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Grantees:

2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000

 

African American Children's Theatre $3,000
Year-end gift to support educational programming for children.

Agape Community Center $15,000
Support of after school programs/Safe Place.

AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin $10,000
Operating support for an HIV-specialty dental clinic.

Aurora Sinai Medical Center $35,000
Salary support for a part-time clinic manager of the Bread of Healing Clinic at Cross Lutheran Church.

Betty Brinn Children's Museum $10,000
To support the Family Focus Program.

Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin $25,000
Urban Sickle Cell Initiative: programs for outreach to minority donors, education, treatment and research.

Camps For Kids/COA Youth and Family Centers $15,600
Support for the salary of a part-time coordinator for Camps for Kids.

Center for Teaching Entrepreneurship $15,000
WAGE-We Are Girl Entrepreneurs, a collaborative program with the National Association of Women Business Owners.

Community Advocates $15,000
To support a health provider training program to improve access to healthcare insurance for children with special needs

Consumer Satisfaction Team Inc. $5,000
Support for the evaluation of inner-city mental health clinics run by Milwaukee County.

Creative SHARP Presentations, Inc. $15,000
To expand the evaluation of curriculum effectiveness to the 2003-2004 academic year. Creative Sharp provides imaginative learning experiences to elementary school children through the use of the arts.

Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee $3,000
Year-end gift for general operating support for The Gathering, a meal program for poor and homeless.

Family Service of Waukesha $20,000
Operating support for Children's Place, a mental health services center for children ages 3 to 13.

Franciscan Peacemakers $3,000
Year-end gift to support the First Steps street ministry program.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Inc. $3,000
Partial support of a position paper on the child welfare system in Milwaukee County.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation/German Marshall Fund $5,000
To support a German Marshall Fund study tour on senior housing in Europe in collaboration with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the Helen Bader Foundation.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation/Report Card on Charitable Giving $2,500
For the production of the 2004 Report Card on Charitable Giving produced by the Public Policy Forum in collaboration with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel.

Hope House of Milwaukee $7,500
To help support the salary of a youth director for the Summer Youth Education Program.

Hunger Task Force of Milwaukee $20,000
Underwrites a portion of the Stockbox food distribution program for seniors.

Interfaith Older Adult Programs, Inc. $10,000
To support a town hall meeting and educational forum on issues relating to elder care.

Kathy's House $3,000
Year-end gift for the 'Welcome Fund' for the hospital hospitality house.

Ko-Thi Dance Company $3,000
Year-end gift for the children's performing ensemble, Ton Ko-Thi.

La Casa de Esperanza $25,000
To support the salary of the Director of the Youth Safe Place Program.

Literacy Services of Wisconsin $3,000
Year-end gift for the Family Literacy Program.

Manor Park Foundation $25,000
To support medical student training in care of older adults at the Village of Manor Park in collaboration with the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Marquette University $50,000
Support for the Wisconsin Nursing Redesign Project.

McBeath Community Partners Endowment Program/Greater Milwaukee Foundation $200,000

To fund matching endowment gifts raised in 2003-2004 by the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation, the Public Policy Forum, America's Second Harvest Food Bank of Wisconsin, and the United Community Center.

Medical College of Wisconsin $15,000
To support a health education and outreach program at the Family House Clinic in Milwaukee's central city.

Mental Health Assoc of Milw County $30,000
Support for the Invisible Children's Program for children with a mentally ill parent.

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra $10,000
To support the Arts in Community Education (ACE) program in middle schools throughout Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Tennis & Education Foundation, Menomonee Falls $3,000
Year-end gift for TEAM, an inner city youth tennis program.

Modjeska Theatre Company, Inc. $3,000
Year-end gift for support of the Youth Theatre Company.

Nonprofit Management Fund - Waukesha/Greater Milwaukee Foundation $10,000
Supports a small grants program to help improve the management of nonprofit organizations in Waukesha County.

Nonprofit Management Fund - Milwaukee/Greater Milwaukee Foundation $55,000
Supports a small grants program to help improve the management of nonprofit organizations in the Milwaukee area.

Open Gate $15,000
For supportive housing for recovering AODA clients.

Our Next Generation, Milwaukee $3,000
Year-end gift for the Homework Club.

Our Space $10,000
To support of a physical fitness/wellness program for recovering mentally ill clients.

PEARLS for Teen Girls, Inc. $15,000
PEARLS Power Project, a leadership program for teen girls.

Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin $15,000
For a collaborative education program to reduce teen pregnancies.

Planning Council for Health & Human Services $10,000
For support of a study of the mental health needs of older adults in Milwaukee County.

Public Policy Forum $25,000
To help the Forum expand its endowment under the McBeath Community Partners Endowment Program.

Public Policy Forum $25,000
Support for a study examining the process of implementing a return to neighborhood schools in the Milwaukee Public School system. The study focuses on the impact of this neighborhood initiative on student achievement and parent satisfaction.

Red Bus Corporation $15,000
To help purchase a new bus and provide for operating support.

Red Bus Corporation $3,000
Year-end gift for the "seat sponsorship" program.

Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Waukesha Co. $3,000
Year-end gift for operating support.

Riveredge Nature Center $15,000
To support the Land Use Planning Education Project for youth.

Safe & Sound $50,000
In support of the Safe Places Program to reduce crime in 20 targeted Milwaukee neighborhoods by offering safe and positive alternatives to youth.

Salvation Army $5,000

Year-end gift for the Christmas Tree of Lights program.

Sojourner Truth House $20,000
Salary support for the Assistant Director position at this domestic violence shelter.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church $3,000
Year-end gift to support the Choristers of St. Cecilia, an enrichment program for the musical, spiritual, emotional and social development of girls ages 8 to 14 in the Milwaukee area.

United Cerebral Palsy of Southeastern Wisconsin $5,000
To support the Milwaukee County Lifespan Respite Program.

UWM Foundation/Helen Bader Institute/ENTECH $30,000
To support the development of software that will provide web-based service to guide nonprofits through the process of assessment, planning and implementation of information technology systems. The grant also supports the development of IT user groups and sector research, exploring the use of technology in the nonprofit sector throughout the country.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation/Helen Bader Institute $50,000
Support for this university institute which provides nonprofit management education to the nonprofit community, conducts sector research and disseminates relevant knowledge about the sector.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundation $25,000
To UWM's Peck School of the Arts to support a PBS documentary, Almost Heaven, and associated outreach and educational project on long-term care for elderly.

Urban Ecology Center $15,000
To support the Riverside Park Habitat playground construction.

Volunteer Service for Visually Handicapped $3,000
Year-end gift for general operating support.

Westside Healthcare Association, Inc. $40,000
Support for a new dental program.

Wisconsin AIDS Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation $3,000
Year-end gift for the Wisconsin AIDS Fund's AIDS education and prevention programming.

Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy $20,000
To support advocacy for seniors served by the Family Care Project in Milwaukee County.

Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges, Inc. $15,000
To expand the College Readiness 21 Mentor Program.

Wisconsin Sports Foundation $3,000
Year-end gift for health education programs in Milwaukee.

Women's Center $35,000
To support the purchase of indoor and outdoor children's play area equipment for the new women’s shelter.

YWCA of Greater Milwaukee $15,000
For the Girls Leadership Program, an after-school and summer leadership program for girls ages 7 to 18.

YMCA of Metro Milwaukee $20,000
Support of the Artists in Residency Program at the John C. Cudahy Branch in northwest Milwaukee.

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