When James Tye and Gabriel Neves decided to leave a charitable giving legacy, two words drove their decision: "Madison" and "lakes."
Power couple would be an apt description for Madisonians Lester Pines and Roberta Gassman. Roberta Gassman and Lester Pines started a donor-advised fund and joined the Legacy Society to give back to the community they love. After decades of building successful careers, raising children and now grandchildren, and giving back to the community that’s meant so much to them, Lester and Roberta have made their passion for Madison permanent.
In 2005, after more than three decades in city management, former Peace Corps volunteer Tom Popp returned to Malawi, where he served from 1964-1966, with a desire to assist children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic and other lifethreatening diseases that plague the southeastern African country. Read about how that inspired him to start a scholarship fund.
The Mann Educational Opportunity Fund is a scholarship honoring Bernard and Kathlyn Mann, longtime Madison residents whose strong belief in education helped ensure the graduation of their five children from Madison Memorial High School and later from universities.
When Sally and John Ouellette took a financial advisor’s suggestion and created the Ouellette Family Donor Advised Fund, they never imagined the joy it would bring them. Now, nearly two decades later, the endowment has allowed them to give away more than their original investment. Not only that, the fund today is worth more.
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