With a “never quit” attitude, the 2025 United Way of Washington County Emerging Leaders Alumni chair team closed out the 2025 Campaign $42 ahead of last year’s campaign, for a grand total of $1,902,295.
“In mid-January, we knew we were facing a $70,000 shortfall and that without additional investment, our local nonprofits would receive reduced funding,” said Maggie Jensen, 2025 campaign co-chair.
In 10 days, Washington County corporations, small businesses and individual donors heeded the call and helped close the gap. A special thank you to Pick Heaters and Horicon Bank for igniting those efforts and challenging others to match and give.
“At a time when many of our nonprofit agencies are already facing reduced state and federal funding, it was especially gratifying to see our community unite and rise to this challenge,” said Andrew Haass, 2025 campaign co-chair.
“We’re thrilled to report that our agency partners will receive their full United Way funding so they can continue offering food, housing support, mental health services, and more to our most vulnerable neighbors,” said Sarah Stadler, 2025 campaign co-chair.
United Way’s work is made possible through the generous support of our donors and partners. We extend special thanks to our Leaderboard achievers, those organizations who give $10,000 or more. Our Leaderboard forms the foundation of our campaign.
2025 LEADERBOARD
Affiliated Clinical Services
Aurora Health Care
BMO Bank
Broan-NuTone
City of Hartford
DACO Precision Tool
Delta Defense LLC
Emerging Leaders of Washington County
Festival Foods
Forte Bank
Froedtert ThedaCare
Horicon Bank
Johnson Controls
Kerry
Manitou Group
Melitta S & Joan M Pick Charitable Trust
Menasha Packaging Company
Oscar & Augusta Schlegel Foundation
Pick Heaters
R & R Insurance Services
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Russ Darrow Group
Serigraph Inc.
Slinger School District
Spaulding Clinical Research
Summit Credit Union
We Energies Foundation
West Bend Insurance & Foundation
West Bend School District
Westbury Bank
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
“I could not be more proud of this chair team,” said Kristin Brandner, CEO of United Way of Washington County. “The fundraising environment is incredibly challenging right now, but they were determined to do everything they could until the very end.”
“This year’s campaign success reflects the commitment of Washington County businesses and residents to always show up for each other,” said Casie Meyers, 2025 campaign co-chair. We are so grateful to the donors and volunteers who made this possible. Every single donation large and small mattered.”