Frame Memorial
Presbyterian Church
Frame Memorial
Presbyterian Church
We are proud to support local nonprofit partners through our Frame Community Grants. Established in 2002, these grants are designed to support the people of Portage County to enhance their skills and help meet their basic needs.
Supporting Our Community
The picture above is Sentry Theater filled to the brim with 4th graders. They are riveted as they hear a live performance of music from around the world. They are laughing, smiling, playing recorders, singing along, and dancing! Every year, almost 1,500 4th graders experience magic and wonder as they learn about orchestras, hear amazing music, and most importantly … they LOVE IT!
Watch a short video about how New York City’s Carnegie Hall Link-Up Curriculum for grades 3-5 is brought to Central Wisconsin each year.
This is just one of the creative non-profits we support with our grants. Each year we raise money through concerts and other events, donations, and our annual church budget.
Over $250,000 was given in grants in our first 20 years. Grant amounts generally range between $500 and $1,500.
Who Can Apply?
We invite applications from 501(c)(3) organizations that serve individuals, families, or groups in Portage County. We fund specific projects and new or existing initiatives that enhance people’s skills or meet people’s basic needs. Grant applications are available starting May 1st. Be sure to check our website to download an application.
Mission Fair
At our annual Mission Fair in October, we invite our partner organizations to share information about how they serve the community.
It is a special Sunday when Fellowship Hall is filled with grant recipients and others eager to tell us about their important work.
This coffee hour is a time to learn, be inspired, and gather with friends.
Recent Grant Recipients
Community Grant Recipients
- Boys & Girls Club of Portage County: to support summer meals program
- Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra (CWSO): to fund, in part, an educational concert for 4th graders
- Focus Development: to fund Sewing Skills & Entrepreneurship program for immigrants, refugees, and the local community
- Growing Collective: to fund purchase of vegetable, herb, and edible flower seeds to grow approximately 11,500 seedlings to nourish our community
- Laundry Love - providing free quarters and detergent to help low-income and unhoused individuals do their laundry with dignity
- One Big Tent: to fund purchase of gas cards and gift cards to help our neighbors traverse from a crisis-based situation to security
- Portage County Cultural Festival: to fund supplies for the Children’s Corner
- CAP Services: to fund participants expenses for a semester including tuition and transportation/internet to attend in-person or virtual classes
- Community Land Trust (CLT): helping make home ownership more affordable to people with low to moderate incomes by placing the land in a trust, effectively lowering the cost of purchasing a home
- Madison Elementary School PTO: to construct a fully accessible outdoor learning space, creating a permanent educational resource that advances equity, inclusion, and long-term community well-being
- Place of Peace: to buy supplies needed to operate weekly community meals
- Stevens Point Community Outreach (SPCO): to purchase equipment for new 24/7 shelter including a washer/dryer and additional cots to increase capacity