Roots & Wings supports the remarkable work of hundreds of nonprofit organizations seeking to build healthier, stronger, and safer futures for children and families. Our approach to grantmaking is rooted in trust that our grantee partners’ connection to the communities they support gives them perspective and expertise that funders rarely achieve. We know the services our partners provide are integral to overcoming inequity and building a world where all families and children can reach their full potential. We also know those same organizations are consistently over-worked and under-resourced.
We think funders can, and must, work harder to reduce the burdens foundations have historically imposed on nonprofits. To help our partners stay focused on their mission, we strive to minimize distractions like complicated grant processes, lengthy applications, evaluation requirements, detailed grant reporting, and more. You can learn more about our trust-based principles on our approach page.
We invite you to explore the diverse mix of nonprofit organizations Roots & Wings is supporting by searching below. Our grants database is searchable by program or location. For more details about our grantmaking visit our Candid page. If you are inspired by the remarkable work our grantee partners are doing, consider supporting them directly.
Educating law students and servicing incarcerated persons in the state of Wisconsin and beyond.
Advancing knowledge of human development, developmental disabilities, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Ensuring that African Americans and other community members are educated, employed and empowered to live well, advance professionally and contribute to the common good in the 21st Century.
Fostering Black families’ self-sufficiency, community leadership, advocacy, and family success through psychoeducation, community engagement, trauma response, and cultural heritage.
Providing high quality, compassionate, and accessible healthcare for all persons in Santa Clara County regardless of their social-economic status and ability to pay.
Providing exceptional care, without exception, every patient, every time.
Empowering Latino students and their families from early childhood to college through holistic academic, leadership, and community programs.
Increasing access to, and availability of, high quality comprehensive primary and preventative health care for the vulnerable of the Heart of Texas; and to provide excellent educational, training, and research environment in the medical, dental, and behavioral health fields.
Strengthening and advocating for Washington’s community health centers as they build healthcare access, innovation, and value.
Expanding access to healthcare for underserved patients by supporting free and charitable care and healthcare volunteerism.
Improving the health and wellness of the uninsured, underinsured, and low-income community members who live, work, or attend school in Waukesha County.
Preventing gun violence, injuries, and deaths through education and advocacy.
Bringing our community together to create food and housing security through action and advocacy.
Building a healthier tomorrow together by providing holistic and compassionate patient-centered care, developing innovative models of patient care, and creating a sustainable environment that produces lasting results for our patients and the community.
Promoting infant mental health through building awareness, promoting professional capacity, fostering partnerships and supporting policies in the best interest of infants, young children and their families.
Supporting, strengthening and advocating for Wisconsin’s free and charitable clinics and their unique approach to serving their patients and their communities.
Creating the social change necessary to end sexual violence.
Creating economic opportunity and supporting community-based solutions to poverty.
Advancing positive change for children by focusing on the professionals who provide child care for well over 70% of Wisconsin’s youngest children.
Advancing positive change for children by focusing on the professionals who provide child care for well over 70% of Wisconsin’s youngest children.
Advocating for progressive change in the Wisconsin justice system by educating the public about its real-life impacts and partnering with other organizations to achieve more just outcomes.
Providing humanitarian aid to hospitals and clinics in areas of great need.
Improving health through the work of Community Health Centers and their partners.
Supporting Wisconsin residents in paying for abortion, helping to ensure equitable financial access to safe legal abortion care.
Eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.
Ensuring that all babies and toddlers have a strong start in life.
