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Friends of Emerson Park & UWSP Waste Students Collaborate on Fence Art Project
Stevens Point, Wisconsin (April 17, 2019) – As part of UWSP’s Earth Week celebration, Friends of Emerson Park (are a grassroots group of citizens working to revitalize and maintain a neighborhood park in the heart of Stevens Point’s Historic District), in partnership with students in the UWSP Chapter of the Waste Management Society, are creating […]
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Greater Milwaukee Foundation announces new home, advances community-based partnership with Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, March 26, 2019 – The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and the Greater Milwaukee Foundation have established a joint vision for impact, selected a developer and announced the future neighborhood and home of their community-based partnership as it moves forward into development stage. The shared vision is “a Milwaukee that is equitable, healthy and […]
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Kohl’s will give $5 million to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin to enhance mental health services
Kohl’s Corp. will give Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin $5 million to help launch a multi-year effort to enhance mental health services for children and their families. The donation — the largest to the hospital in Kohl’s history — will be provided over four years. It also figures to kick-start further philanthropy in support of stepped-up […]
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On the Table MKE sparks community action – Greater Milwaukee Foundation funds projects, releases 2018 report
Milwaukee, Wis., March 21, 2019 – Youth-led discussions on mental health. Building unity, empathy and opportunity through performing arts. Breaking down stereotypes among high school students. Mothers organizing neighborhood clean-ups. These are among sixteen unique projects originating from 2018 On the Table MKE conversations that received funding from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. Led by the […]
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MATC Promise program gives thousands an education lifeline
Article From Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: Carissa Peters had her future all mapped out: Graduate from high school. Head to college. Earn a degree. And she was well on her way toward fulfilling her goals until a major impediment unraveled her plan — money. “Paying out-of-state tuition there was really expensive,” Peters said. “I had […]
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In building Milwaukee’s cultural landscape, Bill Haberman was ‘the guy behind the guy’
According to the Journal Sentinel, Bill Haberman had his hands, his mind and his heart in several of Milwaukee’s biggest cultural efforts of the past 20 years, without putting his own name front and center. “He’s not a limelight guy,” his son, Fred Haberman, said. “He’s the guy behind the guy. He’s the guy you […]
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Give BIG Green Bay raises $1,387,860 in second year: 40 nonprofits power the community-wide giving day
Green Bay, WI – February 26, 2019 – With celebrations across the area, wide-ranging media coverage and generous community support, Give BIG Green Bay 2019 highlighted 40 local nonprofits working to change lives in our community. The event raised a total of $1,387,860 which includes $1,075,360 of donor contributions along with $250,000 in matching funds […]
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Herb Kohl Philanthropies has again stepped up to fulfill funding requests from Wisconsin teachers.
Milwaukee businessman and philanthropist Herb Kohl has been making sizable donations in recent years to Wisconsin teachers through the crowd-funding platform DonorsChoose.org. To send a message of “we love teachers,” Kohl’s philanthropic foundation gave $507,000 on Valentine’s Day to flash-fund 924 projects. The teachers’ projects represent educational supplies, technology, equipment and instruments, training and trips, […]
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Nelson $103 million gift to Community Foundation ranked 16th in the nation – one of most generous in 2018
APPLETON, Wis. – An estate gift of $103 million arranged by the late David L. Nelson and his wife Rita to the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region was ranked the16th most generous donation in the country and the largest in Wisconsin in 2018. The 19th annual Philanthropy 50, the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s ranking […]
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Stand Together Foundation awards nearly half a million dollars to programs supporting economic stability and self-sufficiency
Green Bay, WI – February 6, 2019 The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation has joined forces with a group of community-minded individuals to make a transformational impact on the lives of low-income adults, youth and families in the greater Green Bay area. This new collaboration with Stand Together Foundation is awarding $472,250 in new funding […]
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