Chuck Bauer and Chuck Beckwith, founders of the Soap Opera, use their donor advised fund at MCF to support organizations working in areas that matter to them – especially arts and the environment.
Julius Morgan believed that education was the foundation for everything. When he passed away, his family chose to honor his memory by creating a scholarship fund.
Tillie Ripley had a passion for justice, and enjoyed working with MCF to support local nonprofits, helping right where she lived.
As a former two-time mayor and long-time resident of Portage, Bill Tierney is a dedicated supporter of his community – both today and into the future. He and Valerie Nehls also share a passion for saving lives. Their giving supports both.
Lake Mills resident and business owner Nancy Boebel is teaching her grandchildren the value of helping other people.
An important part of Steve Morton’s legacy came together when he discovered a way to protect and preserve his family’s 120-acre retreat within the picturesque Driftless Area of southwest Wisconsin through Madison Community Foundation.
Phil Stark has fond childhood memories of visiting his father, Paul, in the building that’s now home to Madison Community Foundation. Built in 1926 to house the office of The Paul E. Stark Company, now Stark Company Realtors, the historic structure was revitalized and reopened as Austin Place in 2014 by the Block 100 Foundation created by Jerry Frautschi and Pleasant Rowland.
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.
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