 |
Our Vision
Cream City Foundation serves as the leader in mobilizing
philanthropic resources, fostering strategic collaboration, effecting
positive change and the advancement of the quality, dignity,
and health of LGBT people in Southeastern Wisconsin.
Our Mission
Cream City Foundation serves as a catalyst for social change on behalf of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Communities in Southeastern Wisconsin.
To achieve our mission, the Cream City Foundation:
• Mobilizes philanthropic resources
• Funds initiatives that target system-level change, taking into account race, class, gender and age
Our Core Values
We at CCF commit ourselves to the following core values that are integral to our mission. These values guide our decisions and actions.
- Stewardship—We honor the responsibility entrusted in us to care for the safekeeping of our donors’ funds and to do our due diligence in granting those funds to serve the Southeastern Wisconsin LGBT community.
- Achievement—We believe in the advancement of the dignity and health of the Southeastern Wisconsin LGBT community through successful achievement of social change.
- Community—We respect difference and diversity across all communities. We foster teamwork and cooperation to ensure that systemic change occurs in the most efficient, effective and collaborative manner possible.
- Excellence—We honor competence within our communities, as well as within the donors, volunteers, staff and Board of Directors of CCF. We strive to achieve the highest degree of excellence in all we do.
- Commitment—We commit to a better future for the Southeastern Wisconsin LGBT community and will persevere until its accomplishment.
- Leadership—We believe innovation is key to effecting systemic change and we pledge to instill it in all we do through our leadership.
- Credibility—We value the trust and confidence the community and our donors have in CCF. We pledge to remain a longstanding and respected venue for the community’s philanthropic intentions.
Our History
Cream City Foundation was founded in 1982 and is celebrating over 25 years of giving to LGBT communities. Cream City Foundation was originally spun-off from the Cream City Business Association, an association of LGBT business owners formed to promote LGBT entrepreneurship and business support for LGBT communities. Initially begun with $500 in seed money, Cream City Foundation has grown to provide over $500,000 in grant dollars to many organizations and projects that are working to improve the quality of life for LGBT people.
|
|
|
