Greater Green Bay Community Foundation awards $215,000+ to nonprofit organizations

Nick Witwer
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials with the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation say they have awarded over $215,000 worth of grants to nonprofit organizations throughout Brown, Kewaunee, and Oconto counties.

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According to a release, a total of $215,700 was raised and awarded to 26 different nonprofits during the Funds for Greater Green Bay winter grant cycle.

Officials say the grants are awarded with the aim of improving the quality of life throughout the Greater Green Bay community with the latest grant cycle funding the revitalization of the Oneida language, efforts to reopen and restore Green Lake Park, and many other projects set on increasing personal and public safety, providing stable housing, and supporting individual well-being.

“The breadth of these investments reflects our support of organizations and initiatives of all sizes that are making our community more inclusive and resilient. The Community Foundation is committed to identifying and supporting organizations both established and emerging doing a variety of work across the community.”

Kari Olsen

The 26 nonprofit programs and initiatives that were recipients of a winter 2024 Funds for Greater Green Bay grant are as follows:

  • Alpha Phi Alpha Delta Chi Lambda Foundation | Youth Mentoring & Literacy Programs

  • American Red Cross – Northeast Wisconsin Chapter | Sound the Alarm, Save a Life

  • Bay Area Council on Gender Diversity | General Operating Support

  • Brain Center of Green Bay | Education and Outreach Programming

  • Casa ALBA Melanie | Amigas Circle- Corazones Jovenes y Alegre

  • Center for Childhood Safety | Child Passenger Safety

  • Centro de Actividades y Servicios Altruistas | Wraparound Program

  • City of Green Bay | Green Bay Conservation Corps Rain Garden Installation

  • Compress and Shock Foundation | National CPR and AED Education Day

  • COMSA | General Operating Support

  • Ecumenical Partnership for Housing | Eviction Prevention Program

  • Exceptional Equestrians | Hippotherapy

  • Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin | Sexual Assault Center Victim Support

  • Golden House | Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention & Response

  • Heritage Hill | Historic Interpretation Enhancements

  • JOSHUA | Housing Advocacy Initiative

  • The Lakes Community Health Center | NorthLakes Community Health Worker

  • Latino Professionals Association of NEW | Programming

  • Leadership Oconto County Incorporated | Leadership Oconto County

  • Midsummer’s Music | String Quartet Residency Program

  • Mountain Historical Society | Reopen and Restore Green Lake Park

  • Options for Independent Living | Adaptive Recreation Program

  • Skanikulat | Digital Pathways to Language Revitalization

  • Sleep in Heavenly Peace | No Kid Sleeps on the Floor in Our Town

  • Ukwakhwa | Ukwakhwa

  • Unity Hospice | Pet Therapy

Officials say Community Foundation grants are awarded based on a competitive application with reviews being made by a grants team of volunteers. During this cycle, a record 81 nonprofit organizations were said to have applied for funding, reflecting the high level of need within the community.

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Each year the Funds for Greater Green Bay grants programs run two application cycles. The next cycle is scheduled to open on May 1, 2024, and run through July 1, 2024.

For more information on the grant programs and the grant application process, click here.

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