Marshfield Area Community Foundation

About Marshfield Area Community Foundation

A $706,405 grant to the School District of Marshfield is the clearest marker of how Marshfield Area Community Foundation Inc operates: it supports large local institutions alongside smaller community projects, all within the Marshfield area. The foundation’s recent grants show sustained backing for education, recreation, housing, health, and social services, with awards reaching from major six-figure commitments to modest community grants and scholarships. Local public agencies and nonprofits appear repeatedly, including Marshfield Parks & Recreation, Marshfield Clinic Health System Foundation, and Marshfield Area United Way, which suggests a strong emphasis on place-based support for shared community infrastructure. The foundation also manages a substantial scholarship function through more than 70 scholarship funds for graduating high school seniors and returning students in its service area. That scholarship work sits alongside time-limited relief efforts such as Keep Kids Warm and the Marshfield Area COVID-19 Relief Fund, showing that the organization funds both long-term opportunity and immediate needs. Its giving is tied closely to Marshfield-area residents and institutions, with recent grants reaching schools, city departments, housing providers, and youth-serving organizations.

What Marshfield Area Community Foundation Funds

Education is a major thread in the foundation’s work. In one recent grant, it gave $526,553 to the School District of Marshfield for sports and leisure, and it also made a $25,256 community grant to Marshfield High School. Those awards sit alongside the foundation’s scholarship programs, which serve graduating high school seniors and returning students from the local service area. Recreation and public space are another clear focus. Marshfield Parks & Recreation received $543,584 in 2025 and $271,103 in 2023, while the City of Marshfield received $103,816 for parks and reconciliation and $65,556 for sports and leisure. The foundation also backs housing and basic needs, including $130,607 to North Wisconsin Homes for housing and shelter and support for Keep Kids Warm, which purchases coats, hats, and mittens for children in the Marshfield area. Health and human services appear through grants such as $15,000 to Angelo Luppino Inc for mental health and $36,731 to Marshfield Area United Way for community grants.

How Marshfield Area Community Foundation Gives