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Find similar grantsCream City Foundation 2025 Community Grants is sponsored by Cream City Foundation. The Cream City Foundation 2025 Community Grants are awards from the Cream City Foundation that fund nonprofit organizations working to advance inclusion, equity, and well-being for LGBTQ+ communities in the Greater Milwaukee region.
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Grantmaking — Cream City Foundation : Cream City Foundation Continuing Cream City Foundation's Legacy of Impact with a New Era of Community Grants Since 1982, Cream City Foundation has strengthened the Greater Milwaukee region’s nonprofit ecosystem through philanthropy, partnership, and community connection.
Over the years, the Foundation has worked to address the economic, health, safety, and equity barriers that limit full inclusion and acceptance for LGBTQ+ communities. Rather than focusing on a single issue, Cream City Foundation supports whole lives—helping ensure LGBTQ+ individuals have the resources, opportunities, and community support needed to thrive.
At the heart of this work is a commitment to building a Greater Milwaukee region that respects, embraces, and celebrates its multifaceted, multigenerational LGBTQ+ community. Through strategic generosity, convening, and collaboration, the Foundation works to nurture the LGBTQ+ community, empower its initiatives, and engage allies in advancing shared progress.
Cream City Foundation’s grants program supports organizations serving the LGBTQ+ community in the Greater Milwaukee region, with a particular emphasis on uplifting LGBTQ+ people of color and members of the transgender community . Priority is given to smaller, grassroots organizations that are closely connected to the communities they serve and often underrepresented in traditional funding spaces.
Click Here to Apply for our 2026 Grant Program (Applications open April 13th) Grants are awarded to non-profit organizations, designated as tax-exempt by the Internal Revenue Service, or occasionally, to select government agencies. Grants will not be made to individuals.
Priority will be given to projects pertaining to: Serve the LGBTQ+ community in the Greater Milwaukee region Uplift and center LGBTQ+ people of color and members of the transgender community Are led by or closely connected to the communities they serve Are implemented by smaller, grassroots organizations Support organizations and initiatives that are often underrepresented in traditional funding spaces Average grant awards range from $2,500 to $5,000, the program aims to provide meaningful, flexible support to organizations as described above.
Cream City Foundation’s grantmaking is guided by a volunteer board of directors comprised of individuals representative of the LGBTQ+ community. Board members bring a wide range of experience in business, philanthropy, and community leadership.
Grant proposals are reviewed by a committee of the board, with funding decisions informed by the Foundation’s mission and priorities, the potential benefit to LGBTQ+ communities in the Greater Milwaukee region, and the availability of funds. These conversations also help inform the Foundation’s learning and strengthen future grantmaking.
Participation in the mid-year check-in is expected for organizations seeking to remain eligible for future funding. April 13: Grant application opens May 15 @ 11:59 PM : Grant application closes Cream City Foundation will review online proposals. All applicants receive written notification of the final decision within two weeks of decision.
Grant decisions are expected in late Summer 2026. Grants Applications Open Until May 15th @ 11:59 PM Start Application Process (GMF Grants Portal)
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Nonprofit organizations in Southeastern Wisconsin. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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The Fund for Women & Girls Grant Program is sponsored by The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC). The Fund for Women & Girls, an initiative of TFEC, makes grants to local nonprofit organizations in specific South Central PA counties. The grants support projects that advance the lives of women and girls by providing opportunities to address basic needs, develop economic self-sufficiency, and strengthen health and safety needs.
VGF grants will be used to develop and/or support community-based entities to recruit, manage, and support volunteers. CNCS seeks to fund effective approaches that expand volunteering, strengthen the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit and retain skill-based volunteers, and develop strategies to use volunteers effectively to solve problems. Specifically, the VGF grants will support efforts that expand the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit, manage, support and retain individuals to serve in high quality volunteer assignments.Applicants that receive funding under this Notice may directly carry out the activities supported under the award, or may carry out the activities by making sub-grants to community-based entities, supporting volunteer generation at these entities.). Funding Opportunity Number: AC-05-25-21. Assistance Listing: 94.021. Funding Instrument: G. Category: O. Award Amount: $6.1M total program funding.