After a global pandemic and a mass call for racial justice, the question we face is not how we rebuild Milwaukee but how we build a better Milwaukee for all.

Continuing a longstanding tradition of recognizing the commitment, talent, passion and vision of those working to strengthen the community, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has honored four local leaders with 2020 Greater Together Awards.

Editor’s note: Posts from the Community is the place for community announcements and event postings. If you have a community-oriented event you feel our readers would be interested in, please submit here. Reimagined as a three-day, fully virtual experience, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s On the Table MKE aims to bring community together this year through […]

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has received a $1 million grant to its MKE Responds Fund from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of the national philanthropy’s $50 million effort to provide humanitarian aid to help some of the families and communities feeling the greatest strain under the COVID-19 health emergency.

Community members are encouraged to apply for the two (2) newly created Community Organizer and Research Fellow opportunities! Partnering with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the Medical College of Wisconsin, the Fellows will facilitate conversations and engage with Harambee, Halyard Park and Brewers Hill residents and stakeholders.

The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and the Greater Milwaukee Foundation have established a joint vision for impact, selected a developer and announced the future neighborhood and home of their community-based partnership as it moves forward into development stage.

Philanthropic support from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation totaled more than $80 million in 2018, with grants from Wisconsin’s largest community foundation supporting a vast range of nonprofit organizations and programs in the region and beyond.