The
UW Foundation created in 1945, is the official fund-raising and gift-receiving organization for UW-Madison and other donor-designated units of the UW System. For 60 years, the UW Foundation has engaged those who care about the university by providing opportunities to enhance its teaching, research and outreach programs, and has guaranteed ethical stewardship of the gifts it has received. Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends, total gifts received by the Foundation since 1945 now stand at more than $1.76 billion.