Lauren Anderson

As part of a larger goal to close achievement gaps in the region, southeastern Wisconsin’s colleges and universities recently announced their collective goal to increase student retention rates.

A planned 30,000-square-foot health care center designed to meet the needs of underserved patients in Racine was recently awarded $20 million in state funding.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee has received a $17 million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.

Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity commenced construction Wednesday for this year’s build season, continuing its effort to add 80 new, affordable homes in Milwaukee’s Harambee neighborhood.

St. Augustine Preparatory Academy will receive $18 million in federal new market credits to support its planned $49 million new elementary school building on Milwaukee's south side.

Ossie Kendrix, who has led the Milwaukee-based African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin for the past five years as president and CEO, announced Wednesday he has started a new role with a Dallas-based nonprofit organization.

North Shore Library's new location, one component of an $84 million mixed-use development under construction in Bayside, has received a $4 million gift from the project’s developer.

The Milwaukee Public Museum’s planned new downtown building will receive $45 million in Milwaukee County funding.

Michael Cudahy, one of Milwaukee’s most prominent entrepreneurs and philanthropists, died on March 11 at age 97.

Children’s Wisconsin opened this week a walk-in clinic on its Wauwatosa campus for children with urgent behavioral needs.

Chosen Inc., a Waukesha-based nonprofit group that supports foster and adoptive parenting, has opened a second location in West Allis for its Family Closet program.

The Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens Inc. received a $1 million gift from the Bucyrus Foundation to grow its endowment.