Over a Quarter Million Awarded!
We are proud to announce that we have awarded 39 grants totaling $266,000 to 25 local non-profit agencies for gender-responsive programs in 2011. This grant budget is the result of pooled funds from you, our supportive donors, and matching national funders. "Our investment in a diverse pool of grant partners gives greater voice and resources to some of the most under-served and isolated women in our community," said Women's Fund Executive Director Elaine Maly.
The Women's Fund believes that improving conditions for women and girls - getting at the root cause of social issues - has a ripple effect: When you invest in a woman, you invest in her family, and ultimately, her community. Grants range from $1,000 to $55,000 and support programs representing some of the best work impacting women and girls. This includes:
Our Current Grant Partners
9to5 Milwaukee
$10,000 | Social Change Grantmaking Unrestricted Support: Supports low-wage working women advocating for economic justice. Afro World Enterprises Ltd. $2,000 | African American Women's Fund Project Black Women: Standing in the Gap Project: Identifies key issues facing Milwaukee's African American women and girls regarding their health, well-being, safety and security. The Cathedral Center $2,000 | African American Women's Fund Project Women's Independence Program (WIP): Helps women in crisis move from shelter to independent housing faster through financial assistance. Cardinal Stritch University $1,000 | African American Women's Fund Project African American Leadership Program: Provides program scholarships for African American women. CORE/El Centro $20,000 | Reproductive Justice Project Proyecto Salud: Engages women as community health leaders to increase access to culturally competent reproductive health care to low income Latinas. Diverse & Resilient $20,000 | Reproductive Justice Project Reproductive Justice Initiative: Increases engagement and leadership of lesbian and bisexual women to address reproductive justice, health care, and oppression issues. $10,000 | Social Change Grantmaking $1,000 | Lesbian Fund Lesbian Health Leadership Initiative: Builds a broad network of lesbians and bisexual women, creates leadership opportunities, and moves social networks toward community action in support of lesbian issues. Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast $1,000 | Martin Granddaughter Fund Expressions of MEdia Program: Builds on the leadership journey series, "It's Your Story-Tell It!", a program that uses storytelling as a way for girls to better understand themselves and their potential. Grand Avenue Club $5,000 | Social Change Grantmaking Hearing Our Own Voices: Women's Advocacy Project: Creates resilient networks of women with mental health challenges, identifies and supports emerging leaders who are committed to influencing public policy. Growing Power $1,000 | Martin Granddaughter Fund Unrestricted Support: Provides equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food.
Her Scholarship Fund $1,000 | 2010 Lynde Uihlein Philanthropy Award (directed by honoree Pat Wilmeth) 2010 Her Scholarships: Supports college scholarships for women over 35 in financial need. Hmong American Women's Association $10,000 | Social Change Grantmaking My Confidante: Builds relationships among women that build trust and the capacity to organize around domestic violence and other issues. $10,000 | Reproductive Justice Project Anti-violence Program: Changes cultural norms in the community by working with Hmong men and Hmong media to address root causes of violence against women and children. Images of Us (IOU) Sports $1,000 | African American Women's Fund Project STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Camp: Program for middle and high school girls that combines hands-on science education and physical fitness activities to keep both mind and body engaged. $1,000 | Martin Granddaughter Fund Unrestricted Support: Provides sports education to girls with the goal of keeping girls in school and away from violence. Meta House $10,000 | Social Change Grantmaking Women's Advocacy Project: Through community education, reduces the stigma associated with women who abuse drugs and helps change the social policy that values people differently based on gender. Neu-Life Community Resource Center $10,000 | Social Change Grantmaking $1,000 | Martin Granddaughter Fund Neu-Life Achiever Program: Supports girls organizing for community improvements in a co-ed youth development program in the Lindsay Heights neighborhood. Northcott Neighborhood House $2,000 | African American Women's Fund Project "Women to Women Talking Health" Multi-Media Installation: An intergenerational, multi-media conversation among African American neighborhood women regarding healthy lifestyles. PEARLS for Teen Girls $2,000 | African American Women's Fund Project Goal Setting Program: Teaches girls that they have the power and the right to name and achieve their goals. Reproductive Justice Collective (Fiscal Sponsor: SisterSong) $55,000 | Reproductive Justice Project $10,000 | Social Change Grantmaking
$1,000 | Lesbian Fund
Unrestricted Support: Increases engagement and leadership among women of color to transform systems and policies in ways that remove intersecting barriers to good health outcomes. Sojourner Family Peace Center $1,000 | Lesbian Fund Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program: Reviews data and community feedback to better serve lesbian women who are in violent relationships. Urban Underground $2,000 | African American Women's Fund Project Sister to Sister Program: Creates a safe environment for African American teenage girls who have experienced physical abuse, sexual abuse, and self-mutilation to build positive self-images and support one another. Voces de la Frontera $10,000 | Social Change Grantmaking Unrestricted Support: Supports organizers and programs that create progress toward the passage of humane immigration reform, providing a path to legalization, protecting worker rights, and maintaining family unity. Walnut Way Conservation Corp. $2,000 | African American Women's Fund Project Lindsay Heights Food Program: Engages neighborhood women in food programs that create a culture shift toward health and well-being. The White House Project $10,000 | Social Change Grantmaking $1,000 | 2010 Lynde Uihlein Philanthropy Award (directed by honoree Heidi Retzlaff) Wisconsin Vote, Run, Lead: Fosters a truly representative democracy by giving women of all backgrounds the tools needed to take effective political action.
Wisconsin League of Young Voters (Campaign Against Violence) $10,000 | Social Change Grantmaking Unrestricted Support: Empowers young people to participate in the democratic process. Women of Color Network (Fiscal Sponsor: Sojourner Family Peace Center) $20,000 | Reproductive Justice Project Women of Color Initiative: Utilizes grassroots organizing to build the leadership capacity of women of color to expand Milwaukee's reproductive justice movement. $10,000 | Social Change Grantmaking Unrestricted Support: Organizes women of color who are active in the anti-violence movement and provides them with leadership education and opportunities to collaborate. Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee $1,000 | African American Women's Fund Project
$1,000 | Latinas en Acción
$1,000 | Lesbian Fund Reproductive Justice Project: Meets a matching grant from Groundswell's Catalyst Fund of the Tides Foundation to support Milwaukee's reproductive justice movement.
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