I believe my gifts are most useful in an unrestricted way. It’s hard for me as an outsider to know the best way to allocate the money. I trust the dean to use it where it will do the most good at that time.

William Hale (’68 BA L&S)

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.