Stout Gives Back

A day for UW-Stout alumni, community members, and industry partners to pay it forward to the next generation of Stout students
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Design the Future With Us.

Every gift impacts the lives of our students, shaping their experiences and their futures. Your contributions help feed students through our on-campus food pantry, fuel dreams by providing scholarships, and support cutting-edge labs, and programs. You are helping us train and develop the best and brightest minds, who will make a big difference through their research, discoveries, leadership and their polytechnic approach.

Your support doesn’t just change individual lives; it transforms the entire Stout community, building a more vibrant future for all of us. Thanks to generous donors we have challenges to reach goals in specific areas across the university:

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StoutProud Fund

$10,000 Challenge
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Stout Promise Scholarship Fund

$15,000 Challenge
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Blue Devil Athletics

$40,000 Challenge
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Student Learning Environments

$20,000 Challenge
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Student Emergency Fund

$15,000 Challenge
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2024 Funds of Focus

Support the University's area of greatest need!
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GOAL: $300K

Currently At: $0

Support the power of a polytechnic education.

2024 Giving Day Challenges

Seize the chance presented by our Giving Day Challenges to amplify the impact of your contribution. 

  • Blue Devil Athletics | $42,000 Challenge

    Sponsored by a team of athletics alumni and friends, including Sue Martin ('80), Rita & Howard Slinden and three anonymous donors. 

  • StoutPromise Scholarship | $18,000 Challenge

    Sponsored by Lou Welter ('76) and Marilyn Krause ('74) and Rick Lecesse. 

  • Student Emergency Fund | $17,000 Challenge

    Sponsored by Chancellor Katherine Frank, her husband, Joe Dvorsky and Roger ('63, '64) and Mary Schaefer.

  • Learning Environments Fund | $24,000 Challenge

    Sponsored by Provost Glendali Rodriguez, Marilyn Krause ('74) and Rick Lecesse and an anonymous donor. 

  • StoutProud Fund | $4,000 Challenge

    Sponsored by Marilyn Krause ('74) and Rick Lecesse. 

Many employers will match gifts made to the UW-Stout Foundation by their employees. These matching funds could double or triple the impact of the original gift. Gifts of cash, and in some cases, securities are eligible for matching. When a gift is matched, the matched amount goes toward the same program that your initial gift supported. 

 

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