Greater Milwaukee Foundation

Looking for someplace new to explore in MKE? Check out the newest gem in the Near West Side - Davidson Park (3725 W. Juneau Ave.)!

For the past 10 years, the Community Connections Small Grants Program has supported resident-led efforts to improve the quality of life throughout local neighborhoods.

Do you have a project for the current cycle? Be sure to attend the upcoming application assistance session on Aug. 14.

The Community Connections Small Grants Program supports resident-led efforts to improve the quality of life throughout local neighborhoods. In partnership with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Zilber Family Foundation and Northwestern Mutual, these grants (ranging from $50.00 to $600.00) fund projects, events and activities led by residents.
Learn more and apply in our website: http://www.ccsmallgrants.org/

Heads up nonprofits! If you are a regular subscriber to our funding newsletter, it should have just arrived in your inbox. Check it out! https://bit.ly/Summer2024FundingOpportunities

Exciting news to share this morning: The Cream City Foundation has joined our family as a new supporting organization! Visit our website to learn more about this new partnership.

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Happy to introduce a new addition to our Foundation Board: DeVona Wright Cottrell!

DeVona is chief legal officer and general counsel of GMR Marketing. She graduated from Jackson State University and received a JD from University of Wisconsin Law School and an MBA from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar College of Business.

She is known for her volunteer and mentorship work and has received many accolades and awards, including the 2024 Wisconsin Titan 100 Award, 2021 Milwaukee Business Journal Women of Influence Award, 2020 TEMPO Mentor Award and a Milwaukee Business Journal 2019 C-Suite Award for Best Assistant General Counsel.

DeVona is a board member and one of the 2024 United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County campaign co-chairs, serves on several other boards and committees, including the boards of Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy, TEMPO and First Federal Bank of Wisconsin.

Say hello to the new president of the Greater Cedarburg Foundation - a partner foundation of ours that has been investing in the Cedarburg area for more than 20 years.

At our annual meeting last week, Katie 'Rintelman' Pipkorn was installed as the new president of GCF.

“I am honored to step into the role of president. I look forward to serving the Cedarburg community as my parents modeled for me my entire life,” says Katie, whose father was slated to become the fourth GCF president before his unexpected passing in 2006. “I am flattered to follow in the footsteps of my dad, and I love being a part of such an amazing and generous community.”

Katie is a seventh-generation Cedarburg resident and proud CHS alumnus. Katie graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis. She holds the highest actuarial credential, FCAS, and works as a property and casualty actuary at the global consulting firm, Milliman Inc. Katie and her husband Matt have lived in Cedarburg most of their lives and currently reside in the City of Cedarburg with their family.

We're pleased to announce that Kenyatta Sinclair, our chief diversity, inclusion and organizational learning officer, is joining CFLeads Executive Leadership Institute for VPs for its 2024 - 2025 cohort!

As an ELI for VP participant, Kenyatta will assess the Greater Milwaukee Foundation's community leadership practice, exchange stories about our successes and challenges, and explore her role as a leadership team member in supporting our community leadership agenda.

Please join us in congratulating Kenyatta on this exciting next step in her community leadership journey!

We have an incredible history within the Milwaukee area and we want YOU to be a part of it! Visit our website for two current job openings and join our team!

To learn more about our grantmaking to support area nonprofits, visit our website >>> https://bit.ly/GMFGrantmaking

Hear why partners continue to place their trust in the Foundation.

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation is how Milwaukee works together.

Our late donor Lois Ehlert was a celebrated artist and writer who illustrated and wrote more than 50 books, earning a Caldecott Honor for her "Color Zoo" and wide acclaim for many others, including "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom." An exhibition of her work is on exhibit at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design's Brooks Stevens Gallery (273 E. Erie Street) through Aug. 3.

Take advantage of this great opportunity to meet our neighbors and see why MLK Drive is a great place to be!

Say hello to the newest member of our Board: David Gay!

David is managing partner of the Milwaukee Ernst & Young office. He also works as a lead audit partner and has more than 20 years of experience in accounting and auditing.

He is the board chair for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee and a board member for the United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County, the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Advanced Studies in Business and the MMAC.

Medical research is just one of many interest areas that our donors support through their charitable funds. Recently, several Foundation funds provided support to researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin to help further its cardiovascular research.

MEET THE TEAM TUESDAY:
Say hello to Yimma Davila-Castro, Milwaukee Succeeds early childhood education manager! 👋Here are some interesting facts about her:

📝 Yimma started at the Foundation in March.

📝 She is from Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, México.

📝 In her role, Yimma leads the Milwaukee Early Childhood Education Coalition, collaborating with parents, educators, and partners to set up every child for success. This is achieved by building a collaboration directly from the expertise of our partners and creating strategic goals that will support ECE educators for a better and more equitable early childhood education sector for Milwaukee.

📝 What excites her most about working at the Foundation is the opportunity to be a part of a team that collaborates to make systemic changes in her community.

📝 Growing up, she wanted to be a teacher.

📝 Her first job was making and selling pizzas with her sister in high school.

📝 Yimma is happiest when spending quality time with her family, especially during a cookout.

📝 The most unusual or interesting job she's had is when she worked at a tanning salon.

Catch this incredible exhibit, funded in part by our Fund for the Arts and Jean Hutchison Arts Fund, before it closes on July 28!

Thank you to for featuring “25 Million Stitches: One Stitch, One Refugee” in its July issue! The exhibit is up through July 28th.

This month we welcome a new committed civic leader to our Foundation Board: Rebeca Lopez!

Rebeca is a member of Godfrey & Kahn's Labor, Employment & Immigration Law Practice Group. She attended Marquette University and Marquette University Law School, graduating magna cm laude.

She serves on the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast board, is an appointee to Gov. Evers’ Judicial Selection Advisory Committee and is the recent past president of the Centro Legal board. She has also been recognized as a Wisconsin Rising Star by Super Lawyers and is a recipient of the GiveHER award from Milwaukee’s PowHER Network and the Howard B. Eisenberg Service Award from Marquette University Law School.

Just in time for summer, thanks to a grant from the Greater Cedarburg Foundation, one of our partner foundations.

The playground is here! This is the first glimpse of Portlight Shelter's new and improved backyard. Thanks to the Greater Cedarburg Foundation, the kiddos in our program will have an amazing summer!

Have you ever wished your organization had more information or data about your work or the people you serve? Data You Can Use - through its Data Dream program - helps organizations move beyond limitations created by a lack of information or limited capacity to interpret data already collected. Data Dream finalists will present at Data Day and winners will be announced. https://bit.ly/DataDream2024application

DEADLINE: July 19.

Happy workiversary to the following employees who this month celebrate another trip around the sun as part of our Foundation family!
🎉July 1: Kristin Kappelman (Milwaukee Succeeds) - 3 yrs
🎉July 10: Becca Mader (Marketing & Communications) - 18 yrs
🎉July 11: Michelle Burton (Operations) - 2 yrs; Drexel Perry (HR) - 2 yrs
🎉July 13: Amy James - (HR) - 9 yrs
🎉July 25: Zipporah Turnbull (ThriveOn Collaboration) - 2 yrs

The Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Export Fund's summer cycle is open! ✈️ 💼 The fund provides greater visibility for individual artists and their work as well as for greater Milwaukee by helping visual artists with the cost of exhibiting their work outside the four-county area.

For information and guidelines, visit https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/content/mary-l-nohl-suitcase-export-fund-guidelines-application

MEET THE TEAM TUESDAY:
Say hello to Cydney Key, senior director of ThriveOn King guest experience and strategic partnerships ! 👋Here are some interesting facts about her:

📝 Cydney started at the Foundation in 2023.

📝 She is from Florida.

📝 In her role, Cydney collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to activate the first floor community hub at ThriveOn King. She says it’s a beautiful intersection of partnership, activation and impact led by community vision and priorities.

📝 What excites her most about working at the Foundation is the opportunity to make real world impact on a daily basis and the wonderful people that she gets to work alongside at the Foundation and in community.

📝 Growing up, she wanted to be a paleontologist (she was the dinosaur kid!)

📝 Her first job was as an ice cream dipper at a popular Orlando theme park.

📝 Cydney is happiest when spending time with her family and in nature.

📝 One thing that remains on her bucket list is to travel to Senegal and, while there, visit the ocean, practice Wolof and haggle at the Sandaga market.

📝 The most unusual or interesting job she's had is this one! There's never the same day twice, Cydney says.

For the past five years, Catina Harwell-Young has been an incredible colleague, contributor and leader on our Milwaukee Succeeds team, helping drive efforts to rethink how we lead and support the systems change work needed to improve educational outcomes in Milwaukee. We're thrilled to see her in this new role! https://www.milwaukeesucceeds.org/news/catina-harwell-young-promoted-to-deputy-director?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2G7OeeZXSaZkNm61Wp6FAChxHP5hyin_cVTjn-F9TDUNb9q_pvXei-J_8_aem_R47qFXBJ6tK_cAwtIdVaTA

The Nonprofit Management Fund believes that strong nonprofits build strong communities. It is designed to accelerate the effectiveness of nonprofits to build strong and vibrant communities by providing capacity-building technical assistance grants to organizations within the four-county area. The deadline for its latest grant cycle is this Friday. Visit nonprofitmanagementfund.org for full details.

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Our ThriveOn Small Business Loan Program closes tomorrow! Don't sleep on this opportunity! bit.ly/ThriveOnSmallBusinessLoans

How sweet it is to be able to partner with so many incredible small businesses and nonprofits in our area on our events! Shout-out to the following groups who helped us bring our A Milwaukee for All event to life in June in such an extraordinary way:

Entertainment: Amira “The Poet” Adams & Panadanza Dance Company
ASL Interpretation: Professional Interpreting Enterprise
Food: Turning Tables MKE
Beverage: Concoctions
Dessert: Antigua Catering & Events and Turning Tables MKE
Tables:
Floral and décor: The Main Event - Party and Event Planning, LLC
AV: Studio Gear LLC
Photography: Jim Moy
Valet service: Luxury Valet
Swag:
▪️ Branded cookies: Kiki's Sweet Treats & Events, LLC
▪️ Mugs: 4 Imprint
▪️ Tea bags: HoneyBee Sage Wellness
▪️ Gift bags: Main Event Planners

Is your business in need of capital (for equipment and supplies, debt finance, building improvements, payroll assistance, and business-related transportation vehicle?)

Has it been in business for 2 or more years and has a physical space in Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, or Waukesha counties?

Learn about our ThriveOn Small Business Loan opportunity - deadline to apply is Monday, July 8!
https://bit.ly/ThriveOnSmallBusinessLoans

Our Frank Kirkpatrick Award, given out annually since 1988, honors individuals who have brought about significant physical improvement to the community.

We celebrate Ernesto and Olivia Villarreal, owners of El Rey Foods with the award this year for the impact their business has had on the landscape and feel of the Clarke Square corridor.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/2023KirkpatrickAward