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September 2021
August 2021
Member Featured: Wisconsin Humanities Council
Member Featured: WHEDA
Member Featured: Wisconsin Partnership Program
LATEST COVID-19 RESPONSE GRANTS TARGET MENTAL HEALTH, ONGOING PANDEMIC HEALTH EFFECTS
Member Featured: Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Member Featured: American Family Dream Insurance
Members featured: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin and Wisconsin Partnership Program
Statewide Partnership Awarded $3 Million to Address Health Disparities
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Member featured: Milwaukee Bucks Foundation
Member featured: Wisconsin Trust Foundation
Member featured: Oshkosh Area Community Foundation
Local students awarded scholarships from the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation
Member featured: WHEDA Foundation
Member featured: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Community Foundation awards over $400,000 in scholarships in 2021
Members featured: Herb Kohl Philanthropies, Northwestern Mutual, United Way of Wisconsin, and Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Milwaukee Succeeds Give Black Male Students Seats at the Table
Members featured: Fort Atkinson Community Foundation and Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation
Rock River Community Clinic celebrates donors during clinic tour
Member featured: Eau Claire Community Foundation
Eau Claire Community Foundation to launch new fundraising initiative
Member featured: Johnson Controls, Inc
Johnson Controls Named One of the Best Companies for Multicultural Women by 2021 by Seramount
Member featured: United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County
Member featured: Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Northwestern Mutual gives $1.9M to boost 3 Milwaukee neighborhoods
Member featured: Otto Bremer Trust
Member featured: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Funding News: AHW Awards $6.5 Million to Improve Health & Advance Health Equity in Wisconsin
Member featured: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Member featured: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
June 2021
Member featured: Siebert Lutheran Foundation
Member featured: Direct Supply
Members featured: Associated Bank and United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County
Associated Bank, Digital Bridge give refurbished laptops to United Way
Member featured: Fond du Lac Area Community Foundation
Member featured: Wisconsin Community Health Fund
Community education series vaccine clinics coming to Twining Park
Member featured: Fort Atkinson Community Foundation
Member featured: CUNA Mutual Group
Hope on the Horizon: Recovery high school moves to new space, graduates nine
Member featured: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
Microsoft announces effort to expand broadband access to Milwaukee’s Lindsay Heights neighborhood
Members featured: Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation and Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Member featured UW Health Foundation
Urban League of Greater Madison: UW Health makes $100,000 donation to Black Business Hub
Members featured: Greater Green Bay Community Foundation and Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
UW-Green Bay journalism students to participate in NEW News Lab
Member featured: Madison Community Foundation
Community leaders write on windows at MMoCA to acknowledge their roles in racism
Member featured: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Member featured: Ascendium Education Group
Members featured: Otto Bremer Trust and Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation
May 2021
Member featured: SSM Health
SSM Health releases pandemic documentary during National Health Care Week
Member featured: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
Member featured: Stateline Community Foundation
Member featured: Milwaukee Bucks Foundation
Milwaukee Bucks Foundation celebrating anniversary with virtual events
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Post from Community: $1M in small business loans offered by Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Members featured: Alliant Energy Foundation, TASC, American Family Insurance
Madison Guaranteed Income pilot program gets $300K boost from local donors
Member featured: Marshfield Area Community Foundation
Public Encouraged to Use New Marshfield Outdoor Learning Sanctuary
Member featured: United Way of Dane County and United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
Dane County organizations to receive $385 in emergency grants through UW Credit Union, United Way
Member featured: Ascendium Education Group
Ascendium invests $16 million in postsecondary education in prisons, math pathway and more
Member featured: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Member featured: Community Foundation of the Fox Valley Region
Member featured: Fort Atkinson Community Foundation
Member featured: Northwestern Mutual
Milwaukee cultural institutions get $1.4 million boost from Northwestern Mutual
Member featured: Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation
Impact Updates from the Watertown Community Health Foundation
Member featured: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Breaking the Cycle of Family Violence: Leveraging Technology to Support Children
April 2021
Member featured: Community Foundation of South Central Wisconsin
$3.2 million donated to Baraboo Public Library for expansion
Member featured: SSM Health
Member featured: Milwaukee Public Schools
Member featured: Otto Bremer Trust
Otto Bremer Trust donates to Junior Achievement of Wisconsin
Member featured: Oshkosh Area Community Foundation
Follow-up: Bike trail between Ripon and Green Lake needs funds to move forward
Member featured: Stateline Community Foundation
Member featured: Greater Green Bay Community Foundation
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation to acquire downtown train depot
Member featured: Wisconsin Partnership Program
COVID-19 Response Focus on Adolescent Social and Emotional Health Grant Program
Member featured: Ascendium Education Group
2020 Education Philanthropy Report: Empowering Possibilities
Member featured: Shawano Area Community Foundation
$1 Million! Gresham High School Graduates Each Can Get a $3,250 Scholarship
Member featured: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Community Foundation Awards $117,420 in Community Enhancement Grants
Member featured: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Members featured: Brewers Community Foundation and American Family Insurance
Brewers partner with AmFam to help 'Fearless Dreamers' in Milwaukee
March 2021
Member featured: Otto Bremer Trust
Otto Bremer Trust awards 190 grants and program-related investments totaling $11.4 million
Members featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Herb Kohl Philanthropies
Member featured: Milwaukee Public Schools
At MPS Foundation, Willis seeks your donations and intellectual capital
Member featured: Fort Atkinson Community Foundation
Member featured: Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin
Member featured: Wisconsin Partnership Program
Milwaukee doulas help pregnant Black women during the pandemic
Member featured: Kern Family Foundation
Member featured: National Guardian Life Insurance
National Guardian Life Insurance Black History Month Project
Member featured: Northwestern Mutual
Member featured: Forward Community Investments
How Community Development Financing Can Help Support Healthier Neighborhoods
Member featured: Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
Member featured: Eau Claire Community Foundation
Women’s Giving Circle to host virtual event on mental health awareness
Member featured: Stateline Community Foundation
Member featured: Ascendium Education Group
7 rural community colleges join effort to boost student outcomes
Member featured: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Member featured: Shawano Area Community Foundation and Waupaca Community Foundation
Waupaca, Shawano Foundations help Rhoades Sanford Foundation in Neenah
Member featured: Milwaukee Bucks Foundation
Fiserv, Bucks award grants to 20 local minority-owned businesses
February 2021
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Member featured: American Family Insurance
American Family Insurance to commit $105 million to help close equity gaps
Member featured: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Sinclair named chief diversity and inclusion officer for GMF
Member featured: United Way of Wisconsin
UW Credit Union partners with United Way on $1.5 million racial equity fund
Member featured: Bader Philanthropies
See photos of Bader Philanthropies' newly renovated cafe and clinic building next to its Harambee HQ
Member featured: Ascendium Education Group
Ascendium Education Group Launches a National Postsecondary Rural Research Agenda
Member featured: Central Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
COVID-19 Community Response fund raised $632,000 to help local nonprofits
Member featured: United Way of Dane County
Baldwin and Moore seek to diversify maternal health workforce with “Momnibus”
Member featured: Wisconsin Partnership Program
UW-Madison nursing school vaccination efforts get thousands in funding to boost support
Members featured: Milwaukee Area Technical College and Milwaukee Public Schools
MPS, MATC and UWM Discuss Their Efforts in Place to Close Equity Gaps for Students
Member featured: Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin
Member featured: Fort Atkinson Community Foundation
Member featured: Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation
Member featured: United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County
United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County unveils plans for $25 million MacKenzie Scott gift
Member featured: Herb Kohl Philanthropies
Herb Kohl Philanthropies to flash-fund Wisconsin teachers' donation requests
Member featured: Gateway Technical College
SC Johnson donates $5.5 million for Gateway Technical College scholarships
Member featured: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
A Generous Match Boosts a Great Future for ALL Local Young People
Member featured: Rockwell Automation
January 2021
Member featured: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment
Increasing Access: Improving Immunization Rates by Leveraging Pharmacists
Member featured: Ascendium Education Group
Member featured: Milwaukee Bucks Foundation
Milwaukee Bucks to support Black entrepreneurs through new partnership
Member featured: The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation
Local organization to grant money to woman making impact in community
Member featured: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Nearly $80K in funding available through Community Response Fund
Member featured: WHEDA Foundation
Member featured: Waukesha County Community Foundation
Waukesha County Center for Growth names new executive director
Member featured: A.O. Smith Foundation
A.O. Smith Corporation Publishes 2020 Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report 2020
Members featured: Rockwell Automation and Milwaukee Public Schools Foundation
Rockwell Automation Launches Milwaukee’s First Math Week Dec. 14-18
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
CH Coakley growing through new building purchases in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa
Member featured: Siebert Lutheran Foundation
Carthage, Parkside contribute $72,000 to fund free teacher education college credits
Member featured: Madison Community Foundation
Nonprofits hoping 2021 brings better fundraising opportunities
Member featured: Hugh J. Andersen Foundation
Over 100 area nonprofits received COVID-19 response funds totaling over $1 million
Member featured: Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
Member featured: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
How One New Program Hopes to Help Kids Who Test Positive for Lead Poisoning
Members featured: Associated Bank and Zilber Family Foundation
Construction commences on new homes in north side Milwaukee subdivisions
Member featured: United Way of Wisconsin
United Way of Marathon County hopes to bring connection to people isolated during pandemic
Member featured: Greater Sauk County Community Foundation
Member featured: Zilber Family Foundation
Zilber Family Foundation announces recipients of $1.8 million in grant funding
Member featured: Rexnord Corporation
Rexnord Corp. gives $1 million to expand Marquette's Bridge to Business program
Member featured: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Art making an impact on at-risk youth thanks to generous donors
December 2020
Member featured: Bradley Foundation
Bradley Foundation awarded $10 million in grants to Wisconsin organizations this year
Member featured: Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation
Member featured: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Community Foundation awards more than $555,000 in community enhancement grants in 2020
Member featured: Ascendium Education Group
Newsletter: New postsecondary education in prison resources, etc.
Member featured: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Fox Valley Generosity Ranks Community Foundation 51st Nationally
Member featured: United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County
United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County exceeds campaign goal
Member featured: Daniel Hoan Foundation
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Member featured: Baird Foundation
Opportunity Village seeking additional support to reach fundraising goal
Member featured: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
New funding aims to bring more mental health resources to Douglas Co.
Member featured: United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County
‘This is why we exist’: United Way helping local nonprofits through pandemic
Member featured: Stateline Community Foundation
Member featured: The Fund for Lake Michigan
Member featured: United Way of Dane County
Member featured: Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin
Members featured: Alliant Energy Foundation and American Family Insurance
Art of the everyday: See the world through the eyes of the Wisconsin State Journal’s photographers
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Member featured: Prairie Springs: The Paul Fleckenstein Trust
Member featured: Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin
Member featured: Fort Atkinson Community Foundation
Member featured: Kohl's Corporation
Member featured: SSM Health
'Peace in the Pandemic': SSM Health offers video series to aid mental health during COVID-19
Member featured: Wisconsin Partnership Program
Wisconsin Partnership Program Announces 2020 Community Impact Grant Recipients
Member featured: Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
Member featured: Otto Bremer Trust
Member featured: Fort Atkinson Community Foundation
November 2020
Member featured: Barry Mandel
Northwestern Mutual dedicates $20 million to support black entrepreneurs, new startup accelerator
Member featured: Ascendium
Ascendium Education Group, Employees Step Up Community Support
Member featured: M3 Insurance
Member featured: Oshkosh Area Community Foundation
Member featured: United Way of Dane County
Dane County groups announce $11.8 million raised for new housing development fund
Member featured: Fort Atkinson Community Foundation
Fort Foundation’s online scholarship site now accepting applications
Member featured: Madison Community Foundation
Madison on track to avoid brutal arts cuts in 2021 city budget
Member featured: Community Foundation of North Central
Law Enforcement Appreciation Project Gives $20 Gift Card to Every Patrol Officer in Marathon County
Members featured: Milwaukee Public School, UWM Foundation, Milwaukee Area Technical College
Member featured: Alliant Energy Foundation
Alliant Energy: Drive Out Hunger supplies 1.15 million meals to food banks
Member featured: SSM Health
SSM Health Opens Behavioral Health Urgent Care to Treat Depression, Anxiety and Other Mental Illness
Member featured: UWM Foundation
Member featured: Associated Bank
Member featured: UnityPoint Health Meriter
UnityPoint Health Meriter restricted by COVID-19 community spread
Member featured: Wisconsin Partnership Program
Nonprofits find new ways to support local farms, community food needs during COVID-19
Member featured: Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee
Member featured: UW Foundation
Helping a city of Badgers coexist with their candid neighbors
Member featured: Community Foundation of Southern Wisconsin
Member featured: Madison Community Foundation
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Member featured: Otto Bremer Trust
Member featured: Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
Member featured: Medical College of Wisconsin
Member featured: Zilber Family Foundation
Member featured: Fond du Lac Area Foundation
Member featured: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Member featured: Madison Community Foundation
October 2020
Member featured: Madison Community Foundation
Member featured: City Forward Collective
City Forward Collective launches billboard campaign to recruit teachers in Milwaukee
Member featured: UnityPoint Health - Meriter
Wisconsin Leadership Summit panel to discuss racism as public health issue
Member featured: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Online catalog to help nonprofits hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic
Member featured: Wisconsin Partnership Program
Member featured: SSM Health
SSM Health gives ‘community health improvement’ grant to Catholic Charities
Member featured: Milwaukee Bucks Foundation
Pat Connaughton honored after major donation to Neighborhood House
Member featured: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Member featured: Baird Foundation
Member featured: Greater Green Bay Community Foundation
Member featured: Forward Community Investments and Associated Bank
Member featured: United Way of Dane County
Dane County partnership formed to address racial disparity in healthcare
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Robertson promoted as Greater Milwaukee Foundation's first EVP, COO, and CFO
Member featured: Ascendium Education Group
Member featured: Otto Bremer Trust
Member featured: MATC Foundation
Chris Abele increases investment in MATC's free-tuition scholarship program
Member featured: Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Northwestern Mutual commits $2.5 million to schools, education initiatives
September 2020
Member featured: Racine Community Foundation
Watch now: Racine County United Way launches virtual campaign, need greater than ever
Member featured: Gateway Technical College Foundation
Gateway Foundation seeks donors for emergency grants to students
Member featured: Zilber Family Foundation and United Way of Greater Waukesha & Milwaukee County
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation and Bader Philanthropies
UpStart Kitchen boosts inner city entrepreneurs, feeds those in need
Member featured: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin set to kickoff COVID-19 Impact Catalog
Member featured: United Way of Dane County, UnityPoint Health-Meriter, UW Health
Group formed to address Black maternal health, infant mortality in Dane County
Member featured: Stateline Community Foundation and Alliant Energy Foundation
Welty Environmental Center navigates pandemic while pursuing equity goals
Member featured: CUNA Mutual Group
Member featured: Greater Milwaukee Foundation
TestUpMKE Campaign Promotes COVID Testing Information with an Eye on Health Equity
Member featured: Daniel Hoan Foundation
Light the Hoan - First Look at Bridge’s arches lit up over the city: slideshow
Member featured: Ascendium Education Group
New Grants, New Reports on Postsecondary Education in Prison Metrics, Strong Start to Finish
Member featured: Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin
Tim Parker President/CEO Named President/CEO of Community Foundation
Member featured: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Member featured: MPS Foundation
MPS Foundation raising $1 million for student, teacher tech support
Member featured: Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Imagine Fox Cities - Keep The Conversation Going About Antiracism, Belonging and Community
Member featured: Medical College of Wisconsin, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Medical College, Greater Milwaukee Foundation unveil priority areas, branding for new collaboration
Member featured: Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation
Member featured: Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
Members featured: Bader Philanthropies, The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County, Northwestern Mutual Foundation, Rockwell Automation