This November, the Endres Manufacturing Co. (EMC) Foundation received 51 grant applications with a total amount requested of $780,000. The primary focus area was health and human services, with education and the arts in second and third, respectively.
Seventeen grants were given for a total of $213,583. In addition, the EMC Foundation made three pledges totaling $210,000 to be spread out over the next three years for The Playing Field, The Salvation Army, and the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra building. The EMC Foundation will also be matching $25,000 in grant decisions made by the UW Philanthropy Lab Class.
The grant requests awarded include:
- Agrace HospiceCare Inc., grief support services, $5,000;
- Arts for All Wisconsin Inc., veterans art studies, $5,000;
- Asset Builders of America Inc., Youth P.O.W.E.R. Academy of Finance, $3,500;
- Badger Honor Flight Inc., $5,000;
- Community Support Network Inc., $1,000;
- Crossroads United Methodist Church Inc., $8,200;
- Family Service Madison Inc., family health services, $12,000;
- Food for Kidz, $1,000;
- Habitat for Humanity of Dane County Inc., $20,000;
- Center for Community Stewardship Inc., I Am We Global Village, $2,250;
- Learning Atrium Inc., reading, dyslexia, tutoring, and coaching programs, $11,700;
- Madison Area Community Land Trust, $10,000;
- Madison Area Food Pantry Gardens Inc., $8,000;
- The Playing Field Inc., The World We Imagine, $16,333 ($50,000 over three years);
- The Salvation Army, $33,000 ($100,000 over three years);
- UW Odyssey Project, $25,000;
- UW Philanthropy Lab, $25,000;
- Village Diaper Bank Inc., $5,000;
- Wisconsin Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired Inc., $1,600; and
- Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra, $15,000 ($60,000 over four years).
