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.
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.
Wendell Willis, Managing Director, DEER Accelerator.
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.