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Join Our Team: Administrative and Events Coordinator
The Community Foundation of Dunn County is hiring! We’re looking for an organized, personable Administrative and Events Coordinator to keep our office running smoothly and our meetings and events on track. If you love being the person who keeps track of all the...
Jeans & Jewels: Your Invitation to Sponsor, Attend & Give Back
Jeans and Jewels is our annual fundraising event that enables the Community Foundation to continue its ongoing work in philanthropy, collaboration, and leadership. The charitable needs of our community are constant, and we will always do our part to support those...
Protecting Menomonie’s Murals
From June 24–28, downtown Menomonie was transformed. More than 200 volunteer artists descended on the city for the Walldogs "Murals in Menomonie" festival, leaving behind 15 breathtaking, large-scale murals that bring the town's history to life on its own buildings....
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Nonprofit Organizations
Community Indicators Project
Dunn County Community Indicators is a new public data dashboard from the Community Foundation of Dunn County, built on the MySidewalk platform. It brings together hundreds of local metrics — from health and economic trends to community needs — in one place, so...
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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Professional Advisors
Want happy clients? Talk about charitable giving
Over the years, more than a handful of attorneys, CPAs, and financial advisors have shared with the Community Foundation of Dunn County that their happiest clients seem to be those who’ve incorporated charitable giving into their estate and financial plans. Whether or...
Playing the long game: Encouraging your clients to plan ahead in 2025
Your clients (and you!) may still be recovering from a hectic end to 2024, but don’t let that stop you from helping families get a jump on their charitable planning for 2025. As compelling as year-end giving may be, perhaps even more compelling are the reasons for...
Sifting through it: What’s on the legislative menu that could impact charitable giving?
We all know that the new year and a new administration brings lots of potential change. So what is going on that you need to know about to serve your charitable clients? At the top of the list of issues we’re watching is what might happen with the Tax Cuts and Jobs...