The Zilber Foundation announces over $3 million in local grants | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Zilber Family Foundation
July 31, 2019
Zilber Family Foundation announced today that its Board of Directors awarded 23 grants totaling $3,020,000 to nonprofit organizations in Milwaukee. The grants support local organizations that deliver affordable housing and community economic development services in the Zilber Neighborhood Initiative’s (ZNI) three targeted neighborhoods. Additional grants support the Foundation’s Legacy programs, organizations focused on youth development and basic human needs citywide.
Since 2008, the Foundation has invested more than $50 million in improving the quality of life in Lindsay Heights, Clarke Square, and Layton Boulevard West through the Zilber Neighborhood Initiative. “Thanks to the good work of our nonprofit partners, together we realized significant accomplishments in the first ten years of the Initiative,” said Marcy Jackson, president of the Board of Directors. “There is still work to be done, and we remain committed to the Initiative as our primary focus for the next five years, particularly in the critical areas of housing and economic development.” The July awards are the first round of grants in support of the Foundation’s updated five-year funding strategy.
Recently awarded Zilber Neighborhood Initiative grants include:
Recently awarded Legacy grants include:
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Additional ZNI and Legacy grants were provided to Milwaukee nonprofit organizations including Artists Working in Education, Cathedral Center, Data You Can Use, LISC Milwaukee, Meta House, Milwaukee Center for Independence, North Avenue/Fond du Lac Marketplace BID #32, Penfield Children’s Center, Playworks, Riveredge Nature Center, Ronald Reagan IB High School, Safe & Sound, Wisconsin Voices, and Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corp. A complete list of grant recipients is available on the Foundation’s website.
About the Zilber Family Foundation
Formed in 1961 by Joseph J. Zilber, the Zilber Family Foundation is a private independent grantmaking institution dedicated to enhancing the well-being of individuals, families, and neighborhoods by supporting nonprofits to address basic needs and personal safety, increase access to social and economic opportunity, and improve the quality of life in neighborhoods. For more information, please visit: www.zilberfamilyfoundation.org.
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