Grants List
Our board reviews grant proposals at least three times annually. Here are the grants we have made to date, including discretionary grants made by our Board, which may or may not align with our stated focus areas.
Meaningful work
2021
CEOs of Tomorrow - Capacity Building - $150,000 over 3 years
Collaboration for Good - Capacity Building - $70,000 over 2 years
Urban League of Greater Madison - Black Business Accelerator - $200,000
Latino Chamber of Commerce - Capacity Building - $150,000 over 3 years
2020
Common Wealth Development - Capacity Building - $50,000
2019
We Care for Dane Kids - Capacity Building - $50,000
Doyenne Group - Seed Grant - $15,000
Common Wealth Development - Capacity Building - $50,000
YWCA Madison, Amplify Madison - Program Restricted - $65,000
Forward Community Investments - Loan - $300,000
2018
CEOs of Tomorrow - Capacity Building - $150,000 over 3 years
Doyenne Group - Capacity Building - $70,000 over 2 years
StartingBlock Madison - Capacity Building - $60,000
Veteran Labs Wisconsin - Seed Grant - $15,000
Education for work and life
2021
Operation Fresh Start - Capacity Building - $210,000 over 3 years
Maydm - Evaluation Support - $25,000
Re-balanced Life Wellness Association - Perry Family Free Clinic - $150,000k
Kids Forward - Juvenile Justice Programming support - $100,000 over 3 years
2020
Simpson Street Free Press - Program Support - $60,000 over 2 years
2019
Maydm - Capacity Building - $180,000 over 3 years
Madison Youth Arts Center - $150,000 for Capital Campaign
Edgewood College SISL - Seed Grant - $13,365 for Darbo Neighborhood Leadership Institute
conNEXTions - Capacity Building - $30,000
Re-balanced Life Wellness Association - Capacity Building - $50,000
Sidekick Education - Seed Grant - $15,000
2018
Operation Fresh Start - Capacity Building - $260,000 over 3 years
Danville Area Community College - Capacity Building and Scholarships - $100,000
Mentoring Positives - Capacity Building - $30,000 over 2 years
Connections to nature
2021
Clean Lakes Alliance - Capacity Building - $192,000 over 3 years
Driftless Area Land Conservancy - Seed Grant - $15,000
Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin - Seed Grant - $15,000
2020
Groundswell Conservancy - Capacity Building - $60,000 over 2 years
2019
Foundation for Dane County Parks - Capacity Building - $90,000 over 3 years
Rooted - Capacity Building - $20,000
Camp Manito-Wish YMCA - Leadership Program - $30,000
2018
Aldo Leopold Nature Center - Capacity Building - $200,000 over 3 years
Ice Age Trail Alliance - Seed Grant - $15,000
Clearwater Camp - Capacity Building - $30,000
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks - Capacity Building - $25,000
Board Discretionary Grants
2021
Children’s Community School - Capital Campaign - $130,000
American Red Cross - Hurricane Ida Relief - $15,000
Lighthouse School - $15,000
2020
NewBridge Madison - Covid-19 - $15,000
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County - Covid-19 - $15,000
St. Vincent de Paul - Covid-19 - $15,000
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center - General Support - $7,500
Danville Area Community College - Cole-Mason Scholarship Fund - $10,000
Wisconsin Philanthropy Network - Impact Investing Programming - $15,000
Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies at UW Madison - Unrestricted - $30,000 over 3 years
2019
Mt Horeb Veterans Memorial Association - Challenge Grant - $15,000
New Glarus Library Fund - Challenge Grant - $30,000
Monroe Street Arts Center - Capital Campaign - $5,000
Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Badgerland - CampBUILD - $15,000
Children’s Community School - General Support - $15,000
Social Venture Partners Portland - General Support - $10,000
2018
Schumacher Farm Park - General Support - $7,500
Outdoors Empowered Network - General Support - $5,000
Belleville Public Library - Challenge Grant, New Library Fund - $150,000
Waunakee Public Library - Capital Campaign - $7,500
Urban Rural Action - General Support - $5,000
Madison Area Parent Support (MAPS) - General Support - $15,000
Mt Horeb Area Economic Development Corporation - General Support - $10,000
2016
Mount Horeb Area Historical Society - Challenge Grant, “Driftless Historium” - $850,000