Gifts and grants to area educational, cultural and civic organizations totaling more than $1.9 million were announced by The Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of The Capital Times.
The grants, which are made possible by the will of the late William T. Evjue, the founder and longtime editor and publisher of The Capital Times, includes $818,400 to the University of Wisconsin for 29 special projects and programs during the coming year and $1,097,524 to 87 cultural and nonprofit organizations, mostly in Madison and Dane County.