Thank You to Our Supporters
Thank you to the following inspirational donors who have made a generous gift to the Campaign for a New Wisconsin History Center. Your incredible support will transform how people discover and share history in our state for generations to come!
Last Updated: February 18, 2025
*in memoriam
$5,000,000+
- Pleasant and Jerry Frautschi
$2,500,000-$4,999,999
- Jane A. Bartell and John W. Thompson
$1,000,000-$2,499,999
- Anonymous
- The Boldt Company
- Mr. Craig C. Culver
- Robert C. Dohmen
- Mary Roelli Hilfiker
- Robert* and Patricia* Kern
- Kohler Trust for Preservation
- Ruth DeYoung Kohler II*
- Mr. Frederic Mohs
- David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
- Richard Searer and Cathi E. Wiebrecht-Searer
$500,000-$999,999
- Anonymous
- Dale Leibowitz and Ron Suliteanu
- Rhona E. Vogel
$250,000-$499,999
- Thomas and Jill Barland
- Culver’s
- The Evjue Foundation, Inc., the charitable arm of
The Capital Times
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- William and Jennifer Kraemer
- Tom* and Nancy Mohs
- Don and Cindy Schott
- Steve and Betsy Wallman
- JoAnn and Michael Youngman
$100,000-$249,000
- Anonymous
- Alliant Energy Foundation
- The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
- Cleary-Kumm Family
- The Comer Family Foundation
- Pat and Anne Fee
- John J. Frautschi Family Foundation
- Conrad and Sandra Goodkind
- Joanne B. and A. William Huelsman
- Mark and Ilene* Laufman
- The Lenz Family
- Irving & Dorothy Levy Family Foundation Inc.
- Madison Gas and Electric Foundation, Inc.
- Lowell and Mary Peterson
- Leonard Sobczak and David Pionke
- Dawn Stucki
- Urban Land Interests
- Jane and David* Villa
- We Energies
$50,000-$99,999
- Walter Alexander Foundation, Inc.
- Diane Ballweg
- Angela and Jeff Bartell
- Christopher and Mary Pat Berry
- Phil and Kit Blake
- Kathleen Burke
- Cranberry Museum, Inc
- Diane Dei Rossi and James Hardy
- Dan and Natalie Erdman
- Gregory Huber
- Joshua and Megan Jeffers
- Claire and Marjorie Johnson
- National Guardian Life Insurance Company
- John and Catherine Orton Family
- Richard A. and Antoinette M.* Reinhart
- Oscar Rennebohm Foundation
- Joe and Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner
- Steinhauer Charitable Trust
- John and Sherry Stilin
- Summit Credit Union
- Lynde Uihlein
- von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
- Paul Wertsch
$25,000-$49,999
- Nancy Marshall Bauer
- Beach Family Foundation
- Rollie and Mary Boeding
- Bradbury Family
- Stephen and Mary Brenton
- Marv Conney*
- Lea Culver
- Dr. Joyce (Carpenter) Degenhart
- Dennis and Maribeth Dorn
- J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.
- First Business Bank
- Patty Fjetland
- FRIENDS of the Wisconsin Historical Society
- Marianna Fuchs
- The Alan G. Hembel Family
- Gregory Huber, in memory of Leslie and Ellen Huber
- Steve and Lynn Karges
- David R. and Darlene A. Lee
- Roma E. Lenehan
- Paul Lenhart and Maria Fabrega
- Thomas Maxwell Family
- Harold and Christine Mayer
- Carlyn Mayer Bassham and Ben Bassham
- Barbara Mayer and Frank Rowbotham
- Jerald and Mary Phillips
- RDK Foundation
- Ron* and Theresa Richards
- Layton and Diane Rikkers
- Fred and Nancy Risser
- Brian and Karen Rude
- Donna and Tom Shriner
- Miriam Simmons
- Stafford Rosenbaum LLP
- Terry Family Foundation
- Wall Family Enterprise
- Neal and Cathy Wegner
- Kathleen E. Woit, Ph.D.
- Jennifer A. Younger and Thomas R. Smith
$10,000-$24,999
- Jason and Erin Adamany
- Loren J. Anderson and Terri W. Anderson
- Lawrence and Barbara Behlen
- Anna Biermeier and Roger Hanson
- Paula Bonner and Ann Schaffer
- John and Barbara Bowlin
- Cary and Jill Bremigan
- Dudley Foundation
- The Robert Eckert Family Fund
- W. Lee Hansen
- David Hanson and Linda Bochert
- Nancy Janson
- Kopmeier Family Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- Ann L. Koski
- Dr. Ellen D. Langill* and Mr. Ross M. Langill
- Nina Look and Fred Derr
- Regina Millner
- Emily and Daniel Pfeiffer
- Walter S. and Amelia M. Rugland Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
- Carol and Dean Schroeder
- Jay and Katie Sekelsky
- John Sensenbrenner
- Dave and Maggie Stoeffel
- Charles E. and Ruth Werth
- David Wilder
- Major General (Ret.) Al* and Pat Wilkening
- Terri and Bill Yoho
- Susan M. Zaeske
- Dave and Sandy Zweifel
$5,000-$9,999
- Mr. Dave Anderson
- Chuck Bauer and Chuck Beckwith
- Anne W. Bolz*
- Jack* and Marian* Bolz
- Ellsworth and Dorothy Brown
- Bob and Susan Crane
- Tom DeChant
- John and Sandra Decker
- Londa and Walter Dewey
- Joel Diemer
- First American Title – NCS – Madison
- Freitag Heritage Fund at the Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- Barbara N. Fuldner
- John and Suzanne* Gilman
- Ramona A. Gonzalez and John P. Stuber
- Reed and Ellen Hall
- Loretta Himmelsbach, in memory of Rosemary Himmelsbach
- Historic Race Circuits of Elkhart Lake
- Jerry and Sherry Janiszewski
- The Honorable Frederick P.* and Judge Joan F. Kessler
- Mary and Scott Kolar
- Hanns Kuttner
- Phyllis and John Lovrien
- Paul Lowry and Barbara Widder-Lowry
- Peter and Jill Lundberg
- Nick Meriggioli
- George L.N. Meyer Family Foundation, Inc.
- Judy Nagel
- B. Ann Neviaser
- Peter Ostlind
- Phillip* and Kathleen Pellegrino
- Frederick and Linda Prehn
- Bruce Rosen and Diane Seder
- John and Linda Schilling
- Michael* and Linda Schmudlach
- Stephen* and Monica Sentoff
- Linda and John Hughes
- Sunset Investors
- Ellis and Katie Waller
- Keene T. and Cathy J. Winters
- Thomas and Marykay Martin Zimbrick
- Dr. Aharon and Emily Zorea
$1,000-$4,999
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Sandy and Jeff Anderson
- Victor and Christine Anthony
- Robert and Wendy Barr
- Joseph Boborci
- Renee and Tom Boldt
- James and Libby Bradley
- Dr. Sid Bremer and Dr. Jerry Rodesch
- Ed Brown
- Jeffrey and Rhoda Cheney
- Ellie and Ken Chin
- Dr. Marcus Cohen and Mrs. Sheila Cohen
- Ann Conroy
- Barbara Constans and Deb Rohde
- Charles Cook
- Michael and Roberta Couillard
- Kathryn Curtis*
- Fred and Shirley Davie
- In loving memory of Harold E. Devereaux, DDS
- Larry and Kathleen Dickerson
- Richard and Gayla Divelbiss
- Alexandra* and William Dove
- James and Jessica Doyle
- Charles Etmekjian
- John R. Evans
- Gretchen Farwell
- Rick and Jeanine Fassl
- Timothy Flatley
- Mark Frankel
- Grant and Sarah Frautschi
- John Fritz
- Barbara Furstenberg
- Jessie Garcia
- Roberta Gassman and Lester Pines
- C. Frederick Geilfuss II and Anne Hamilton
- Dan and Marty Gilbert
- Alicia L.* and Jerry D. Goehring
- Mary Gulbrandsen
- Robert* and Elke Hagge
- Dennis Hall
- Jeffrey and Heather Hein
- Brian and Annette Hellmer
- Sharon Holt
- Jeanette Holz
- James Imhoff and Kitty Kuhl
- Ann Kloehn
- Thomas and Margie Krauskopf
- Ronald L. and Jean L. Lewis
- Stephen and Susan Liguori Family Foundation
- Brad and Julie Lussier
- Sean Lynch and Jessica Klatt
- Les and Betty Mack
- Bruce McCauley
- Barbara McFarland and Kent Carnell
- Carole McGuire
- Susan McLeod
- Wes and Caitlin Mosman Block
- Gerald and Leah Mowris
- Janan and Waleed Najeeb
- Diane Nixa and Kurt Hochfeld
- Sara and Dennis O’Loughlin
- Barbara Putta
- Julie Ragland and Russell Grabczyk
- Jack* and Glenda Rhodes
- Renee and Pat Richter
- James* and Carol Ruhly
- The Sampson Family Charitable Fund
- Tom and Sharon Sharratt
- Dr. Robert S. Smith
- Kurt and Kim Stege
- Jamie Steuer*
- Eugene Stirling
- Bryan* and Maureen Stockton
- TDS Telecom
- Bjorn J. and Gail O. Thompson
- Robert and Judith Tuttle
- U.S. Bank
- Chia Youyee Vang and Tong Mabyias Yang
- George L. Vogt
- Richard and Katherine Welnick
$250-$999
- Anonymous
- Marcia and Amos Anderson
- Cindy and William Arbiture
- Deb and Dean Archer
- James and Susan Bakke
- Donna and George Beestman
- Jonathan and Lonnie Bogatay
- Kristin Borst and Tim Flynn
- Judith and Carl* Bowser
- Jill Brunscheen
- Nancy Bunge
- Brad Burton
- Alice and James Butler
- Debra Byars
- Leo DeSpain
- Bob and Susie Drane
- Kathy Dudgeon
- William Ehlenbach
- Terry Faulk
- Lynne and Scott Faulkner
- John Gard and Cate Zeuske
- Blake Griffin
- Larry Gundlach
- Vivian L. Guzniczak
- Doug and Margaretann Haag
- John Hanrahan
- Steve and Bette Hartley
- Janet and Pat Hennessey
- Ray Hilfiker
- Jane Hilk
- Jim and Geri Hodge
- Michael and Ann Hudak
- William and Jackie Hustad
- Ian’s Pizza Madison
- Larry and Pamela Jacobson
- J. Michael Jensen
- Christine Keller
- Ronald* and Mary Kay* Kelly
- Bernard and Sandra Knesting
- Bob and Levina Kollar
- Allan and Kathy Koritzinsky
- Patricia Kraft
- Madeline Laufenberg
- Dan Laux and Audrey Shomos
- David and Genie Meissner
- Andrew Milkowski
- Douglas Oldmixon
- Paul Pelligrino
- Don and Carol Reeder
- Lou Reilly
- Karl and Catherine Robe
- Steven Schimming
- Society of the Plastics
- John and Anna Stofflet
- John and Carol Toussaint
- Anne West*
- Corinne and Nancy Westmas
- Raymond and Sharon Winburn
- Tom and Karen Zilavy