About

About DEER

DEER is a Milwaukee-based initiative working to close a twelve-year life expectancy gap, through investment, partnership, and follow-through in the neighborhoods that need it most.

Who DEER is

DEER was built on a simple idea: real change requires real, sustained investment in the neighborhoods where the gaps are widest. We're focused, in it for the long haul, and built around what these neighborhoods actually need, not a generic playbook.

Horizon2034
Neighborhoods3
Funded / total goal$7M / $80M
Focus pillars4

Leadership and governance

Wendell Willis, Managing Director, DEER Accelerator.

Transparency

Trust is earned, not assumed, and DEER is committed to being an open book about how the work gets done and where every dollar goes. DEER is fiscally sponsored by the Froedtert Hospital Foundation. If you want to see it firsthand, we're glad to walk you through exactly how we operate.

Want to see what long-term partnership with DEER looks like?

Visit the Investment Committee page
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