Zilber Family Foundation | 2022 Grant Recipients

GRANT RECIPIENT	AMOUNT	PURPOSE
4th Dimension Recovery	$10,000	To support 4D's sober living house
Acts Housing	$250,000	To support home purchase and rehab loans for individuals and families in ZNI neighborhoods
Acts Housing	$1,000,000	To develop Milwaukee's Acquisition of Homeownership Initiative, a new strategic acquisition fund for affordable homeownership in partnership with the Community Development Alliance
Aloha United Way	$10,000	To support general operations
Aurora Zilber Family Hospice	$150,000	To provide general operating support for the provision of end of life care at the Aurora Zilber Family Hospice
Black Leaders Organizing Communities	$25,000	To support the nonpartisan civic engagement program, leadership development, and wellness resources for staff
Bobby Benson Center	$10,000	To support general operations
Cathedral Center	$25,000	To support expenses related to COVID-19
Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative, Inc.	$400,000	To serve as lead agency in Clarke Square and implement community economic development, housing, and arts and culture action plans in partnership with residents and stakeholders
Community Connections Small Grants Program at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation	$40,000	To provide small grants for resident-led projects in ZNI and other Milwaukee neighborhoods
Community Development Alliance (CDA)	$200,000	To support the Community Development Alliance (CDA) to act as the coordinating entity to implement a city-wide affordable housing plan; align public/private resources; track progress towards shared goals; and support continuous communication across housing funders and implementers
Dynamic Community Solutions	$100,000	To support Puuhonua O Waianae Farm Village which will provide affordable permanent housing for those experiencing homelessness
Feeding America of Eastern Wisconsin	$5,000	To support healthy food for those in need in Milwaukee
Forward Community Investments (for Hispanic Collaborative)	$525,000	To address the underrepresentation of Latinos in the real estate industry by launching the Hispanic Emerging Developer Fund in partnership with the Hispanic Collaborative
Frameworks	$30,000	To support the African American Leadership Alliance of Milwaukee to increase and retain the number of African Americans in leadership roles in private, nonprofit, and public sectors in Milwaukee
Friendship Inc.	$20,000	To support safe, healthy, educational, social, and recreational environment for those and their families who are recovering from alcoholism and other drug addictions
Girl Scouts of Hawaii	$50,000	To support the Girl Scouts of Hawaii STEM Center for Excellence at Paumalu
Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (HANO)	$40,000	To support HANO's Nonprofit Compensation Report and general operating expenses
Hawaii Foodbank	$10,000	To support general operations
Hawaii Funder Hui	$50,000	To support the Hawaii Funder Hui, a network focused on collaboration and information sharing to promote effective philanthropy in Hawaii
Hispanic Collaborative	$50,000	To support the expansion of Mercado MKE, a free online marketplace and ecommerce site, to additional small businesses from ZNI neighborhoods
Historic Milwaukee	$10,000	To support Doors Open 2022
Ho'ola Na Pua	$1,200	To support staff attendance at the Institute on Violence Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) Summit
Housing Resources, Inc.	$125,000	To support down payment assistance for individuals and families to purchase homes in ZNI neighborhoods and improve HRI technology
Hui Mahi'ai Aina	$10,000	To support general operations
Imagine MKE	$36,000	To activate commercial corridors in Clarke Square and Layton Boulevard West through art installations, events, and cultural branding of business districts
Legal Aid Society	$100,000	To support free civil legal services to residents and small business owners in the Clarke Square and Layton Boulevard West neighborhoods
LISC Milwaukee	$80,000	To support coaching to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and commercial property owners in Lindsay Heights, Clarke Square, and near downtown neighborhoods
Make-A-Wish Hawaii	$100,000	To support granting wishes for children in Hawaii
Marquette University	$5,000	To support the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Mental Health Emergency Center	$150,000	To support start-up operating costs and to enhance professional and medical education programs at the newly constructed Mental Health Emergency Center
Metro Milwaukee Fair Housing Council	$78,000	To provide technical assistance to nonprofits working to support affordable homeownership in ZNI and other Milwaukee neighborhoods
Metro Milwaukee Mediation Services	$7,000	To support an organizational assessment
Milwaukee Area Technical College	$200,000	To support student retention in an effort to build a diverse, skilled workforce for the Milwaukee area through the MATC Retention Grant program
Milwaukee Black Grassroots Network for Health Equity	$300,000	To support start-up costs for the Milwaukee Black Grassroots Network for Health Equity, a collection of Black leaders and organizations building partnerships and capacity in Milwaukee to address barriers that prevent Black people from being healthy
Milwaukee Community Land Trust	$300,000	To support the development of permanently affordable homeownership in Lindsay Heights
Neu-Life Community Development	$50,000	To support pre-development costs for NeuVue, a mixed-use building that would provide affordable housing for Neu-Life youth workers and additional program space for the organization
Nonprofit Management Fund	$75,000	To support the Nonprofit Management Fund's efforts to build nonprofit organizational effectiveness
North Shore Life Guard Association	$10,000	To support general operations
Prism Economic Development Corporation	$25,000	To support expenses related to COVID-19
Running Rebels Community Organization	$200,000	To support capital improvements at Running Rebels Central in Lindsay Heights
Serenity Inns	$60,000	To support programs for men in recovery from addiction and alcoholism
Teens Grow Greens	$10,000	To support the financial literacy program
The Gathering of Southeast Wisconsin	$18,000	To support expenses related to COVID-19
TransCenter for Youth	$89,000	To support the Escuela Verde Newline Community Café in Layton Boulevard, and the construction of a mobile coffee cart to serve the community
United Community Center	$170,000	To support increased capacity for homebuyer education and counseling services for individuals and families purchasing homes in Clarke Square, Layton Boulevard West, and other Milwaukee neighborhoods
Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin	$180,000	To provide technical assistance to nonprofits working on housing and community economic development
VIA CDC	$270,000	To provide direct assistance to small businesses and homeowners, improve property conditions along National Avenue, paydown debt on a commercial property, and improve VIA's financial stability
Vision to Learn	$100,000	To support the Better Vision for Keiki program to provide free vision care to public school students
Walnut Way Conservation Corps	$100,000	To support the conversion of two vacant lots into parking for the Innovation & Wellness Commons in Lindsay Heights
Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development	$10,000	To support a free public screening of the documentary PUSH and Community Discussion at A Home for Everyone Conference
Wisconsin Philanthropy Network	$50,000	To support the regional grantmakers association that works to promote effective philanthropy in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Policy Forum	$3,000	To support the Forum Friday series
Wisconsin Voices	$10,000	To support nonpartisan media messaging and outreach
Wisconsin Voices	$100,000	To support voter education and outreach in Milwaukee

4th Dimension Recovery

$10,000

To support 4D's sober living house

Acts Housing

$250,000

To support home purchase and rehab loans for individuals and families in ZNI neighborhoods

Acts Housing

$1,000,000

To develop Milwaukee's Acquisition of Homeownership Initiative, a new strategic acquisition fund for affordable homeownership in partnership with the Community Development Alliance

Aloha United Way

$10,000

To support general operations

Aurora Zilber Family Hospice

$150,000

To provide general operating support for the provision of end of life care at the Aurora Zilber Family Hospice

Black Leaders Organizing Communities

$25,000

To support the nonpartisan civic engagement program, leadership development, and wellness resources for staff

Bobby Benson Center

$10,000

To support general operations

Cathedral Center

$25,000

To support expenses related to COVID-19

Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative, Inc.

$400,000

To serve as lead agency in Clarke Square and implement community economic development, housing, and arts and culture action plans in partnership with residents and stakeholders

Community Connections Small Grants Program at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation

$40,000

To provide small grants for resident-led projects in ZNI and other Milwaukee neighborhoods

Community Development Alliance (CDA)

$200,000

To support the Community Development Alliance (CDA) to act as the coordinating entity to implement a city-wide affordable housing plan; align public/private resources; track progress towards shared goals; and support continuous communication across housing funders and implementers

Dynamic Community Solutions

$100,000

To support Puuhonua O Waianae Farm Village which will provide affordable permanent housing for those experiencing homelessness

Feeding America of Eastern Wisconsin

$5,000

To support healthy food for those in need in Milwaukee

Forward Community Investments (for Hispanic Collaborative)

$525,000

To address the underrepresentation of Latinos in the real estate industry by launching the Hispanic Emerging Developer Fund in partnership with the Hispanic Collaborative

Frameworks

$30,000

To support the African American Leadership Alliance of Milwaukee to increase and retain the number of African Americans in leadership roles in private, nonprofit, and public sectors in Milwaukee

Friendship Inc.

$20,000

To support safe, healthy, educational, social, and recreational environment for those and their families who are recovering from alcoholism and other drug addictions

Girl Scouts of Hawaii

$50,000

To support the Girl Scouts of Hawaii STEM Center for Excellence at Paumalu

Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (HANO)

$40,000

To support HANO's Nonprofit Compensation Report and general operating expenses

Hawaii Foodbank

$10,000

To support general operations

Hawaii Funder Hui

$50,000

To support the Hawaii Funder Hui, a network focused on collaboration and information sharing to promote effective philanthropy in Hawaii

Hispanic Collaborative

$50,000

To support the expansion of Mercado MKE, a free online marketplace and ecommerce site, to additional small businesses from ZNI neighborhoods

Historic Milwaukee

$10,000

To support Doors Open 2022

Ho'ola Na Pua

$1,200

To support staff attendance at the Institute on Violence Abuse and Trauma (IVAT) Summit

Housing Resources, Inc.

$125,000

To support down payment assistance for individuals and families to purchase homes in ZNI neighborhoods and improve HRI technology

Hui Mahi'ai Aina

$10,000

To support general operations

Imagine MKE

$36,000

To activate commercial corridors in Clarke Square and Layton Boulevard West through art installations, events, and cultural branding of business districts

Legal Aid Society

$100,000

To support free civil legal services to residents and small business owners in the Clarke Square and Layton Boulevard West neighborhoods

LISC Milwaukee

$80,000

To support coaching to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and commercial property owners in Lindsay Heights, Clarke Square, and near downtown neighborhoods

Make-A-Wish Hawaii

$100,000

To support granting wishes for children in Hawaii

Marquette University

$5,000

To support the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Mental Health Emergency Center

$150,000

To support start-up operating costs and to enhance professional and medical education programs at the newly constructed Mental Health Emergency Center

Metro Milwaukee Fair Housing Council

$78,000

To provide technical assistance to nonprofits working to support affordable homeownership in ZNI and other Milwaukee neighborhoods

Metro Milwaukee Mediation Services

$7,000

To support an organizational assessment

Milwaukee Area Technical College

$200,000

To support student retention in an effort to build a diverse, skilled workforce for the Milwaukee area through the MATC Retention Grant program

Milwaukee Black Grassroots Network for Health Equity

$300,000

To support start-up costs for the Milwaukee Black Grassroots Network for Health Equity, a collection of Black leaders and organizations building partnerships and capacity in Milwaukee to address barriers that prevent Black people from being healthy

Milwaukee Community Land Trust

$300,000

To support the development of permanently affordable homeownership in Lindsay Heights

Neu-Life Community Development

$50,000

To support pre-development costs for NeuVue, a mixed-use building that would provide affordable housing for Neu-Life youth workers and additional program space for the organization

Nonprofit Management Fund

$75,000

To support the Nonprofit Management Fund's efforts to build nonprofit organizational effectiveness

North Shore Life Guard Association

$10,000

To support general operations

Prism Economic Development Corporation

$25,000

To support expenses related to COVID-19

Running Rebels Community Organization

$200,000

To support capital improvements at Running Rebels Central in Lindsay Heights

Serenity Inns

$60,000

To support programs for men in recovery from addiction and alcoholism

Teens Grow Greens

$10,000

To support the financial literacy program

The Gathering of Southeast Wisconsin

$18,000

To support expenses related to COVID-19

TransCenter for Youth

$89,000

To support the Escuela Verde Newline Community Café in Layton Boulevard, and the construction of a mobile coffee cart to serve the community

United Community Center

$170,000

To support increased capacity for homebuyer education and counseling services for individuals and families purchasing homes in Clarke Square, Layton Boulevard West, and other Milwaukee neighborhoods

Urban Economic Development Association of Wisconsin

$180,000

To provide technical assistance to nonprofits working on housing and community economic development

VIA CDC

$270,000

To provide direct assistance to small businesses and homeowners, improve property conditions along National Avenue, paydown debt on a commercial property, and improve VIA's financial stability

Vision to Learn

$100,000

To support the Better Vision for Keiki program to provide free vision care to public school students

Walnut Way Conservation Corps

$100,000

To support the conversion of two vacant lots into parking for the Innovation & Wellness Commons in Lindsay Heights

Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development

$10,000

To support a free public screening of the documentary PUSH and Community Discussion at A Home for Everyone Conference

Wisconsin Philanthropy Network

$50,000

To support the regional grantmakers association that works to promote effective philanthropy in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Policy Forum

$3,000

To support the Forum Friday series

Wisconsin Voices

$10,000

To support nonpartisan media messaging and outreach

Wisconsin Voices

$100,000

To support voter education and outreach in Milwaukee