Wisconsin · Public charity
Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc
We strengthen the fox cities by investing in and promoting our destination.
- $675k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $675k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $733k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $222k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $71k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $821k | 77% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $219k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $240k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $2.3M | 83% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Menasha | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Trout Museum of Art Inc | $280,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Outagamie County Historical Society | $275,000 | 4 | 15% |
| City of Kaukauna | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Building for Kids Inc | $222,277 | 4 | 5% |
| Outagamie County Health and Human Services - Adrc | $221,935 | 3 | n/a |
| Timber Rattlers Give Back Inc | $210,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Future Neenah Inc | $178,100 | 3 | 23% |
| Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 14% |
| City of Neenah | $154,288 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 32 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Menasha | $300,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Trout Museum of Art Inc | $280,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Outagamie County Historical Society | $275,000 | 4 | 15% |
| City of Kaukauna | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Building for Kids Inc | $222,277 | 4 | 5% |
| Outagamie County Health and Human Services - Adrc | $221,935 | 3 | n/a |
| Timber Rattlers Give Back Inc | $210,000 | 1 | 39% |
| Future Neenah Inc | $178,100 | 3 | 23% |
| Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve Inc | $160,000 | 2 | 14% |
| City of Neenah | $154,288 | 4 | n/a |
| Youth Sports Inc | $150,486 | 3 | 14% |
| Lawrence University of Wisconsin | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Appleton Ice Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Heckrodt Wetland Reserve Inc | $140,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Fox Cities Performing Arts Center | $100,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Sculpture Valley Inc | $52,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Atlas Science Center Inc | $51,109 | 1 | 18% |
| Kimberly Baseball Organization | $50,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Appleton Community Music Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Creative Downtown Appleton Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc | $27,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Appleton Downtown Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kimberly Fire Department | $23,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Fox Cities Sports Development Inc | $15,999 | 3 | 1% |
| Little Chute Fire Department | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Hortonville | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Fox Crossing | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Appleton | $13,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin | $7,527 | 1 | n/a |
| Neenah Historical Society Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Bergstrom-Mahler Museum Inc | $5,600 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc · The Boldt Family Fund Inc · Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc · Doug & Carla Salmon Foundation Inc · US Ventureschmidt Family Foundation · Capital Credit Union · United Way Fox Cities Inc · J J Keller Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Mielke Family Foundation Inc · Oshkosh Area Community Foundation Corporation · Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc
- How much does Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc give?
- Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc reported 10 grants totaling $675,374 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (38%), Recreation & Sports (23%), Arts & Culture (19%).
- Who are Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: City of Menasha ($300k), Trout Museum of Art Inc ($280k), Outagamie County Historical Society ($275k).
- Does Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc, The Boldt Family Fund Inc, Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc based?
- Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc is based in WI.
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