Wyoming State Match Opportunity
This past March, Wyoming’s legislature passed a bill allocating $1,000,000 toward each of Wyoming’s community colleges to match donations. Every gift made to an established matched fund will be matched dollar for dollar. If you would like to start a new endowed fund, the usual $15,000 minimum is cut in half to $7,500, as the State of Wyoming will make up the difference. To have your gifts matched, you have until June 30, 2026, or until the matching funds run out, and there is no limit to the amount you can have matched. Additionally, if you would like to make a pledge and make payments toward establishing a new endowed fund, we can have the match encumbered for you. The pledge just needs to be paid in full by June 30, 2027.
To make your matched donation, please contact Denise Bressler at 307.268.2684 or denise.bressler@caspercollege.edu.
The Casper College Foundation and Alumni Association do more than award scholarships. Together with our donors, we help make improvements to Casper College that benefit the entire CC community. From funding state-of-the-art facilities to building improvements, technology upgrades, and more, we know the better equipped our students, faculty, and staff are, the more they can achieve. We could not do it without our donors.
Impact by the Numbers
898
Students awarded scholarships
1,501
Scholarships awarded
$1.5 Million
Awarded in scholarships
$1.3 Million
Awarded in program support
751
Donors
Because of you, we are helping Thunderbird dreams take flight as we help shape futures at Casper College. Your unwavering support has transformed lives and opened doors to countless possibilities for our students.
"In general, all the interactions I had, whether it was Shakira, a custodian in my dorm wing, or Chad Hanson, whose classes I attended in two different semesters, have always had the same welcoming atmosphere, which I found to be “normal” at Casper College. So, if anybody would ask me again, “Why Casper?” from a retro perspective, I would say the people.
But there is a significant factor, I couldn’t ignore, especially as an international student. Studying in Germany is free if you go to public universities and not to private schools. So, you could technically become a lawyer, doctor, or teacher, without paying a dime in tuition. That made me realize I needed a solution for that. Joining an athletic team can be one solution. Another one would be to be particularly smart and clever… so I chose the soccer team. Yet international fees are high and cannot be fully covered by the program. For example, our men’s soccer roster was over 60% international this year. Therefore, we rely on other financial support.
Right now, I want to thank each and every donor who helps and supports educational development for students at Casper College and opens, or should I say kicks down, doors for those who want to study at a welcoming and open-minded place like Casper College. You help students reach goals they never seemed to reach and invite people from all over the world who never thought to be invited to Casper College." -Mads
Your gift to Casper College opens the door of opportunity for our students. Whether you make a gift in support of scholarships, our faculty, an academic program, or the greatest needs of the University, your generosity has a profound and lasting impact.
