The Stout University Foundation began in 1962 with a handful of visionaries who awarded two $100 scholarships after a fundraising campaign selling commemorative buttons during homecoming week. Today, thanks to the generosity of our alumni, university friends and industry partners, the Foundation is able to award over $790,000 in student scholarships and provide more than $1.2 million in direct support to the students, faculty and academic programs at UW-Stout on an annual basis.