News & Resources

Watch the Watertown Area Community Foundation Plaza Ceremonial Ground Breaking.

The Watertown Area Community Foundation began March 2022 with a new member on its team. We are proud to welcome Cammie Mengwasser.

WACF has again partnered with the Watertown Regional Library and 14 other nonprofits to present the annual Christmas Tree Fundraiser. Although COVID-19 makes things a little different, both nonprofits and the public can still participate.

Friends of SDPB has established an endowment fund at WACF to plan for enhanced local programming of the future. The public is encouraged to support SDPB through gifts to the fund. If they wish, donors can direct their gifts to the fund to support whatever programming fits their passion. Gifts can be designated to news, the arts, education, sports or all of the above.

Terry Hoffman and Kathy Holman, co-executive directors for Community Transit of Watertown/Sisseton, Inc., are by the newest vehicle in Transit’s fleet. The Watertown Area Community Foundation awarded a $10,000 grant to assist with the community match needed to obtain three new vehicles in 2020.

The Watertown Area Community Foundation’s Women & Giving Advisory Committee met via Zoom this week to review scholarship applications from non-traditional female students furthering their education in Watertown.

The Watertown Area Community Foundation welcomes Kay Brandsrud to its staff as the Foundation’s new administrative assistant. Brandsrud comes to the Foundation with more than 30 years of experience with the Wells Fargo Trust Department in Watertown.

The Watertown Relief Fund at the Watertown Area Community Foundation is $25,000 stronger thanks to a Making Life Great grant from Great Western Bank. The Making Life Great grants program targets innovative programs that enhance the quality of life within the communities in which Great Western Bank serves.