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Gifts made to the Foundation are tax-deductible.  Donors may also gift stock, bonds, real estate, a life insurance policy, personal property or other assets. Learn more about these options. Ways to Give Now

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Gifts to the Opportunity Fund support AEF’s overall mission to creatively enhance education in our community. To see all charitable funds, click here.
Memorial gifts to AEF will benefit Appleton’s 4K program, per the family’s wishes. If you would like to support Nordic Mountain’s work, please contact them directly.
Unrestricted Memorial Gifts are designated to the AEF Fund for future granting. Click the box to indicate memorial or honorarium. If you wish to give to a different named fund within AEF, visit this all funds list.



As a supporting organization of the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, AEF is not eligible to receive a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from an IRA. A direct transfer to AEF is, therefore, treated as a taxable withdrawal from an IRA, which may qualify for a charitable deduction. To learn more or to discuss other giving options, please call us: 920-832-1517.

Click here to Give Monthly and Raise Your Hand for education!

The AEF is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization with a mission to raise resources to enhance excellence in the Appleton Area School District and community.

Early Foundation leaders established an endowment to ensure the AEF’s long-term grant making ability. While the AEF still works to build the unrestricted endowment, it requests and accepts contributions of the following types from individuals, corporations, private foundations and other non-public funding sources:

  • Restricted and Unrestricted Endowment
  • Unrestricted Non-endowment
  • Pass-through gifts for specific projects
  • Gifts in Kind

Gifts made to the Foundation are tax-deductible. Donors may also gift stock, bonds, real estate, a life insurance policy, personal property or other assets.

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