Why Give Through A Community Foundation

When you give through the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, you enjoy a wide range of benefits.

Sample Language for Gifts

When your client makes a gift to the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation through their will or trust agreement, they can choose to benefit several areas, see how here.

Comparing Four Approaches to Giving

Side-by-side comparison of a community foundation donor advised fund, community foundation supporting organization, commercial gift fund, and private foundation

The National Committee on Planned Giving

The National Committee on Planned Giving® is the professional association for people whose work includes developing, marketing, and administering charitable planned gifts. Those people include fund raisers for nonprofit institutions and consultants and donor advisors working in a variety of for-profit settings.

Community Foundation Resources for Professional Advisors

In this area of our web site you will find a variety of printable handouts to help you and your clients learn more about the Community Foundation.

Wealth in Wisconsin Report

A 2006 study commissioned by Wisconsin's 21 certified community foundations projects $105 billion in family wealth will be transferred among Wisconsin generations by 2010 and $687 billion by 2050, creating a historic opportunity for people to support their communities. The study includes a county-by-county breakdown for the same time periods.

Ways to Give

Types of immediate and planned gifts accepted by the foundation

Getting to know the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin

The Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin is one of more than 700 community foundations in the United States today. Established in 1987 as the Wausau Area Community Foundation, we expanded our service area and name to encompass north central Wisconsin in 2002. The Community Foundation is a nonprofit, community corporation created by and for the people of north central Wisconsin and is designed to offer people a variety of ways to touch their community through philanthropic giving.