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One Year Later: How Has COVID-19 Reshaped Philanthropy?
Philanthropy has responded to COVID-19 like no other crisis in recent memory. Through increased giving, reduced restrictions, and a deeper focus on listening to communities and partners, foundations, many of […]
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Fiserv, Bucks award grants to 20 local minority-owned businesses
Grants worth $10,000, plus business consulting services By Maredithe Meyer -Mar 3, 2021 12:47 pm Twenty local, Black- and minority-owned businesses were granted $10,000 as part of Fiserv’s Back2Business COVID-19 relief program. Brookfield-based Fiserv and the […]
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African American philanthropists lead $2M effort to support health disparities researcher through ThriveOn Collaboration
Medical College of Wisconsin faculty leader Dr. Leonard Egede receives endowed chair appointment focused on health equity research Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 22, 2021 – African American philanthropists in the greater Milwaukee […]
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American Family Insurance to commit $105 million to help close equity gaps
By Brandon Anderegg -Feb 23, 2021 12:32 pm Last updated on February 24th, 2021 at 12:49 pm American Family Insurance will commit $105 million over five years through “Free to Dream,” an […]
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10 Myths About The Racial Wealth Gap
Posted on Feb 25, 2021, by Community Foundation By Chuck Self, Community Foundation Board Director You have probably heard many explanations about why we have a racial wealth gap. Duke University published a […]
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Northwestern Mutual Commits $5 Million to Children’s Wisconsin and the MACC Fund Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in Largest Standalone Donation
Company builds upon more than $4.2 million in contributions to Children’s Wisconsin cancer initiatives since 2013 MILWAUKEE, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — This year, approximately 10,500 children in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer. Among […]
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Sinclair named chief diversity and inclusion officer for Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 24, 2021 – Further advancing its generational commitment to racial equity and inclusion, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation today announced the hiring of Kenyatta Sinclair as the organization’s first […]
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The 2021 Learning Conference
Please join us for the virtual 2021 Learning Conference. Hosted in partnership with Minnesota Council on Foundations, the virtual 2021 Learning Conference is designed to expose participants to cutting-edge practices in […]
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UW Credit Union partners with United Way on $1.5 million racial equity fund
By Lauren Anderson -Feb 17, 2021 1:06 pm UW Credit Union is launching a $1.5 million fund through the United Way of Dane County and United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County to address racial inequities […]
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Listen MKE Live: “Unlearning Racism”
From the Greater Milwaukee Foundation: Our shared vision as a community foundation is to build a Milwaukee for all. But to do so, we must understand and dismantle the systemic […]
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