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Greater Milwaukee Foundation Loans Help Revitalize 16 Small Businesses

April 5, 2025

By Karen Stokes Ebony Jennings was on a mission to restart her grandfather’s construction business which had been closed since his passing. In 2021 she founded Jennings Asphalt Contractors, a Woman-owned DBE asphalt paving and maintenance company. The Greater Milwaukee Foundation loan played a crucial role in the success of Jennings’ business. As Wisconsin’s largest […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ebony Jennings, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Karen Stokes, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp

Otto Bremer Trust Again Selects Greater Milwaukee Foundation as Philanthropic Partner for Community Responsive Fund

March 8, 2025

Foundation to distribute $3 million in grants to local nonprofits; application opens March 17 For the second consecutive year, the Otto Bremer Trust (OBT) selected the Greater Milwaukee Foundation as a philanthropic intermediary partner to administer funds through the trust’s Community Responsive Fund. The Foundation will work closely with OBT to distribute $3 million in […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Community Responsive Fund, Grants Received, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust

Cream City Foundation joins Greater Milwaukee Foundation family

July 27, 2024

Funder, advocate for LGBTQ+ priorities focused on impact, sustainable growth Milwaukee, Wis. – In a move to enhance future growth, sustainability and impact in the LGBTQ+ community it serves, Cream City Foundation has joined the Greater Milwaukee Foundation as a supporting organization. In this specialized community foundation structure, Cream City Foundation will maintain an independent board and decision-making power […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Cream City Foundation, Greater Milwaukee Foundation

Greater Milwaukee Foundation Announces Next President & CEO

June 15, 2024

Greg Wesley to continue to build on Foundation’s legacy of growth, collaboration Milwaukee, WI- The Board of Directors of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation (GMF) today announced that Greg Wesley will be the organization’s next President and Chief Executive Officer. Wesley succeeds Ellen M. Gilligan, who announced her plans to retire after more than a decade of […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Greg Wesley

Otto Bremer Trust selects Greater Milwaukee Foundation as philanthropic partner for new Community Responsive Fund

March 11, 2024

The Foundation will administer and distribute $3.5 million in grants of up to $75,000 to local nonprofits by July; application is now open Milwaukee, Wis.– The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has been selected by the Otto Bremer Trust (OBT) as a philanthropic intermediary partner to administer and distribute funds through its new Community Responsive Fund. Under […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Community Responsive Fund, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust

Greater Milwaukee Foundation Exceeds $700 Million Fundraising Goal

February 24, 2024

By Karen Stokes The Greater Milwaukee Foundation was created to cultivate the resources and partnerships essential for building a Milwaukee for all, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Greater Together Campaign surpassed its ambitious $700 million fundraising goal. Fiesha Lynn Bell, the Director of Development and Major Gifts discusses the Greater Together Campaign. “So the campaign ran […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Fiesha Lynn Bell, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Greater Together Campaign, Karen Stokes, ThriveOn Collaboration, ThriveOn King

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Statement from Ellen Gilligan and Vincent Lyles on the Legislature’s Passage of a 2023-25 State Budget

July 9, 2023

(Milwaukee, WI) We are deeply disappointed by the legislature’s decision to pass a 2023- 25 state budget that doesn’t include state funding for the proven, effective Child Care Counts program. This decision will have profound and lasting consequences for Milwaukee’s youngest children, working families, and workforce. Early childhood education (ECE) matters for the issues that […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Child Care Counts Program, Early Childhood Education, Ellen Gilligan, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Milwaukee Succeeds, Vincent Lyles

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Legislature has Opportunity for Massive Impact on Economy and Families

April 15, 2023

By Ellen M. Gilligan and Vincent Lyles With a single investment, Wisconsin leaders have an opportunity to fortify the statewide workforce over the next two years while easing unprecedented strain on a system that parents everywhere rely on to support their families and their futures. Early childhood education is the workforce behind our workforce. It […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Child Care Counts Program, Early Childhood Education, Ellen Gilligan, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Milwaukee Succeeds, Vincent Lyles

Vincent Lyles Joining Greater Milwaukee Foundation as Executive Director of Milwaukee Succeeds

December 24, 2022

Milwaukee, WI-The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has chosen Vincent Lyles to serve as the next executive director of Milwaukee Succeeds, following the retirement of longtime leader Danae Davis. Lyles will begin his new role Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. Currently, he serves as the system vice president of community relations at Advocate Aurora Health. Foundation President and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Milwaukee Succeeds, Vincent Lyles

Greater Milwaukee Foundation Making $3 Million Investment in Dr. Fuller Education Vision

July 30, 2022

Business, entrepreneurial community rally behind new facility for high-performing Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy MILWAUKEE – July 2022 – The Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy (HFCA) is pleased to announce it is receiving a $3 million investment from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, which, in alignment with several of the city’s top corporations and entrepreneurial philanthropists, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy, Grants Awarded, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Howard Fuller

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