Past Impact Recipients
Every three months, our members come together to create an impact on the community through the selection of a local charity. Along with our donation, we also promote awareness for these charities. To date, we have donated over $250,000 to local non-profit organizations.
We are thrilled that the Best Buy Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation will continue their donation match for our 2023 award recipients. Best Buy Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation.
The King's Closet
Congratulations to The King's Closet on being selected as our February 2024 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our February Night of Giving!
The King's Closet has an electronic donation form that you can use to make your $100 donation. Please enter '100 women Eau Claire' into the message field when making your donation.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to The King's Closet, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
The King's Closet
P. O. Box 886
Eau Claire, WI 54702-0886
About the Nonprofit
Beginning in October 2010, The King's Closet hosted several neighborhood clothing give-aways in Eau Claire. Through these events, we were made aware of how great the need is in our community, and having clothes available more often would be a great benefit. In the spring of 2012, we became The King's Closet - Chippewa Valley, Inc. and moved into our current facility at 310 S. Barstow St. in downtown Eau Claire. Since then, our volunteers have been very busy sorting clothing donations, setting up regional community clothing events, and loving every opportunity to meet the needs of our community.
The Neighborhood
Congratulations to Choose Aftercare on being selected as our November 2023 award recipient! Together, we donated over $15,000 to this organization in our November Night of Giving!
Choose Aftercare has an electronic donation form that you can use to make your $100 donation. Visit their donation website and select '100 Women' under the fund drop down to make your donation.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to Choose Aftercare, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
Choose Aftercare
3221 E. Hamilton Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
About the Nonprofit
Choose Aftercare was founded in Eau Claire, WI in 2005 to serve our neighbors in need. We offer three houses in the Eau Claire area that provide transitional housing, support and opportunities for men with histories of incarceration, homelessness and/or addiction.
Choose Aftercare's founders believed in the commandment to "love your neighbors as yourself." Our mission is to intersect with individuals at a critical and vulnerable time of their lives, providing not only housing, but also hope. We understand the unique challenges and needs of our residents and work collaboratively in the community to help them reintegrate into society. We offer dignity and a place to belong to men who have exhausted all of their other options.
Visit the Choose Aftercare Website
Scenic Hills Youth Ranch
Congratulations to Scenic Hills Youth Ranch on being selected as our August 2023 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our August Night of Giving!
Scenic Hills Youth Ranch has PayPal and Facebook donation sites you can use to make your $100 donation.
- Facebook Donation: Visit the Facebook page and follow the simple steps to contribute securely through Facebook.
- PayPal Donation: Visit the website and use the yellow ‘Donate’ button to make your donation through PayPal.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to Scenic Hills Youth Ranch, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
Scenic Hills Youth Ranch
N12901 970th St
Bloomer, WI 54724
About the Nonprofit
Scenic Hills Youth Ranch exists to provide a positive environment where children and families are known, wanted and loved as they learn about the saving hope and life-changing love of Jesus Christ in an authentic ranch environment.
The Neighborhood
Congratulations to The Neighborhood on being selected as our May 2023 award recipient! Together, we donated over $15,000 to this organization in our May Night of Giving!
The Neighborhood has an electronic donation form that you can use to make your $100 donation. Click their website's orange 'Donate' button and indicate '100 Women Eau Claire' when donating.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to The Neighborhood, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
The Neighborhood
2503 Kenora Pkwy
Eau Claire, WI 54703
About the Nonprofit
Neal and Lana Bennett have a passion for helping people. They founded The Neighborhood, a 501c3 non-profit, in 2018 with the purpose of supporting local needs.
Donations to The Neighborhood support hard-working people in our local neighborhoods who have been blindsided by an unforeseen life difficulty. Your gift will go directly to the person/family in need helping “bridge the gap” and get them back on track. When you give, your donations provide much more than just financial support. Your gifting also ensures that educational, spiritual, and emotional needs are met for the overall well-being of each recipient.
Visit The Neighborhood Website
Stand in the Light Memory Choir
Congratulations to Stand in the Light Memory Choir on being selected as our February 2023 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our February Night of Giving!
Stand in the Light has an electronic donation form that you can use to make your $100 donation. Click the yellow 'Donate' button on their website.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to Stand in the Light Memory Choir, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
Stand in the Light Memory Choir
P.O. Box 1151
Eau Claire, WI 54702-1151
About the Nonprofit
Stand in the Light Memory Choir uses the power of singing to move people with memory loss and their care partners to rediscover themselves, make friends, laugh together and contribute to their community.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Congratulations to Sleep in Heavenly Peace on being selected as our November 2022 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our November Night of Giving!
Sleep in Heavenly Peace has an electronic donation form that you can use to make your $100 donation. Please select the $100 donation option and dedicate the donation to '100 Women Who Care'.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to Sleep in Heavenly Peace, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
Sleep in Heavenly Peace
11685 44th Ave S
Lake Hallie, WI 54729
About the Nonprofit
All children deserve a safe, comfortable place to lay their heads. In Idaho and across the US, too many boys and girls go without a bed—or even a pillow—to sleep on. These children end up sleeping on couches, blankets, and even floors. This can affect their happiness and health.
That’s where Sleep in Heavenly Peace comes in. We’re a group of volunteers dedicated to building, assembling and delivering top-notch bunk beds to children and families in need. Our organization has grown steadily over time, and we’re working on opening more chapters in different states to serve more people.
Visit Sleep in Heavenly Peace Website
Chippewa Falls YMCA
Congratulations to the YMCA of the Chippewa Valley on being selected as our August 2022 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our August Night of Giving! Special thanks to Lasker Jewelers for hosting and their generous donation of $2,500 to support the YMCA mission in the Chippewa Valley.
YMCA of the Chippewa Valley has an electronic donation form that you can use to make your $100 donation.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to the YMCA of the Chippewa Valley, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
YMCA of the Chippewa Valley
700 Graham Ave
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
About the Nonprofit
The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley was created when the Eau Claire YMCA and the Chippewa Valley Family YMCA merged in May of 2019 and is currently:
- One of the largest childcare providers in the area.
- Teaching thousands of kids how to swim, play basketball, play football, and participate in a variety of other activities.
- Employing over 800 staff annually.
- Serving nearly 10,000 members.
Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association
Congratulations to Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association on being selected as our May 2022 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our May Night of Giving!
Please write checks payable to Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association
1320 W. Clairemont Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54701
About the Nonprofit
ECAHMAA was established to help Hmong families and individuals overcome cultural shock, language barriers, lack of education, and lack of job skills in the Greater Chippewa Valley Area. These issues are relevant for both recently arrived refugees and established residents. For the past four decades, ECAHMAA has been sensitive to the needs of both groups within the Hmong community.
ECAHMAA is committed to empowering Chippewa Valley Hmong-Americans to become socially and economically self-sufficient. Founded in 1982, it is the only agency in the area specializing in providing services tailored to Hmong cultural and linguistic needs. Through its services, ECAHMAA has provided Hmong-Americans with access to housing, health care, career, educational opportunities, and victim advocacy.
Visit Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association Website
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Chippewa Valley
Congratulations to NAMI Chippewa Valley on being selected as our February 2022 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our February Night of Giving!
NAMI Chippewa Valley has an electronic donation form that you can use to make your $100 donation. Click the yellow 'Donate' button on their website. When submitting your donation electronically, please enter '100 Women EC' in the special instructions field when completing your payment.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to NAMI Chippewa Valley, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
NAMI Chippewa Valley
800 Wisconsin St, Mailbox 88
Eau Claire, WI 54703-3612
About the Nonprofit
For more than 11 years, National Alliance on Mental Illness Chippewa Valley has devoted its energy to passionately educating, supporting, and advocating for the families and individuals living with a mental illness in the Chippewa Valley. Find out how you can contribute to the future of someone in need through donations of money and time.
The Hub
Congratulations to The Hub on being selected as our September 2021 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our September Night of Giving!
The Hub has an electronic donation form that you can use to make your $100 donation. When submitting your donation electronically, please click 'share your name and email with the charity' at checkout.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to The Hub, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
The Hub
1749 Cty Hwy OO
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
About the Nonprofit
The Hub is a community where individuals experiencing homelessness can seek temporary transitional shelter while working with a Hub case manager to move forward in life.
In early fall on 2019 some area churches and several community members reached out to Becky Piper (Director) to discuss the issue of homelessness and how the local church could become more involved serving this population. It was during those discussions that it became clear there was an unmet need that Becky was equipped to fill.
In January 2020 The Hub officially became a 501c3 non-profit organization.
Sofas for Service
Congratulations to Sofas for Service on being selected as our June 2021 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our June Night of Giving!
Sofas for Service has an electronic donation form that you can use to make your $100 donation. When submitting your donation electronically, please click 'share your name and email with the charity' at checkout.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to Sofas for Service, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
Sofas for Service
E9805 190th Avenue
Eau Claire WI 54701
About the Nonprofit
Last year (2020) "Sofas" helped 82 veterans in Wisconsin and Minnesota furnish their homes with furniture, beds, kitchen wares, small appliances and other miscellaneous household items.
There are an estimated 40,000 homeless veterans in the country with 2,500 of them live in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Veterans are referred to us through various sources. Originally we were made aware of the need through the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin. But referrals now come from individuals as well as many organizations like the MAC-V (Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans), VAF (Veterans Assistance Foundation), Center for Veterans’ issues, County VA offices and Veterans Courts, family members, word of mouth by veterans to veterans and others.
Mighty Maddy's Mission
Congratulations to Mighty Maddy's Mission on being our February 2021 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our February Night of Giving!
Mighty Maddy's Mission has an electronic donation form that you can use to make your $100 donation. When submitting your donation electronically, please write '100 Women EC' in the 'Comments' field.
If you prefer to mail your check, please write checks payable to Mighty Maddy's Mission, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
Might Maddy's Mission
1315 Nixon Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
About the Nonprofit
Mighty Maddy's Mission strives to put smiles on the faces of children and families on their difficult journey of pediatric cancer. You can help by joining in our several fundraising events to support our mission!
Red Letter Grant
Congratulations to the Red Letter Grant on being our November 2020 award recipient! Together, we came together to donate to this deserving organization in our second virtual Night of Giving!
Write checks payable to Red Letter Grant, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
Red Letter Grant
312 South Barstow Street, Suite 2
Eau Claire, WI 54701
About the Nonprofit
The Red Letter Grant believes in funding, mentoring and standing by, and standing up for women in business, and doing amazing things. By curating small business workshops, cultivating mentor and peer networks, and providing start-up capital they are helping women in business in the Chippewa Valley.
Helping Hands for Our Children in the Chippewa Valley
Congratulations to Helping Hands for Our Children in the Chippewa Valley on being our August 2020 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in our first-ever virtual Night of Giving!
Write checks payable to Helping Hands for Our Children, add "100 Women EC" in the memo line, and send it to the address below.
Helping Hands for Our Children
930 Galloway Street
Suite #25
Eau Claire, WI 54703
About the Nonprofit
Helping Hands for Our Children in the Chippewa Valley (HHFOC) was implemented to actively involve our community in the success of our community’s children.
The organization started with helping a handful of families in need to provide some of the basic, everyday essentials that many children were living without. Today the group has grown to over 6100 members and is run exclusively by volunteers and supported by donations of children’s clothing, furniture (cribs, changing tables, rockers, etc), and infant items (car seats, high chairs, baby swings, etc), holiday meals, backpack supplies and weighted blankets for the disabled.
Visit the Helping Hands for Our Children in the Chippewa Valley Website
Hope Village of Chippewa Falls
Congratulations to Hope Village of Chippewa Falls on being our February 2020 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in less than an hour!
About the Nonprofit
Hope Village was founded in January of 2016. Our vision is to offer tiny housing alternatives for those that reside in Chippewa County, WI. Hope Village will eventually be a community of 12 tiny homes nestled together and around a common building that will be the hub of the community. The common building will house the bathrooms, showers, laundry facilities, a community room, kitchen, meeting space, a maker space/shop, and retail space. We have researched various tiny home villages for the un-sheltered and want Hope Village to take the best of each, with the hopes of making Hope Village a great place to live and an asset to our community.
Each tiny home will have a sleeping area, a private bathroom area that will house a chemical toilet as you would find in an RV, a Kitchenette that will include a microwave and mini-refrigerator. Each house will cost about $5000.00 to build using volunteer labor and a mixture of new and recycled materials.
Spirit of Christmas Chippewa County
Congratulations to Spirit of Christmas Chippewa County on being our November 2019 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in less than an hour!
About the Nonprofit
Spirit of Christmas (SOC) was formed in 1988 at the request of the Chippewa Falls Clergy Association who saw a real need in the community and sought to coordinate the Christmas-time efforts of individual churches to aid less fortunate families.
The SOC serves families and individuals residing in Chippewa County with a primary focus on children through age 17. Gift wishes are filled to the best of our ability and distributed to the families prior to Christmas.
Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation
Congratulations to Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation on being our August 2019 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in less than an hour!
About the Nonprofit
The Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation is a nonprofit, independent organization that connects the community and the Eau Claire Public Schools to inspire and enhance the educational experience of our students. Through charitable donations gifted from community members and businesses, the ECPSF is able to provide schools with their greatest needs, support educator creativity, and grow endowment funds to enable future giving.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Wisconsin
Congratulations to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Wisconsin on being our May 2019 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in less than an hour!
About the Nonprofit
Their Vision - That all children achieve success in life.
Their Mission - To provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported 1-to-1 relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
Visit the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Wisconsin Website
Fierce Freedom
Congratulations to Fierce Freedom on being our February 2019 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in less than an hour!
About the Nonprofit
Fierce Freedom educates the public about the fact that human trafficking isn't just something that happens only in overseas third-world countries or in large cities. This crime against the most vulnerable among us occurs right here in the United States, right here in the Midwest, right here in rural Wisconsin. By educating the public, law enforcement, politicians and others about human trafficking, Fierce Freedom will continue to help reduce this horrific crime.
Family Resource Center
Congratulations to the Family Resource Center on being our October 2018 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in less than an hour!
About the Nonprofit
Serving Eau Claire & Dunn Counties in Wisconsin. The mission of the Family Resource Center is to provide programs and services that build on family strengths through prevention, education, support and networking in collaboration with other resources in the community. The Family Resource Center is available to ALL families.
Strengthening Families, Building Futures!
The Family Resource Center was established in April, 1999. The need for a universal support system for all families in Eau Claire county, as well as a central collaboration point for family service organizations, was established by the Healthy Communities 2000 assessment in 1998. The Family Resource Center opened its doors in November, 1999. Services have recently expanded into Dunn County!
Trinity Equestrian Center
Congratulations to the Trinity Equestrian Center on being our August 2018 award recipient! Together, we donated over $20,000 to this organization in less than an hour!
About the Nonprofit
Trinity Equestrian Center is Eau Claire's only full-service horse center offering therapeutic horse riding, horse therapy programs, boarding, lessons, youth mentoring, summer camps, and a child care program.
Trinity Equestrian Center was founded in 2002 by Bill and Toni Mattson, along with Toni's sister, Jan Behm. "We all grew up loving and living with horses, so when the ranch became available for sale, we knew this opportunity would be a dream come true. Based on our triple partnership and our faith, we named the ranch Trinity and pursued ways to integrate our beliefs with our life-long love of horses to positively impact as many lives as possible."
Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley / Beacon House
Congratulations to Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley on being the first awarded nonprofit! Together, we donated over $15,000 to this organization in less than an hour!
About the Nonprofit
Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley, located in downtown Eau Claire, can house up to 6 six families at a time. Families can stay for up to 30 days. Extensions are granted if families are working on their goals and need additional time. The shelter is supported by volunteers from over 20 area congregations that make up the Interfaith Hospitality Network. This network of volunteers provides the evening meal for our families as well as staff the building overnight.
Families are accepted from all counties, although priority is given to current Eau Claire County residents and those showing a strong intent to remain in the area.
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