Our Members

88Nine RadioMilwaukee

Promotes community engagement by presenting Milwaukee's diverse music, arts, culture, and neighborhoods and community organizations through a unique, adventurous music format and community stories.

9to5 National Association of Working Women

Empowers women to become self-sufficient, speak out for workplace rights, and improve working conditions through advocacy, counseling, education, and public policy.

ACTS Community Development Corporation

An urban church alliance and micro-lender that assists large, low-income families with their efforts to make vacant, foreclosed inner-city properties livable and affordable.

American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation

Benedict Center

Enhances public safety and well-being by advocating for rational justice reform and by providing restorative alternatives to imprisonment for women, outreach, and interfaith jail ministry.

Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin

Inspires, motivates and unites a strong community of civic, business and political leaders, motorists and bicyclists to move bicycling forward in Wisconsin.

Center for Resilient Cities

Uses resilience design to build urban communities' capacity to improve their environments, citizen health, and economic opportunities.

Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund

Organizes people to make Wisconsin a better place to live and work. We hold politicians and corporations accountable to you.

Coalition for Children, Youth and Families

Serves as an umbrella over adoption and foster care in Wisconsin, offering support before, during and after the process.

Common Ground

An alliance of congregations, schools, unions, small businesses, and neighborhood groups from Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington counties seeking non-partisan power for the common good.

Cream City Foundation

Mobilizes philanthropic resources and fosters strategic collaboration and social change on behalf of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people in Southeastern Wisconsin.

Fair Wisconsin Education Fund

A statewide grassroots civic engagement organization that educates about the harms of discrimination.  Builds more inclusive communities and workplaces.

Friends of Lakeshore State Park

Dedicated to supporting the park by raising funds for educational programming, events, infrastructure and marketing, and will build memberships and strategic alliances.

Friends of Wisconsin State Parks

Preserves, protects and enhances Wisconsin State Parks, Forests, Trails and Recreation Areas for future generations.

Groundwork Milwaukee

Promotes environmental, economic and social well-being by developing community-based partnerships that empower people, businesses, and organizations to work for sustained improvements to the environment.

Growing Power

National nonprofit and land trust that supports people from diverse backgrounds by helping provide equal access to healthy, high quality, safe, and affordable food.

Hope House of Milwaukee

Provides homeless and lower-income families and individuals with shelter and supportive services in order to promote independence.

Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County (HAWS)

Strengthens the community through humane education and sharing the values of compassion and kindness. Provides shelter, rescue, adoption and spay/neuter services for animals in need.

Journey House

Offers community-based resources that increase education, reduce unemployment and crime, strengthen families and revitalize neighborhoods.

Kids Matter

Helps abused and neglected children heal and thrive through youth/community partnerships, community problem-solving and family support.  An effective voice for children.

League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County

Our non-partisan, political organization is determined to "Make Democracy Work" for all through informed involvement in the political processes that determine our quality of life.

Midwest Environmental Advocates

A non-profit, environmental law firm that supports communities working to implement and enforce environmental law and secure environmental justice.

Midwest Renewable Energy Association

Promotes renewable energy, energy efficiency and sustainable living through hands-on education for homeowners, businesses, and the green workforce.

Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services

Assists adult learners in attaining their educational and employment goals to improve their lives and their communities.

Milwaukee Community Sailing Center

Helps children realize hidden abilities and develop self-esteem with character-building programming. Engages the disabled in unique learning experiences. Promotes environmental protection.

Milwaukee Community Service Corps

Provides opportunities for primarily low-income, ethnically diverse, young adults to reshape their community and themselves through high-value work, education, job training, and career exploration.

Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity

A nonprofit home ownership ministry that builds or rehabs simple, decent and affordable homes in partnership with families in need.

Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative

Serves homeless and at-risk veterans with emergency food pantry, clothing, toiletries, furniture, household items. Assists in obtaining housing, benefits, health care and transportation. Veteran-run.  

Milwaukee LGBT Community Center

Develops our vibrant lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in the Greater Milwaukee area, thus improving the quality of life for all of us.

Milwaukee Riverkeeper

Advocates for protection of water quality and wildlife habitat in the Milwaukee River Basin and promotes public stewardship through recreational and educational activities.

NAMI Greater Milwaukee

Improves the lives of those with mental illness, their families and others touched by mental illness through education, support, and advocacy.

NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin Foundation

Supports and protects women’s fundamental right to make personal reproductive choices and access reproductive healthcare, through advocacy, education, training, organizing legal action, and public policy.

Organic Arts

A collaboration of artists who serve the community with music, storytelling, history, and science to celebrate heritage, family, social justice, environment and grassroots art.

Pan-African Community Association

Smooth adjustment and integration for refugees and immigrants through advocacy, cultural awareness and education based on African community values of family support and individual growth.

Project RETURN

Strives to help men and women who are ex-offenders receive job assistance, and provides group assistance, education needs, community service opportunities and housing.

Repairers of the Breach

Sponsors Greater Milwaukee’s only daytime homeless shelter and resource center.  Offers life-saving programs and services to the homeless.

Rethinking Schools

Advocates for quality education for all children. Publishes books and award-winning magazine. Provides a grassroots network and voice for parents, teachers, students, and community.

Sherman Park Community Association

Identify and publicize the advantages of living in Sherman Park, improve communication concerning schools, housing, public safety, business and promote innovative neighborhood projects.

Sierra Club Foundation

Fights to preserve wilderness and protect environmental quality worldwide through a combination of education, scientific research, publishing and litigation.

St. Catherine Residence

Provides safe, supportive and affordable housing for over 200 women seeking to heal, grow and reach individual goals.

Sweet Water Foundation

Supports urban agriculture such as community gardens and aquaponic systems through its training and implementation programs.

Urban Ecology Center

A community center that provides outdoor science programs for urban youth, protects and enhances public natural areas and promotes community through learning, recreation and stewardship.

Victory Garden Initiative

Empowers communities to grow their own food and helps create a secure, sovereign, socially just and sustainable food system.

Voces de la Frontera

Organizes for low-income and immigrant worker rights. Recognized as statewide leader for immigration reform that respects civil and worker rights.

Wellspring

Teaches people how to grow food organically, make healthy food choices, and see the link between healthy bodies and a healthy planet Earth.

Wisconsin Committee on Occupational Safety & Health (WisCOSH)

Educates workers, unions and the public to eliminate health and safety hazards in the workplace through advocacy, public information, and technical assistance.

Wisconsin Humane Society

Provides an animal adoption program, humane education and advocacy, veterinary services for animals from low-income households, and wildlife rehabilitation.

Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters Institute

Works to connect conservation-minded citizens with the policy making process through education, advocacy, public opinion research, and the implementation of voter participation techniques.

Zoological Society of Milwaukee County

Provides exceptional science-based educational programs to children, participates in conservation programs spanning the world, and provides support to the Milwaukee County Zoo.