Leave Your Legacy

Join the planned giving challenge for Children's Wisconsin

This special opportunity allows you to establish your charitable legacy for the future, while also seeing the immediate impact of your generosity on the kids and families we serve. Thanks to the generosity of several matching donors, 10% of any planned gift — up to $25,000 — will be matched with immediate dollars to support an area at Children’s that is most meaningful to you.

Brighter Forever Matching

This matching opportunity is new and will only continue through 2026, or until matching funds are exhausted. Please consider a planned gift today.

Help Kids Be Brighter Forever With a Planned Gift

Participate in this challenge by documenting your future philanthropic commitment to Children’s by completing a simple, confidential and non-legally binding statement of intent form.

There are many ways to make a planned gift. The Children’s Wisconsin team is here to help connect your philanthropic goals and passions with our vision of making the kids of Wisconsin the healthiest in the nation. Please contact Kelly Sachse, CFP, Senior Planned Giving Director, at (414) 266-6121 or ksachse@childrenswi.org or Maura Cook Lamensky, JD, Development Director for Planned Giving, at (414) 266-2481 or mcooklamensky@childrenswi.org.

Gifts through a will or trust

A gift in your will or trust can be a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate or the remainder after all other gifts are made.
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Beneficiary designation

You may designate Children’s Wisconsin as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, investment or bank account, or insurance policy.
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IRA charitable rollover

This tax-savvy gift option, also referred to as a qualified charitable distribution, or QCD for short, is available to folks 70.5 years old and older. It may satisfy your required minimum distribution (RMD) and reduce your taxable income.
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Charitable gift annuity

In return for a gift of cash or appreciated assets, you receive a fixed amount each year for the rest of your life. In addition, you may receive an income tax deduction and a portion of your annual income will be tax-free.
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Resources for professional advisors

We are committed to taking the utmost care in working with you and your clients to identify the charitable arrangements that best meet their needs.
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Contact our Planned Giving team

We are here to support you and your trusted advisors in aligning your financial, estate, and charitable planning goals.
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Learn more about planned giving at Children’s Wisconsin or download our free planning toolkit.

We also invite you to explore the benefits of our Guardian Society, which acknowledges the donors who have remembered Children’s in their estate.

Kids Your Donations Help

WKLH Miracle Marathon 2025 Stories

The WKLH Miracle Marathon features brave kids and families cared for by Children’s Wisconsin as they share their stories of hope and healing.

Nazaria’s story

From thyroid cancer to global adventures. Thanks to Children’s Wisconsin, her cancer story has a happy ending.

The MACC Fund Center – here for kids like Jahyda and Laleha

The Sickle Cell team at the Children’s Wisconsin MACC Fund Center has taught the Breitrick's how to keep their daughters healthy so they can live their fullest lives.