Your Life, Your Plan: Your UW–Madison Legacy

Gift planning is a way to answer these questions and, in the process, create your legacy. It incorporates your charitable gift into your overall financial, tax, and estate planning. In doing so, you can maximize benefits for yourself and for the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The Office of Gift Planning at the University of Wisconsin Foundation is committed to helping you create a legacy you are proud of. Please reach out with any questions you might have.

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