The Evjue Foundation Inc., the charitable arm of The Capital Times, today announced it has made grants totaling $1,964,341 to the University of Wisconsin and 76 community organizations in the newspaper’s circulation area.
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, include $754,041 to the university for projects ranging from the renovation of Camp Randall to the UW’s efforts to attract more minority students and $1,210,300 to local civic, cultural and nonprofit organizations, mostly in Madison and Dane County.