Kids Fund Grants in 2024
Child & Family Development Committee
Affordable Dental Care — $3,000 to fund reduced fee services to underserved children in Dane County.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority — $2,000 for its childhood hunger initiative.
Bayview Foundation — $3,000 for its elementary after-school programs.
Bikes for Kids — $3,000 toward its spring bike give-away program.
CLIMB USA — $3,000 to help teach young people how to achieve financial success.
Elver Park Neighborhood Center — $3,000 for summer activities for 50 elementary school-aged students.
Eyes of Hope Stoughton — $1,000 toward gardening and cooking summer program for BIPOC children.
Girls on the Run — $2,000 to provide free programs on confidence building for young people.
Goodman Community Center — $5,000 for early childhood education for 85 children.
Madison Area Children’s Dyslexia Center — $3,000 to provide one on one tutoring for 42 students.
Madison Area Urban Ministry — $2,500 for support programming for children of incarcerated parents.
Neighborhood House Community Center — $3,000 in support of its programming for children.
Prairie Music and Arts of Sun Prairie — $4,000 for music and visual arts activities.
Rooted — $5,000 toward the Troy Kids’ Garden to acquaint up to 750 youth with growing food.
The Deerfield Community Center — $3,000 for equipment for its summer and after-school programming.
River Food Pantry — $2,000 toward its munch mobile wheels initiative.
The Road Home Dane County — $5,000 to provide recreational opportunities for 75 homeless kids.
Theresa Terrace Community Center — $4,000 for learning experience programming for 25 children.
Today Not Tomorrow — $3,500 to provide baby showers for 60 expectant low-income mothers.
Committee for Disability Inclusion
ARTS for ALL Wisconsin — $1,500 to support its programs involving artwork and poetry for residents with disabilities.
Jump in Foundation — $5,000 to support the Miracle League program for children with disabilities.
Easter Seals Wisconsin — $5,000 to provide camperships to low-income Dane County children with disabilities.
Lead Between the Rhymes — $5,000 for film and multimedia arts for children with cognitive disabilities.
Jewish Federation of Madison — $5,000 for Camp Shalom scholarships for children with disabilities.
Madison Ice — $2,500 for programs offering skating and hockey programs for disabled youth.
Madison Parks Foundation — $5,000 for programs aimed at beach and water availability for children with disabilities.
Monroe Street Arts Center — $5,000 for its Sensory Friendly Arts Studio serving up to 340 K-5 children.
Sun Prairie Parks — $3,000 toward Parker’s Pals program facilitating social interactions.
Three Gaits — $4,700 for its therapeutic ridership program for children with disabilities.
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.
Imagine Academy Corp — $4,000 to support summer programs for children with Down’s Syndrome.
Living Our Vision — $2,000 to help serve Spanish-speaking children with disabilities.
Parents and Children in Action — $1,900 in support of Latino children with special needs.
Youth Development Committee
Bayview Foundation — $2,000 for after school activities for neighborhood children.
Big Brothers and Sisters — $2,000 towards its school supplies program for 108 kids.
Bikes for Kids — $1,000 in support of its programs
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County — $5,000 for its academic success program in Verona.
Briarpatch — $3,000 toward its summer team youth employment program.
Centro Hispano — $3,500 toward its 8-week summer bilingual involving Latinx youth.
Drum Power Summer Arts Camp — $3,000 for project involving 80 youth in lessons on African traditional drums.
East Madison Community Center — $4,000 for children’s academic improvement through minority mentors.
Elver Park Neighborhood Center — $2,000 for its summer programs for 20 middle schoolers.
First Tee-South Central Wisconsin — $4,000 toward its full year learning programs for 115 underserved youth.
Horizon High School — $4,000 toward its programs aimed at disadvantaged teens in addiction recovery.
Imagine Academy — $500 toward ten teen movement and movie night events.
Kennedy Heights Neighborhood Assn — $4,000 toward its youth wellness and nutrition education programming.
Madison Children’s Museum — $2,000 for its youth business mentoring programs.
Madison Circus Space –– $2,000 in support of its project to involve youth in circus arts.
Madison Parks Foundation — $1,000 to provide fishing opportunities to underserved teens.
Madison Public Library Foundation — $3,000 for its making justice program aimed at court-involved teens.
Madison Symphony Orchestra — $500 in support of its young people’s concert.
Madison Youth Choirs — $1,000 for its young composer’s project.
Make-A-Wish Wisconsin — $2,000 toward its wishes come true project.
McFarland Youth Center — $2,000 toward its after-school and summer healthy snack and nutrition program.
Neighborhood House Community Center — $2,000 for its leadership and team-building summer experiences.
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin — $3,500 to provide young people medically accurate reproductive information.