With the bleak economy hitting people in the pocketbooks, many are scaling back on contributions and gifts to organizations, including the UW-system. The outlook is mixed for two of the systemâ??s larger campuses.
Sandy Wilcox is president of the U-W Foundation in Madison, which is its official fundraising and gift-receiving organization. He says the Foundationsâ?? brought in 4-percent more financial contributions than last year already — but thereâ??s also bad news. (Third item.)