Campaign
Year |
Goal |
Amount Raised |
Campaign Chairpersons |
| 2011 |
$48,000,000 |
$50,006,076 |
Thomas J. Cardella, Tenth and Blake Beer Company, MillerCoors
James R. Popp, Chase
Kristine A. Rappé, Wisconsin Energy Corporation
|
| 2010 |
$45,750,000 |
$46,539,696 |
Richard W. Graber, Reinhart Boerner, Van Deuren s.c.
Lynn Sprangers, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club
Nick Turkal, MD, Aurora Health Care
|
| 2009 |
$45,000,000 |
$45,535,143 |
Elizabeth Brenner, Journal Sentinel, Inc.
Keith D. Nosbusch, Rockwell Automation
Stephen A. Roell, Johnson Controls, Inc.
|
| 2008 |
$44,000,000 |
$44,213,310 |
David J. Lubar, Lubar & Co.
Mary Ellen Stanek, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
James L. Ziemer, Harley-Davidson Motor Company
|
| 2007 |
$42,000,000 |
$43,745,800 |
Jon D. Hammes, Hammes & Co.
Timothy W. Sullivan, Bucyrus International |
| 2006 |
$40,000,000 |
$41,035,786 |
Gale E. Klappa, We Energies
Jay B. Williams, The PrivateBank |
| 2005 |
$39,000,000 |
$39,314,986 |
Ted D. Kellner, Fiduciary Management
Linda T. Mellowes, Community Volunteer
Edward J. Zore, Northwestern Mutual |
| 2004 |
$36,000,000 |
$37,023,000 |
Jeffrey A. Joerres, Manpower
Dennis J. Kuester, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation
Gail A. Lione, Harley-Davidson, Inc. |
| 2003 |
$35,026,000 |
$35,050,294 |
Curt S. Culver, MGIC Investment Corporation
Sue Ela R.N., Aurora Health Care
Leslie M. Muma, Fiserv |
| 2002 |
$34,000,000 |
$34,006,059 |
Don H. Davis Jr., Rockwell Automation
James H. Keyes, Johnson Controls, Inc. |
| 2001 |
$32,000,000 |
$32,027,640 |
Stephen H. Marcus, Marcus Corporation
G. Frederick Kasten Jr., Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated |
| 2000 |
$30,000,000 |
$30,127,523 |
Bronson Haase, Wisconsin Gas Company
Nancy Zimpher, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| 1999 |
$28,000,000 |
$28,090,000 |
Susan J. Marks, ProStaff
John Stollenwerk, Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation |
| 1998 |
$27,000,000 |
$27,081,000 |
James D. Ericson, Northwestern Mutual |
| 1997 |
$26,000,000 |
$26,040,000 |
Robert A. Kahlor, Journal Communications |
| 1996 |
$26,000,000 |
$25,350,000 |
Timothy E. Hoeksema, Midwest Airlines |
| 1995 |
$26,050,000 |
$25,250,000 |
Bruce B. Colburn, Milwaukee County Labor Council |
| 1994 |
$25,800,000 |
$25,826,000 |
Chris M. Bauer, First Wisconsin National Bank |
| 1993 |
$26,100,000 |
$25,650,000 |
William M. Jermain Jr., Ameritech |
| 1992 |
$27,800,000 |
$25,103,438 |
Ronald C. Baldwin, Bank One |
| 1991 |
$26,600,000 |
$26,012,218 |
Martin F. Stein, EyeCare One Corp. |
| 1990 |
$26,500,000 |
$24,300,000 |
James L. Roberts, Blunt Ellis Loewi |
| 1989 |
$24,000,000 |
$24,015,688 |
Stuart W. Tisdale, WICOR |
| 1988 |
$22,300,000 |
$22,260,000 |
Charles S. McNeer, Wiscnsin Electric Power Co. |
| 1987 |
$22,000,000 |
$21,100,000 |
Thomas I. Dolan, A. O. Smith Corp. |
| 1986 |
$21,200,000 |
$21,204,000 |
Donald J. Schuenke, Northwestern Mutual |
| 1985 |
$20,035,000 |
$20,054,551 |
Fred L. Brengel, Johnson Controls, Inc. |
| 1984 |
$18,975,000 |
$18,977,475 |
Thomas McCollow, Journal Sentinel, Inc. |
| 1983 |
$17,645,000 |
$17,650,474 |
Claude R. Whitney, Rockwell Automation |
| 1982 |
$18,458,800 |
$16,630,254 |
James J. Howard, Wisconsin Telephone Co. |
| 1981 |
$17,055,000 |
$16,629,513 |
Brenton H. Rupple, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated |
| 1980 |
$16,600,000 |
$15,785,221 |
Edward I. Van Housen, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation |
| 1979 |
$15,850,000 |
$15,438,570 |
Donald K. Mundt, Northwestern Mutual |
| 1978 |
$14,900,000 |
$14,434,384 |
Willard H. Davidson, Marine Bank |
| 1977 |
$13,625,000 |
$13,433,445 |
Richard Bibler, First Wisconsin National Bank |
| 1976 |
$12,750,000 |
$12,658,202 |
George A. Goetz, Goetz-Haessler-James |
| 1975 |
$11,750,000 |
$11,930,397 |
Charles W. Parker, Allis-Chalmers |
| 1974 |
$11,650,000 |
$11,662,700 |
John G. Quale, Wisconsin Electric Power Co. |
| 1973 |
$11,650,000 |
$11,292,776 |
Mrs. Richard W. Cutler, Community Volunteer |
| 1972 |
$10,750,000 |
$10,630,185 |
Sheldon I. Ausman, Arthur Anderson & Co. |
| 1971 |
$10,047,000 |
$10,083,432 |
Herbert H. Kohl, Kohl's |
| 1970 |
$9,560,000 |
$9,568,806 |
Robert M. Hoffer, Wisconsin Gas |
| 1969 |
$9,250,000 |
$9,250,218 |
Warren J. Heyse, Journal Sentinel, Inc. |
| 1968 |
$9,130,000 |
$8,912,944 |
Roy A. Dingman, A. O. Smith Corp. |
| 1967 |
$8,725,000 |
$8,731,490 |
Joseph F. Hall, Community Volunteer |
| 1966 |
$8,240,000 |
$8,554,405 |
John H. Paige, Wisconsin Telephone |
| 1965 |
$7,708,000 |
$8,123,396 |
Francis E. Ferguson, Northwestern Mutual |
| 1964 |
$7,320,000 |
$7,587,263 |
Willis G. Scholl, Community Volunteer |
| 1963 |
$7,150,000 |
$7,177,743 |
John A. Puelicher, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation |
| 1962 |
$7,010,000 |
$6,868,296 |
Arnold D. K. Mason, Marshall Field Co. |
| 1961 |
$6,916,765 |
$6,769,566 |
S. Lloyd Nemeyer, Milwaukee Gas Light Co. |
| 1960 |
$6,896,860 |
$6,672,614 |
George F. Kasten, First Wisconsin National Bank |
| 1959 |
$5,012,437 |
$5,048,708 |
Robert A. Duffy, Marine National Exchange Bank |
| 1958 |
$4,780,000 |
$4,781,145 |
James O. Wright, Badger Meter |
| 1957 |
$4,763,265 |
$4,686,470 |
Norman R. Klug, Miller Brewing |
| 1956 |
$4,426,500 |
$4,558,212 |
Edmund B. Fitzgerald, Cutler-Hammer |
| 1955 |
$4,142,750 |
$4,183,629 |
Robert E. Dineen, Northwestern Mutual |
| 1954 |
$3,889,975 |
$3,918,705 |
Carlton P. Wilson, Robert W. Baird |
| 1953 |
$3,852,366 |
$3,678,832 |
Richard P. Herzfeld, Herzfeld Foundation |
| 1952 |
$3,704,895 |
$3,638,167 |
Charles W. Stone, Interstate Drop Forge |
| 1951 |
$2,990,071 |
$3,502,012 |
F. F. Gregory, A. O. Smith Corp. |
| 1950 |
$2,544,259 |
$3,054,108 |
Edward R. Prince, First Wisconsin National Bank |
| 1949 |
$2,926,584 |
$2,600,000 |
John H. Budde, Standard Oil Co. |
| 1948 |
$2,533,921 |
$2,455,185 |
Emil F. Schmidt, E. F. Schmidt Co. |
| 1947 |
$2,431,893 |
$2,177,910 |
William H. Wagner, Community Volunteer |
| 1946 |
$2,075,157 |
$2,239,357 |
John C. Merker, Blackhawk Manufacturing |
| 1945 |
$3,209,962 |
$2,952,854 |
Philip K. Robinson, Northwestern Mutual |
| 1944 |
$3,209,962 |
$3,286,006 |
James H. Daggett, Old Line Life Insurance |
| 1943 |
$1,260,984 |
$3,257,397 |
Will Ross, Will Ross Inc. |
| 1942 |
$1,172,272 |
$2,667,044 |
William B. Uihlein, First Wisconsin National Bank |
| 1941 |
$1,158,802 |
$1,196,358 |
G. Stewart Crane, Cutler-Hammer Inc. |
| 1940 |
$1,119,580 |
$1,114,900 |
George A. Morison, Bucyrus-Erie |
| 1939 |
$1,143,223 |
$1,068,004 |
Wyeth Allen, Globe Union |
| 1938 |
$1,117,857 |
$949,063 |
Charles F. Ilsley, Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
| 1937 |
$1,106,140 |
$1,060,006 |
Mackey Wells, Korner Incinerator Co. |
| 1936 |
$1,088,750 |
$1,000,214 |
Rudy D. Mathews, First National Bank of Chicago |
| 1935 |
$979,029 |
$866,411 |
Charles R. McCallum, McCallum Insurance Inc. |
| 1934 |
$1,113,248 |
$855,566 |
Carl Gallauer, Moise Steel Co. |
| 1933 |
$1,093,412 |
$869,217 |
Bradlee Van Brunt, Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York |
| 1932 |
$1,092,226 |
$861,836 |
William A. McMillen, Lindsay-McMillen |
| 1931 |
$1,285,000 |
$1,329,544 |
Edmund Fitzgerald, Northwestern Mutual |
| 1930 |
$1,130,142 |
$1,242,571 |
Paul C. Treviranus, E.F. Schmidt Co. |
| 1929 |
$1,047,201 |
$1,121,092 |
Michael J. Cleary, Northwestern Mutual |
| 1928 |
$1,042,177 |
$1,014,525 |
Clarence R. Falk, The Falk Corporation |
| 1927 |
$1014126 |
$992,549 |
Edward A. Bacon, First Wisconsin National Bank |
| 1926 |
$821,047 |
$914,870 |
Victor M. Stamm, Northwestern Mutual |
| 1925 |
$824,210 |
$850,321 |
Edward H. Hoffmann, Lewis-Hoffman Co. |
| 1924 |
$766,983 |
$763,160 |
Charles R. Messinger, Chain Bolt Co. |
| 1923 |
$549,190 |
$690,438 |
Clifford L. McMillen, Northwestern Mutual |
| 1922 |
$538950 |
$481,950 |
John H. Puelicher, Marshall & Ilsley Bank |
| 1921 |
$400,000 |
$392,287 |
Otto H. Falk, Allis-Chalmers Co. |
| 1920 |
no record |
$192,481 |
"Quiet campaign" - no chairs |
| 1919 |
no record |
$197,305 |
"Quiet campaign" - no chairs |
| 1918 |
no record |
$182,811 |
"Quiet campaign" - no chairs |
| 1917 |
$150,000 |
$134,777 |
"Quiet campaign" - no chairs |
| 1916 |
$150,000 |
$117,868 |
First official fundraising year. Deemed the "Quiet campaign" because it was solely through solicitation letters. This approach did not include chairs and continued through 1921. |
| 1909-1915 |
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During the beginning stages, money was not solicited. The organization's first fundraising efforts were in 1916. |