Kids Fund Grants in 2023
Child & Family Development Committee
Affordable Dental Care: $3,000 to fund free dental kits at local day care and elementary schools.
Deerfield Community Center: $2,000 to promote inclusion and education on mental health, healthy eating and youth sports.
Elver Park Neighborhood Center: $5,000 for summer activities for 50 elementary school-aged students.
Explore Children’s Museum, Sun Prairie: $1,000 to provide free admission to children and caregivers.
Family Service Madison: $3,000 for counseling to children with mental health and behavioral disorders.
Get Kids Outside: $4,500 toward supplies for ten events at an outdoor classroom.
Guardian Whiskers: $2,000 for its book buddies reading program.
Little Picassos: $2,000 for free arts enrichment programming.
Madison Area Urban Ministry: $5,000 for support programming for children impacted by parental incarceration.
Madison Reading Project: $3,000 toward early childhood literacy programs.
Mosaicos Cultural Enrichment: $5,000 in support programs for children living in Bayview Heights.
Neighborhood House Community Center: $3,000 for its youth summer camps.
Pierre Outreach Services Safe Home: $2,500 to support a program aimed at helping mothers raise healthy children.
Prairie Music and Arts: $3,000 for music and visual arts activities for youth in grads 2-12.
River Food Pantry: $3,000 to purchase biodegradable food packaging in distributing food to needy young people.
Road Home Dane County: $5,000 for its children’s activities fund serving 50 children.
Rooted: $5,000 toward the Troy Kids’ Garden to acquaint up to 700 youth with growing food.
Project Babies Play, Learn Grow Family Support Services: $3,000 for the expansion of Family Support Services through the interactive and educational play experiences offered through “Building Better Brains Through Play” and our Community Baby Showers.
Vera Court Neighborhood Center: $3,000 for its afterschool program for up to 30 students.
Developmental Disabilities Committee
ARTS for ALL Wisconsin: $3,500 to support its programs involving artwork and poetry for residents with disabilities.
Autism Society of South Central Wisconsin: $5,000 for programs helping families deal with autistic children.
Easter Seals Wisconsin: $5,000 to provide camperships to low-income Dane County children with disabilities.
Famous in Madison Youth Arts and Media Production: $5,000 to teach arts and media works to special education youth.
Jewish Federation of Madison: $5,000 for Camp Shalom scholarships for children with developmental disabilities.
Madison Ice: $3,500 for programs offering skating and hockey programs for disabled youth.
Madison Parks Foundation: $3,000 for programs aimed at park experiences for children with disabilities.
Monroe Street Arts Center: $5,000 for its Sensory Friendly Arts Studio serving up to 340 K-5 children.
Parents and Children in Action: $5,000 for programs to include children with disabilities in cooking, gardening, biking.
Sun Prairie Parks, Recreation and Forestry: $5,000 for its Parker’s Pals therapeutic recreation program.
Three Gaits: $5,000 for its therapeutic horsemanship center.
United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Dane County: $5,000 for its inclusive care for all program.
Yoga Accessible for All: $5,000 for specialized classes for school-aged kids on then Autism Spectrum.
Youth Development Committee
Access Community Health: $2,000 toward expanding its book program for children 9-15 years old.
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County: $2,500 for its Ready Scholars program.
Cambridge Youth Center: $2,500 to fund summer programming at the center.
Centro Hispano: $4,000 involving Latinx youth in professional experiences in fields of their interest.
CEOs of Tomorrow: $2,000 for its teen mentor programs.
Children’s Theater of Madison: $2,000 for its mentoring program from teaching artists.
Climb USA: $3,000 for its program acquainting 25 new Madison students with stock market experience.
Cultural Connections: $2,000 for projects by BIPOC and LGBTQ artists involving incarceration impact on children.
East Madison Community Center: $3,000 for children’s academic improvement through minority mentors.
Family Service Madison: $3,000 for its steps to success climbing wall project.
First Tee-South Central Wisconsin: $3,000 toward its fall learning center programs.
Goodman Community Center: $3,000 to assist 20 high school students with college applications.
Horizon High School: $1,500 toward its summer school for disadvantaged teens in addiction recovery.
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin: $2,000 for its Career Pathways project for economically disadvantaged students.
Kennedy Heights Neighborhood Association: $3,000 toward its youth wellness and nutrition education programming.
Madison Children’s Museum: $2,000 for its youth business mentoring programs.
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: $2,000 for its teen forum on contemporary art.
Madison Parks Foundation: $3,000 to help create a safe place for 150 youth to gather in Warner Park.
Madison Public Library Foundation: $4,000 for its making justice program aimed at court-involved teens.
Madison Urban Ministry: $2,500 for a bakery training program for youth at-risk of the justice system.
Make-A-Wish Wisconsin: $1,000 toward its wishes come true project.
McFarland Youth Center: $1,200 toward its after-school and summer healthy snack and nutrition program.
Neighborhood House Community Center: $3,000 for its leadership and team-building summer experiences.
Oregon Youth Center: $2,000 for its summer youth programming.
Pierre Outreach Services NaSafe Home: $2,000 toward addressing challenges facing Black girls and their families.
REAP Food Group: $1000 to assist in transforming communities, economies and lives through the power of good food.
Simpson Street Free Press: $3,500 for its academic support programming.
Sun Prairie Jazz: $500 to help support the jazz ensemble’s participation in a New York festival.
Theresa Terrace Neighborhood Center: $2,000 to expand its Back2School block party.
Vera Court Neighborhood Center: $2,000 to a middle school summer camp on entrepreneurial business.
Wheels for Winners: $2,000 to its efforts to provide safe and positive cycling experiences.
YWCA Madison: $3,800 for its teen zone program serving youth in emergency shelter.