If the future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams, then we can give no greater gift to a child than to nurture their ability to believe in their own potential and promise.

The Community Foundation is pleased to announce that its new Children & Youth Fund is now accepting applications from those charities who are working to ensure a brighter future for our community's children - whether it be alleviating their burdens today or helping them realize the opportunities of tomorrow.

You can download the application from the Community Foundation's website.  Completed applications and supporting materials must be received in the Community Foundation's offices by Tuesday, November 18th at 4 p.m.

 

The Children & Youth Fund is one of the Community Foundation's new Community Impact Funds.  Each Fund focuses on a different aspect of Door County that is essential to the future health of our community. 

 

Email the Community Foundation or call (920) 746-1786 to learn more about the Children & Youth Fund - or how you can establish your own philanthropy legacy by creating in your estate plans a Community Impact Fund named in your family's honor.  Your generosity can forever support that aspect of life in Door County which is most important to you.

 

"One of the greatest things we can do as a theatre company is to give voice to all spectrums of our community and bring to light the true human desires for justice, hope and the possibilities of life," says Holly Feldman, President of Isadoora Theatre Company's Board.  "It is our Mission to celebrate theatre; to provide theatrical experiences of intellectual integrity; and perhaps most importantly, to provide an environment for open self-examination and artistic risk.  We believe the community is educationally and culturally enriched through our endeavors."
 
A testament to Isadoora's success is the recent establishment of its endowment. With a generous gift from the estate of Martha and Philip Cherry, Isadoora Theatre Company established an endowment with the Door County Community Foundation to ensure that its endeavors will continue long into the future.  As a community-supported theatre group operating solely in Door County's off-season, Isadoora Theater makes an important contribution to the arts and tourism in the community.

"As a completely volunteer run organization, we hope that our endowment will someday support our general operating expenses so that we can put more of our resources towards raising the bar on our productions," says Feldman.  "Our ultimate dream would be to be able to employ community members as paid staff with our organization and to have a 'home' of our own. But for now, taking the first step in establishing our endowment was a wonderful way to celebrate our anniversary."
 
For more information on their current season, which opens with Side Man at Sturgeon Bay High School on November 13th, visit the Isadoora Theatre Company online.
 
Isadoora Theatre entrusts the administration of its endowment funds to the Door County Community Foundation.  The Community Foundation aggregates the endowed assets of many Door County charities and family foundations, collectively investing them as a larger, more diversified pool.  The Community Foundation also facilitates complex gifts and estate gifts to charities that serve our region.
 
To learn more about how you can incorporate the Isadoora endowment as a beneficiary in your estate plans, contact Isadoora Theatre at (920) 493-3667, or the Community Foundation at (920) 746-1786.