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3 2019 Community Report STRATEGIES Innovation is vital to solving an issue where traditional approaches have resulted in individual successes but little scalable outcomes to reduce poverty. Collaboration is key as poverty is a complex issue with those in need requiring a multitude of services provided by unique nonprofits. The POINT Poverty Initiative equips nonprofits with continuous improvement tools and initiates the formation of action groups around strategies focused on ending poverty. FUNDING MODEL 100% of every dollar raised goes to end poverty. $4.3 million will be put to work in the next 12 months through area community foundations. $925,000 will go to the Fund to ensure long-term sustainability of this important work. A grantmaking match of $800,000 from the J. J. Keller Foundation, $250,000 from Oshkosh Corporation, and $200,000 from both ThedaCare and the Thrivent Foundation lead this effort. together. Committed to funding innovative solutions to address the root causes of poverty in Northeast Wisconsin. in new grants given this year from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership $3.0 MILLION THANK YOU TO OUR 2015 PARTNERS Three area community foundations partner, invest, manage and lead volunteer grant teams in awarding funds to nonprofit collaborations. ECONOMIC STABILITY GRANT FOCUS >> We focus on four drivers of poverty: FAMILY SUPPORT & SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS EDUCATION HEALTH AND WELLNESS