Third Quarter 2020

Responsive Grantmaking

Alverno College: $48,000 to provide up to $5,000 in scholarships for students to complete their degrees by the end of 2020.

Capitol Heights Neighborhood Association: $25,000 to employ 12 youth between the ages of 14 to 18 and three adult supervisors for a lawn maintenance program to help older adults and people with disabilities.

Cardinal Stritch: $32,000 to provide up to $5,000 in scholarships for students to complete their degrees by the end of 2020.

Citizen Advocacy of Washington County: $5,000 for general operating support.

Club Kids: $10,000 for general operating support.

Convergence Resource Center: $20,000 to cover general operating expenses and support lost fundraising from special events that were not held due to the state safer-at-home order.

Florentine Opera Company: $25,000 for the production of Puccini's La Boheme, which will be set in Milwaukee's Bronzeville neighborhood in the 1940s. Milwaukee-based Bronzeville historian and highly respected performer Sheri Williams Pannell will serve as dramaturg for the project, which will include a season-long residency with the Bronzeville Arts Ensemble and a school tour to more than 50 Milwaukee schools. The production will be based on oral histories of Bronzeville residents and will feature an all African-American cast, as well as a children's chorus comprised of students from the Boys & Girls Clubs and Golda Meir School. Bronzeville La Boheme will be performed at the Marcus Center in May of 2021.

Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee: $20,000 to provide operating support for the immediate needs of area Latinx college students.

Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan: $25,000 to support telehealth services.

Marquette University: $31,000 to provide up to $5,000 in scholarships for students to complete their degrees by the end of 2020.

Mary Miss City as a Living Laboratory: $25,000 for WATERMARKS, a citywide initiative to advance water stewardship and support civic engagement by building cross-discipline and cross-sector relationships that ensure collaboration, all centered around education about the importance of water to Milwaukee's residents.

Milwaukee Area Technical College: $60,000 to support scholarships for students who are one semester away from earning their degree.

Milwaukee County Historical Society: $25,000 for an exhibit that will explore Milwaukee’s water history. The exhibit will use interactive elements, artifacts, and archival resources to promote an appreciation and understanding of water's relationship to Milwaukee. It will be complemented with in-person and virtual programs, many free of charge, to ensure access for a broad audience.  The project will include an exhibit of MPS student art, 2021 My Milwaukee, based on the theme of water and inspired by the in-person and virtual education programs that will be delivered to students. Through UWM ArtsEco, a partner with MCHS on the My Milwaukee program, MPS students develop a piece of art as a reflection of what they have learned and this work is exhibited at MCHS.

Milwaukee Film: $25,000to support its move to online platforms for educational and community-based engagement programs. The grant will also assist with theater reopening plans, as possible.

Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design: $5,000 for its student emergency fund, which provides resources to students coping with financial difficulties such as food and housing insecurity, and medical expenses.

Milwaukee School of Engineering: $31,000 to provide up to $5,000 in scholarships for students to complete their degrees by the end of 2020.

Milwaukee Opera Theatre: $10,000 to help reimagine programming in creative ways due to the ramifications of the COVID-19 crisis, including developing a commissioned work as a radio play to reach audiences unable to gather for live performances. The grant also will support operating expenses and costs related to educational programming via virtual platforms.

Mount Mary University: $48,000 to support scholarships for students who are one semester away from earning their degree.

Neu-Life Community Development: $15,000 to set up a recording studio where it can produce and replicate its curriculum online. It will also purchase laptops and hotspots for the youth they serve so they can engage in the virtual programming.

Ozaukee Washington Land Trust: $25,000 for sustaining support.

Riveredge Nature Center: $10,000 for general operating support to address environmental education.

TBEY Arts Center: $15,000 to support the organization’s efforts to continue to provide arts in a virtual environment.

St. Francis Parish Province of St. Joseph Capuchin Order: $12,500 for support for a VITA site during the pandemic.

St. Joseph’s Medical Clinic: $10,000to purchase personal protective equipment, disinfectant and COVID-19 supporting equipment, which includes testing supplies and oximeters to monitor oxygen levels.

The Minneapolis Foundation: $25,000for its Fund for Safe Communities, which will support the people of Minneapolis as they strive for justice, equity and healing in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in police custody.

Upstream Arts: $15,000to provide six arts programs for Milwaukee Public Schools students with disabilities, plus embedded professional development for MPS teachers. These programs will happen in person and/or online, depending on COVID-19.  Professional artists lead theatre, dance, music, visual arts and poetry activities that nurture social-emotional learning skills. This year, UA will train all the MPS district's arts integration specialists on arts-based engagement strategies for students with disabilities, in turn allowing specialists to train teachers across the district.

UWM Foundation: $50,000 to provide up to $5,000 in scholarships for 10 students to complete their degrees by the end of 2020.


Connected People

All-In Milwaukee: $25,000 to support students with their academic, social, financial, wellness and career needs.

Concordia University: $8,500 to support the Leaders in Training during the African American Male Initiative program.

Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy: $15,000 to purchase licensing, training and tests for scholars and their teachers to build a one-on-one technology program.

Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful: $25,000 to support the agency’s education center programs for youth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mentor Greater Milwaukee: $25,000 to support its efforts in helping organizations and agencies that offer or seek to offer mentoring support and enrichment opportunities to youth, particularly youth of color, with the express purpose of exploring the foundations of institutionalized racism.

Paralyzed Veterans of America Wisconsin Chapter: $25,000 to support operating expenses.

Teach for America: $25,000 to support general program operations in Milwaukee including recruitment, selection, training, placement, and ongoing support of corps members.

Walker’s Point Youth and Family Center: $20,000 for operating support that would normally come from fundraising events and other unrestricted revenue.


Thriving Communities 

Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin: $15,000 for general operating support for virtual job readiness and workforce development services.

West Bend Friends of Sculpture: $5,000for general operating support.

Wisconsin Black Historical Society: $25,000 forgeneral organizational expenses.

Walker’s Point Youth and Family Center: $20,000 for operating support that would normally come from fundraising events and other unrestricted revenue.


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