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BizTimes Media’s fifth annual Giving Guide serves the region’s business community as a vehicle to engage with area nonprofit organizations and discover opportunities for philanthropic involvement.

A recent Northwestern Mutual Foundation grant gifted to Discovery World will allow the museum to add Monday hours to its hours of operations this spring and summer.

The Greater Milwaukee Foundation will ease public transit riders’ commutes on April 28, when rides will be free on transit systems in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington and Ozaukee counties.

“Have a baby too young and it'll control your life” the ad reads. You may have seen these recent ads at bus shelters – they're designed to make teens think twice before becoming parents. The ad campaign (see image below) is the latest public awareness effort for Milwaukee's Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative, a collaborative effort led by United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County.

A $6.2 million redevelopment project led by Layton Boulevard West Neighbors, Inc. and Impact Seven, Inc. earned recognition from Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago this week as the organizations were honored with the bank's Community First Partnership Award.

As City Year Milwaukee turns 5 years old, the education-based nonprofit organization will honor Julia Uihlein during its annual dinner fundraiser in May.

Holey Moley is dedicating its doughnuts to a community cause throughout April as it supports United Performing Arts Fund’s 2015 campaign through an initiative dubbed “The DOUGHnate to the Performing Arts” program.

The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development announced on Thursday its intent to award 45 grants totaling $2.5 million to develop or expand employer-driven training programs that prepare high school pupils for workforce or post-secondary education success in high-demand fields. The grant funding will train up to 1,102 high school students and could involve employment at up to 250 employers.

Adams-Friendship Area School District leaders hope the second time will be a charm for a referendum question authorizing the borrowing of money for a Fine Arts Center.

“Is it any wonder then that tools have emerged to manage the geographic spreading of work? Video conferencing, email,...