$37,600 awarded through the Crime Prevention Foundation to support a safer Brown County
October 29, 2026 – The Crime Prevention Foundation, a fund of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation, awarded $37,600 through its annual grant cycle. The awards support the efforts of 14 nonprofit initiatives designed to promote safety, foster personal development, and address the root causes of harmful or unsafe behavior.
Crime Prevention Foundation grants are awarded based on a competitive application process, which includes review by a grants team of community volunteers. Each cycle, the Community Foundation invites its fundholders to co-invest in grant applications that align with their giving goals. This year, fundholders contributed $7,600 to increase available grant dollars and help meet the growing needs of our community.
2026 Crime Prevention Foundation grants were awarded to the following organizations:
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Wisconsin: Funds will support the organization’s one-to-one youth mentoring program in Brown County, especially efforts to recruit male mentors for Little Brothers, who make up the majority of the waitlist.
- Boys & Girls Club of the Bay and Lakes Region: Funds will support pop-up barber shops, offering free haircuts to Club members throughout the school year, and opportunities for youth members to explore careers in the beauty industry.
- Brown County Jail Ministries: Funding supports the Reentry and Crime Prevention Coordination Initiative, which aims to reduce recidivism, strengthen community reintegration, and contribute to a safer Brown County.
- Casa ALBA Melanie Hispanic Resource Center: In coordination with Green Bay Police, funds will help launch a bilingual, community-focused campaign that aims to raise awareness of OWI consequences.
- CASA of Brown County: Funding will support volunteer recruitment and training so every child entering the child welfare system can have consistent adult support.
- Empowered Tutoring: Funds will support one-on-one tutoring and mentoring services for Green Bay Southwest High School students who are at risk of suspension from extracurricular activities due to poor grades.
- Foundations Health & Wholeness: Funding will support the Turning Pages, Changing Paths: Literacy and Reflection for Youth Success program to help youth build emotional regulation, communication, critical thinking, and goal-setting skills.
- Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Region: Funds will support Reaching Out programming in Brown County to equip youth with the skills they need to make healthy choices, build supportive relationships, and live according to their values.
- Green Bay Preble High School: Funding supports Challenge Day to cultivate unity, inclusivity, and a sense of belonging and advance students’ leadership skills.
- HER Alliance: Funding will support the expansion of the Programming Hub, creating a safe, trauma-informed space for at-risk youth and women to access sex trafficking prevention education, life skills, mentoring, and community connection.
- Jackie Nitschke Center: Funding will provide operating support for the residential substance use disorder treatment program.
- Rise Up Athletics: Funds will provide operating support to maintain athletic programs and provide transportation to children who may not otherwise be able to participate.
- Salvation Army Green Bay: Funding will support the Community Assisted Membership program at the Ray and Joan Kroc Center to ensure equitable access to community, sports, and recreation.
- Volunteer Center of Brown County: Funding will support the Reading Coaches for Kids program aimed at boosting literacy among K-5 students in Brown County schools.
Applications for the next Crime Prevention Foundation grant cycle will open May 1, 2027. The deadline to apply will be July 1, 2027.
For more information about available grants programs and the Foundation’s grants application process, visit ggbcf.org/nonprofits/grants-programs.
