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Christian Service Board
The Christian Service Board supports FCC’s mission to address shortfalls within our community - especially in food and shelter insecurity, health care, and education - by issuing community grants to organizations and individuals ranging from $300 to $3,000 annually. Read below to see how we are making an impact in our community!
COMMUNITY GRANTS
In 2024, the Christian Service Board Awarded $52,500 in grants to Sheboygan-area organizations.
The FCC Christian Service Board awarded grants to 39 local agencies that are meeting the ever-changing and critical food, shelter, education, mental and physical health needs within our community.
See more about our community partners below!
A Million Dreamz
The mission is to offer quality, affordable childcare 24/7, in an all-inclusive and kind environment while providing resources, referrals, advocacy, and other services to encourage and support the continuing development of healthy families.
The Abode
The Abode's mission is to provide safe and comfortable housing, programming, and supportive case management to individuals and families in recovery from substance abuse, mental health challenges, and homelessness to facilitate their transition to fully independent living.
Above & Beyond Children's Museum
Their Mission: To foster exploration, imagination, and joy through immersive play.
Their Vision: Children and families find meaningful connection through play.
Baby Care, Inc.
BabyCare is a ministry of love run by the eFree Church of Sheboygan to underprivileged babies and toddlers and their families in Sheboygan County, distributing nearly 16,000 diapers each month and provides gift-wrapped newborn layettes complete with a copy of the New Testament. The organization is one of eight nationally-recognized diaper banks in Wisconsin helping to reach the one in three families struggling with the supply of baby diapers.
Black-American Community Outreach
Black-American Community Outreach (BACO) is a non-profit organization that desires to empower those involved to bridge the racial divide, distinguish the myths about Black Americans, and create dialogue and discussion around diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Black-American members of the Sheboygan area community.
Big Brothers Big Sisters WI Lakeshore
Whether in rural towns or urban neighborhoods across Manitowoc and Sheboygan County, our mission is unwavering. We ignite the power and promise of youth through strong, caring, mentoring relationships that inspire confidence, connection, and lifelong success — creating ripple effects that strengthen entire communities.
Boys and Girls Club of Sheboygan County
A dedicated team of youth development professionals improving the lives of young people by collaborating with local businesses, foundations, and community programs to create opportunities for each child to become their best self.
CASA of East Central Wisconsin
Wisconsin Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Association champions the needs of abused and neglected children by supporting and expanding local CASA programs.
DeLand Receiving Home, Inc.
The DeLand Receiving Home provides temporary emergency shelter for children between the ages of three and seventeen. As a Receiving Home our primary function is to provide safety, security, compassion and stability to the children who come through our doors.
Family Connections, Inc.
Family Connections supports and educates families and early childhood professionals to promote healthy child development and strengthen communities.
Family Resource Center
The Family Resource Center of Sheboygan County was established in 1997 as a nonprofit organization and is dedicated to supporting young children, their families, and adults through parenting education and adult literacy programs, which are both offered free of charge.
Freedom Cry
Breaking the cycle of human trafficking through prevention and support resources.
Fresh Meals on Wheels
Fresh Meals On Wheels helps senior, disabled and homebound Sheboygan County neighbors remain independent and stay safely in the homes they love by providing fresh, nutritious, homemade meals and daily wellness checks.
Habitat for Humanity Lakeside Inc.
Habitat for Humanity is part of a global, non-profit housing organization operated on Christian principles that seeks to put God’s love into action by building homes, communities and hope. Habitat for Humanity Lakeside is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their housing conditions. Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a simple, durable place to live in dignity and safety, and that decent housing in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all.
Lakeshore Community Action Program
To promote economic and personal self-sufficiency and well-being of low to moderate-income persons and families through service programs, advocacy, community education, and resource development in Door, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan counties, and to enable and empower persons, parents, and families through voluntary prevention, education and support programs.
Lakeshore Community Health Care
Lakeshore Community Health Care provides access to comprehensive, integrated health care, regardless of ability to pay, eliminating health disparities among the underserved.
Literacy Council of Sheboygan County
The Literacy Council helps adults who want to read, write, and speak English better so they can achieve their goals for work, education, family life, and community involvement. Our caring, patient volunteer tutors provide free one-on-one tutoring for motivated adult learners across Sheboygan County.
Mental Health America
Mental Heath America is a nonprofit mental health resource center serving our community since 1953. Our mission is to promote overall mental health through education, support, public health reform, and advocacy. Our vision is to create mentally, healthy communities, where all individuals thrive.
Nourish Farms Inc.
Nourish Farms is a nonprofit organization based in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, serving as the good-food resource that teaches people through experiences, to grow good food, source good food, cook with good food, and eat good food so we can improve our health with good food.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin Inc.
Planned Parenthood provides affordable, quality, and confidential health care to nearly 60,000 people each year in 22 health centers throughout Wisconsin.
Production Farm
The Production Farm (TPF) began in New York City, inspired by a group of celebrated stage, television, and film professionals committed to providing youth with alternative opportunities to learn, grow, and heal. Motivated by this vision, Sheboygan native Wyatt Kuether launched a variation of the pilot program in Wisconsin in 2014. By 2016, TPF had expanded to a serene 10-acre farm in Manitowoc County, creating a foundation for growth, creativity, and connection.
Rainbow Kids Inc.
Rainbow Kids provides peer support to children and adults grieving a loss from a difficult life event.
RAYS-Runaway and Youth Services
RAYS Youth Services is a voluntary, community-based program open to all youth between school-age and 21 years of age. The program is designed to help prevent homelessness and decisions to become a runaway, while navigating youth through the process of transitioning to successful, healthy, and independent living via preventative outreach, education, and other critical resources. RAYS meets all youth where they are at within the community, using a trauma-informed perspective to build coping/social emotional skills, positive adult connections, and strong connections to their community. RAYS introduces youth to a variety of skills to help build emotional regulation and teaches life skills to foster independence, all while helping youth navigate a wide selection of community resources in order to help them set and reach personal goals.
Safe Harbor
Safe Harbor is dedicated to providing advocacy, supportive services, and emergency shelter to individuals and families affected by the traumatic effects of domestic violence or sexual assault.
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
Sheboygan County Food Bank
Sheboygan County Food Bank is leading Sheboygan County's efforts to increase the food security of its residents by distributing healthy emergency food and fostering innovative partnerships. Sheboygan County Food Bank distributes food to food pantries and other organizations in Sheboygan County that then put food into the hands of our neighbors who need it most.
Sheboygan County Interfaith Organization (SCIO)
Sheboygan County Interfaith Organization is a spiritually based organization of faith communities in Sheboygan County. Our shared values bring us together to educate and advocate for social justice, dignity, and to improve the quality of life for all people. We bridge the gap between community needs and partner resources.
Sheboygan County LGBTQ+ Alliance
​The Sheboygan County LGBTQ Alliance exists to help create a fair and inclusive county where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and where all people live freely regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
Sheboygan County Warming Center
They are a group of inter-denominational churches, organizations and friends joining together to provide overnight shelter for any adults during the cold winter months.
Sheboygan Human Rights Association
Sheboygan Human Rights Association, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that oversees and operates Sheboygan County Head Start/Early Head Start and Growing Generations Childcare Center.
Sheboygan Visual Artists
Their mission is to:
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Empower visual artists through professional development and collaboration
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Create opportunities for the community to experience and enjoy the visual arts
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Promote member artists and their work