IMPORTANT: These Guidelines are only applicable to the year stated. Dates and requirements change yearly. 
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR! “The first 100 years of our country’s history were about who could build the biggest, most efficient farm. The second 100 years were about the race to build efficient factories. The third 100 years are about ideas. --Seth Godin Fast Company, August 2000 The Charles D Jacobus Family Foundation has been making Healthy Children’s Initiative Grants for more than 10 years. We’ve funded over 75 different organizations, in the many communities of Milwaukee. We provided funding for prevention programs, positive youth activities, research, strong families and strong neighborhoods. We are still committed to this focus. But now it is time for us to evaluate what our contribution has meant, where we should be in the future and determine how to get there. The foundation is going to take the year 2008 to determine good ideas for the future. What this means is that there will be NO Healthy Children’s Initiative therefore no deadlines or applications for 2008. PLEASE NOTE: If you regularly receive funding from the Foundation at our November deadline – that will not change. We will be pro-actively meeting with a variety of community members to find good ideas. We are committed to encouraging the healthy development – cognitively, emotionally, physically and socially – of Milwaukee’s children. We want to make sure that out future efforts help meet the needs of Milwaukee’s children as effectively as possible. There will be no Healthy Children’s Initiative this year. Therefore, no deadlines will be posted. The Foundation will continue to fund operating and capital requests. November 1, 2008 – Capital and General Operating. The foundation will still have a November 1, 2008 deadline for operating and capital requests. Any request over $7,500 must have a site visit. Only organizations that have previously received funding from us will be considered. Requests must be as concise as possible; a one page cover letter, summarizing the request and the amount of the request must accompany the proposal. If you do have questions, please call Missy MacLeod at (414) 577-0252 or email mmacleod@jacobusenergy.com. 
Capital and General Operating Requests due (no application) - November 1, 2008 The submission deadline is 4:30 p.m. CST for all deadline dates. |
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Generally, the Foundation awards
grants twice a year. In September, the Special Program/Milwaukee Healthy
Children's Initiative grants are awarded. Capital grants are awarded in
December. All grants are limited to tax-exempt organizations in Southeastern
Wisconsin, but mainly in Milwaukee County. Our focus is to encourage the healthy development of Milwaukee's
children; physically, emotionally, cognitavely and socially. [ON HOLD]
In 1993 the Charles D. Jacobus Family Foundation initiated the Special Program Grant. Its purpose was to award larger grants to programs that are designed to strengthening children living in Southeastern Wisconsin. In 1997, we began calling this program the "Milwaukee Healthy Children's Initiative" to reflect our commitment to our community's children. Beyond keeping our children free from disease and disability, we also strive to offer children the best opportunities to thrive in their family, educational, social and community environments. 
In 2004, we decided to expand the parameters of the Milwaukee's Healthy Children's Initiative to include requests that create self sufficiency amongst the residents in Milwaukee's neighborhoods. Realizing children thrive if the family is self-sufficient and the community is strong, we added this new initiative as a pilot program. Priority will be given to requests that are neighborhood specific; those that create self sufficiency amongst the residents. This pilot can incorporate one of the Program Types below or it can be independent. Generally, we are looking for programs that harness together people in the neighborhood to bring about change, positive community change. Funding of these requests will help the neighborhood folks learn skills that will lead them on the way to self sufficiency. Self sufficiency can be measured in a number of ways:
This is a new initiative so please be creative and have fun with it. We are learning too, and look forward to seeing your responses. Collaborations with other neighborhood groups is encouraged.  What type of programs encourage and support the healthy development of our children? We have identified four program categories that we will fund; Prevention Programs, Positive Youth Activities, Strengthening Families and Research. Each one of the categories is defined below. The majority of our funding will be in Prevention Programs and Positive Youth Activities. The latter two are not as much of a priority to the foundation, but we believe they are important to the whole concept. All programs should be community based and run, have identifiable outcomes and be program-specific. Prevention Programs - prevention should be an integral part of any program submitted to the foundation. An important priority of the foundation is to fund the programs that help children and their families right from the start. We believe this is much more cost effective and caring than intervening later when problems develop. Any program that works with a child and its family from the start will be considered. Research shows that if a baby is properly nurtured from 0 to 5, she will have a much greater chance of excelling in school and developing into a caring and responsible adult. Programs must be sensitive to the challenges a working mother faces.The Special Program Grants/Healthy Children's Initiative funds program-specific requests, not requests for general operating or capital funding. A program must be outlined with identifiable objectives, timelines, outcomes and a budget. The budget for the whole program should not be more than $100,000 (larger budgets tend to indicate that the request is for general operating funding). For examples of programs we've funded in the past, please see our past recipients. We may award from 5 to 10 grants of up to $15,000. General operating, equipment or capital requests will not be considered under this initiative. IN ADDITION, if your organization receives capital funding from the foundation or received a Health Children's Grant last year, your organization can not be considered for this year (2007). 
The foundation considers mainly capital requests at this time. A capital request is for 3 to 5 years. We fund programs that meet our focus of encouraging the healthy development - cognitively, emotionally, physically and socially - of Milwaukee's children. If we have funds left after the capital requests, we will consider giving operating funds to groups we have funded consistently in the past. If any organizations are new or have not had a long term relationship with foundation, we recommend applying for the Special Program Grant. We will only consider a request for funding for $7,500 or more if we have visited your program or organization. Requests must be as concise as possible; a one page cover letter, summarizing the request and the amount of the request must accompany the proposal. We do not accept the common applications as it is too much information for us. 
The Foundation will not consider requests for funding to benefit individuals, religious or political organizations, travel, legislative or lobbying activities, tuition or scholarships, or staff seminars. Additionally, the Foundation will not sponsor events, benefits, competitions, parades or camps. Requests will be considered only if the Foundation receives them in writing by the appropriate deadlines:
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