Grant & SPARK Applications
Fall 2025 SPARK Grant Opportunity
ACCESS APPLICATION (from June 16 – September 15, 2025)
The Hudson Community Foundation is accepting application for the SPARK Grant! The SPARK Grant funds “start-up” or innovative ideas that are aimed at improving the live of those who live, learn, play and work in the Hudson community.
The Hudson Community Foundation provides SPARK Grants up to $10,000. SPARK Grants are due September 15th and recipients will be informed by November 15, 2025.
The Hudson Community Foundation Grant Selection Committee may choose to fund more than one proposal.
Application Deadline September 15, 2025

HCF Grants have supported these Organizations and Programs
- St. Croix Valley Sexual Assault Response Team SART
- Turning Point
- United Way St. Croix Valley
- Fraser
- St. Croix Therapy
- Thug Life Ministry
- BRIDGE For Community Life
- Hudson Area Backpack Program
- Phipps Center for the Arts
- Operation HELP
- Building Healthier America
- W.H.O. Books, Inc.
- Hudson Hockey Association
- Hudson Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- Hudson School District
- Hudson Dog Owners Association
- YMCA Hudson
- YMCA of the North
- Youth Action Hudson
- Trinity Lutheran Church
- Hudson Area Youth Resource Committee, Inc.
- Space St. Croix
- Friends of Hudson Area Library
- University of Wisconsin - River Falls Foundation
- Northern Star Council/BSA
- North Star Museum
- Family Resource Center St. Croix Valley, Inc.
- Salvation Army - Grace Place
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern WI
2025 Vibrant Communities Mental Health Grant recipients
- Faith’s Lodge
- Family Resource Center St. Croix Valley
- FamilyMeans
- Tickets for Kids Charities
Other Grant Opportunities
The Hudson Community Foundation exists to help create a healthy and vital community in which all people have the opportunity to enhance the quality of their lives and the lives of others.
Every other year Hudson Community Foundation provides funding in the areas of education, human services, civic projects, youth, and the environment for unrestricted or program specific funding. Check back in 2026 for more information.