The Basic Needs Giving Partnership recently announced its 2025 technical assistance grant awards, with $442,446 awarded to 46 organizations across Northeast Wisconsin. The grant awards are up to $10,000 each and are designed to help nonprofit organizations strengthen their internal capacity through short-term technical assistance. From strategic planning and fundraising to governance and financial management, this support helps organizations grow stronger and more effective in advancing their mission.

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

Casa Hispana – $10,000

Catalpa Health – $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

ESTHER – $9,900

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

NAMI Oshkosh – $10,000

Oshkosh Pride – $10,000

Outagamie County Conflict Resolution Center – $10,000

Pillars – $10,000

Redemptions Recovery – $10,000

Safe Families for Children Fox Cities/Green Bay – $10,000

Samaritan – $10,000

SAGE – $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

Third Space – $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

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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.

U.S. Venture Open

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.

About U.S. Venture, Inc.

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.

Contact Information:
Dawn Ruchala
Senior Manager, Community Engagement
[email protected]
920-243-2529

Adam O’Doherty
Executive Director, Basic Needs Giving Partnership
[email protected]
920-372-2303