2009 Grant Allocations
Organization	Amount	Source	Purpose	Description
9to5 Milwaukee	$10,000	Social Change Progam	Low Income Women Organizing for Change	Strengthens the ability of low-income women to advocate for economic justice issues including access to better paying jobs, family-flexible benefits, and equity in the stimulus movement.
Afro World Enterprise LTD	$1,500	African American Women's Fund Project	Women's Health and Wellness Program	Women's Health and Wellness program that provides a unique experience for women to learn about health and wellness issues they may be experiencing personally or in their families.
Benedict Center	$10,000	Social Change Progam	Transformers	Offer real opportunities for change to women in conflict with the law while advocating for fundamental systemic change in the criminal justice system.
Cardinal Stritch University	$2,500	African American Women's Fund Project	African American Leadership Program	Scholarships for African American women to participate in program designed to clarify who they are as leaders and to strengthen their leadership acumen.
CORE/El Centro	$10,000	Social Change Progam	Proyecto Salud	Help women gain and hold the locus of control for the health of their community by providing training and mentoring, enabling women to grow in confidence and strengthen their voice as health promoters and health mentors.
	$20,000	Reproductive Justice Donors Learning Circle
	$3,500	Latinas en Acción	General Operating	Center where healing and transformation occur daily for individuals, families and the community.
Diverse & Resilient	$10,000	Social Change Progam	Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Leadership Initiative	Continuation of a lesbian and bisexual women's health leadership initaitive that will increase health leadership, engage and empower women, and lead to sustainable collaborations and programs that will address lesbian and bisexual women's health disparities.
	$23,000	Reproductive Justice Donors Learning Circle
	$1,500	African American Women's Fund Project	African American Lesbian Leadership Project	Engage African American lesbian and bisexual women in health awareness projects that move women from friendship and social network connectedness to community organizing.
	$4,000	Lesbian Fund
Dominican Center for Women, Inc.	$2,000	African American Women's Fund Project	Adult Education Program-Write their own stories	Participants will record their life stories and convert them into published books.  This will affirm the participants as individuals and invite them to envision a brighter future and face that future with renewed hope.
Educators Network for Social Justice	$250	Latinas en Acción	General Operating	Network of practicing educators promoting pro-justice curricula and policies so that all students in the Milwaukee area are better served.
The Healing Center	$2,500	Latinas en Acción	General Operating	Offers sexual abuse and assault survivors and their loved ones opportunities for healing through support, advocacy and community education.
Hmong American Women's Association, Inc.	$20,000	Reproductive Justice Donors Learning Circle	Viv Ncause/Sisterhood Project	Develop a core grop of Hmong leaders with a shared analysis of domestic violence in the Hmong community and increase awareness of the issue as harmful to women and girls.  This project is specifically concerned with domestic violence resulting from international marriage issues.
Hunger Task Force	$1,000	African American Women's Fund Project	General Operating	Purchase baby formula.
Images of Us (IOU) Sports	$1,000	African American Women's Fund Project	Social Media Through Sports	Produce community television sports news and highlight show to provide coverage of girls and women's sports at a level that reflects the actual existence of women's sports; and to educate the community about the issues surrounding women's sports to create social change through health and fitness to careers.
	$10,000	Social Change Progam	General Operating	To provide sports education, fitness opportunities, career information , and support to girls and women who participate in sports.  The goals are to develop resilient girls, create sustained increase in daily physical activity, and encourage girls to explore sports related careers.
	$2,120	Lesbian Fund
The Joy House	$1,000	African American Women's Fund Project	General Operating	Shelter that supports women and girls.
King Advisory Inc.	$1,000	African American Women's Fund Project	Workshop for African American Girls with an incarcerated parent "It's a Girl Thing…"	Conduct an all day retreat for 100 girls eleven to eighteen years of age with workshops conducted by African American female elected officials that will build young women as leaders in politics for the future.
Loyola Academy (Council for the Spanish Speaking, Inc.)	$1,325	Latinas en Acción	S.A.L.S.A. Club for Young Ladies	Strengthening Adolescent Latinas Socially and Academically (SALSA) Program focuses on facilitating interactive sessions during and after school for students to learn to develop personal responsibility for their own actions in regards to sexual activity to prevent pregnancy and to protect themselves against HIV/STI's.
Meta House	$10,000	Social Change Progam	Women’s Advocacy Project	Continue to reduce the stigma associated with women who abuse drugs by challenging views that deny women access to treatment and help change the social policy that differently values people based on gender.
Milwaukee Islamic Da’wa Center	$1,500	African American Women's Fund Project	Sisters with Focus	Cover expenses for peer-led life skills intervention program for 35 teen girls that will be led by Peer Ambassadors.  Teens and their mothers will receive health and educational resource information.
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center	$2,000	Lesbian Fund	LBT Breast Health Initiative	The goal of the Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Breast Health Initiative (LBT BHI) is to increase positive health outcomes in the LBT community of southeastern Wisconsin. Research has shown that LBT women are at an increased risk for breast cancer, primarily due to barriers such as access to care.
Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition	$2,000	African American Women's Fund Project	Promoting Responsible Decisions Amongst Female Somali Bantu Youth	Assist female Somali Bantu youth to recognize and incorporate into their daily lives nationally recognized standards for healthy living and healthy relationships, in order to help them successfully assimilate and thrive in American society.
	$23,800	Reproductive Justice Donors Learning Circle
MRA Charities - 1290 Christmas Family Feast	$1,000	African American Women's Fund Project	Community Meal	Christmas Day meal
My Home, Your Home	$1,000	African American Women's Fund Project	Lissy's Place	18-25 year-old women and girls living outside the foster care system.
New Concept Self Development Center, Inc.	$1,000	African American Women's Fund Project	Only Postitive Females Career Day	Provide girls age 13-17 an opportunity to work with adult role models on a one-on-one basis.
Pearls For Teen Girls, Inc.	$2,500	African American Women's Fund Project	Community Leadership Initiative	600 middle and high school girls will work collectively to identify issues and challenges in their communities, and then plan, organize and execute specific community action projects.
Reproductive Justice Collective	$10,000	Social Change Program	General Operating	Organizing led by individual women of color and organizations working on reproductive justice--the intersection of reproductive and sexual health issues with other justice issues--the full achievement and protection of human rights.
	$2,500	African American Women's Fund Project
	$3,500	Latinas en Acción
	$4,000	Lesbian Fund
	$42,200	Reproductive Justice Donors Learning Circle
Rosalie Manor Community & Family Services	$1,000	African American Women's Fund Project	Baby Be Safe	Empower teen parents to develop assets to form safe, healthy families, and avoid repeat teen pregnancies.
St. Mark AME	$2,500	African American Women's Fund Project	"Making the Mark' Health and Wellness Center	Develop exercise and strength training classes for 25 girls and women who do not readily have access to this type of resource.
UMOS	$1,000	African American Women's Fund Project	Job Center Central: Women in Transition --Addressing Quality of Life	Address quality of life with African American women (and their children) who participate in workforce development programs via workshops.  Participants will identify positive changes in their quality of life and self-assess as feeling more empowered to gain more control over their futures.
	$324.50	Latinas en Acción	Brides Walk Against Domestic Violence Community Organizing Project	Enage the Latino community more actively in understanding the issue of domestic violence and its impact on and in the community.
Voces de la Frontera	$10,000	Social Change Progam	General Operating	Engaging women and men in immigration issues including American born women and other communities of color through education and organizing strategies.
	$3,500	Latinas en Acción
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts	$1,325	Latinas en Acción	General Operating	Supports visual and performing arts and learning in a multicultural environment.
White House Project	$10,000	Social Change Progam	Wisconsin Vote, Run, Lead	A training program that fosters a truly representatiave democracy by giving women of all backgrounds the tools to take effective political action.
Wisconsin Apprentice Organizers Project	$10,000	Social Change Progam	General Operating	Works to build a strong culture of diverse grassroots community organizing for social, economic, racial and environmental justice in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation	$2,500	African American Women's Fund Project	Make Your Money Talk	Financial awareness education programming that offers workshops and a matched savings account.