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About The Fox Cares Foundation

The Fox Cares Foundation was founded in 2016 to raise funds to address three needs that we believe nurture a physically and emotionally healthy community.

Easing Homelessness …because no person should have to go without a place to call home.

Easing Hunger…because no community thrives when some go hungry.

Cultivating the Arts for All …because expression through the arts brings beauty to the community at large.


Fox Cares Foundation Executive Board

Executive Director: Cathy Harvath
Fox Cares Foundation

Chair: John Wanie
Retired – Woodward Community Media

Vice Chair: James Kilsdonk
Abby Bank

Treasurer: Trenten Woelfel
Access, Inc.

Secretary: Ryne Lodl
Encompass-Security


Fox Cares Foundation Board Members

Lynn Hopfensperger
Retired – Fox Communities Credit Union

Susan Nagel
Retired- Fox Communities Credit Union

Jordan Parkin
Wisconsin Mutual
Investment Group

Lynn Peters
Retired – Community Foundation, Fox Valley Region

Rich Scott, CPA
Retired – Kerber Rose
& Associates

Daniel Shepherd
Blue Door Consulting

Cameron Wengrzyn
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin

Kevin Wood
Core BTS



Fox Cares Foundation Affiliations

Fox Communities Credit Union

Fox Cares Foundation was created by Fox Communities Credit Union to help community members “contribute with confidence” by making donations that will be managed responsibly and directed to reputable charitable nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations that provide the resources people need to overcome the challenges they’re facing throughout the Fox Valley and beyond.

Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region

Fox Cares Foundation works with Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region to support nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations by connecting individual gifts and grants to those in need in Fox Valley communities including Calumet, Outagamie, Shawano and Waupaca counties and the Neenah-Menasha area of Winnebago county, in addition to families of funds in Brillion, Chilton, Clintonville, Shawano and Waupaca.


Interested in learning about our activities, grants provided and organizations supported in 2023?
Click below to review our annual report.

If you’d like to learn more about applying for a grant, click here.