Hickory Knoll Fund

The Hickory Knoll Fund
updated 11/28/09

Applications are now available for the 2010 HK Fund!

Hickory Knoll Fund Information
Program Guidelines
Application for support
Fundraising Programs

Who we are :

The Hickory Knoll Fund combines the assets of the Freiburger Family Foundation with the Norman Voigt Memorial Foundation to provide charitable support for programs that positively affect the lives of children and people with disabilities.

The Fund is endowed with donated money that is invested to provide funding. It also supports The Hickory Knoll CDE and the Midwest Driving Conference, events where any profits remain with the Fund to be added to the endowment.

The foundation is governed by its own board of directors.

Our Mission:

The Hickory Knoll Fund supports educational programs for children and opportunities for adults and children with disabilities, with a special focus on equine and natural resources education.

Our Vision:

We envision a broadening of horizons and a sensitivity to the natural world that will propel children to achieve success in a positive "earth household" and where the full integration of people with disabilities into society, sports, education and the natural world will be achieved to provide opportunity and equity for all.

Our Values:

We believe people helping themselves and their world by a close acquaintance with the full ecology of their lives.

We believe access and exposure to animals and nature promotes positive values, confidence and awareness.

We believe all people, including the young, have the capacity to effect change in their organizations, schools, communities and families.

We believe in the stewardship of our land, trees, prairies, wetland and their animals, whether wild or domestic and that stewardship is an activity that promotes a humane prospective in children and adults.