MISSION STATEMENT

The DeKoven Center’s Mission is to sponsor and provide for the Racine community and the Upper Midwest programs and facilities for continuing education, recreation, spiritual reflection, and the cultural arts. All sponsored programs and all facilities are open to the public.

STATEMENT OF GOALS

The DeKoven Center’s goals are to continue – with nationally recognized speakers and leaders – the great educational and cultural traditions for which Racine College and The DeKoven Foundation have been known for over 150 years; to preserve, through on-going restoration, the unique quadrangle of the nine National Register buildings; and to provide for the local community and out of state guests facilities for meetings and activities which bridge and unify the ethnic and cultural diversity of our community.

GOVERNANCE

The DeKoven Center is a self-supporting, self-governing entity with historic ties to the Episcopal Diocese of Milwaukee. The Center is governed by a Board of Directors of local citizens the majority of whom are from Racine, with others from Milwaukee, Chicago, and Madison.

FURTHER INFORMATION

The DeKoven Center is a 501(c)3 organization overseen by a local board of Racine, Milwaukee, and Chicago citizens, for the purpose of providing for the community and upper mid-west quality programs for body, mind, and spirit. We host groups from all over the country as well as sponsor our own programs of continuing education, spiritual reflection, recreation, and the creative arts. We also welcome individuals for private retreats and groups for social and business functions, family reunions, weddings and receptions.

In our 153rd year of service, The DeKoven Center is located on the campus of the old Racine College (1852). All nine buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places, and our Quadrangle and Collegiate Chapel have been acclaimed as among the best preserved in the nation.