Nonprofits in Milwaukee
Drivers and businesses on Lunar can pick these nonprofits.
- Acts Housing — Helps low-income families buy homes and build generational wealth in Milwaukee.
- Almost Home Cat Rescue MKE — 100% volunteer-run free-roam space that rescues, rehabs and rehomes cats.
- Arts @ Large — Brings arts-integrated learning to Milwaukee students and schools.
- Bay View Neighborhood Association — All-volunteer group hosting events and organizing safety and beautification in Bay View.
- Betty Brinn Children's Museum — Hands-on museum giving children creative, interactive learning experiences.
- Canine Cupids — Places rescued dogs in adoptive homes through a licensed network of foster volunteers.
- Community Advocates — Runs Housing First, rental assistance and tenant-landlord help for Milwaukee residents.
- Eras Senior Network — Volunteer network offering rides, chores, and visits for local seniors.
- Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin — Eastern Wisconsin's largest food bank, supplying hundreds of local pantries.
- Froedtert Hospital Foundation — Funds patient care, research, and equipment at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.
- Groundwork Milwaukee — Converts vacant lots into gardens and restores Milwaukee's waterways.
- Historic Milwaukee, Inc. — Leads walking tours and shares the story of Milwaukee's architecture and history.
- Horizon Home Care & Hospice — Delivers home care and hospice services to patients throughout the Milwaukee area.
- Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful — Organizes cleanups and plants trees across Greater Milwaukee to improve neighborhoods.
- Kinship Community Food Center — Choice pantry and garden bringing nutrition and community to Milwaukee.
- Ko-Thi Dance Company — Teaches and performs the dance and music traditions of the African Diaspora in Milwaukee.
- Make-A-Wish Wisconsin — Grants life-changing wishes to Wisconsin children facing critical illnesses.
- Mental Health America of Wisconsin — Offers education, advocacy, and peer support for mental wellness in Milwaukee.
- Milwaukee Community Service Corps — Trains young adults through paid community service and job readiness in Milwaukee.
- Milwaukee County Historical Society — Preserves and shares Milwaukee County history through exhibits, archives and museum.
- Milwaukee County War Memorial Center — Operates the WWII memorial building and funds outreach programs supporting Milwaukee.
- Milwaukee Domes Alliance — Raises funds to preserve and reimagine Milwaukee's iconic Mitchell Park Domes.
- Milwaukee Parks Foundation — Raises private funds to support Milwaukee County's public park system.
- Milwaukee Pets Alive — All-volunteer foster-based rescue saving animals passed over by other Milwaukee shelters.
- Milwaukee Riverkeeper — Monitors and advocates for clean, swimmable, fishable rivers in Milwaukee.
- Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO) — Teaches about 1,000 young musicians ages 8 to 18 across southeastern Wisconsin.
- Mr. Bob's Under the Bridge — Provides clothing, hygiene kits and showers to homeless individuals at Kosciuszko Park.
- NAMI Southeast Wisconsin — Support, education, and advocacy for Milwaukee-area families affected by mental illness.
- Near West Side Partners — Nonprofit partnership strengthening neighborhoods on Milwaukee's Near West Side.
- Neighborhood House of Milwaukee — Runs childcare, youth, nature and newcomer programs for Milwaukee families.
- NourishMKE — Operates four Milwaukee pantries and rescues food for families in need.
- Pathfinders — Runs an emergency youth shelter, drop-in center and counseling for Milwaukee youth.
- Riverwest Radio — Volunteer-run station WXRW 104.1 amplifies voices and stories from Riverwest Milwaukee.
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin — Gives families a place to stay and support while their children receive medical care.
- Skylight Music Theatre — Professional light opera and musical theatre company founded in 1959.
- Street Angels — Mobile outreach bringing meals, showers and housing help to unhoused neighbors.
- The Charles E. Kubly Foundation — Funds suicide prevention programs and works to end the stigma around depression.
- The Park People of Milwaukee County — Recruits volunteers and friend groups to steward and improve Milwaukee County parks.
- United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) — Raises and distributes community funds to support performing arts groups across Milwaukee.
- United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County — Funds housing, jobs, teen mental health, and digital access across the region.
- Urban Ecology Center — Runs nature centers connecting Milwaukee residents to local parks and outdoor learning.
- Walker's Point Youth & Family Center — Emergency shelter, counseling and housing for homeless and at-risk Milwaukee youth.
- Wisconsin Humane Society — Shelters, adopts out, and rehabilitates animals and wildlife across SE Wisconsin.