The University of Chicago was among 79 organizations awarded grants by the American Family Insurance's Dream Foundation.

The foundation gave its first batch of grants worth $865,000 on July 3.

"Each nonprofit we are granting awards to is doing remarkable work improving the quality of life for individuals and families with a focus on life-long learning or filling a gap for basic needs including food, housing and transportation,” Judd Schemmel, American Family Insurance community investment director, said.

Madison365 is among the recipients of a Dreams Foundation grant. The nonprofit uses journalism to help build leaders among people of color in the greater Madison area.

“This program has been so helpful for so many young journalists already,” Henry Sanders, CEO of Madison365, said.

The foundation’s mission evolved from corporate giving to community investing. The foundation wants to create strong partnerships with nonprofit organizations that help strengthen families and communities.

American Family Insurance 2018 First Cycle Grant Recipients

Organization Name	Organization City	Organization State
AAA Fair Credit Foundation	Salt Lake City	Utah
Artportunity Knocks, Inc.	Atlanta	Georgia
Atlanta Community Food Bank	Atlanta	Georgia
Bayaud Enterprises	Denver	Colorado
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Northwest	Spokane	Washington
Boys & Girls Club Of Kenosha	Kenosha	Wisconsin
Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley	Mesa	Arizona
Care and Share, Inc.	Colorado Springs	Colorado
Centro Hispano of Dane County	Madison	Wisconsin
CEOs of Tomorrow, Inc.	Madison	Wisconsin
Child Crisis Arizona	Mesa	Arizona
Clean Lakes Alliance	Madison	Wisconsin
COA Youth & Family Centers	Milwaukee	Wisconsin
College of Western Idaho Foundation	Nampa	Idaho
Concordia University - Wisconsin	Mequon	Wisconsin
Colorado Springs Philharmonic	Colorado Springs	Colorado
Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture	Columbia	Missouri
Communities In Schools of Mid-America, Inc.	Lawrence	Kansas
CWI Foundation	Madison	Wisconsin
DAIS (Domestic Abuse Intervention Services)	Madison	Wisconsin
Denver Arts + Technology Advancement	Denver	Colorado
East Madison Community Center	Madison	Wisconsin
Epworth Children & Family Services	St. Louis	Missouri
Fort Collins Museum of Discovery	Fort Collins	Colorado
Front Steps Housing and Services	Cleveland	Ohio
Goodman Community Center	Madison	Wisconsin
Habitat for Humanity of Dane County	Madison	Wisconsin
Habitat for Humanity of Weber & Davis Counties	Ogden	Utah
Homeward Pikes Peak	Colorado Springs	Colorado
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Colorado Springs, DBA Family Promise of Colorado Springs	Colorado Springs	Colorado
Jeremiah Program	Minneapolis	Minnesota
Jeremiah Program	Fargo	North Dakota
Journey House	Milwaukee	Wisconsin
Ka Joog Nonprofit Organization	Minneapolis	Minnesota
Kansas City Community Gardens -- The Giving Grove	Kansas City	Missouri
Kansas School for Effective Learning (KANSEL)	Wichita	Kansas
Life's Kitchen	Boise	Idaho
Lifetrack	St. Paul	Minnesota
LifeWire	Bellevue	Washington
Madison Children's Museum	Madison	Wisconsin
Madison Northside Planning Council, Inc.	Madison	Wisconsin
Maydm	Madison	Wisconsin
Meals from the Heartland	West Des Moines	Iowa
Metro Ministries, Inc	Denver	Colorado
MOM (MIddleton Outreach Ministry)	Middleton	Wisconsin
Nehemiah Community Development Corporation	Madison	Wisconsin
New Pathways for Youth	Phoenix	Arizona
Olbrich Botanical Society	Madison	Wisconsin
Oregon Food Bank	Portland	Oregon
Outreach, Inc.	Indianapolis	Indiana
Overture Center Foundation Inc d/b/a Overture Center for the Arts	Madison	Wisconsin
Partnership Against Domestic Violence	Atlanta	Georgia
Posada	Pueblo	Colorado
Project Angel Heart	Denver	Colorado
REAP Food Group	Madison	Wisconsin
Rise Up For Youth, Inc.	Wichita	Kansas
River Bend Foodbank	Davenport	Iowa
Rose Brooks Center, Inc.	Kansas City	Missouri
Sarah's Home	Peyton	Colorado
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin	Madison	Wisconsin
Second Helpings, Inc.	Indianapolis	Indiana
Special Olympics Colorado	Englewood	Colorado
St. Joseph the Worker	Phoenix	Arizona
Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service	St. Charles	Missouri
The Lift Garage	Minneapolis	Minnesota
The River Food Pantry	Madison	Wisconsin
The Road Home Dane County	Madison	Wisconsin
The Salvation Army	Denver	Colorado
Three Square	Las Vegas	Nevada
Treehouse	Seattle	Washington
University of Chicago	Chicago	Illinois
Vera Court Neighborhood Center, Inc.	Madison	Wisconsin
Washington Kids in Transitions	Lake Forest Park	Washington
Young Americans Center for Financial Education	Denver	Colorado
Youth Emergency Services & Shelter	Des Moines	Iowa
Youth Emergency Services (YES)	Omaha	Nebraska
Youth On Their Own	Tucson	Arizona
YWCA Madison	Madison	Wisconsin
YWCA Southern Arizona	Tucson	Arizona