GMF: Cycle 1

Overview

_NOTE:_ _Here are the pages for [Cycle 3](), [Cycle 2 - Project Support](), [Cycle 2 - General Operating Support]() and [Cycle 2 - Capital Support]()._

Cycle 1

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s discretionary grantmaking supports projects and programs that align with priorities that support our strategic vision of creating a Milwaukee for all.

Funding Priorities

* Arts and Culture – Visual, performing, and multidisciplinary arts, and arts education
* Basic Needs – Food access and distribution and temporary shelter support
* Housing – Quality affordable housing, pathways to homeownership, and eviction prevention
* Physical Health – Access to affordable, culturally responsive integrative care that fulfills unmet health needs.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Who may apply:
* 501(c)(3) organizations and, on occasion, governmental agencies
* An organization that is not a 501c3 may be eligible to apply if it is able to secure a fiscal sponsor agreement with an otherwise eligible organization.
* View our fiscal sponsor agreement for more information.
* Eligible nonprofits must have board membership that is at least 10 percent people of color.
* The term “people of color” refers to African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans and all other persons who are not categorized as white.
* Organizations that provide programs/projects that support Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha counties.
* Type of funding available:
* Project support
* General operating support
* Capital support
* For the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s grant cycles, we only accept one application per organization per grant cycle.

Ineligibility

* What the Foundation does not fund:
* Individuals
* Debt reduction or agency endowments
* Sectarian organizations for religious purposes
* For-profit organizations 
* Partisan political activities