MONROE — The Monroe Fund, a component of The Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, awarded over $90,000 in grants recently to local nonprofit organizations and projects working to strengthen the community and meet local needs. In addition to the Monroe Fund, grants were also awarded from the Monroe Fund’s family of funds: Reasa Charitable Fund, Dr. Fred W. & Alice J. Kundert Charitable Fund, Reasa Historic Preservation Fund, CLAIR Fund, Ray and Betty Stamm Charitable Fund, Robert B Olson Endowment Fund for Monroe High School Investment Club and The Monsignor Thomas F. Campion Charitable Fund. Since the Fund started in 1996, it has awarded more than 600 grants totaling more than $973,000.
Monroe Fund:
● Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Green County — School and Community Support
● Green County Human Services — ADRC Home Delivered Meals
● Monroe Arts Center Inc — Children’s Performance Program in the Schools
● National Historic Cheesemaking Center — Landscaping around Monroe sign
● Monroe Theatre Guild — Roof Repair
● Main Street Monroe- Annual Summer Theme; Pocket Park
● Jacob’s SWAG — Box of Love — Got Your Back t-shirts
● City of Monroe Parks & Rec Dept — Pickle Ball Court
● Green County Human Services — Respite Care
Clifford & Dorothy Reasa Charitable Fund:
● Main Street Monroe — Pocket Park
Reasa Fund for Historic Preservation:
● National Historic Cheesemaking Center — Repaint Exterior of Depot
● Turner Hall of Monroe — Flower Boxes, Window Shutters Restoration, Multiple Second Story Floor Restoration
Thomas F Campion Charitable Fund:
● Monroe Arts Center — Monsignor Campion Youth Art Gallery Support
The Ray and Betty Stamm Charitable Fund for Monroe:
● Big Brothers Big Sisters — School and Community Program Support
CLAIR Fund:
● Green County Human Services — Respite Care
● City of Monroe Parks & Rec Dept. — Special Needs Programing for Youth and Adults
Dr. Fred W and Alice J Kundert Charitable Fund:
● Family Promise of Green County — Portable Air Conditioning/Heating Unit Replacement
Robert B Olson Endowment for Monroe High School Investment Club:
● Monroe High School — Hydraulic Scaffold Lift
● Main Street Monroe — Pocket Park
With the support of donors who are inspired to leave a lasting legacy in the community, the Monroe Fund serves as an endowment for community improvement projects. Annually, a portion of the fund’s earnings are given back to the community in the form of grants. The fund supports a variety of community projects that enhance the arts, education, health and human services, the environment, historic preservation, and more. The Monroe Fund and its family of funds are components of the Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin, a non-profit public foundation serving nine southern Wisconsin counties. For more information on the Monroe Fund or the Community Foundation of Southern WI, Inc., contact Linda Gebhardt, Director of Donor Service, Green/Lafayette Counties, PO Box 733, 1019 16th Avenue, Monroe, WI 53566, 608-758-0883 Ext 7007, linda@cfsw.org.
