Welcome to our Fund Family!

We are honored to work with education foundations throughout Waukesha County and welcome Hamilton Education Foundation as our newest partner. Established in 1991, the Hamilton Education Foundation works to fund enhanced, extended, and enriched learning opportunities for students and educators in the Hamilton School Education. Learn more about the Hamilton Education Foundation on their website: https://www.hamiltoneducationfoundation.org/

Paths to Funding Scholarships:

Determining Donor Intent to Maximize Impact

Written By: Bridget Posta, WCCF Scholarship Administrator

Donors interested in funding postsecondary education for students in their community may benefit from looking to a community foundation. Waukesha County Community Foundation (WCCF) offers a variety of options for funding scholarships, and we are committed to working with donors to identify solutions that align with their philanthropic strategy.

Acknowledging the passion that many of our donors have for supporting education, and realizing the vital impact this type of giving has on our community, WCCF has focused resources on streamlining and improving our scholarship processes, including implementation of a Scholarship Lifecycle Manager software package in 2023. Our objective is to develop practices that maximize impact by reaching a larger pool of potential applicants, while also identifying and eliminating obstacles for those applicants.

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Diane Voit retired from teaching Business and Special Education at Waukesha North High School in 2014. After 38 years of educating, Diane created the Aspiring Educator Award, or as she calls it “A Living Legacy Fund,” to inspire students to pursue an education-related career. Her two daughters, Greta and Sarah, are now educators at Waukesha School District as well.

When Diane’s mother passed in March of 2023, the Voit Family was inspired to create another “living legacy fund”. They partnered with the Waukesha Education Foundation to form The Voit Family Future Educator Scholarship, a permanent scholarship encouraging students to become teachers.

The Voit Family (L-R: Sarah, Diane, Greta)

Interested in starting a scholarship fund? Reach out to our team today to learn more.