$280
MPS School to Work Transition Program (1-12-10)
Grants awarded to support the MPS School to Work Community Assistance and Training Program (CATP)to assist students with their direct needs such as work clothes, supplies and other necessary items that will help them make a successful transition from school to employment. Funding provided by graduates of MPS who are part of the group calling themselves the Banter Association.

$19,386
Milwaukee Public Schools - Herzfeld Foundation Transportation Program (1-20-10)
Grant awarded to MPS providing funding for transportation for field trips. Funding was made possible through a grant designated for this purpose from the Richard & Ethel Herzfeld Foundation.

$20,000
MPS Career and Technical Education (3-29-10)
Grant awarded to support an external evaluation of MPS' Project Lead The Way to assess the impact of this middle and high school pre-engineering program in MPS. Funding was made possible through a grant designated for this purpose from the Faye McBeath Foundation

$5,000
School Incentive Grants (4-30-10)
Incentive grants of $250 each were awarded to 19 schools and one award was presented to the MPS Department of Special Services Career Assessment and Training Program for their improved record of giving in the 2009-1010 MPS Employees' Combined Giving Campaign.

$664
Best Friends-Best Men Program (5-28-10)
Grant awarded to support the MPS Best Friends-Best Men Program. Funding was made possible through various donations designated for this purpose. This program provides character building curriculum and guidance, mentors, role models, fitness classes, cultural activities, community service, and a year-end recognition ceremony.

$25
Sherman Multicultural Arts School (5-28-10)
Grant awarded to Sherman Multicultural Arts School from a donation designated for this purpose.

$100
Best Friends-Best Men Program (6-9-10)
Grant awarded to support the MPS Best Friends-Best Men Program. Funding was made possible through a donation from an individual designated for this purpose. This program provides character building curriculum and guidance, mentors, role models, fitness classes, cultural activities, community service, and a year-end recognition ceremony.

$230
Thoreau School (6-10-10)
Grant awarded to Thoreau School from a donation designated for this purpose through the Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign.

$230
Sixty-eighth Street School (6-10-10)
Grant awarded to Sixty-eighth Street School from a donation designated for this purpose through the Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign.

$460
Thurston Woods Campus School (6-10-10)
Grant awarded to Thurston Woods Campus School from a donation designated for this purpose through the Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign.

$1,025
MPS Health Services (6-10-10)
Grant awarded to MPS Health Services to support the MPS Communicable Disease Prevention program. Funding was made possible through donations from Managed Health Services and an individual donor.

$29,800
Maryland Avenue Montessori School (6-23-10)
Grant awarded to Maryland Avenue Montessori School to support the school's green playground Rain Garden Project. Funding provided through generous donations from parents, staff, and community to the school's designated fund.

$4,000
Hartford University School (6-28-10)
Grant awarded to Hartford University School to support the school's Dancer in Residence program. Funding provided through generous donations from parents, staff, and community to the school's designated fund.

$6,000
Hartford University School (6-28-10)
Grant awarded to Hartford University School to support teaching training for the school's Movement program for early childhood students. Funding provided through generous donations from parents, staff and community to the school's designated fund.

$5,000
Maryland Avenue Montessori School (6-29-10)
Grant awarded to Maryland Avenue Montessori School to support the school's entranceway project. Funding provided through generous donations from parents, staff, and community to the school's designated fund.

$13,065
MPS Recreaton and Community Services (6-11-10)
Grant awarded to support the MPS Recreation Department's Milwaukee Heat Wheelchair Basketball team for children with physical disabilities. Funding was made possible through donations from individuals and organizations designated for this purpose.

$1,579
MPS Recreaton and Community Services -  Community Learning Centers (6-24-10)
Grant awarded to support the MPS Community Learning Center Program. Funding was made possible through a donation designated for this purpose from Marquette University student participants in the Dorothy Day Social Justice Living Learning Community.

$250
Milwaukee Board of School Directors' Excellence in Education Award (Year - long)
Each month, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors recognizes an outstanding school, staff member,or parent or community member for a display of excellence, achievement, and innovation that may serve as an example to our school district and the entire Milwaukee community. MPS teachers recognized receive $250 through contributions to the MPS Foundation. May 2010 - Carrie Paterson ($250)

$5,415
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Grant Awards (3-18-10)
Seven MPS teachers awarded a grant for successfully completing the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards process.

$1,000
Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Black School Educators (4-30-10)
Grant awarded to Metropolitian Milwaukee Association of Black School Educators as a sponsor of the Teacher Recognition Program held on May 15, 2010.

$10,000
Arts @ Large (4-30-10)
Grant awarded to Arts @ Large to support a MPS Partnership for the Arts project. A community artist will work with students from four MPS schools to create a collaborative artwork to be installed at the MPS central services administration building to serve as a permanent public art piece showcasing the talents and skills of MPS students. The grant serves as the matching funds for the project.

$4,813
Milwaukee High School of the Arts (5-28-10)
Grant awarded to the Milwaukee High School of the Arts from donations to the Arts Based Coalition of schools in MPS to support the arts education program.

$4,378
Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts (5-28-10)
Grant awarded to the Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts from donations to the Arts Based Coalition of schools in MPS to support the arts education program.

$4,160
Lincoln Center for the Arts (5-28-10)
Grant awarded to the Lincoln Center for the Arts from donations to the Arts Based Coalition of schools in MPS to support the arts education program.

$3,056
Elm Creative Arts School (5-28-10)
Grant awarded to Elm Creative Arts School from donations to the Arts Based Coalition of schools in MPS to support the arts education program.

$1,682
Tippecanoe School for the Arts and Humanities (5-28-10)
Grant awarded to Tippecanoe School for the Arts and Humanities from donations to the Arts Based Coalition of schools in MPS to support the arts education program.

$1,073
Milwaukee High School of the Arts (5-28-10)
Grant awarded to the Milwaukee High School of the Arts from various donations designated to support the school.