Share experiences, questions and tips that address navigating the corporate funder role. Join your fellow corporate colleagues for this engaging Community. This group meets to provide opportunities to network and learn about each other’s work and funding priorities.
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Contact Amanda Buckley, Director of Program Development
This group meets virtually. Amanda Buckley will provide Zoom Link upon registration.
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 chief diversity and inclusion officer. Sinclair is a Milwaukee native with 15 years experience in the nonprofit and racial equity
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 equity-informed, community-driven grantmaking while giving them the knowledge and tools to apply learning in all aspects of their work. We
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 in the greater Milwaukee and Madison areas. The investment includes $500,000 for the Milwaukee area and $1 million for Dane
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 racism that prevents us and our community from thriving. Join us for a free Facebook Live event hosted by Milwaukee Journal
By Lauren Anderson -Feb 9, 2021 Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $25 million to the United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County when she gifted billions in donations to organizations across the country late last year. United Way leaders unveiled on Tuesday their plans for the big gift, which will include bolstering the organization’s
The projects provide books, educational supplies and technology, as well as food, clothing and hygiene products, for students. To read more, click here.
By Lauren Anderson -Feb 11, 2021 SC Johnson is donating $5.5 million to Gateway Technical College to create scholarships for women, people of color and low-income students pursuing STEM-related career fields. The gift from the Racine-based manufacturer is the largest single donation to the school in its history. The donation will fund 18 scholarships annually
IPA is pleased to offer Community Foundation Boot Camp virtually, to foundations across the country. This training provides staff and board members with an overview of the structure and operations of a community foundation, covering nearly every aspect of this unique work. “A great opportunity to learn a variety of tried and true
This series of reports examines the extent to which staffed foundations have changed their practices to meet the compounded crises of 2020. To view each report, visit the link here.
More than $5 million awarded to organizations in Wisconsin SAINT PAUL, February 8, 2021 — The Otto Bremer Trust (OBT) invested $71,289,332 in grants and program-related investments in 2020 to more than 900 organizations in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. The total represents OBT’s tenth consecutive year of record
