Associated Bank Community Action Grant Program
Funding Amount
$118,500
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Geographic Scope: Statewide - Wisconsin
Focus Areas:
- Homeownership and home repair
- Homeless shelter expansion
- Rural housing loans
- Business development
- Skills training
- Job training
- Financial literacy education
Program Goals:
- Expand access for low- and moderate-income communities
- Help individuals achieve homeownership
- Support home repairs for safe living conditions
- Provide skills and education for new careers
- Create new jobs through small business development and expansion
Example Programs Supported:
- Beloit Fresh Start's Youth Build program (education and job-training for at-risk youth)
- Ashland Community Shelter expansion (two ADA compliant rooms; only individual and family shelter in five-county region of Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland, Iron and Price counties)
Eligible Organizations: WISCAP member Community Action Agencies
Partner Contact: LaDonna Reed, Director of Community Accountability, Associated Bank
What Wisconsin Community Action Program actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 21
- Total given
- $3.1M
- Median grant
- $141K
- Range
- $17K–$332K
- By dollars: Wisconsin 92%, Illinois 2%, Ohio 2%. Top recipient cities: Madison, WI; Stevens Point, WI; Westby, WI.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 29% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Cap Services Inc · Stevens Point, WI
Jobs & business development, vaccine community outreach, workforce innovation grant
$332K
Couleecap Inc · Westby, WI
Jobs & business development, workforce innovation grant
$320K
Indianhead Comm Action Agency · Ladysmith, WI
Quest
$252K
Wistaf · Madison, WI
Wisconsin help for homeowners
$203K
Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council Inc · Independence, WI
Quest, jobs & business development, workforce innovation grant
$200K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Community services
- Housing
- Small businesses
- Workforce development
- Homeless
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