The UW Carbone Cancer Center Innovation Fund provides a unique opportunity for UW Carbone leaders to invest key seed funding in the most promising new ideas, enhance resources available to our outstanding researchers, meet matching challenges included in many national grants, and respond to innovative and emerging needs to advance our mission. Donors to this discretionary fund are true partners in the transformative work being done at UW Carbone. Innovation Fund members receive bi-annual impact reports, early notification of groundbreaking research, invitations to exclusive events in Madison and around the country, and a sense of community among the cancer center’s most generous and visionary friends. As of December 31, 2020, the Innovation Fund consists of 20 members, with a total of $4,835,000 in investments.
Members as of March 10th, 2021
William and Signe Buchholz*
Greg and Michelle Gard, Garding Against Cancer*
Andy and Susan North, Andy North and Friends Initiative*
Norm and Barbara Berven
Rich and Sue Clack
Roger and Gloria DeMeritt
Gertrude Deinlein
John and Jeanne Flesch
George Gialamas
Christian and Carol Rosenstock, Gunning for Hope
Forrest Hartmann
Mark and Bonnie Huetten
Dan and Lena Kelly
Donald and JoAnne Krause
Lemon Brothers
Todd and Shari Nelson
Ann Palmenberg
Tom and Margaret Pyle
Peter and Colleen Schmitz
John and Mary Schroeder
Ron Skoronski
Sam Soffa
Linda and John Hughes and Anne Connor,
Malcolm Stack Foundation
Chuck and Denise Steinhauer
John and Patricia Zimbrick
*Denotes members of the Director’s Circle
Interested in learning more?
To learn more about advancing innovative cancer research and treatment at the UW Carbone through a gift to the UW Carbone Innovation Fund or to request a current UW Carbone Innovation Fund quarterly impact report, please contact: Valerie Zibell |Valerie.Zibell@SupportUW.org| (608) 234-0627