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Make a direct donation
Donate by phone: 608.232.3400 or 1.800.272.3900
Donate by mail: Send a check or a note indicating your credit card number and expiration date (we accept Master Card and VISA) to:
Alzheimer’s Association
517 N. Segoe Rd. Suite 301
Madison, WI 53705
Memorial or tribute gifts
Memorial or tribute gifts are wonderful ways to honor a loved one and, at the same time, provide assistance and hope to other persons with Alzheimer's disease, their families, and future generations. If you would like to make a memorial gift or tribute - no matter what amount - you may call us at 608.232.3400 or 1.800.272.3900, email us, or write to us at this address:
Alzheimer's Association
517 North Segoe Road, Suite 301
Madison, WI 53705
When sending in a memorial or tribute, it is helpful for us if you provide the following information:
- Name of person to be memorialized or honored
- Name and address of a family member (we will send your family acknowledgment of all memorials received)
- Names and addresses of all givers so that we may send thank you notes
Wills and trusts
Please remember the Alzheimer's Association, South Central Wisconsin Chapter in your will.
Many people are surprised to learn that the planned gifts they make to the Alzheimer's Association can often provide them with significant tax benefits. A bequest through your will or living trust is the simplest form of charitable estate planning.
Here is sample bequest language you can take to your attorney for inclusion in your will or living trust:
I give, devise and bequeath (insert amount of gift or percentage of estate, or residuary of estate) to the South Central Wisconsin Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, or its successor organization, located in Madison, Wisconsin to support activities in South Central Wisconsin. (Federal ID #39-1679333)
In recent years, our Chapter has received estate gifts from Lawrence C. Singer of Madison and Willis Goitowski of Mauston. We are deeply grateful to these individuals for leading the way in helping to ensure that help is always available to Alzheimer's families in South Central Wisconsin. The next time you review your estate plans, please consider remembering our Chapter.
Money received at the Chapter is used in our nine county area to help support families coping with Alzheimer's disease. Support may be in the form of support groups, direct assistance, maintenance of community resource information, advocacy, public policy activities, and educational and training services in the community.
Charitable gift annuity
Although the Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates, savers are not yet seeing noticeable improvements in the rates of certificates of deposit. Investors seeking a higher guaranteed return of income may want to consider a charitable gift annuity.
A charitable gift annuity is an agreement between a donor and a charitable organization in which a donor transfers an asset (check, stock or bonds) to a charitable organization, such as the Alzheimer’s Association, and the charitable organization returns lifetime payments to the donor. The annuity can be set up over a period of one or two lifetimes – one of which is often the donor’s – at a percentage rate established at the start. Payments may be received as often as quarterly. Annuity payments are backed by all the assets of the Alzheimer’s Association so the donor can be confident that the Gift Annuity will provide income he/she can count on.
In addition, two tax benefits add value to the Gift Annuity.
- You’ll receive a current income tax deduction – something you’ll appreciate when you file this year’s tax return
- Part of each annuity payment the Alzheimer’s Association makes to a donor may be tax-free.
Upon the donor’s death, the Alzheimer’s Association uses the remaining gift assets to benefit the charitable purpose intended by the donor. A legacy of good work lives on in the community in the donor’s name.
To receive a personal CGA calculation, contact the Miriam Boegel, Development Director, at 608.232.3409 or 800.272.3900.
Giving at your workplace
Community Health Charities
The South Central Wisconsin Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association is supported in part by payroll giving campaigns. Payroll giving makes it easy to make a gift to the Alzheimer's Association.
Community Health Charities provides financial support to 36 member health agencies. Every year, approximately two million people in Wisconsin receive some type of assistance from Community Health Charities agencies.
The joint fundraising efforts of United Way and Community Health Charities start in September. There are two ways you can support the Alzheimer's Association through your workplace campaign.
- Check off the Alzheimer's Association, listed under Community Health Charities funded agencies. Or, on your United Way donor form, you can write in South Central Wisconsin Alzheimer's Association Chapter, Agency #324.
- You can also contribute to us through the United Way anywhere in the United States.
If you need more information, please contact the Community Health Charities office at 608.294.1086 or Amy Gallagher, Finance Director at the Alzheimer's Association South Central WI Chapter, at 608.232.3401 or 1.800.272.3900.
Corporate sponsorship
There are many opportunities for large and small businesses to show their support of the Alzheimer's Association, South Central Wisconsin Chapter. Frequently, businesses buy sponsorships to one of our fundraising events - Wine and Roses FestivalTM (April), A Round to RememberTM Charity Golf Event (August) or Memory WalkR (September). Please contact Miriam Boegel at 608.232.3409 for more information.
Special events
Visit our Special Events page to learn about several fun special events you can participate in that benefit the South Central Wisconsin Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association!
Donate your vehicle
Do you have a vehicle that needs a new home? Consider donating it to the Alzheimer's Association of South Central Wisconsin. Help a great cause and get a tax deduction at the same time. Cars4Charities is the non-profit organization that processes car donations for our organization. Cars4Charities will take your information, arrange for the pick-up of your vehicle(s), provide you with tax documentation and sell your vehicle. When we receive the dollars from the sale, we will notify you via letter.
Cars4Charities can be reached at 1.866.448.3487. If there are any questions, please call the Alzheimer's Association South Central WI Chapter at 608.232.3400 or 1.800.272.3900.
Volunteering at the South Central Wisconsin Chapter
Volunteers are the backbone of Alzheimer's Association Chapters nationwide, and volunteering your time at the South Central Chapter is a great way to make a difference in the lives of Alzheimer families in our local communities! If you would like to volunteer, please call us at 608.232.3400 or 1.800.272.3900 to discuss the many different ways you can get involved, or email us and we will be in touch with you as soon as possible.
Sampling of volunteer responsibilities:
- Answer phones (reception)
- Helpline volunteer
- Client follow-up contacts
- Computer database work
- Co-facilitate a support group
- Make community presentations for the Speaker's Bureau
- Transport members to support groups
- Filing/copying/folding
- Stuff envelopes, help with mailings
- Manage the lending library
- Bookkeeping responsibilities
- Write thank you letters
- Order pamphlets
- Type letters and memos
- Type Chapter's monthly billing reports
- Maintain mailing list
- Maintain membership list
- Maintain referrals from national Family Services Committee, Public Policy Committee
- Assist with Alzheimer's awareness events
- Assist at special events
- Connect people with other area agencies and assistance
- Update community service information
- Serve on Memory Walk Committee (one committee in each county we serve)
- Serve on Education Committee
- Serve on Mardi Gras Committee
- Serve on Legal and Financial Planning Committee
- Serve on Public Policy Committee
