Please consider making a charitable donation to Calvary Lutheran Chapel
Calvary Lutheran Chapel is a campus ministry of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s South Wisconsin District at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founded in 1920 as the Missouri Synod’s first-ever campus ministry, it has faithfully served the UW-Madison community for 90 years.
Calvary’s mission is to share God’s love by serving the UW-Madison community. It does this by offering traditional and contemporary worship services, an international student friendship outreach program, Bible studies, home cooked meals, choir and instrumental groups, social events, service opportunities, a study area, a recreation room and the opportunity to talk one-on-one with a pastor or staff about personal concerns, questions or problems.
As a mission congregation, Calvary is heavily dependent on the financial support of alumni and friends. Calvary alumni and friends are encouraged to financially support the chapel with regular gifts, special thank offerings and bequests in their trust or will. Donations can be made either directly to the chapel or to its Alumni Foundation.
The Alumni Foundation of Calvary Lutheran Chapel was created in 2006 as a federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity. Its endowment fund was established to support the chapel’s short and long-term financial needs, with the goal of helping Calvary serve the campus community into the future. Donations to either Calvary Lutheran Chapel or to its Alumni Foundation are tax deductible. The endowment’s assets are professionally managed by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Foundation.
Ways to help Calvary
The following are ways that you can help Calvary Lutheran Chapel with its mission of sharing the love of Christ with the campus community:
Give electronically to the chapel
- Use this PayPal link to contribute directly to the chapel, to support Calvary’s immediate operating needs:
Give electronically to the Alumni Foundation's endowment
- Use this PayPal link to contribute to the Alumni Foundation’s endowment fund, to support Calvary’s short and long-term needs:
- Set up a one-time or reoccurring contribution to the Alumni Foundation’s endowment fund via the University of Wisconsin Credit Union’s Money Link service at: www.uwcu.org/OnlineBanking/MoneyLink.aspx. This service is available to both UW Credit Union members and those who bank at other financial institutions.
Give by check
- To the Foundation:
Alumni Foundation of Calvary Lutheran Chapel
P.O. Box 14634
Madison, WI 53708-0634
Please make checks out to the Alumni Foundation of Calvary Lutheran Chapel
- To the Chapel:
Calvary Lutheran Chapel
701 State St.
Madison, WI 53703
Please make checks out to Calvary Lutheran Chapel
Current chapel operating needs
We will be updating this section with our operating needs soon.
Endowment fund ministries
The Alumni Foundation’s endowment fund was created to provide short- and long-term funding for the chapel. Endowment funds are dedicated to providing Calvary the resources it needs to help it provide the following:
- Student services and outreach
- Capital improvements
- Staffing needs
- Donor designated charitable causes
- Other needs not listed above
Endowment gift categories
- Unrestricted Gifts: Gifts of this type are given without a specific project or need in mind. All unrestricted gifts are added to the main endowment fund.
- Restricted Gifts: These are gifts given to fund a specific project or need designated by the donor. Gifts of this nature can only be used only for the specific designated purpose, except as otherwise approved in the Alumni Foundation’s bylaws. Restricted gifts must be approved by the foundation’ board of directors prior to acceptance.
Opportunities to gift assets
- Real estate — home or land
- Stocks, bonds or other investments
- Life insurance policies
- Annuities
Estate planning ideas
- Charitable gift annuities
- Charitable remainder trusts
- Charitable lead trusts
- Pooled income funds
- Bequests in one’s trust or will
- Life insurance policies gifted to the chapel
Please consider making a charitable donation to Calvary Lutheran Chapel
Calvary Lutheran Chapel is a campus ministry of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod’s South Wisconsin District at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Founded in 1920 as the Missouri Synod’s first-ever campus ministry, it has faithfully served the UW-Madison community for 90 years.
Calvary’s mission is to share God’s love by serving the UW-Madison community. It does this by offering traditional and contemporary worship services, an international student friendship outreach program, Bible studies, home cooked meals, choir and instrumental groups, social events, service opportunities, a study area, a recreation room and the opportunity to talk one-on-one with a pastor or staff about personal concerns, questions or problems.
As a mission congregation, Calvary is heavily dependent on the financial support of alumni and friends. Calvary alumni and friends are encouraged to financially support the chapel with regular gifts, special thank offerings and bequests in their trust or will. Donations can be made either directly to the chapel or to its Alumni Foundation.
The Alumni Foundation of Calvary Lutheran Chapel was created in 2006 as a federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity. Its endowment fund was established to support the chapel’s short and long-term financial needs, with the goal of helping Calvary serve the campus community into the future. Donations to either Calvary Lutheran Chapel or to its Alumni Foundation are tax deductible. The endowment’s assets are professionally managed by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Foundation.
Ways to help Calvary
The following are ways that you can help Calvary Lutheran Chapel with its mission of sharing the love of Christ with the campus community:
Give electronically to the chapel
- Use this PayPal link to contribute directly to the chapel, to support Calvary’s immediate operating needs:
Give electronically to the Alumni Foundation's endowment
- Use this PayPal link to contribute to the Alumni Foundation’s endowment fund, to support Calvary’s short and long-term needs:
- Set up a one-time or reoccurring contribution to the Alumni Foundation’s endowment fund via the University of Wisconsin Credit Union’s Money Link service at: www.uwcu.org/OnlineBanking/MoneyLink.aspx. This service is available to both UW Credit Union members and those who bank at other financial institutions.
Give by check
- To the Foundation:
Alumni Foundation of Calvary Lutheran Chapel
P.O. Box 14634
Madison, WI 53708-0634
Please make checks out to the Alumni Foundation of Calvary Lutheran Chapel
- To the Chapel:
Calvary Lutheran Chapel
701 State St.
Madison, WI 53703
Please make checks out to Calvary Lutheran Chapel
Current chapel operating needs
We will be updating this section with our operating needs soon.
Endowment fund ministries
The Alumni Foundation’s endowment fund was created to provide short- and long-term funding for the chapel. Endowment funds are dedicated to providing Calvary the resources it needs to help it provide the following:
- Student services and outreach
- Capital improvements
- Staffing needs
- Donor designated charitable causes
- Other needs not listed above
Endowment gift categories
- Unrestricted Gifts: Gifts of this type are given without a specific project or need in mind. All unrestricted gifts are added to the main endowment fund.
- Restricted Gifts: These are gifts given to fund a specific project or need designated by the donor. Gifts of this nature can only be used only for the specific designated purpose, except as otherwise approved in the Alumni Foundation’s bylaws. Restricted gifts must be approved by the foundation’ board of directors prior to acceptance.
Opportunities to gift assets
- Real estate — home or land
- Stocks, bonds or other investments
- Life insurance policies
- Annuities
Estate planning ideas
- Charitable gift annuities
- Charitable remainder trusts
- Charitable lead trusts
- Pooled income funds
- Bequests in one’s trust or will
- Life insurance policies gifted to the chapel