I have always appreciated how the high-quality education I received at Madison enabled me to have a successful life in the corporate world

David Padget (’94 BBA)

About Us

The University of Wisconsin Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt Wisconsin corporation. We are the official fundraising and gift-receiving organization for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other donor-designated units of the UW System.

Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends, total gifts received by the Foundation since 1945 now stand at more than $2.41 billion.
UW Foundation Building

UW Foundation seen from University Ave.