2020 Grants From the Community Impact Fund
In 2020, Madison Community Foundation awarded 494,000 in grants to 10 nonprofits throughout the Madison area.
Helping Parents Manage Virtual School
$50,000 to the Urban League of Greater Madison to expand its Parent Instructional Support Program, which provides help to families trying to navigate virtual schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bridging the WiFi Gap for MMSD Families
$50,000 to Madison Metropolitan School District to help provide WiFi hotspots to families lacking reliable internet access, making virtual learning possible for those students.
Preparing Pantries for Winter
$50,000 to Middleton Outreach Ministry, St. Vincent de Paul, The River Food Pantry, and Badger Prairie Needs Network to help build heated, permanent outdoor structures to continue the safe distribution of much-needed food and other supplies throughout the winter.
Helping One City School Find Room to Grow
$50,000 to One City Schools to secure space for the expanding One City Elementary School, a tuition-free public charter school working to bridge the achievement gap in education, currently serving children in 4K through 2nd grade.
Supporting the Overture Center and its Resident Companies
$100,000 challenge grant to support the Overture Center’s10 resident companies during this period where the pandemic has eliminated the ability to have live performances.
Supporting Black Male Mentorship
$25,000 to Omega School to pilot an educational pathway project that supports completion of a GED and matriculation at Madison College.
Helping Nonprofits Tap Into Federal Relief Funds
$50,000 to hire Scholz Nonprofit Law to help area nonprofit organizations navigate the requirements and application process for federal relief funds provide through the CARES Act.
Providing Grantwriting Assistance to Nonprofit Organizations
$25,000 to hire grantwriting consultants to work with nonprofit agencies to help them apply for regional and national pandemic relief grants.
Building a Space to Better Support Black Youth and Families
$25,000 to Urban Triage to help build out a new culturally sound, welcoming and creative space on Madison’s South Side.
Making Sure Everyone Counts
$69,000 for Census Outreach to people in vulnerable communities to help ensure that the counts for Dane County are as accurate as possible. Funding went to several community centers during the pre-pandemic push, and to support the outreach efforts of the Latino Workforce Academy, African American Council of Churches, and Freedom Inc.
