Our Approach
Milwaukee Succeeds unites our community around a shared vision of success for every child, in every school, cradle to career. Housed within the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, we collaborate with hundreds of partners at the local, state and national levels to move this work forward.
Collective Impact
We use collective impact to approach systems change. This means that we:
Have a common agenda for change-making
Use the same methods of data collection as our partners
Take on different work to achieve a unified goal
Engage with partners to maintain trust and motivation
Have backbone staff to support the whole network
In partnership with nearly 70 other communities in the national StriveTogether network, our approach is racially centered, data driven and guided by lived experience.
See how Milwaukee Succeeds’ child care Civic Infrastructure compares to our national partners HERE
Partner Spotlights
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Data You Can Use, a close collaborator and partner for many years, is a Milwaukee-based organization that makes community and neighborhood data accessible to residents, nonprofits and decision-makers.
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The Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation makes grants in the areas of arts & culture, education, and civic improvements to Wisconsin-based organizations. They generously support the work of Milwaukee Succeeds.
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The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment is a statewide health philanthropy established by the Medical College of Wisconsin. Thanks to their support, we’re embarking on first-of-its kind ECE stability research.