Door County Community Foundation

Door County Community Foundation Give Door County. Inspiring people to give back to sustain and advance the community we love. The strong verb “inspire” has the same root as the word spirit.

The desire to “give back” is strong and deep within all of us who love this place in a special way. This is why the Community Foundation has placed the phrase “give back” at the center of its new mission statement. It is easy to see the profound difference between a sports team with spirit and one without it. The same is true for communities. It is the Foundation¹s role to tend to the spirit of Do

or County. Some say that gratitude is a natural human response to beauty. It is easy to see, then, why gratitude is such a strongly felt dimension of the spirit of Door County. We nurture that spirit of gratitude. Out of gratitude we “give back.”

When you “give back” through the foundation, you also are “looking forward.” The Community Foundation holds Door County’s future in strong hands. Like a parent we protect its future with caring and foresight. By its very structure, the Foundation makes sure that each individual gift continues to give in a vital way, year after year into the future. Grants go to human needs, the arts, the environment, education and other charitable causes. There is something in each of us that wants to be immortal. We want our gifts to keep giving after our own lives end. People give to capital fund drives for new buildings because they feel these gifts will endure beyond them. But even buildings and memorials have a life span that is limited. The Community Foundation’s life is unlimited, and the grants it will make the grants it will make every year will be alive, touching and sustaining the lives of people, organizations, the land and the water of Door County. Tom Torinus
Board of Directors, Retired
Door County Community Foundation

32.5 inches. The biggest blizzard ever recorded in Door County!
03/17/2026

32.5 inches. The biggest blizzard ever recorded in Door County!

If you have great customer service skills, a positive attitude, good listening skills, and a strong attention to detail,...
03/11/2026

If you have great customer service skills, a positive attitude, good listening skills, and a strong attention to detail, you might be a great candidate for the job of Philanthropic Services Officer. While experience working for a non-profit and college degree is valued, neither is required. We’re willing to start from scratch and train the right person. Note this is NOT a fundraising position. It’s just the opposite – you have the opportunity to help us give money away to our community.

Careers: Philanthropic Services Officer February 26, 2026 by Bret Bicoy Do you want a job that connects you with generous people that care about Door County? Do you want a job that asks you to learn about the issues facing our community? Do you want a job that fulfills your love for Door County? Do....

Bret Bicoy of the Door County Community Foundation was recently interviewed on Sharpe Group Insights, a national podcast...
03/03/2026

Bret Bicoy of the Door County Community Foundation was recently interviewed on Sharpe Group Insights, a national podcast on planned giving. Here's the direct URL:

https://media.sharpenet.com/hubfs/Sharpe%20Insights%20Podcast%2c%20Episode%2017-%20Repairing%20Donor%20Relationships%2c%20Bret%20Bicoy.mp3

When donor relationships falter, there are lessons to be learned. In this episode of Sharpe Insights Podcast, Grant Miller speaks with Bret Bicoy of the Door County Community Foundation about strategies for lapsed donors, the importance of internal processes and rebuilding trust.

🎧 Listen now to learn how past challenges can strengthen future planned giving relationships.
Click here: https://hubs.ly/Q0452YBF0

Do you want a job that connects you with generous people that care about Door County?Do you want a job that asks you to ...
02/27/2026

Do you want a job that connects you with generous people that care about Door County?

Do you want a job that asks you to learn about the issues facing our community?

Do you want a job that fulfills your love for Door County?

Do you want a job that helps give away money to charities that create the community you love?

If you have great customer service skills, a positive attitude, good listening skills, and a strong attention to detail, you might be a great candidate for the job of Philanthropic Services Officer. While experience working for a non-profit and college degree is valued, neither is required. We’re willing to start from scratch and train the right person.

Join our team! Check here to see how you can be a part of the Door County Community Foundation.

Bret Bicoy of the Door County Community Foundation recently appeared on the Give Better Get Better podcast.
02/27/2026

Bret Bicoy of the Door County Community Foundation recently appeared on the Give Better Get Better podcast.

Three million tourists visit the “Cape Cod of the Midwest” during the summer months! No surprise, given the abundance of parks, wineries, arts, and culture. You will love the latest interview on our Give Better Get Better podcast with Bret Bicoy, president of the Door County Community Foundation...

We're looking for a Director of Communications! If you know of someone that might be interested, please send them to ou...
02/11/2026

We're looking for a Director of Communications! If you know of someone that might be interested, please send them to our website for more information!

Join our team! Check here to see how you can be a part of the Door County Community Foundation.

We are distributing the final grants of the year - a stack of checks that measures nearly 3 inches tall! Collectively, ...
12/23/2025

We are distributing the final grants of the year - a stack of checks that measures nearly 3 inches tall! Collectively, our family of funds is distributing $1,083,450 this week. It's a massive undertaking to process this many grants during a shortened Christmas week, but we know how important this money is to the people and charities of our community. So our team pulled together and made it happen (including Julie Haen, but she she said she didn't want to take any beauty away from her colleagues and declined to have her picture taken🙂). Merry Christmas to all!

Today we celebrated Julie Haen for a decade of invaluable service to Door County through her work at the Community Found...
12/19/2025

Today we celebrated Julie Haen for a decade of invaluable service to Door County through her work at the Community Foundation!

Signed a few hundred checks distributing $538,056 to charity from the family of funds of the Door County Community Found...
12/11/2025

Signed a few hundred checks distributing $538,056 to charity from the family of funds of the Door County Community Foundation today. We're blessed to be able to live in such a generous community. And there's still one more check-processing run to go before the year ends!

Thank you to our friends at Destination Door County. We love working with you!
12/07/2025

Thank you to our friends at Destination Door County. We love working with you!

12/02/2025

Our friends from Midsummer's Music in Door County paid a visit to the Community Foundation to brighten our lobby with some Christmas music!

11/20/2025

The new solar panels are installed! Here's a terrific flyover of our building at Community Foundation Square. Thanks again to the Climate Change Coalition of Door County for pulling this whole project together!

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222 N 3rd Avenue
Sturgeon Bay, WI
54235

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

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+19207461786

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