
- Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County, Inc.
- Journey21, Inc.
- La Casa de Esperanza, Inc.
- MS-Just Keep Moving, Inc.
- Oconomowoc Silver Streak, Inc.
- Prevent Blindness Wisconsin
- ProHealth Care Foundation
- Revitalize Milwaukee
- Seniors on the Go
- Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts
- The Salvation Army – Waukesha
- Waukesha County Historical Society and Museum
- Wellpoint Care Network
- Wisconsin Adaptive Sports Association
- Wisconsin Masonic Home Inc.
- Wisconsin Veterans Network
2022 Grant Recipients
- Addiction Resource Council
- Association for the Rights of Citizens with handicaps (ARCh)
- Best Buddies Wisconsin
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metropolitan Milwaukee, Inc.
- Blessings in a Backpack Waukesha County
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee
- Broadscope Disability Services
- Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation
- Carroll University
- Community Smiles Dental (WCCDC)
- Family Promise of Waukesha Co.
- Falls Patio Players
- First Stage
- Friends of Vernon Marsh
- Girls on the Run of Southeastern Wisconsin
- HEAR Wisconsin
- Hebron House of Hospitality, Inc.
- IMPACT, Inc. 2-1-1
- Lake Area Free Clinic
- LifeStriders
- Literacy Services of Wisconsin, Inc.
- Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (LSS)
- NAMI Southeast Wisconsin
- Sharp Literacy, Inc.
- Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers
- Team Up! With Families/Katy’s Kloset
- The Women’s Center, Inc.
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee at Waukesha Foundation
- Waukesha County Land Conservancy
- YMCA of Greater Waukesha County
- Zachariah’s Acres Inc.
