UW Foundation & Giving
Recruiting and retaining world-class faculty and visiting professors and lecturers will ensure the future and growth of the LGBT Studies program. Private gifts for scholarly appointments, teaching fellowships, lectureships or professorships enhance the University's ability to attract top educators, researchers and scholars.
Naming Opportunities
Make a gift. Make a difference.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison welcomes private support to nurture and advance lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender campus initiatives in important new ways.
While gifts of any size are welcome, major gift possibilities exist to name a permanent "endowed" fund at the U.W. Endowed funds forever connect the name of the donor (or someone the donor wishes to honor) with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Most important, endowed funds provide a lasting resource and source of support for an area and a cause that a donor cares about deeply.
Below is an overview of some naming opportunities associated with the emerging LGBT campus initiative, to support our LGBT students and sustain and advance the UW's LGBT Studies Certificate Program. The gift levels described are intended as minimum amounts needed to name the respective opportunity. In most cases, gifts may be made over several years.
Named endowed funds are invested by the university to generate annual income in perpetuity for the purpose specified by the donors. Only a portion of the annual return generated by each endowed fund is spent, so that the principal continues to grow to adjust for inflation. Gifts may be added to endowed funds at any time. Gifts may also be added to previously existing endowed funds.
Ways to give
Donors may create a named endowed fund now, through an outright gift, or in the future, through a bequest or life income gift, such as a charitable remainder trust. Outright gifts can be made by check, cash, credit card, securities, real property and online at www.uwfoundation.wisc.edu/giving
| Endowment Types | Minimum Gift |
| To Estbalish & Name the UW-Madison Center to LGBT Studies | $4,000,000 |
| To Name the LGBT Campus Center | $4,000,000 |
| Faculty Professorships and Chairs in LGBT Studies | $1,000,000 |
| To Name the LGBT Campus Center Library | $1,000,000 |
| Faculty Scholar Fellowships in LGBT Studies | $500,000 |
| LGBT Studies Graduate Teaching Assistantships | $250,000 |
| LGBT Distinguished Lectureship | $250,000 |
| To Name the LGBT Campus Center's Annual History Bus Trip | $250,000 |
| To Name the LGBT Campus Center's Annual Leadership Institute | $200,000 |
| LGBT Graduate Student Support Funds | $50,000 |
| LGBT Campus Center Library Book (Acquisition) Funds | $25,000 |
| Wisconsin Alumni Association LGBT Student Scholarships | $10,000 |
For More Information
Requirements for various naming opportunities differ, and donors are encouraged to discuss their ideas with a development director at the University of Wisconsin Foundation. If you would like to discuss a gift to support the UW's LGBT Campus Initiatives, or if you need additional information, please contact:
Eric W. Trekell
Program and Application Information
Director, LGBT Campus Center
608-265-2480
ewtrekell@wisc.edu
Marilyn Rhodes
University of Wisconsin Foundatuon
608-265-6119
marilyn.rhodes@uwfoundation.wisc.edu