Gifts & Contributions to the Institute

We invite you to help us maintain a vigorous and productive community of poverty research scholars by contributing to the Institute for Research on Poverty. Gifts to the IRP General Fund will be used to support the next generation of poverty research through graduate student awards, to recruit the best faculty affiliates, to bring nationally known lecturers to our campus, and to inform policymakers about new strategies for reducing poverty and how they might be implemented and evaluated. All contributions made by private individuals or groups directly to the Institute are processed through the University of Wisconsin Foundation.

Read Director Timothy Smeeding’s Winter 2008 Letter to Colleagues and Friends

How to Contribute

Making Contributions Online through the UW Foundation

The Institute can accept donations through an online giving form provided by the UW Foundation. To make an online contribution, please use the online form (the "Gift Designation" information will be automatically filled out).

Making Contributions by Mail

To mail a donation to support the Institute for Research on Poverty, include the fund name and program designation (Fund 1254994/IRP) on your check, payable to the University of Wisconsin Foundation, and send it to:

UW Foundation
U.S. Bank Lockbox
P.O. Box 78807
Milwaukee, WI 53278-0807