Current 2025 Charitable Partners
Walker's Point
Youth and Family Center
Since 1976, we have been a safe place for young people and their families to resolve conflicts and overcome challenges by providing free and confidential counseling, emergency shelter, and housing. Experts estimate that 1 in 30 children and 1 in 10 young adults experience homelessness over the course of a year. Each young person comes to us for unique reasons. We work with them to identify and resolve problems, decide on safe next steps, and ensure housing stability.
Fondy Food Center
Fondy Food Center (Fondy) was established as a non-profit in 2000 on Milwaukee’s North Side as a response to a Food Security and System Assessment that identified a high concentration of hunger, poverty, and dependence on emergency food pantries in the area – and the key role that the Fondy Farmers Market played. Over the past decade, Fondy has grown from one farmers market to an organization creating strategic food systems change with multi-sector partners. Fondy now operates year-round farmers markets – the Fondy Farmers Market and the Milwaukee Winter Farmers Market – that supported more than 110 vendors and tens of thousands of shoppers.
Pearls for Teen Girls
PEARLS for Teen Girls is improving quality of life and strengthening our community one girl at a time by empowering young women and gender-expansive youth with self-development tools, guidance and support to strive for better, brighter futures by living out the PEARLS values: Personal Responsibility, Empathy, Awareness, Respect, Leadership and Support. PEARLS works to give girls the unconditional support they deserve and empower them with the tools to discover their path — then walk it with confidence.
Giving Philosophy
REACH supports organizations that are creative in their ways to provide services and places to allow children and families to feel safe, grow educationally and get the support needed to succeed in life in southeast Wisconsin.
Our intent is to have a significant impact on smaller organizations that may sometimes be overlooked by larger foundations and programs.
Charitable Giving Program
REACH's Charitable Giving Program provides $15,000 annually for three years to three local non-profit organizations. An organization is traditionally selected in October of the current year, and begins receiving funds in January of the following year.
Each year REACH contributes over $60,000 to local charities that are working to enhance the lives of children. It is strongly encouraged that commercial real estate professionals nominate local charities that would benefit from our partnership and investment. Charities are also welcome to apply on their own behalf.
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To nominate a charity, please review the program's criteria and submit an application, when available, with the corresponding materials to REACH (please scroll down to find the application). To date, REACH has donated over three-quarters of a million dollars to local charities and we don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Members of the commercial real estate industry care passionately about contributing to the health and well-being of our community through the support of local organizations, predominately those focused on families, women, and/or youth.
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Current recipients of the Charitable Giving Program include Fondy Food Center, Pearls For Girls, and Walker's Point Youth & Family Center.
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Please email us at info@reach-wi.org with questions.
High IMPACT Grant
The REACH High Impact Grant is a small grant program of the Real Estate Alliance for Charity. It is designed for quick response to one-time needs and opportunities in our community. Grants of up to $5,000 may be made for eligible projects and activities. Applications are reviewed by the board on an as-required basis.