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The Foundation has been creating a better Dunn County each year for the past 25 years. Since 1995, we have been helping donors express their passion for giving. Our passion is to promote charitable giving that creates a permanent source of capital to benefit and enrich the quality of life for everyone in the Dunn County Area. Read all about what we do, how we do it and how we help make Dunn County a great place to live, work and play!
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THANK YOU to our 2025 Jeans & Jewels
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OUR CORE MISSION
The Community Foundation’s core mission is serving the common good of the Dunn County region. We are grateful for the visionary donors who entrust the Foundation to deploy monies to address local needs through discretionary funding, and/or through specialized funds designated for a specific charitable purpose.
LATEST NEWS & UPDATES
WGC: Join Us! Membership Meeting April 23
We hope you will join us for our first gathering of the year: our Membership Meeting! Reconnect with your fellow Women's Giving Circle members for the first time since the Fall Gala in October, renew your membership (if you haven't yet), and gear up for another...
Jeans & Jewels Smashes Records for CFDC’s 30th Anniversary
The Community Foundation of Dunn County hosted its annual Jeans & Jewels Gala on Saturday, November 1st at the UW–Stout Memorial Student Center, welcoming 300 guests for an evening of philanthropy and celebration. The event was generously supported by Platinum...
First “Be a GEM” Package Delivered to The Neighbors
On Wednesday, following the Jeans & Jewels Gala, we had the joy of delivering the very first “Be a GEM” package to The Neighbors of Dunn County!A Gift in Loving MemoryThe Neighbors’ GEM package was donated by David Chung in loving memory of his wife, Barbara,...
grant and scholarship opportunities
New Scholarship Opportunities in 2026
We are pleased to announce the establishment of six new scholarship funds in 2025, made possible through the generosity of local families and donors committed to supporting students in their educational journeys. These new scholarships support a wide range of academic...
Donor-advised funds: Your new best friend?
A donor-advised fund is one of many types of funds that an individual, family, or business can establish with the Community Foundation of Dunn County. You’re likely more aware of donor-advised funds than other types of funds because they are frequently covered in...
Crucial year-end reminders to boost your endowment
As your donors gear up for the giving season, it’s critical that you stay in front of them with simple, concise messages about how they can support your organization’s annual campaign as well as your endowment. Here are three very important reminders that surprisingly...
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Community Foundation of Dunn County
People who care. Causes that matter. Since 1995.
We’re proud to share that the Free Clinic of the Greater Menomonie Area Endowment Fund recently made its annual distribution, helping support essential health care services for our community.
🏥 The Free Clinic of the Greater Menomonie Area
Provides ongoing support for the Free Clinic’s work, offering primary medical care, medications, health screenings, and preventive health education to uninsured and underinsured residents in Western Wisconsin.
For many in our community, the Free Clinic is a vital resource—connecting people with care when they have nowhere else to turn.
Endowment funds like this help ensure these services remain available year after year, strengthening the health and well-being of our community.
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Currently, individuals aged 70½ or older can make Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs) directly from their IRA to qualified charities. However, those distributions cannot be used to fund donor-advised funds.
The proposed IRA Charitable Rollover Facilitation and Enhancement Act of 2026 aims to remove that limitation.
If passed, this change could give those 70½ or older greater flexibility in how they support the causes they care about while expanding charitable planning options through donor-advised funds.
We’ll be watching this legislation closely and will share updates as it develops.
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In 2025, the Menomonie Public Library welcomed 79,287 in-person visits. That is a result of the staff at the library being invested in long-term growth. In 2012, the Menomonie Public Library Foundation partnered with the Community Foundation of Dunn County to open its Agency Endowment Fund. The earnings distributed to the library have more than doubled from when they began 14 years ago. With patience and great stewardship, Agency Endowment Funds help make nonprofit missions more possible for years to come.
If you want to learn more about the Community Foundation of Dunn County, schedule a meeting at calendly.com/community_foundation_of_dunncounty
To see more about the Menomonie Public Library, check out their website at menomonielibrary.org/ or their 2025 Year of Impact at:
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CFDC is a public charity, tax exempt under IRS Code 501(c)(3) with the goal of improving the quality of life in our area. The purpose of the CFDC is to create a pool of charitable funds that are used for philanthropic good. We manage funds, invest assets and use the earnings from these investments to award grants to a wide variety of non-profit organizations and community groups for charitable purposes.
