Marquette Community Campaign

Marquette Community Campaign is open February 18 through Give Marquette Day on Tuesday, March 4. 

Community Campaign gives faculty and staff the opportunity to join together in support of Marquette, the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) and United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County. In addition to making a difference in the Marquette and Milwaukee communities, the goal of the campaign is to strengthen the university’s culture of philanthropy through campus-wide participation. 

Thank you for everything you do for Marquette, our students and our community. We hope you will join us for the Community Campaign and Give Marquette Day!

 

If you would like to make a gift via check or cash or if you have any questions, please contact University Advancement Gift Services at uagiftservices@marquette.edu. You can also access our FAQs here.

Marquette University, UPAF, United Way

Giving to Marquette

Support for the Annual Fund is Marquette's highest priority. Your generosity has the power to immediately impact students’ lives, secure Marquette as a top Catholic, Jesuit university, and support the breadth of everything that goes into making the Marquette experience. It consists of both the Marquette Fund and our Scholars Funds. The unrestricted Marquette Fund allows the university to be nimble and ensures the strongest Marquette today and into the future. Scholars Funds provide scholarship support to students today. 

Scholarship support is the most valuable way to achieve Marquette’s founding mission and help more students access our distinctive experience. Current-use gifts have immediate impact. 

In addition to scholarship aid, benefactors can support other Marquette priorities found on the giving form, or write in the fund(s) of their choosing. Proceeds support Marquette University, the United Way of Greater Milwaukee, and the United Performing Arts Fund. The goal of the annual Community Campaign is to reach campus-wide participation.

 

United Way of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County

United Way focuses on the community’s most serious problems through strategic investments in Education, Income and Health. In partnership with more than 160 programs at 80 local agencies, United Way helps hundreds of thousands of people in our community each year.

Donations to United Way support programs at agencies like:

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee: Through their Graduation Plus program, they support young people with their college journey.
  • Pathfinders: They focus on youth in crisis, ensuring that all young people are safe, healthy, independent, successful, and valued.
  • FRIENDS: Located in Washington County, they provide emergency shelter, 24-hour crisis intervention, and advocacy service to survivors of intimate partner violence.

The reach extends beyond Milwaukee County and its central-city neighborhoods into suburban and rural areas throughout Ozaukee, Washington and Waukesha Counties. Investing only in programs that produce measurable results, United Way operates at a high rate of efficiency with 90 cents of every dollar invested into community problem-solving. This year, people in our community will rely on United Way for help. Your donation will ensure that help is there. 

The United Performing Arts Fund

UPAF provides crucial operational support to a diverse and nationally recognized group of performing arts organizations. UPAF funded organizations touch over one million people through performances, educational outreach, special events and community outreach every year.

UPAF member organizations include: Bel Canto Chorus, Danceworks, First Stage Children's Theater, Florentine Opera Company, Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Chamber Theater, Milwaukee Children’s Choir, Milwaukee Public Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, Next Act Theatre, Present Music, Renaissance Theaterworks, and Skylight Opera Theatre.