Our Supporters

Founding Gift

Above: Howard and Linda Stern

Through the generosity of Linda and the late Howard Stern, the Center opened its doors to clients in 2001.

Linda and Howard’s financial gift and inspired vision have continued to support the Center as it has grown from one to nine staff and volunteers, serving just a handful of clients to now assisting hundreds every year. The Sterns’ vision to support the Center’s educational mission has fostered education and professional development among more than 500 students from a wide range of disciplines.

Sustaining Gift

Bonnie Berman’s extraordinary estate gift to the Center was, in a real sense, only her latest one. Both feisty and a relentless truth-teller, Bonnie was also radically generous in many ways. Bonnie helped us to see things through a different lens, and that is a true gift. We plan to use a portion of her estate gift to fund a recurring symposium, bearing her name, focused on the patient experience in health care and novel and effective collaborations between patients and their care teams. It seems perfect to honor Bonnie with great, new ideas – and we have no doubt that even more new lenses are in our future – courtesy of Bonnie’s generosity!

Grantors

American Cancer Society

Greater Milwaukee Foundation: Annette J. Roberts and Joan R. Robertson Fund for World Peace, World Law and Peace Education

Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment

Irving S. Cooper Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Susan G. Komen for the Cure South Central Wisconsin Affiliate

State of Wisconsin Department of Justice

UW Division of Continuing Studies

Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation

Major Funders

The Center wishes to thank the following individuals, organizations, foundations, and businesses for their generous support of $500 or more:

80% of funding comes from individual or private donors. Services are provided at no cost. Consider donating today.