The Watertown Area Community Foundation, established in 1979, promotes philanthropy, receives and administers charitable gifts and invests in programs that improve the quality of life in Watertown by promoting charity, education and culture in the community.
The Watertown Area Community Foundation encourages philanthropy at all levels, provides donor services and responds to the ever-changing needs and opportunities in the community.
After 23 years with the Watertown Area Community Foundation, the executive director is retiring.
Jan DeBerg started with the foundation in 2000 at the Redlin Art Center in Watertown, where it had...more
The 2022 year has begun with the Watertown Area Community Foundation welcoming Dr. Jeff Danielsen as the incoming chair and thanking Joel Vockrodt...more
When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.