The solid foundation I received at UW has opened many doors for me. I think it is important to give while you are ‘alive and taking nourishment,’ and it will be such a joy to see the new building on its completion.

Mary Behrens (’64 BS Nurs)

UW Foundation Fast Facts

150 people are employed at the University of Wisconsin Foundation, including 44 directors or senior directors of development and 10 students.
120 students also are hired to place calls during evening hours to alumni and friends to ask for gifts to specific projects. In addition to their pay, they get free pizza most Friday evenings.
44 phone lines are available for student callers and 1,100 contacts can be made each night.
In 2006, the UW Foundation received 126,090 gifts, totaling $193,010,650.10. $3.8 million of that was raised by student callers.
The building is unusual in design and construction. The exterior is made of a five-layer aluminum sandwich of polyurethane paint, aluminum, plastic polymer core, aluminum and poly paint. The exterior finish is so slippery that graffiti wipes off easily.