Zilber Family Foundation | 2019 Grant Recipients

GRANT RECIPIENT	AMOUNT	PURPOSE
Acts Housing	$200,000	To support homebuyer counseling, brokerage services, and home rehab management in ZNI and other low-to-moderate-income neighborhoods
Artists Working in Education	$40,000	To support the Truck Studio program for youth in ZNI and other neighborhoods
Cathedral Center	$100,000	To support the provision of safe shelter and case management services to help women and families gain independence, acquire permanent housing, and prevent future homelessness
Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative	$7,500	To support organization assessment
Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative	$210,000	To continue to serve as the lead agency in Clarke Square and coordinate community economic development and housing action planning for the neighborhood
Community Advocates	$200,000	To support housing, mental health, and advocacy services to increase access to safe, affordable, and quality housing in ZNI neighborhoods
Community Warehouse	$50,000	To support the sale of discounted home improvement materials and household goods to residents in ZNI and other Milwaukee neighborhoods
Cross Lutheran Church	$100,000	To support basic human needs and mental health programs for low-income youth and adults in Lindsay Heights, and to improve facilities
Data You Can Use	$200,000	To support the delivery of data technical assistance and training to nonprofits and funders working in ZNI and other neighborhoods
Fondy Food Center	$80,000	To improve healthy, local food access and support local entrepreneurs and small family farmers at the Fondy Farmers Market in Lindsay Heights
Forward Community Investments	$50,000	To support lending, technical assistance, and grantsmaking activities in Milwaukee and ZNI neighborhoods
Forward Community Investments	$10,000	For the purchase of a catering van for Tandem Restaurant in Lindsay Heights
Greater Milwaukee Committee	$5,760	To support participation in the Greater Milwaukee Committee
Greater Milwaukee Committee for NEWaukee Co:Lab	$40,000	To support the Co:Lab project in the Clarke Square and Lindsay Heights neighborhoods
Greater Milwaukee Foundation	$10,000	To support Milwaukee's Anti-Displacement Fund
Guest House of Milwaukee	$150,000	To support housing, shelter, education, and services to aid clients and community members in living independently and recovering from mental illness and addiction
Hawaii Alliance for Arts in Education	$20,000	To support the Turnaround Arts program in two Hawaii public schools
Historic Milwaukee	$7,500	To support 2019 Doors Open Milwaukee
Ho`ola Na Pua	$200,000	To provide capital support for the construction of Pearl Haven, a 20,000 square foot residential therapeutic campus for female sex trafficking victims
Ho`ola Na Pua	$100,000	To provide support for sex trafficking prevention, treatment, and reintegration programs
Hope House	$2,500	To support the emergency repair of a bathroom floor
Housing Resources, Inc.	$150,000	To support homebuyer education and counseling services to low- and moderate-income homebuyers in ZNI and other Milwaukee neighborhoods
Institute for Human Services	$150,000	To support housing solutions for those in crisis and nurture homeless people toward greater self-direction and responsibility
Journey House	$425,000	To support Journey House's youth and family programs in Clarke Square
Journey House	$75,000	To support the operation of Journey House's financial opportunity center
Kualoa-He'eia Ecumenical Youth (KEY) Project	$500	For professional development support
Layton Boulevard West Neighbors	$960,000	To continue to serve as the lead agency in the Silver City, Burnham Park, Layton Park neighborhoods, and to coordinate the implementation of community economic development and housing action plans
LISC Milwaukee	$400,000	To support economic development, family wealth building, housing and public safety programs, and technical assistance in ZNI and other low- to moderate-income Milwaukee neighborhoods
Literacy Services of Wisconsin	$40,000	To support basic literacy education and workforce readiness skills development for adults in Milwaukee and ZNI neighborhoods
Make-A-Wish Hawaii	$100,000	To support wish granting for children diagnosed with a critical illness
Mental Health America - Hawaii	$60,000	To promote mental wellness and programs that address youth suicide and bullying
Meta House	$100,000	To support intensive residential treatment for women struggling with drug and alcohol addiction
Metro Milwaukee Mediation Services	$40,000	To support housing mediation services to prevent evictions and foreclosures
Milwaukee Center for Independence	$150,000	To support the Level-Up Program, a food service training program located at the Innovations and Wellness Commons for individuals facing employment barriers
Milwaukee Christian Center	$5,000	To support staff professional development
Milwaukee Community Business Collaborative	$75,000	To support the operation of its Financial Opportunity Center, job training, and small business development programs for residents of Lindsay Heights and surrounding neighborhoods
Milwaukee Film	$7,500	To support the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival and Minority Health Film Festival
Neu-Life Community Development	$300,000	To support Neu-Life's youth development programs in the Lindsay Heights neighborhood
North Avenue / Fond du Lac Marketplace BID 32	$50,000	To support efforts to engage local businesses and property owners and improve the North Avenue and Fond du Lac Avenue commercial corridors in Lindsay Heights
PEARLS for Teen Girls	$300,000	To support mentoring and leadership development programs for predominantly low-income, high-needs girls ages 10 to 19
Penfield Children's Center	$500,000	To support mental health services for children with emotional or behavioral challenges
Playworks	$75,000	To support safe, healthy, and inclusive play and physical activity programs for children and youth
Project Vision Hawaii	$75,000	To support programs that promote health, happiness, and dignity for all in Hawaii
Residential Youth Services and Empowerment (RYSE)	$50,000	To provide shelter, medical care, meals, and educational rehabilitation to homeless youth on Oahu
Revitalize Milwaukee	$10,000	To support the home improvement matching grant program in Clarke Square
Revitalize Milwaukee	$600,000	To support the home improvement matching program in Clarke Square; and to provide free home repairs for low-income homeowners in ZNI neighborhoods
River Revitalization Foundation	$5,000	In honor of RRF's 25th anniversary
RiverEdge Nature Center	$25,000	To support nature-based educational programs for Milwaukee youth
Riverworks Development Corporation	$50,000	To support the operation of the Financial Opportunity Center
Ronald Reagan IB High School	$25,000	To support the Vera J. Zilber Music Department
Running Rebels Community Organization	$300,000	To support programs for at-risk youth and young adults
Safe & Sound	$150,000	To support community organizing and youth engagement programs that improve the quality of life in the Clarke Square and Layton Boulevard West neighborhoods/div>
Southside Organizing Center	$50,000	To support nonpartisan, bilingual resident outreach, education, and organizing on Milwaukee's southside; and participate in housing and economic development action planning in Clarke Square and Layton Boulevard West neighborhoods
United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM)	$50,000	To support programs and operations
Walnut Way Conservation Corp.	$9,500	To support an organization assessment
Walnut Way Conservation Corp.	$10,000	To cultivate neighbors' skills to engage residents, grow emerging business opportunities, and stimulate economic activity within Lindsay Heights through Community Wealth Building efforts
Walnut Way Conservation Corp.	$310,000	To continue to serve as the lead agency in Lindsay Heights and coordinate community economic development and housing action planning for the neighborhood
Wisconsin Philanthropy Network	$10,000	For general operating support
Wisconsin Preservation Fund	$2,500	To support the creation and dissemination of a case study: Milwaukee INVESTS: A Model for Inclusive Development
Wisconsin Voices	$50,000	To support a Get Out the Count campaign in Milwaukee to help ensure a fair and accurate count for Census 2020
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC)	$100,000	To support small business education and development activities in ZNI neighborhoods
Young Women's Christian Association of Oahu (YWCA)	$100,000	To support job readiness and career development programs for women

Acts Housing

$200,000

To support homebuyer counseling, brokerage services, and home rehab management in ZNI and other low-to-moderate-income neighborhoods

Artists Working in Education

$40,000

To support the Truck Studio program for youth in ZNI and other neighborhoods

Cathedral Center

$100,000

To support the provision of safe shelter and case management services to help women and families gain independence, acquire permanent housing, and prevent future homelessness

Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative

$7,500

To support organization assessment

Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative

$210,000

To continue to serve as the lead agency in Clarke Square and coordinate community economic development and housing action planning for the neighborhood

Community Advocates

$200,000

To support housing, mental health, and advocacy services to increase access to safe, affordable, and quality housing in ZNI neighborhoods

Community Warehouse

$50,000

To support the sale of discounted home improvement materials and household goods to residents in ZNI and other Milwaukee neighborhoods

Cross Lutheran Church

$100,000

To support basic human needs and mental health programs for low-income youth and adults in Lindsay Heights, and to improve facilities

Data You Can Use

$200,000

To support the delivery of data technical assistance and training to nonprofits and funders working in ZNI and other neighborhoods

Fondy Food Center

$80,000

To improve healthy, local food access and support local entrepreneurs and small family farmers at the Fondy Farmers Market in Lindsay Heights

Forward Community Investments

$50,000

To support lending, technical assistance, and grantsmaking activities in Milwaukee and ZNI neighborhoods

Forward Community Investments

$10,000

For the purchase of a catering van for Tandem Restaurant in Lindsay Heights

Greater Milwaukee Committee

$5,760

To support participation in the Greater Milwaukee Committee

Greater Milwaukee Committee for NEWaukee Co:Lab

$40,000

To support the Co:Lab project in the Clarke Square and Lindsay Heights neighborhoods

Greater Milwaukee Foundation

$10,000

To support Milwaukee's Anti-Displacement Fund

Guest House of Milwaukee

$150,000

To support housing, shelter, education, and services to aid clients and community members in living independently and recovering from mental illness and addiction

Hawaii Alliance for Arts in Education

$20,000

To support the Turnaround Arts program in two Hawaii public schools

Historic Milwaukee

$7,500

To support 2019 Doors Open Milwaukee

Ho`ola Na Pua

$200,000

To provide capital support for the construction of Pearl Haven, a 20,000 square foot residential therapeutic campus for female sex trafficking victims

Ho`ola Na Pua

$100,000

To provide support for sex trafficking prevention, treatment, and reintegration programs

Hope House

$2,500

To support the emergency repair of a bathroom floor

Housing Resources, Inc.

$150,000

To support homebuyer education and counseling services to low- and moderate-income homebuyers in ZNI and other Milwaukee neighborhoods

Institute for Human Services

$150,000

To support housing solutions for those in crisis and nurture homeless people toward greater self-direction and responsibility

Journey House

$425,000

To support Journey House's youth and family programs in Clarke Square

Journey House

$75,000

To support the operation of Journey House's financial opportunity center

Kualoa-He'eia Ecumenical Youth (KEY) Project

$500

For professional development support

Layton Boulevard West Neighbors

$960,000

To continue to serve as the lead agency in the Silver City, Burnham Park, Layton Park neighborhoods, and to coordinate the implementation of community economic development and housing action plans

LISC Milwaukee

$400,000

To support economic development, family wealth building, housing and public safety programs, and technical assistance in ZNI and other low- to moderate-income Milwaukee neighborhoods

Literacy Services of Wisconsin

$40,000

To support basic literacy education and workforce readiness skills development for adults in Milwaukee and ZNI neighborhoods

Make-A-Wish Hawaii

$100,000

To support wish granting for children diagnosed with a critical illness

Mental Health America - Hawaii

$60,000

To promote mental wellness and programs that address youth suicide and bullying

Meta House

$100,000

To support intensive residential treatment for women struggling with drug and alcohol addiction

Metro Milwaukee Mediation Services

$40,000

To support housing mediation services to prevent evictions and foreclosures

Milwaukee Center for Independence

$150,000

To support the Level-Up Program, a food service training program located at the Innovations and Wellness Commons for individuals facing employment barriers

Milwaukee Christian Center

$5,000

To support staff professional development

Milwaukee Community Business Collaborative

$75,000

To support the operation of its Financial Opportunity Center, job training, and small business development programs for residents of Lindsay Heights and surrounding neighborhoods

Milwaukee Film

$7,500

To support the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival and Minority Health Film Festival

Neu-Life Community Development

$300,000

To support Neu-Life's youth development programs in the Lindsay Heights neighborhood

North Avenue / Fond du Lac Marketplace BID 32

$50,000

To support efforts to engage local businesses and property owners and improve the North Avenue and Fond du Lac Avenue commercial corridors in Lindsay Heights

PEARLS for Teen Girls

$300,000

To support mentoring and leadership development programs for predominantly low-income, high-needs girls ages 10 to 19

Penfield Children's Center

$500,000

To support mental health services for children with emotional or behavioral challenges

Playworks

$75,000

To support safe, healthy, and inclusive play and physical activity programs for children and youth

Project Vision Hawaii

$75,000

To support programs that promote health, happiness, and dignity for all in Hawaii

Residential Youth Services and Empowerment (RYSE)

$50,000

To provide shelter, medical care, meals, and educational rehabilitation to homeless youth on Oahu

Revitalize Milwaukee

$10,000

To support the home improvement matching grant program in Clarke Square

Revitalize Milwaukee

$600,000

To support the home improvement matching program in Clarke Square; and to provide free home repairs for low-income homeowners in ZNI neighborhoods

River Revitalization Foundation

$5,000

In honor of RRF's 25th anniversary

RiverEdge Nature Center

$25,000

To support nature-based educational programs for Milwaukee youth

Riverworks Development Corporation

$50,000

To support the operation of the Financial Opportunity Center

Ronald Reagan IB High School

$25,000

To support the Vera J. Zilber Music Department

Running Rebels Community Organization

$300,000

To support programs for at-risk youth and young adults

Safe & Sound

$150,000

To support community organizing and youth engagement programs that improve the quality of life in the Clarke Square and Layton Boulevard West neighborhoods/div>

Southside Organizing Center

$50,000

To support nonpartisan, bilingual resident outreach, education, and organizing on Milwaukee's southside; and participate in housing and economic development action planning in Clarke Square and Layton Boulevard West neighborhoods

United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee (UNCOM)

$50,000

To support programs and operations

Walnut Way Conservation Corp.

$9,500

To support an organization assessment

Walnut Way Conservation Corp.

$10,000

To cultivate neighbors' skills to engage residents, grow emerging business opportunities, and stimulate economic activity within Lindsay Heights through Community Wealth Building efforts

Walnut Way Conservation Corp.

$310,000

To continue to serve as the lead agency in Lindsay Heights and coordinate community economic development and housing action planning for the neighborhood

Wisconsin Philanthropy Network

$10,000

For general operating support

Wisconsin Preservation Fund

$2,500

To support the creation and dissemination of a case study: Milwaukee INVESTS: A Model for Inclusive Development

Wisconsin Voices

$50,000

To support a Get Out the Count campaign in Milwaukee to help ensure a fair and accurate count for Census 2020

Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC)

$100,000

To support small business education and development activities in ZNI neighborhoods

Young Women's Christian Association of Oahu (YWCA)

$100,000

To support job readiness and career development programs for women