Give to UW–Porter Falls

Where gifts go

Gifts of any size to any fund are pooled with thousands of others — the emergency fund alone makes a few hundred grants a year, most under $500, and most of them keep someone enrolled through a single bad month rather than covering anything dramatic.

Ways to give

A one-time or recurring gift by card or bank transfer is the most common way to give and can be directed to any fund above. Working for an employer with a matching gift program can double or triple a gift for no extra cost to you — check before you give, since the match has to be requested, usually within a year. Retired faculty, staff, and alumni also give through payroll deduction while still employed, gifts of appreciated stock (often better tax treatment than cash), and a planned gift — a bequest in a will, a beneficiary designation, or a charitable trust that costs nothing today and can be changed at any time.

Giving societies

Society members get a small annual report on what their fund actually paid for that year — a specific student's emergency grant, a specific piece of replaced lab equipment — rather than a generic thank-you.

Other ways to support Porter

Not everyone who wants to help Porter has cash to give: the senior class gift campaign collects small pledges from graduating students, the capital campaign covers larger naming gifts tied to a specific building or space, and legacy scholarships let a family or a class fund a named, ongoing award in someone's honor. Alumni can also give time rather than money through the mentor network or by hosting a student for a job shadow or interview.

This is a parody site. There is no giving form, no payment processor and nothing to donate to. If this page has made you want to give money to a real institution, give it to a public university's emergency student fund, which is a genuinely excellent use of money.