At Madison Children’s Museum, we know that every bit of help along the way plays a significant role in making our dreams come true.

The museum surpassed its Ready, Set…Grow! capital campaign goal of $10 million at its Wonder Ball opening gala on August 7 with a surprise gift of $250,000 from Nate Brand to name the museum’s 1838 log cabin.

While the museum’s campaign goal was $10 million, the project budget is $11.5 million. The museum was planning to finance the remaining $1.5 million, but any contributions beyond the $10 million goal will reduce the loan amount.

Gifts toward the capital campaign will be gratefully accepted through the museum’s opening weekend, August 14-15. All gifts will be recognized on the museum’s website, and those greater than $1,000 will be recognized with permanent signage.

In December 2008, The Kresge Foundation, a nationally recognized funder of capital challenge grants, awarded MCM’s Ready, Set…Grow! Capital Campaign $750,000. This challenge is designed to inspire the community to support the new building project. When the museum reached $9,250,000 toward its $10 million private goal, Kresge provided $750,000 to top off the campaign.

Madison Children’s Museum
Capital Campaign Report
August 13, 2010

Madison Children’s Museum expresses its deep gratitude to W. JEROME FRAUTSCHI for his transformational gift of $5 million for the purchase of our new site at 100 N. Hamilton St. that will be a gateway for families to arts and culture downtown. With this gift, we began our $10 million capital campaign to renovate the building and fill it with new exhibits and programs.

Funds Raised to Date: $10,000,000+
100 percent of our $10 million goal

Kresge Foundation Challenge Grant $750,000 (received at $9,250,000)

Campaign Grand Total: $10,000,000+
100 percent of our $10 million goal

In-kind gifts contributed toward campaign: $756,983

We hope these gifts inspire you and the rest of the Madison community to join together to support this project. See who has already joined us.