KCF now offers one consolidated competitive grant cycle, combining what were previously the Unrestricted and Field of Interest grant programs. An equal amount of available grant funding is available to distribute to successful applicants across wide ranging programmatic areas; education, arts, and youth development, health, human services, entrepreneurship and natural environment. 

Grant applications open in Fall 2026 for the CBK Small Grants program and in Spring 2027 for KCF Competitive Grants. 

CBK Small Grants Program 

• Clark-Barber Family Fund and Kubasiewicz Family Trust
  Supports programs in the arts or the understanding of our natural world, emphasizing cross-cultural and multi-generational programs in both areas, whenever possible.

KCF Competitive GRANT FUNDS

• Kenosha Arts Fund
  Supports projects that enhance Kenosha’s culture, economy, and quality of life and impact the arts and community at large.

• Kenosha Visiting Nurse Association Legacy Fund for Community Health
  Supports services for elderly and/or disabled residents of Kenosha, particularly homebound, with the goal of enhancing a person’s health and safety to assist them to live and remain in their home.

• LaFave Family Fund
  Supports programs that further education – particularly by promoting the humanities, the arts, tolerance, and communication.

• OMC Legacy Fund
  Supports programs and activities designed to improve the general welfare and enhance the quality of life for youth in the Kenosha community.

• Unrestricted Fund
  Supports initiatives ranging from responsive educational, arts and nature-based programming, to “bricks and mortar” building repairs. 
  KCF encourages those with diverse organizational and operational needs to apply.
  

• Women’s Fund
  Supports programs and organizations that create opportunities for women and children.
  

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2026 KCF Grant Recipients

The Kenosha Community Foundation is pleased to announce the 2026 grant recipients. These grants support nonprofit organizations serving Kenosha County through the generosity of our fundholders. Congratulations to the following organizations receiving funding this year.

• Fine Arts at First

• Kenosha Area Family and Aging Services
• Vivent Health

• Faith Hope & Love
• Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast
• Kenosha Literacy Council
• Kenosha Public Museums

• Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha
• Kenosha Achievement Center
• Kenosha YMCA
• Prevent Blindness Wisconsin

• Housing Resources, Inc.
• Kenosha County Foodbank
• Matthias Academy Corporation
• Shepherds College

 

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