The OAF donated $10,000 o the Oconomowoc Police Department in 2021 for new body cameras for its officers.
Who is the OAF?
Working together to collectively help our community.
Local leaders created the Oconomowoc Area Foundation in 2002 to provide an easy, effective way for those who want to provide support to local charitable causes. It includes a general fund and 14 affiliated funds that collectively provide approximately $300,000 in grants annually.
The Oconomowoc Area Foundation is a supporting foundation of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, one of the nation’s largest, most experienced community foundations. Together we ensure that the funds that make up the Oconomowoc Area Foundation are managed prudently and administered efficiently.
Imagine having the ability to lift up and celebrate the nonprofits working to help change lives and make the greater Oconomowoc community a better place to live, work and play. The mission of the Oconomowoc Area Foundation is to grow community giving for lifetimes to come. The seeds we plant today will grow and flourish forever – for our children and grandchildren and for generations.
OUR HISTORY
The charitable spirit of Oconomowoc has a deep-rooted history of dreaming big, supporting each other through life’s uncertainties, and adapting to meet changing needs. Since its inception In 2002, the OAF has awarded more than $5 million dollars to 130 area nonprofit organizations.
WHO WE FUND
The OAF awards grants focused on priorities for improving the greater Oconomowoc area, including caring for children, families, and the elderly, developing youth, helping those in need, preserving the environment, and enriching the community through the arts and cultural programming.
Our Board
The OAF’s volunteer Board is made up of Oconomowoc area leaders committed to cultivating a healthy, vibrant, and caring community.
What We Do
When life’s been good to you, it’s good to give something back.
Gifts to the Foundation help build a general fund that supports local projects screened by the Oconomowoc civic leaders who make up the Foundation’s board. From this general fund, the Foundation makes grants focusing on five areas: caring for children, developing youth, helping those in need, preserving our environment and enriching the community economically and culturally.
Donors may also establish an affiliated fund that they name and dedicate to causes they choose. Designated funds support agencies or fields of interest specified by their donors. Advised funds provide donors with a way to channel support from their fund to causes they recommend periodically. All gifts are tax deductible and qualify for the highest possible savings on income, capital gains and estate taxes.
The OAF focuses on these priorities impacting the Oconomowoc Area
$5 Million in Grants in 5 Categories
“The OAF provided our family an easy and effective way to get started with our philanthropy.”
“The OAF is just getting started. The future and impact to the community the OAF will have is truly unlimited.”
“We don’t know what the needs of the community will be 20 years from now. That’s the beauty of the OAF, it works in perpetuity.”
