Grants
Announcing the Somerset Community Foundation Competitive Grants
The Board of Directors of the Somerset Community Foundation (SCF) is pleased to announce they are now accepting grant applications for arts, education, the environment, human services and wellness programs and projects. Grants are awarded to nonprofit programs, projects and organizations that improve the quality of life in Somerset and the surrounding area.
2022 Grant details go out on May 1st and will be due Oct. 1st.
The Somerset Community Foundation was established in 2012, as an affiliated foundation of the St. Croix Valley Foundation, to enhance the quality of life for all who live and work in the Somerset area. It makes grants for local projects, causes and organizations and is known for the annual Apple Splash races, which raise funds for community improvements.
Grants are available from the Somerset Community Foundation to those programs, projects and organizations that fit the grant criteria. Please refer to the link below for more details about this.
Questions regarding this grant application should be directed to SCF Grant Committee ℅ Erin Hoff at secretary@somersetcommunityfoundationwi.org or Paul Wenzel at pwenzel@stcroixmachine.com
Grant Guidelines & Application
Friend of the Foundation Award
2021 - Brad Nemec
2019 - Meena & Chetan Patel
2018 - Randy Rosburg
2017 - Mike Faust
2021 Grant Recipients
>Somerset Elem School Kindness Project
>Somerset Music Department 5-12
>Somerset Boy Scouts Troop
>St. Anne Catholic School
>Basics for Local Kids
2020 Grant Recipients
>St. Anne’s percussion instruments - Michelle Rochel - $1,000.00
>Picnic Shelter at Parnell Prairie - $1,800.00
>Somerset Community Food Pantry (new building) - $2,000.00
>Adapted PE equipment - Ben Kieckhoefer - $750.00
2019 Grant Recipients
>Campership Program
>Pickleball Nets
>S.A.R.T. (forensic nurse training)
>SES Kindness Project
>SHS/SRA Rivers are Alive Program
2019 Celebration of Giving
Kym Dunleap presents the Friends of the Foundation Award to Meena & Chetan Patel.
Paul Wenzel presents grant money to the St. Croix Valley Sexual Assault Response Team (S.A.R.T.).
Paul Wenzel presents grant money to the Rivers are Alive Program.
Former Somerset Community Foundation chair, Randy Rosburg, receives the Friend of the Foundation award presented by Sheriff Scott Knudson.
L to R: Paul Wenzel - SCF Grant Comm. Co-chair, Kayla Intihar - Somerset Community Food Pantry Chair, Michelle Rochel - St. Anne's School Principal, Ben Kieckhoefer - Somerset High School Adaptive P.E. teacher. No photo: Jeri Koester - Somerset Town Clerk and Ed Schachtner - Somerset Town Chair, Michael Knoll, Executive Director of St. Croix Valley Sexual Assault Response Team, Inc. (SART).
Brad Nemec receives the Friend of the Foundation Award.
L to R: Erin Hoff - SCF secretary, Amber Vrieze - Somerset Ele. 3rd gr. teacher, Karla Mallery - St. Anne's Spanish teacher, Rachel Erickson - Somerset Middle School Music teacher, Dawn Tunison - Somerset Middle School Band teacher, Kim Johnson - Basic for Local Kids, Jim Bighley - Somerset Boy Scout Troop. Paul Wenzel - SCF Grant Comm. Co-chair.
Former SCFP President, Jessica Francis, is the special guest speaker at the 2021 SCF Celebration of Giving event.
SCF President Kym Dunleap welcomes attendees.
Paul Wenzel presents grant money to the Somerset Elementary School Kindness Project.
WI State Senator Patty Schachtner speaks to attendees about her past experiences and her role as a state senator.
Jessica Lee with Somerset Elementary teacher.
2018 Celebration of Giving
Paul Wenzel presents grant money to the St Croix Valley Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) of the St. Croix Valley.
Paul Wenzel presents grant money to the Somerset Community Food Pantry.
Past Grant Recipients....
