Otto Bremer Trust Community Responsive Fund
Forecasted
Otto Bremer Trust Community Responsive Fund supports nonprofits’ operating, project, and capital needs to address food, shelter, healthcare, disability services, and school mental health in Wisconsin.
Funder: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Due Dates: By invitation only (2026 grantmaking)
Funding Amounts: $2.5 million available for regranting through the regional partnership
Summary: Supports nonprofit operating, project, and capital needs addressing food, shelter, low-income healthcare, disability services, and school-based mental health.
Key Information: Applicants must have five years of continuous 501(c)(3) status and at least $2 million in prior-year expenses, excluding in-kind expenses.
Description
The Otto Bremer Trust Community Responsive Fund supports organizations addressing essential community needs through general operating, project, and capital grants. For 2026, the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region administers the fund locally in partnership with the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation and Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, extending this opportunity across ten Wisconsin counties.
The fund uses local intermediaries’ knowledge of nonprofit providers, community dynamics, and regional challenges to identify work with significant community impact. Its priorities are direct food assistance, short-term and emergency shelter, affordable healthcare for people with limited resources or inadequate insurance, services for people with disabilities, and established school-based mental health services. The approach advances Otto Bremer Trust’s mission of investing in people, places, and opportunities.
