Discover the Impact. 75 Ways the Madison Area Just Got Better. Friends of Schumacher Farm. Housing Initiatives. DANEnet. Operation Fresh Start, Inc.

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1 Discover the Impact Friends of Schumacher Farm 75 Ways the Madison Area Just Got Better Housing Initiatives DANEnet Four Seasons Theatre Company /Theatre LILA Operation Fresh Start, Inc. Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens

2 Join the Celebration WHAT Madison Gives 2017 Madison Community Foundation s 75 th Anniversary WHEN Tuesday, May 16 5 p.m. Reception 6 p.m. Dinner and Program WHERE Where else? At Monona Terrace, the community and convention center built by local philanthropy, including a $1 million gift from MCF. The gift reinvigorated the project envisioned by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1938, and nearly 60 years later Monona Terrace was finally realized. WHY MCF s 75 th anniversary is a unique opportunity to bring the community together to celebrate our region s most precious gems, as well as discovering new ones. As part of the yearlong celebration, MCF will make a series of major grants from parks and lakes, to schools and neighborhood centers, to downtown spaces, to arts and the environment. Join us for this historic event and help us launch a year of reflection, celebration and imagination! Event and registration details at madisongives.org/events Gold Sponsors

3 Carol Toussaint Kathleen Woit Bob Sorge Jane Coleman MCF Leadership Invites You to Create a Legacy IN RECOGNITION OF Madison Community Foundation s 75 th Anniversary, MCF s current and past leaders are coming together to ensure the Foundation s transformational impact continues far into the future. Together they will spearhead a campaign to add 75 Legacy Society members to celebrate the Trust s 75 th anniversary. This is about bringing people together to support a community they love, says current president Bob Sorge. They want to see the greater Madison area prosper and they can leave a legacy to make that happen. Join us with your commitment to this special place we all call home. To learn more, call Bob Sorge at (608) Sign up for our newsletters at madisongives.org

4 The Madison area just got better thanks to 75 Community Impact grants funded by the community, for the community in Every year, MCF awards nearly $2 million in Community Impact grants. CHILDREN & YOUTH 1 Bayview Community Center 2 Briarpatch Youth Services 3 Center For Resilient Cities 4 Community Coordinated Child Care Saiyna Bashir 5 EXPAND First Tee of South Central Wisconsin Learning Center services to raise youth reading levels and build a permanent endowment. 6 Gio s Garden 7 Madison365 Media 8 Madison Metropolitan School District 9 McFarland Youth Center 10 Theatre LILA 11 YMCA of Dane County ELDERLY 12 Colonial Club, Inc. 13 Deerfield Community Center 14 East Madison/Monona Coalition of the Aging 15 Madison Area Concert Handbells 16 ENHANCE Madison School & Community Recreation by building a new, dedicated space for seniors wellness, fitness, arts, and enrichment programs. 17 Rhapsody Arts Center

5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 18 Carts for Community, Inc. 19 Chrysalis 20 Community Justice, Inc. 21 PROVIDE low-income households with DANEnet affordable internet access, free and low-cost computers, and computer training. 22 East Madison Community Center 23 Lutheran Social Services 24 Madison Community Policing Foundation 25 Madison Public Library Foundation 26 Meadowood Neighborhood Association 27 Neighborhood House 28 Sheboygan Avenue Community Garden, Inc. 29 Shelter From the Storm Ministries 30 YWCA Madison 31 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County 32 Boys and Girls Club 33 Columbus Area Endowment 34 Community Partnerships/ Center for Families 35 Community Shares of Wisconsin NONPROFIT CAPACITY BUILDING 36 HELP Housing Initiatives launch a new capital campaign to fund 60 units of housing and specialized services for homeless veterans. 37 Kennedy Heights Community Center 38 Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens, Inc. 39 Madison-Area Urban Ministry 40 Madison Ballet 41 Northside Planning Council 42 ASSIST Operation Fresh Start, Inc. in establishing a dynamic learning and training center for disconnected youth in Dane County. 43 Vera Court Neighborhood Center 44 VSA Wisconsin, Inc. 45 WI Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters

6 ENVIRONMENT 46 CONSTRUCT a Future Leaders Center at Aldo Leopold Foundation, Inc. and develop an environmental conservation fellowship program. 47 Clean Lakes Alliance 48 Madison Area Rehabilitation Centers 49 Natural Heritage Land Trust 50 Olbrich Botanical Society 51 Urban Tree Alliance LEARNING 52 Professional Development Scholarships 53 Families and Schools Together, Inc. 54 Friends of Henry Vilas Zoo 55 Literacy Network 56 Madison Public Library 57 HELP Sector67 fund a permanent home and enhance STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programming for youth. 58 Simpson Street Free Press ARTS & CULTURE 59 Africasong Communications 60 Capital City Theatre 61 Children s Theater of Madison 62 Dane Arts 63 Fermat s Last Theater Company 64 Forward Theater Company 65 SUPPORT Four Seasons Theatre Company s presentation of Big Fish: The Musical, a co-production with Theatre LILA.

7 66 ENABLE Friends of Schumacher Farm s completion of Schumacher Farm Park Center for Rural History, a living history museum in southern Wisconsin. 67 Li Chiao-Ping Dance 68 Mad City Arts Academy 69 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art 70 Madison Music Makers 71 Verona Area Community Theater 72 Opera for the Young 73 Overture Center Foundation, Inc. 74 TAPIT/New Works Ensemble Theater 75 UW-Madison Libraries MCF brings people together to support the community they love. Discover the impact you can make at madisongives.org. SAVE THE DATE! MADISON GIVES 2017: 75 th Anniversary Celebration Tuesday, May 16 Monona Terrace Event Details & Registration madisongives.org/events