Andersen Corporate Foundation announces fall 2025 grant recipients

The Andersen Corporate Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of its fall 2025 grant round, including organizations in the Menomonie area. The Foundation announced grant commitments totaling more than $700,000 to 73 nonprofit organizations in its second of two grant rounds this year. Funding decisions in the Menomonie area are guided by a committee of local Andersen employees, ensuring that grantmaking supports areas of local priority.

Organizations that received grants include:

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Wisconsin $7,000 – To sustain and expand youth mentoring programs that build resilience, reduce isolation, and improve mental health through one-to-one, professionally supported relationships

The Young Men’s Christian Association of the Chippewa Valley Inc. $5,500 – To transform two newly acquired fitness centers in Menomonie into YMCA community hubs that promote health and well-being for all ages

Wisconsin Milkweed Alliance, Inc. $5,000 – To sustain and grow peer-led programs that promote health, recovery, and community connection through respite, warmline, outreach, harm reduction, and wellness initiatives

Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development $5,000 – To replace the aging roof on WPHD’s Menomonie respite home, ensuring affordable rent for Milkweed Alliance and allowing more funding to support addiction recovery programming

The Andersen Corporate Foundation was established in 1941 with the mission to improve lives and strengthen communities where Andersen employees live and work. Since then, the Foundation has donated over $74 million to worthy causes in the areas of housing, health, hunger relief and education.

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