In 2024, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation will accept applications for projects, capital, and general operating requests that align with funding priorities in all three cycles. Please refer to the Grantmaking FAQs page for answers to commonly asked questions about the Foundation’s grantmaking process.

The calendar below lists the grantmaking priorities and deadlines for each cycle. Click on the links to learn more about the priorities and who to contact for questions or discuss potential projects. 

2024 Cycle 1 Funding Priorities 

• Arts and Culture – Visual, performing, and multidisciplinary arts, and arts education
• Basic Needs – Food access and distribution and temporary shelter support
• Housing – Quality affordable housing, pathways to homeownership, and eviction prevention
• Physical Health – Access to affordable, culturally responsive integrative care that fulfills unmet health needs.

Program officer office hours		Feb. 9, 10 a.m. - noon
Application open		Feb. 5
Application close		Feb. 23
Community Investment Committee meeting		May 2024
Board meeting		June 2024

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Special Cycle - Otto Bremer Trust Community Responsive Fund Priorities 

• Basic Needs – Food access and distribution and temporary shelter support

• Housing – Quality affordable housing, pathways to homeownership, and eviction prevention
•  Mental Health – Address trauma and mental health disparities
•  Physical Health – Access to affordable, culturally responsive integrative care that fulfills unmet health needs.
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development - Access to resources and technical assistance
• Workforce Development – Job creation, job training, job placement, and other workforce strategies

Application open		March 11
Application close		April 15
OBT review		May 2024
Funding decisions		June 2024

Frequently asked questions (PDF)

 

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2024 Cycle 2 Funding Priorities 

• Early Childhood Education – Workforce and professional development 
• Mental Health – Culturally responsive mental health support, clinical services, and evidence-based well-being programs.
• Medical Research – Research on health outcomes, patient empowerment, clinical training, addressing local racial health disparities
• Workforce Development – Job creation, job training, job placement, and other workforce strategies

Program officer office hours		May 14, 5-7 p.m. Hosted at the Foundation's new office at ThriveOn King
Application open		May 6
Application close		May 24
Community Investment Committee meeting		Aug. 2024
Board meeting		Sept. 2024

 

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Cycle 3 Funding Priorities 

• Arts and Culture – Visual, performing, and multidisciplinary arts, and arts education
• Aging and Older Adults – Supporting aging in place, fostering intergenerational connections, and addressing underfunded health services.
• Early Childhood Education – Facility upgrades
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development - Access to resources and technical assistance
• Environment – Protection and conservation of environmental assets, strengthening local and community-based food systems, and programming focused on youth engagement and conservation leadership development.
• Healthy Birth Outcomes – Focused on maternal/child health disparities and culturally specific care for families.

Program officer office hours		Aug. 2, 10 a.m. - noon Hosted at ThriveOn King office
Application open		Aug. 5
Application close		Aug. 23
Community Investment Committee meeting		Nov. 2024
Board meeting		Dec. 2024

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Other grant opportunities

A number of our funds each have their own separate grant cycles and application deadlines. For more information, visit the other grant opportunities page.

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Grants Portal Access

 

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