Packers Foundation Awards more than $3.5M in 2025

OSHKOSH, WI—(WISS)— The Green Bay Packers Foundation announced this week that it has distributed $1.5 million in annual grants to civic and charitable groups throughout Wisconsin. This brings the year-to-date total of awards to $3.5 million.

“We’re pleased to award $1.5 million through our annual Packers Foundation grants this year,” said Packers President and CEO Ed Policy. “It is truly an honor for the Packers to be in a position to support the crucial work these recipient organizations do in our communities. We are proud to support their causes and shine a light on them.”

A press release says 38 grants, totalling $149,450, were awarded to Brown County organizations.

Brown County Recipients:

1. Aldo Leopold Association of Parents, Teachers, and Others
2. Altrusa Hospitality House Incorporated
3. Brown County Parks
4. Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Green Bay
5. Center for Childhood Safety
6. Citizen Animal Response Team (CART) Auxiliary
7. City of Green Bay – Green Bay Conservation Corps
8. ColorBold Business Association, Inc.
9. Community Paws of Wisconsin Inc
10.  CP
11. Family & Childcare Resources of NEW
12. Fireman’s Park Neighborhood Association
13. Foundations Health and Wholeness
14. Golden House, Inc.
15. Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary, Inc.
16. HSHS St. Vincent Children’s Hospital
17. Kathy’s House
18. Laundry Love Brown County
19. Laura and Peter Mossakowski Family Dog Park
20. Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc.
21. Mandolin Foundation
22. NAMI Brown County Inc
23. Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust
24. OneDenmark, Inc.
25. Oral Health Partnership
26. Our Pack Animal Rescue, Inc
27. Rise Up Athletics, Inc.
28. Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary
29. Skanikulat, Inc.
30. St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center of Green Bay, Inc.
31. The Spine Project
32. Unity Hospice
33. Village of Howard
34. Village of Suamico
35. Wisconsin Association for Home and Community Education Inc
36. Wisconsin Association of Community-Oriented Police
37. Wisconsin Humane Society Green Bay Campus
38. Wise Women Gathering Place, Inc.

Other Northeast Wisconsin recipients

1. Brillion Nature Center (Calumet)
2. Optimist International New Holstein Optimist Club (Calumet)
3. Dodge County Humane Society (Dodge)
4. Playground Movement – Beaver Dam, Inc. (Dodge)
5. UnMasked Expressive Therapies (Dodge)
6. Door County Medical Center Foundation (Door)
7. Gathering Ground (Door)
8. HELP of Door County, Inc. (Door)
9. Open Door Bird Sanctuary (Door)
10. Sturgeon Bay Historical Society (Door)
11. Town of Forestville (Door)
12. Washington Island Foundation (Door)
13. ASTOP Sexual Abuse Center (Fond du Lac)
14. Campbellsport UMC (Fond du Lac)
15. Fond du Lac Humane Society (Fond du Lac)
16. Marsh Haven Nature Center (Fond du Lac)
17. Solutions Center Shelter and Support Services (Fond du Lac)
18. Sokaogon Chippewa Community (Forest)
19. Foxhead Regenerative Agriculture Project (Green Lake)
20. Friends of Freeland (Green Lake)
21. Unimaginable Hope, Inc. (Green Lake)
22. Friends of Crescent Beach (Kewaunee)
23. Violence Intervention Project (Kewaunee)
24. Zoological Society of Kewaunee County (Kewaunee)
25. Beacon House (Manitowoc)
26. Catch the GYST INC. (Manitowoc)
27. InCourage (Manitowoc)
28. Kiel Fire Department and Ambulance Service (Manitowoc)
29. Lakeshore Humane Society Inc. (Manitowoc)
30. Lighthouse Recovery Community Center, Inc. (Manitowoc)
31. Manitowoc Public School District Foundation (Manitowoc)
32. NAMI Manitowoc County (Manitowoc)
33. Van der Brohe Arboretum Inc (Manitowoc)
34. Woodland Dunes Nature Center & Preserve, Inc (Manitowoc)
35. M&M Children’s Museum (Marinette)
36. Peshtigo Youth Baseball, Inc. (Marinette)
37. Rainbow House Domestic Abuse Services, Inc. (Marinette)
38. DAR Boys & Girls Club (Menominee)
39. Healthy Youth Coalition of Marinette & Menominee Counties (Menominee)
40. Crooked Lake Fire Department, Inc (Oconto)
41. HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital (Oconto)
42. Apricity (Outagamie)
43. Catalpa Health, Inc. (Outagamie)
44. Community Benefit Tree (Outagamie)
45. Fox Cities Greenways Inc. (Outagamie)
46. Fox River Navigational System Authority (Outagamie)
47. Fox Valley Humane Association (Outagamie)
48. Harbor House Domestic Abuse Programs, Inc. (Outagamie)
49. Hear in the Fox Cities (Outagamie)
50. Hearing Loss Association of America-Wisconsin (Outagamie)
51. Long Cheng Community Center (Outagamie)
52. Mary Beth Nienhaus Activity Center (Outagamie)
53. Missions of Honor (Outagamie)
54. Rebuilding Together Fox Valley (Outagamie)
55. Spierings Cancer Foundation (Outagamie)
56. St Paul Elder Services (Outagamie)
57. Tri County Community Dental Clinic (Outagamie)
58. Unity Recovery Services (Outagamie)
59. County of Shawano, Land Conservation Department (Shawano)
60. Safe Haven Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault Support Center (Shawano)
61. Shawano Area United Way, Inc. (Shawano)
62. Waterways Association of Menominee and Shawano Counties, Inc. (Shawano)
63. Dogs To Dog Tags Inc. (Sheboygan)
64. First Presbyterian Church Oostburg (Sheboygan)
65. Friends of Camp Anokijig, Inc. (Sheboygan)
66. Glacial Lakes Conservancy (Sheboygan)
67. Howards Grove School District (Sheboygan)
68. HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital (Sheboygan)
69. Humane Society of Sheboygan County, Inc. (Sheboygan)
70. Lakeshore Community Health Care, Inc. (Sheboygan)
71. Lemons of Love (Sheboygan)
72. Partners for Community Development, Inc. (Sheboygan)
73. REINS, Inc. (Sheboygan)
74. Sheboygan Senior Community (Sheboygan)
75. The Environmental Park Trust of Sheboygan County (Sheboygan)
76. Waupaca County Natural Resources Foundation (Waupaca)
77. Waushara County Animal Shelter (Waushara)
78. BEAMING INC (Winnebago)
79. Boys and Girls Brigade Association Inc. (Winnebago)
80. Christine Ann Domestic Abuse Services, Inc (Winnebago)
81. Community for Hope (Winnebago)
82. Friendship Place, Inc. (Winnebago)
83. Girls on the Run of Northeast Wisconsin, Inc. (Winnebago)
84. Heckrodt Wetland Reserve (Winnebago)
85. Hope Clinic and Care Center (Winnebago)
86. Journey Together Service Dog Inc (Winnebago)
87. Neenah Animal Shelter (Winnebago)
88. Nova Counseling Services (Winnebago)
89. Omro Area Community Center (Winnebago)
90. Oshkosh Area Humane Society (Winnebago)
91. Oshkosh Community YMCA (Winnebago)
92. Solutions Recovery, Inc. (Winnebago)
93. Winneconne Area Community Foundation (Winnebago)
94. Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development (Winnebago)

In total, 395 groups throughout Wisconsin received grants to help in their efforts.

This year’s grant cycle focused on areas of animal welfare, health and wellness, including drug, alcohol, and domestic violence, civic and community initiatives, and environmental causes.

For more on how each organization will focus the grant dollars and information on the grant cycles, visit packers.com/foundation and navigate to Project/Program Focus Area.

Packers Foundation

The Packers Foundation and its annual grants are part of the Green Bay Packers

Give Back, the Packers’ all-encompassing community outreach initiative that comprises

appearances made by players, alumni, coaches, and staff, football outreach, cash and in-kind donations, Make-A-Wish visits, and community events.

The Foundation has distributed more than $29,552,000 for charitable purposes since it was established in 1986.

In 2025, more than $3.5 million has been awarded through the Packers Foundation grants, including the most recent $1.5 million in annual grants, $1.75 million in impact grants, and other miscellaneous grants.