Greater Milwaukee Foundation Grants More Than $6.2 Million in First Quarter to Help Local Nonprofits

$70,000
SHARE (Self Help & Resource Exchange) (over two years) to support SHARE Express, a mobile food distribution program that would target areas in Milwaukee that do not have easy access to healthy and affordable food.

$50,000
Housing Resources to market and coordinate tours of the eight neighborhoods participating in the Foundation’s Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative. Tours will be given to preapproved clients of several local homebuyer counseling agencies.

Marquette Universityto continue the Safe Streets Milwaukee Project, a program aimed at reducing gang violence and helping ex-offenders reenter the community.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Foundationfor the Center for Urban Initiatives and Research to provide updates and new research to the Greater Milwaukee Foundation for use on its website.

$42,500
Urban Anthropology for a full-time coordinator that would implement the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative in the Historic Lincoln Village neighborhood on Milwaukee’s south side.

$40,000
Justice 2000 for second year support of the Center for Driver’s License Recovery and Employability, a program designed to help low-income Milwaukee County residents recover suspended or revoked licenses, often a prerequisite for employment.

$35,000
NAMI Greater Milwaukee for a coordinator to oversee the Crisis Intervention Team and Crisis Intervention Partner training programs. The programs train law enforcement and people from community agencies on how to best respond to people who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

University of Wisconsin Extension – Waukesha Countyto implement the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative model in the city of Waukesha. The West Side neighborhood, located west of downtown Waukesha, was the first neighborhood selected.

$30,000
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund to support Leadership Pathway, an 18-month leadership development program for 25 youth and adult students.

$25,000
Alma Center to continue its Employment and Life Skills Program, which works with male batterers to reduce or eliminate the barriers that prevent them from finding and retaining full-time employment.

Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearingto provide early intervention speech and language therapy to hearing-impaired children through itsKellogg Child and Family Program.

Express Yourself Milwaukeeto complete the second half of its arts studio program for at-risk youth at Running Rebels.

Make a Difference - WisconsinInc.to expand its program of educating and engaging youth about financial literacy.