Oconomowoc Area Foundation

About Us

The Oconomowoc Area Foundation was founded in 2002 to offer opportunities for residents to provide lasting support for local charitable causes. Each year, the foundation awards grants focusing on priorities for improving the Oconomowoc area, including caring for children, families, and the elderly, developing youth, helping those in need, preserving the environment through conservation, restoration, and education, and enriching the community culturally and economically.

Since its inception, the OAF has awarded more than $5.3 million to 135 area nonprofit organizations. In 2025, the OAF awarded $341,000 in grants to 45 local nonprofits, including Best Buddies Blessings in a Backpack, Community Smiles Dental, Dogs In Vests, Eras Senior Network, Family Promise, Family Service, Feeding America, Friends of Oconomowoc Parks and Trails, Gals on the Go Project, Girl Scouts, Glacial Community YMCA, HAWES, Journey21, LaBelle Ballet Company, Lake Area Club, Lake Area Free Clinic, Life Navigators, Oasis Project, Oconomowoc American Legion Band, Oconomowoc Senior Center, Oconomowoc Arts Center, Oconomowoc Chamber Orchestra, Oconomowoc Community Choir, Oconomowoc Community Theatre, OHS, Oconomowoc Historical Society, Oconomowoc Volleyball, OPEF, Oconomowoc Scholarship Fund, Silver Streak, Boy Scouts, Prevent Blindness, SecureFutures Money Path, Shorehaven, Silver Lake Intermediate, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, St. Vincent De Paul, The Box Theatre, The Women's Center, Three Pillars, Tricia's
Troops Cancer Connection, VFW Post 2260, Wildlife in Need Center, and Zachariah's Acres.