Nonprofit

After more than five years as president and chief executive officer of the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee and 30 years with the organization, Robert Yamachika will retire at the end of 2013, the organization announced Monday.

The Northwestern Mutual Foundation has announced the recipients of its “Days of Sharing” campaign grant funds. The campaign awards $100,000 to 25 area nonprofit organizations that have been nominated by Northwestern Mutual employees. Winning organizations receive the funds in nominating employees’ names.

The Marcus Corporation, headquartered in Milwaukee, has donated $583,941 to the United Way of Greater Milwaukee in honor of Steve Marcus’ 50th anniversary with the company and the company’s 50-year mark of owning The Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee.

Potawatomi Bingo Casino will reveal its 2012 “Miracle on Canal Street” fundraising total today along with 20 randomly selected nonprofit organizations that will receive a portion of the funds.

Repairers of the Breach, a daytime shelter and resource center for homeless residents of Milwaukee, is reaching out to the community with a need for donations to support the homeless individuals it serves. Seasonal items needed in time for winter include:

The Healthy Community Fund, an initiative created by St. Joseph's Community Foundation to benefit health and wellness programs and projects in Washington County, has distributed $220,000 in grants to nine local nonprofit groups.

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Stillwaters Cancer Support Services and Cancer Support Community Greater Milwaukee, the area's two leading providers of support services for people living with cancer, announced Monday that they plan to merge their efforts.

The public is invited to help BizTimes Media salute the first responders to the mass shootings in Oak Creek and Brookfield by attending the 2012 Health Care Heroes Awards Breakfast.

Milwaukee medical equipment parts distributor Alpha Source Inc. has assembled 100 gifts that will be sent to children globally through Operation Christmas Child, a project of international relief nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse.