Basic Needs Giving Partnership Single-Year Grants

Basic Needs Giving Partnership Single-Year Grants is sponsored by U.S. Venture Open (in partnership with J. J. Keller Foundation, Oshkosh Corporation, ThedaCare, and Thrivent Foundation).

The Basic Needs Giving Partnership provides grants to organizations addressing basic needs, including mental health and substance use.

Basic Needs Giving Partnership awards $442,446 2025 Technical Assistance Grants - U.S. Venture Open Basic Needs Giving Partnership awards $442,446 2025 Technical Assistance Grants This funding supports critical work in the areas of Early Care & Education (birth to age 5), Housing Access, Mental Health, and Substance Use.

These grants are part of the Basic Needs Giving Partnership’s commitment to advancing equity and economic well-being across Northeast Wisconsin. “These grants are about building nonprofit resilience,” said Adam O’Doherty, executive director of the Basic Needs Giving Partnership. “By investing in internal capacity, we’re helping organizations do their best work for the communities they serve.

” Grants are focused on efforts that are addressing the root causes of poverty in rural, urban, and suburban communities across the ten-county region. Funding is generated by the annual U.S. Venture Open, the nation’s single largest one-day charitable event dedicated to ending poverty. The 2025 event raised $5.

2 million for the Basic Needs Giving Partnership and 100% of every dollar donated goes to end poverty. In the 40-year history of the U.S. Venture Open, $63 million has been granted to regional nonprofits. “We’re helping nonprofits innovate, collaborate, and deepen their impact in the communities they serve.

,” said Greg Vandenberg, director of giving and community engagement for U.S. Venture. “This work is essential to building thriving, equitable communities across our region. ” A grantmaking match of $600,000 from the J.

J. Keller Foundation, $200,000 from Oshkosh Corporation, ThedaCare and the Thrivent Foundation help lead this effort.

Recipients of the Basic Needs Giving Partnership 2025 Technical Assistance Grants are: 2025 Basic Needs Giving Partnership Technical Assistance Grants $442,446 in new technical assistance grant commitments Aging & Disability Resource Center of Brown County – $8,500 Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Central Wisconsin – $4,250 Boys & Girls Clubs of the Bay & Lakes Region – $10,000 Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services, Inc – $8,000 Chuters Youth Amateur Boxing – $10,000 Community Action for Healthy Living – $10,000 Community Benefit Tree – $10,000 Community for Hope of Greater Oshkosh – $10,000 Culture Curls & Confidence – $10,000 Day By Day Shelter – $10,000 Ecumenical Partnership for Housing – $9,000 Exceptional Equestrians – $10,000 Family & Childcare Resources of NEW – $10,000 Foundations for Living – $10,000 Foundations Health & Wholeness Inc. – $10,000 Fox Valley Veterans Council – $10,000 Freedom House Ministries – $10,000 Oshkosh Healthy Neighborhoods – $10,000 Hope & Help Together – $10,000 Hope Clinic and Care Center – $10,000 House of Hope Green Bay, Inc. – $10,000 Jackie Nitschke Center – $9,296 Lutheran Counseling and Family Services of Wisconsin – $10,000 Mandolin Foundation LLC – $7,500 Multicultural Coalition – $10,000 Outagamie County Conflict Resolution Center – $10,000 Redemptions Recovery – $10,000 Safe Families for Children Fox Cities/Green Bay – $10,000 Shawano Menominee Resiliency Coalition – $10,000 St.

Vincent de Paul Green Bay – $10,000 St.

Vincent de Paul Society of Appleton – $10,000 Mary Beth Nienhaus Activity Center – $10,000 Us 2 Behavioral Health Care, Inc. – $10,000 Veterans 1st of NEW, Inc. – $10,000 Wise Women Gathering Place, Inc. – $10,000 YMCA of the Fox Cities – $10,000 YWCA Greater Green Bay – $10,000 About the Basic Needs Giving Partnership The Basic Needs Giving Partnership envisions thriving, equitable communities across Northeast Wisconsin.

Investments are made for local and regional solutions that address the root causes of poverty in alignment with shared values of trust and collaboration, curiosity and learning, and equity with a systems-based approach.

Through grantmaking, organizations are funded across a 10-county footprint in ways that not only meet current needs in our communities, but also actively work to disrupt the policies, practices, and systems that hold poverty in place. Addressing complex social problems requires reimagining how we work together.

In addition to grantmaking, we also co-create networks that can collectively solve problems, take action, and learn from each other. By working together and centering community voices, solutions are built that work for everyone. Learn more on the Basic Needs Giving Partnership website.

The U.S. Venture Open is the nation’s single largest one-day charitable event dedicated to ending poverty. Funds from the event support the Basic Needs Giving Partnership with a vision to build thriving, equitable communities across Northeast Wisconsin through regional collaborative grants and advocacy.

The U.S. Venture Open started in 1986 with 100 golfers and has grown to more than 2,000 attendees representing hundreds of partners who golf at regional courses to raise money for programs that help end poverty. Follow the event on Facebook , Twitter , or visit the U.S. Venture Open website.

For over 70 years, U.S. Venture, Inc. has been recognized as an innovative leader in the distribution of renewable and traditional energy products, lubricants, tires, parts, and using data-driven insights to manage energy and information in the global movement of goods.

U.S. Venture delivers creative, sustainable solutions that give their customers a competitive edge, and enable the company to support the communities in which they live, work, and play. Through the values lived by their family of brands, U.S. Energy®, U.S. AutoForce, Breakthrough®, U.S. Lubricants, and IGEN®, U.S. Venture seeks new ways to drive business success while being steadfast in its commitment to making the world a better place.

Senior Manager, Community Engagement Executive Director, Basic Needs Giving Partnership