Together We Can Help Kids Shine

Together we can help kids shine

Together We Can Help Kids Shine

Your support is powering a revolutionary approach to caring for kids' physical, dental, social and mental health

Wisconsin’s kids:
Brighter Than Ever

Wisconsin’s kids are facing unprecedented health challenges, and they need you now more than ever.

At Children’s Wisconsin, we’re doing everything in our power to make sure their light never dims. We go beyond for kids because it’s the right thing to do. But we can’t do it without you.

Your support is powering a revolutionary approach to care that focuses on every aspect of a child’s health — physical, dental, social and mental. Because every child deserves a brighter future.

Give today. Together, kids can shine Brighter Than Ever.

A Message from Children’s Wisconsin Foundation President Meg Brzyski Nelson

Brighter Forever logo 

The Children’s Wisconsin story started 130 years ago in a rented house on Brady Street in Milwaukee — a dream brought to life by seven women volunteers and philanthropists who thought kids deserved a different kind of care and a pastor who found kids safe and loving homes.

With incredible community support from people like you, Children’s Wisconsin has grown into a top-ranked pediatric health care system and the largest social services agency in the state. We are immensely proud to have more than 6.5 million annual connections with kids and families. Every one of you who walks by our side in partnership should feel proud of your impact.

Now, we ask you to continue powering the work Children’s Wisconsin is doing to care for the whole child. We’re turning strong into stronger. Kind into kinder. Sick into healthy. Healthy into healthier — into the healthiest kids in the nation. Your support is the multiplier effect. Thank you.

Now, more than ever, we need partners like you by our side as we turn bright into Brighter Than Ever for generations to come.

Illuminating Brighter Futures

Dollars that fund our most critical needs
Eradicating disease and innovating health care
Caring for the whole child and empowering families to build strong communities
Creating solutions for mental and behavioral health

Stories of Impact

Nazaria
Stronger Than Ever: Nazaria’s Story
From thyroid cancer to world adventures, Nazaria is healthy and happy.
Holden
Mightier Than Ever: Holden’s Story
Holden’s five-year journey has been a “miracle.”
Children's Wisconsin school based mental and behavioral health Marquan
Braver Than Ever: Marquan’s Story
Accessing mental health care at school has helped Marquan heal from trauma.
The only way we can give kids the best is by providing programs and services that wrap around the whole child — their physical, dental, social and mental health — making us a hospital and so much more. Many of these programs are not billable to insurance, and we offer them because it's the right thing to do for kids. Donor and community support is essential to ensure that we can continue caring for all aspects of a child’s health.

The most ambitious engagement and philanthropy campaign in Children’s Wisconsin history, Brighter Than Ever covers a six-year period, with the goal of raising more than $300 million in support of Wisconsin’s kids and families by the end of 2025.

We have an ambitious goal, and every dollar counts. When you give to Children’s, you say yes to providing best and safest care to kids so we can have the biggest impact on their health and well-being.

Yes, we invite you to learn more about how your gift can help kids Spark Forward, Glow Beyondand Shine Through. You also may designate your dollars to the Brighter Than Ever Immediate Impact for Kids fund, which allows us to support our areas of most critical need.

Planning a future gift is a wonderful way to leave a legacy of support while benefiting you and your family. There are multiple ways to do so, including through a will or trust or designating Children’s Wisconsin as a beneficiary in your retirement plan or life insurance policy. Please contact Senior Planned Giving Director Kelly Sachse at (414) 266-6121 or ksachse@childrenswi.org.

Gifts to the campaign are tax deductible to the fullest extent as allowed by law. Please contact your attorney or tax professional for specific questions.

Children’s Wisconsin relies on the generous support of our volunteers in so many ways. We invite you to learn more about volunteerism by visiting or by contacting Director of Volunteer Leadership Danielle Coterel at dcoterel@childrenswi.org.

We invite you to contact the Children’s Wisconsin Foundation at foundation@childrenswi.org. You can also find additional ways to contact us.

Together we can ensure that kids’ futures are Brighter Than Ever!

Give today