The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Foundation has received a $10 million gift, the largest investment in an endowed fund in the university’s history.
This lead gift is helping launch the public phase of the Foundation’s Sustaining Human Innovation capital campaign.
An anonymous donor on the Foundation’s board of directors announced their initial campaign gift to the Foundation at its recent annual meeting and as the board finalized plans for the $125 million capital campaign. The gift will create an endowed fund where the university will be able to focus the annual income to establish areas of distinction in health and human wellbeing.
“We are thrilled to begin the public phase of this campaign with this transformational gift,” Kimera Way, president of the UW-Eau Claire Foundation, said. “The support we continue to receive from our donors, our alumni and our partners has positioned UW-Eau Claire to achieve national distinction. We want to lead in undergraduate research, health and human wellbeing and equity, diversity and inclusion. We have a bold vision for the future, and this gift and this campaign will help us achieve our strategic goals.”
The Sustaining Human Innovation Campaign outlines investments in people, programs and facilities, all of which align with UW-Eau Claire’s strategic plan. The quiet phase of the campaign began in 2017, and more than $70 million has been raised to date, thanks to the $10 million gift announced today. The focus of the campaign is to direct support to sustainable, renewable investments that will ensure UW-Eau Claire can continue to offer students a transformative education for years to come. The campaign will run through June 2026.
