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Overview

Nonprofit Impact Initiative Fund for Leaders of Color

Funder: Brown County United Way in partnership with Greater Green Bay Community Foundation

Geographic Scope: Brown County, Wisconsin and surrounding counties (Brown, Door, Kewaunee, and Oconto counties)

Focus Areas:

  • Capacity building for nonprofit organizations

  • Strategic planning

  • Board development

  • Fundraising development

  • Website/online presence enhancement

  • Organizational sustainability
  • Eligibility:

  • Nonprofit organizations led by people of color

  • Organizations serving Brown, Door, Kewaunee, and Oconto counties

  • May also include organizations serving populations aged 60 and older (within greater Capacity Building Grants program)
  • Award Amounts:

  • Brown County United Way contributed $37,000 (2023 cycle) and $17,850 (2024 cycle) to the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation's Capacity Building Grants program specifically for organizations led by people of color

  • Individual grant amounts vary
  • Program Goals:

  • Foster diversity, equity, and inclusion in the community

  • Support organizations led by people of color

  • Ensure a more vibrant and resilient future for the entire community

  • Strengthen operational capabilities of nonprofits

  • Ensure nonprofit sustainability
  • Recent Recipients (2023):

  • Asian Corporate and Entrepreneur Leaders

  • ColorBold Business Association

  • COMSA

  • Golden House

  • Safe Shelter

  • Urban Cultural Arts and Event Center

  • We All Rise: African American Resource Center
  • Recent Recipients (2024):

  • Latino Professionals Association of NEW (LPA of N.E.W.)

  • Midwest Survivors Institute

  • Skanikulat
  • Contact Information:

  • Brown County United Way

  • 111 North Roosevelt Street

  • Green Bay, WI 54301

  • Phone: (920) 432-3393

  • Website: browncountyunitedway.org

  • For full recipient list: www.ggbcf.org
  • Background:
    This initiative represents BCUW's commitment to supporting organizations led by people of color and addressing equity in the nonprofit sector. The fund is administered through partnership with the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation.

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    Fields of Work

    nonprofitscapacity-buildingminoritiesbipocdiversity

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