Greater Green Bay YMCA Celebrates Major Donation By Robert Kennedy
Mar 10, 2021 12:24 PM
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A generous donation from global philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has found its way to the Greater Green Bay YMCA. In December, Scott made donations to 300 charities throughout the country, including 43 YMCAs. $2 million will be given to the Greater Green Bay YMCA.
Organizations were chosen from an initial field of 6,490 nonprofit organizations vetted by a team of advisors and a national research firm. The collective impact of her transformational charitable gift was over $4.1 billion dollars. Among the many selection criteria, her team identified organizations with demonstrated impact results, organizational alignment with growing community needs, and high potential for impact.
Green Bay Packers Foundation awards $250,000 in impact grants to organizations that support children Total of 10 Brown County and Milwaukee County nonprofits to receive funds aimed at helping children Feb 03, 2021 at 09:00 AM Copied! Lambeau Field
The Green Bay Packers Foundation has awarded $250,000 in impact grants to Brown County and Milwaukee County nonprofit organizations that support children. Ten organizations, six in Brown County and four in Milwaukee County, will each receive an impact grant of $25,000.
The grants have been awarded to groups that provide childcare, mentoring services or educational support to children. With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to burden an already fragile system in many communities and creating further challenges for children and families, these grants will help provide much-needed support.