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Find similar grantsNew Business Grant (South Milwaukee) is sponsored by City of South Milwaukee (Bucyrus Foundation Grants). This grant provides one-time assistance for new and existing businesses opening a new location or expanding operations in a vacant commercial space on Milwaukee Avenue between the 800 and 1300 blocks in South Milwaukee.
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Bucyrus Foundation Grants | South Milwaukee, WI Create a Website Account - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more. Bucyrus Foundation Grants Bucyrus Foundation Grants The Bucyrus Foundation gifted the city funding to use for economic development and revitalizing the downtown district. The generous gifts is also for continuing the Foundation's civic commitment.
Several grants are available to assist businesses and enhance the city's older downtown commercial buildings, to attract people, grow businesses and create welcoming space.
CIVIC GRANT pictorial report 2023-2025 BUSINESS GRANTS pictorial report 2023-2025 This annual program allows for nonprofit organizations in the City of South Milwaukee to apply for up to $25,000 to address a community need, improve community support, solve a problem, or enrich the people of South Milwaukee. Submit a Letter of Interest to the city's economic development staff to receive preliminary approval.
Letters of Interest are due March 1st each year, emailed to elang@smwi. org . Applications are due April 30th each year Letter of Interest Information Civic Grant Program Guide Get your downtown business noticed with a pedestrian-friendly hanging blade sign.
The reimbursable grant is for up to $500 . Façade Improvement Grant This grant program is for enhancing the attractiveness of South Milwaukee's business districts and to promote commercial vitality and increase economic activity in all commercial districts.
This grant provides one-time assistance in the amount of $5,000 for new and existing businesses opening a new location or expanding operations in a vacant commercial space on Milwaukee Avenue between the 800 and 1300 blocks. Grants may be awarded prior to receiving a Certificate of Occupancy.
Storefront Activation Gran t There are many buildings in the downtown district that are non-compliant with modern building codes and that the cost of these improvements often falls to new entrepreneurs looking to establish small businesses. Through this program, the city provides matching grants to encourage interior improvements resulting in a finished or close-to finished space. Economic Development Manager
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: New and existing businesses opening a new location or expanding operations in a vacant commercial space on Milwaukee Avenue between the 800 and 1300 blocks in South Milwaukee. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $5,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
New Business Grant (South Milwaukee) is funded by City of South Milwaukee (Bucyrus Foundation Grants). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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The Greater Milwaukee Foundation distributed $96.9 million in 6,184 grants to 2,028 organizations during 2025 — its largest annual total in 110 years of operation. The foundation explicitly tied the surge to regional crises and to "significant gaps in federal funding for nonprofits affecting housing and many basic services." Education received $17.8M, Human Services $16.9M, Arts & Culture $14.2M. Roughly 71% of grant dollars stayed within the four-county service area and 82% within Wisconsin. The foundation's assets grew 57% over the past decade to $1.33 billion. The Milwaukee numbers are an early indicator of a structural shift: community foundations are being asked to absorb federal-program gaps in ways the community-foundation model was not historically designed for, and the strategic implications for nonprofits cut both ways.
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