APPLETON (NBC 26) -- The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region announced that 44 local organizations will receive grants totaling $114,000 from its Bright Idea Fund.
The groups receiving the funds include arts, culture and environmental organizations, as well as organizations engaged in racial and ethnic support, advocacy and leadership work in the Fox Valley region.
The Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region cited hardships brought on by the COVID-19 crisis and how the shutdowns related to coronavirus have negatively impacted arts organizations. The foundation also noted how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected racial and ethnic minorities.
The organizations receiving funds include:
Appleton Boychoir
Attic Chamber Theatre
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass
Brillion Nature Study Center Association
Community Music & Arts Collaborative
Fallen Timbers (CESA Foundation, Inc.)
FC Environmental Learning Campus/Bubolz Nature Preserve
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra Association
Friends of Grignon Mansion
Friends of Hearthstone
Friends of Mosquito Hill
Friends of the 1,000 Island Nature Center
Friends of the Chilton Area Performing Arts
Heckrodt Wetland Reserve
Lawrence Academy of Music
Ledgeview Nature Center
Makaroff Youth Ballet
Navarino Nature Center
Neenah Historical Society
newVoices
Outagamie County Historical Society
Paper Discovery Center
Shawano County Arts Council
The Building for Kids
The Trout Museum of Art
Waupaca Community Arts Board
Weyauwega Arts Organization
African Heritage
Casa Hispana
Celebrate Diversity Fox Cities
Diverse & Resilient
ESTHER (WISDOM, Inc.)
Fox Valley Literacy
Hmong American Partnership
IndUS of Fox Valley
Umoja,Inc., a Black Heritage Experience
United Hmong American Association
World Relief Fox Valley