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

Of $6.2 million in grants awarded during the first quarter, more than $4.2 million came from donor advised, designated and agency endowment funds.

Other grants made from the Foundation’s competitive grant process include:

$150,000
Teach for America (over three years) to launch the teacher recruitment program in Milwaukee Public Schools. The program recruits recent graduates from colleges and universities around the country, provides intensive summer training and places new teachers in the highest-need public schools. Teach for America plans to place a corps of 90 teachers in MPS schools over the next three years.

$100,000
Community Advocates (over three years) to create the Milwaukee Addiction Treatment Initiative, whose goal is to make treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse available to all Milwaukee County residents through additional financing, treatment and advocacy.

$75,000
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership (over two years) to continue to offer its range of employment and training services in construction, manufacturing and other sectors. WRTP plans to help place 135 low-income women and people of color in apprenticeship and construction jobs in 2009.