Grant Recipients

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2017 Grant Recipients

GRANT RECIPIENT	AMOUNT	PURPOSE
Artists Working in Education, Inc.	$115,000	To support arts education programs for youth in ZNI and other Milwaukee neighborhoods
Betty Brinn Children's Museum	$50,000	To support programs for low-income parents and children from ZNI and other underserved neighborhoods
Ceeds of Peace	$246,000	To support a peace-building program in Hawaii
City of Milwaukee - Office of the Mayor	$50,000	To support Earn & Learn, Milwaukee's summer youth employment program
Columbia St. Mary's Foundation	$25,000	To support free dental care for youth attending schools in Lindsay Heights and other neighborhoods
Data You Can Use	$200,000	To provide data technical assistance, training, and education to grantees and their partners working in ZNI and other neighborhoods
Discovery World	$300,000	To provide science, technology, engineering, and math programming to families and children living or attending schools in ZNI neighborhoods
EPIC Center Community Organization	$40,000	To support afterschool and summer programs for youth in the Layton Boulevard West and Clarke Square neighborhoods
Fellowship Open	$10,000	In honor of John Daniels, Jr.
Fondy Food Center	$40,000	To create the Fondy Park in Lindsay Heights
Greater Milwaukee Foundation (DYCU)	$10,000	To support Milwaukee's participation in the Turning the Corner research project
Historic Milwaukee	$10,000	To support the 2017 Doors Open Milwaukee program in ZNI and other neighborhoods
Housing Resources, Inc.	$150,000	To provide housing counseling, financial resources, and foreclosure prevention services in ZNI neighborhoods
International Association for Human Values	$10,000	To conduct Prison S.M.A.R.T. courses with inmates at the Milwaukee County House of Corrections
Kualoa-He'eia Ecumenical Youth (KEY) Project	$150,000	To support community service programs and operations
LISC Milwaukee	$200,000	To support public safety, economic development, and family wealth building programs, and the delivery of technical assistance to community development organizations in ZNI and other neighborhoods
Marquette University	$125,000	To match Marquette University's contribution to the Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee Community Business Collaborative	$100,000	To support business development, job readiness, and employment programs in ZNI and other low-income neighborhoods
Penfield Children's Center	$250,000	To support school- and home-based mental health treatment for low-income children with significant behavior problems
Playworks Wisconsin	$8,500	To match Rotary and United Way support for Playworks in Lindsay Heights schools
RiverEdge Nature Center	$10,000	To support general operations
Safe & Sound	$5,000	To support printing and distribution of Safe & Sound's evaluation
Safe & Sound	$250,000	To implement a safety and engagement strategy to create safe and healthy communities in the Clarke Square and Layton Boulevard West neighborhoods
Smithsonian Institute	$25,000	To support a biodiversity assessment at Coconut Island on Oahu in Kaneohe Bay
Surfrider Spirit Sessions	$10,000	For general operations
Teach for America - Milwaukee	$25,000	To support recruitment and training of local educators to teach in ZNI and other underserved neighborhood schools
United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM)	$5,100	To support Tony Shield's involvement in Leadership Advanced
Victory Garden Initiative	$10,000	To support Victory Garden Blitz activities in ZNI neighborhoods
Wisconsin Voices	$10,000	To support nonpartisan voter education and engagement activities
Wisconsin Voices	$100,000	To continue to support nonpartisan voter engagement activities
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC)	$87,500	To outreach and business development services to existing and aspiring entrepreneurs in ZNI neighborhoods