Invest in WROF, Inc.

Your gift of any size is needed and appreciated!

Your gift to the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation, Inc. is unique and special. Your support helps a rural Wisconsin resident further their education from a short course to a doctorate. You will create bright futures for rural Wisconsin!

While there are many worthy ways for you to invest in the well-being of the citizenry of Wisconsin, your gift to WROF, Inc. touches the lives of young people at ALL educational levels. Your support impacts the very vitality of the Wisconsin rural enterprise.

Gifts to the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation, Inc. are deductible to the extent allowed by law and are recognized throughout the year in a variety of ways.

AND… please consider becoming a Rural Guardian with your monthly gift to support the WROF, Inc!  Your monthly gift will invest year-round in rural Wisconsin’s greatest resource, its residents.

Learn more about WROF!

Make an online gift today!

Mail your gift, payable to WROF, Inc. to:

Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 46522
Madison, WI 53744

Download the Text Form

Contact Marcy Heim, Executive Director at marcy@marcyheim.com to make a gift of stock, IRA distributions, or charitable gift annuities.

To leave a legacy gift in your will, contact Marcy Heim, Executive Director at marcy@marcyheim.com.

WROF Matching Gift Program

Join us in creating 10 new scholarships by meeting our Matching Gift Challenge.

For a limited time the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation, Inc.,  Board of Directors is offering a special match for all gifts received for new WROF scholarships. The goal is to increase the number of scholarships awarded by TEN!  Scholarships may be supported with a gift each year or by creating an endowment to support the scholarship forever.

Annual scholarships:
$1000. Matched the first year with a second scholarship of $1000.

Endowments:
$20,000*. Matched with a second annual award every year forever.

*Note – $20,000 may be given over 4 years.

Founding Families and Founding Firms

$20,000 – $100,000 Lifetime support

As the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation, Inc. grows its annual support to new levels, very special founding gifts are needed. Individuals, corporations and organizations who provide a cumulative gift of $20,000 – $100,000 receive life-time recognition, the opportunity to designate specific areas of support and will be listed with the Founding Families/Founding Firms Program donor list. Donors may also choose to invest with the Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Foundation comprehensive educational awards program and know that they are enhancing all post-secondary educational experiences.

Benefactor Family/Firm – $100,000

Investor Family/Firm – $50,000

Founding Family/Firm – $20,000