MADISON, Wis. – The CUNA Mutual Foundation has renewed $260,000 in first-quarter grants to non-profit organizations in the Madison area, including $185,000 to KinderReady, a program CUNA Mutual helped launch in 2007.
Administered by the Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin, the KinderReady program has received more than $820,000 from the CUNA Mutual Foundation since its inception in 2007. The KinderReady grant will go toward helping prepare more than 200 Dane County children for kindergarten.
The $260,000 represents approximately one quarter of the total contributions, through grants and sponsorships, CUNA Mutual will give to local organizations and causes in 2010.
Other grants went to: Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin for its Project HUGS middle-school alcohol abuse intervention pilot project ($15,000); Big Brothers/Big Sisters ($15,000); YWCA of Madison ($10,000); Urban League of Greater Madison, for its Project REACH teen employment and financial literacy program; Boys & Girls Club of Dane County for Job Ready, which provides employment and money management training for teens; Common Wealth Development, for its award-winning Youth Financial Education program (all $10,000) and United Way’s Youth Resource Centers Network to support after-school tutoring services ($5,000).
