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Zilber Family Foundation

The Zilber Family Foundation is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based foundation that was founded in 2009.[2]

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Zilber Family Foundation
Formation2009
TypeCharitable Foundation
HeadquartersMilwaukee, WI, United States
President
Marcy Jackson
Key people
  • James Janz
  • Steve Chevalier
  • Michael Mervis
  • Melissa S. A. Jackson
  • Shane Jackson
  • Marilyn Zilber
  • John K. Tsui
Revenue$600,548[1] (2015)
Expenses$2,232,167[1] (2015)
Websitezilberfamilyfoundation.org
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History

"Formed in 1961, the Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation, Inc. is a private, independent grantmaking institution dedicated to enhancing the well being of individuals, families, and neighborhoods."[3]

Governance

  • Susan Lloyd, executive director[4][5]
  • Marcy Zilber Jackson, president[4]
  • James Janz, Vice-president
  • Steve Chevalier, Secretary-Treasurer
  • Melissa S. A. Jackson
  • Shane Jackson
  • Marilyn Zilber
  • John K. Tsui

Grantees

These are among the grants awarded:

  • 2015, a grant to Neighborhood House for iPads and headsets for Burmese students to use[6]
  • 2015, $300,000 to the organization MKE Plays to "transform deteriorated playgrounds and turn them into models of public and private collaboration."[7][8][9][10]
  • 2015, the Zilber Neighborhood Initiative, a $50 million grant making program to improve neighborhoods in Milwaukee[2][11][12][13][14][15][16]
  • 2014, $400,000 to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health to establish a Vera Zilber Public Health Scholars program[17]
  • 2014, a five-year, $25,000 grant to continue its support of Ronald Reagan International Baccalaureate (IB) High School's music program
  • 2014, a $100,000 grant to Neu-Life Community Development[18]

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