Make checks payable to “WCTC Foundation, Inc.” and include on the memo line where
to designate the gift. Send checks to:
WCTC Foundation, Inc.
College Center, C-209
800 Main St.
Pewaukee, WI 53072
Please do not send cash through the mail. Cash gifts can be donated in person at the
office address listed above.
Each year, in-kind gifts of equipment and services help us enhance our students’ experiences.
These meaningful gifts may include:
- New products and inventory
- Production equipment
- Buildings and land
- Raw materials
- Machinery and tooling
- Office furniture and equipment
- Vehicles
- Services
If you have any usable item you’d like to donate to WCTC, please fill out our In-Kind Donation form.
Formally opened in 1923, WCTC provides accessible career and technical education to
strengthen our community through lifelong learning. The College was created on the
concept of “building the future together.” The first board minutes for the College
authorized the purchase of materials to build 20 manual training benches and 20 mechanical
drawing benches for the students. The next directive was that these same items were
to be constructed by the students in their first projects so that the class could
be offered to more students.
You can continue this “building” through an estate or retirement planned gift. Please
contact the WCTC Foundation for further information.
An endowment with the WCTC Foundation is an excellent tool for making a perpetual
scholarship gift. With an investment of $10,000, you can establish a named endowment
to benefit a specific category of students or a field of study of your choice. Gift
commitments may be completed over a five-year period. WCTC awards scholarships beginning
the semester after the $10,000 goal is reached.
Named Scholarships are established to recognize a particular individual or organization.
You may design the purpose of the scholarship. Honorary and memorial scholarships
usually define a field of interest specifically related to your motivation. All named
scholarships are promoted to students with information about the source of funding
and purpose of the scholarship.
An advised fund is used to support specific programs of a department or division and/or
the support of WCTC students. You may restrict your gift to student assistance, staff
development, materials, equipment, supplies and more.
A legacy or planned gift will benefit students for years to come. Estate planning
professionals and WCTC Foundation staff can help determine the most effective way
to design your legacy gift. This type of gift can be accomplished through:
- Wills
- Charitable remainder trusts
- Charitable lead trusts
- Charitable and deferred gift annuities
- Gift of life insurance
When you choose to make a planned gift, you become a member of the 1923 Legacy Club
and invest in the future of WCTC. A planned gift allows you to create a vision for
your support while meeting both your financial and philanthropic needs.
A charitable bequest offers a way to support WCTC in a continued legacy. Memorial
gifts and charitable bequests are lasting methods of supporting and enhancing the
quality of education for students. Making a charitable bequest is not only a sign
of good stewardship, it is also a mark of thoughtful estate planning, and the bequest
becomes an enduring gift to technical education and its students.
Suggested wording for Bequests to the WCTC Foundation
The following are suggested wordings for directing gifts by bequests to the WCTC Foundation.
They are only to be used as a guideline, and we strongly recommend that you consult
an attorney to prepare your will and to supervise its execution to comply with specific
state laws.
General wording: I give to the WCTC Foundation, Inc., Pewaukee, Wis., the sum of $ _ (or the following
described property; or the rest, residue, and remainder, or percentage of my estate)
to be used by the WCTC Foundation, Inc., to benefit Waukesha County Technical College
(WCTC).
Scholarship fund wording: I give to the WCTC Foundation, Inc., Pewaukee, Wis., the sum of $ _ (or the following
described property; or the rest, residue, and remainder, or percentage of my estate)
to be used to establish the (name) Scholarship Fund, for the purpose of annually providing
one or more scholarships to deserving students who are enrolled at Waukesha County
Technical College, in accordance with the decisions and judgment of the WCTC Scholarship
Committee or its successor agency as directed by the WCTC Foundation, Inc.
