Basic Needs Giving Partnership Updates

We are excited to announce the recipients of the Basic Needs Giving Partnership’s 2024 multi-year grant awards! We are investing $2.85 million in three-year grants to 12 community partners working to advance systems change efforts across Northeast Wisconsin. Funding supports collaborative projects working toward long-lasting, equitable solutions to deep-seated community challenges…

We’re thrilled to announce our 2024 single-year grant cycle is NOW OPEN! We’re investing $2.5 million in grants to support organizations that are meeting current needs in our communities and those actively working to disrupt the policies, practices, and systems that hold poverty in place. Grants of up to $50,000 will…

Hello, We’d like to express our gratitude to all the organizations who applied for our spring multi-year cycle. We received many letters of intent and are humbled by the many ways organizations are working to address root causes of poverty in our communities. An announcement of the systems change projects that…

We’re excited to share information about our 2024 grantmaking! We’re also thrilled to have many new folks receiving this newsletter for the first time. Welcome! To share a little about ourselves, the Basic Needs Giving Partnership supports the people and places advancing equity and economic well-being for everyone in Northeast…

The Basic Needs Giving Partnership is excited to award $1.25 million in new grants to 42 organizations across Northeast Wisconsin! Grantees are working to make an impact in three priority areas — early care and education (birth to five), housing access, mental health, and substance use. They reflect organizations serving…

Basic Needs Giving Partnership has launched our newest funding opportunity! We welcome you to learn more about this grant cycle and application process by visiting the Grant Seekers section of our website. Last week, we held a grant information session and were joined by 75 participants representing nonprofits from across the region….

I have exciting news to share from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership – we’ve welcomed in our inaugural Board of Directors, released our grant guidelines, and the Board and I are thrilled to welcome our newest staff member to the team, Director of Grantmaking, Stephanie Gyldenvand! In this position, Stephanie…

The Basic Needs Giving Partnership is at a transition point. We are excited to share that in January we successfully launched a single regional organization to centralize and coordinate all of our activities. While the transition process continues, we are eager to share with you more information about what to…

U.S. Venture, along with the community foundations in the Fox Valley, Greater Green Bay, and Greater Oshkosh areas, are looking forward to an exciting 2023. As we look to the future of the Basic Needs Giving Partnership, we have much to celebrate. Most importantly, we celebrate our nonprofit partners who,…

Thank you to the over 100 nonprofits from across the region who joined information sessions about the Basic Needs Giving Partnership and recent updates to its grantmaking and strategy. During the call we provided an overview of how the partnership will be changing over the next year including adjustments to…