Valley Kid's Foundation was created by a group of Fox Valley business and professional people to provide direct help to underprivileged children within the Fox River Valley. Contributions are used fully to help children (typically under 18) with needs such as medical help, educational assistance, and cultural and recreational opportunities. All directors and officers serve without payment; there is no paid staff and no operating expenses are taken from contributions.
Valley Kids Foundation Inc was created by Fox Valley business and professional people to give direct help to underprivileged children in the Fox River Valley. Its grant program is built around individual and organizational support for children under 18, with funds used for medical help, educational assistance, and cultural and recreational opportunities. Recent grants show that approach in practice: the foundation awarded $16,500 to Salvation Army in Appleton for assist needy, and $16,500 to Appleton Area School District for educational assistance. Those awards sit alongside repeated support for local children’s needs through smaller grants, all within Wisconsin. The foundation’s work is tightly focused on direct service rather than endowment-style giving or broad issue campaigns, and its own stated purpose emphasizes that contributions are used fully to help children. The profile also points to occasional grants for organizations serving children, not only to families and individual children, which broadens the ways the foundation can meet local needs. All directors and officers serve without payment, and there is no paid staff.
Education is one of the clearest lanes in the foundation’s work. In 2025, Valley Kids Foundation Inc gave $16,500 to Appleton Area School District for educational assistance, and it also awarded $10,000 to Oshkosh Kids Foundation for educational assistance in 2024. Child-focused assistance is another core area: the foundation provided $15,000 to Fox Valley Pop Warner Inc for assist needy, reflecting its direct-help model for children and families. Health-related support appears as well, including $10,000 to Littlest Tumor Foundation for assist needy. Cultural and recreational opportunities are part of the same grantmaking framework, showing that the foundation’s support extends beyond emergency aid to activities and services that benefit children in the Fox River Valley.
Typical grants cluster tightly around a $10,000 center, with a p25 of $9,812, a median of $10,000, and a p75 of $13,750. That pattern fits a foundation that makes direct, need-based grants rather than very large awards. The data also show repeated support for the same recipients across different years: Salvation Army and Appleton Area School District both appear in 2024 and 2025, and Littlest Tumor Foundation appears more than once in 2024. Valley Kids Foundation Inc uses a grant program that accepts unsolicited requests, and its structure is unusual in that directors and officers serve without payment, with no paid staff and no operating expenses taken from contributions.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $14K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$14K
GREGORY GILL SR
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Grantmaking is local and entirely within Wisconsin: 100% of grants in the sample went to recipients in the HQ state. Appleton appears most often, including grants to Salvation Army, Appleton Area School District, Fox Valley Pop Warner Inc, and Littlest Tumor Foundation. Other Wisconsin recipients include Oshkosh Kids Foundation in Oshkosh, Boys and Girls Club of Manitowoc in Manitowoc, and Being There-reaching Out Inc in Hales Corners. The geography matches the foundation’s stated focus on the Fox River Valley.
It accepts unsolicited requests through multiple individual and organization grant programs. The stated purpose is direct financial assistance to children and their families, and sometimes to local organizations serving children in the Fox River Valley area of Wisconsin.
The grant-size distribution centers on modest awards: p25 is $9,812, the median is $10,000, and p75 is $13,750. Recent awards include both $16,500 and $7,000 grants, but most giving clusters close to $10,000.
The foundation supports medical help, educational assistance, and cultural and recreational opportunities for children, typically under 18. Its programs also include direct financial assistance for families and occasional support for organizations that serve children.
Recipients include children and their families, and occasionally local organizations serving children. Recent grantees include Appleton Area School District, Salvation Army, Fox Valley Pop Warner Inc, Littlest Tumor Foundation, and Boys and Girls Club of Manitowoc.
Its giving is local and stays in Wisconsin. In the recent grants listed, 100% of grants went to recipients in Wisconsin, with Appleton appearing most often and additional grants going to Oshkosh, Manitowoc, and Hales Corners.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Valley Kids Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Children and their families who generally reside within the Fox River Valley. The Board may also grant to local organizations or community projects at its discretion.
Who can apply: Applicants generally must be children (typically 18 or younger) and their families residing in the Fox River Valley; local organizations serving children may also be considered. Board of Directors makes final decisions; occasional exceptions to age/residency may apply for educational funding.
Deadline: No specific deadline listed; applications are accepted by submitting the grant request form via mail. Applicants typically hear back within six weeks.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NEENAH | NEENAH, WI | $25,000 | 2026 | PROVIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT ASSISTANCE |
| APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT | APPLETON, WI | $16,500 | 2025 | EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE |
| FOX VALLEY POP WARNER INC | APPLETON, WI | $15,000 | 2025 | ASSIST NEEDY |
| LITTLEST TUMOR FOUNDATION | APPLETON, WI | $10,000 | 2025 | ASSIST NEEDY |
| SALVATION ARMY | APPLETON, WI | $9,750 | 2025 | ASSIST NEEDY |
| BEING THERE-REACHING OUT INC | HALES CORNERS, WI | $7,500 | 2025 | ASSIST NEEDY |
| SALVATION ARMY | APPLETON, WI | $16,500 | 2024 | ASSIST NEEDY |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MANITOWOC | MANITOWOC, WI | $10,000 | 2024 | ASSIST NEEDY |
| LITTLEST TUMOR FOUNDATION | APPLETON, WI | $10,000 | 2024 | ASSIST NEEDY |
| OSHKOSH KIDS FOUNDATION | OSHKOSH, WI | $10,000 | 2024 | EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE |
| APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT | APPLETON, WI | $7,000 | 2024 | EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE |
| APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT | APPLETON, WI | $42,000 | 2023 | EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE |
| SALVATION ARMY | APPLETON, WI | $14,000 | 2023 | ASSIST NEEDY |
| SAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER OF THE FV INC | MENASHA, WI | $10,000 | 2023 | MEDICAL |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MANITOWOC | MANITOWOC, WI | $10,000 | 2023 | ASSIST NEEDY |
APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
$16,500EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
FOX VALLEY POP WARNER INC
$15,000ASSIST NEEDY
LITTLEST TUMOR FOUNDATION
$10,000ASSIST NEEDY
SALVATION ARMY
$9,750ASSIST NEEDY
BEING THERE-REACHING OUT INC
$7,500ASSIST NEEDY
SALVATION ARMY
$16,500ASSIST NEEDY
LITTLEST TUMOR FOUNDATION
$10,000ASSIST NEEDY
APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
$7,000EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
APPLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
$42,000EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
SALVATION ARMY
$14,000ASSIST NEEDY
