Purchase Your Plate

By purchasing the Celebrate Children license plate, you can help strengthen Wisconsin families and make sure all our kids grow up feeling safe and nurtured. Each plate and renewal provides a $25 tax-deductible contribution to the Celebrate Children Foundation. Your annual support allows the Foundation to support family-strengthening efforts to increase access to education, programs and services for families and children in communities across the state.

We all play a vital role in providing Wisconsin’s children with positive, nurturing childhood experiences that foster the healthy growth and development they need to become successful leaders, parents, and community members. Show your support for kids and families by displaying your Celebrate Children license plate.

When purchasing a new vehicle, many dealers have a supply of the Wisconsin license plates to allow for the newly purchased vehicle to leave with a registered license plate. The specialty license plates are not available directly from car dealers. Within the first three months of purchasing a vehicle, you are able to request a specialty license plate for $40. Additional fees will apply if requesting a personalized plate.

  • A $25 annual tax-deductible donation is required for original issuance of the Celebrate Children plates and each year at renewal.

  • A $15 issuance fee will also be collected

It’s so much more than a license plate

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How to apply:

Wisconsin DMV Official Government Site - Celebrate Children license plates (wisconsindot.gov)

DMV Service Centers do not issue Special or Personalized License Plates you must mail in your application.

To apply for Celebrate Children Foundation license plates by mail, please send the following items:

  1. If the vehicle you wish to register with Celebrate Children Foundation license plates is already titled/registered in your name, send:

    • A copy of your Certificate of Registration or show the complete vehicle description on the Celebrate Children Foundation License Plate Information and Application MV2899

    • $25 Celebrate Children Foundation donation​

    • $15 issuance fee or $15 personalized plate fee

    • The annual registration fee if your current plates expire within the next three months or you have no plates

  2. If the vehicle is not titled/registered in your name, send:

    • A completed Wisconsin Title & License Plates Application MV1, or MV11 for dealer sales, including all fees

    • A completed MV2899​

    • The Certificate of Title assigned to you by the seller​

    • $25 Celebrate Children Foundation donation​

    • $15 issuance fee or $15 personalized plate fee​

    • ​The annual registration fee, if you do not have plates or your current plates, expire within the next three months​​

  3. Make the check or money order payable to: Registration Fee Trust

  4. Mail with payment to:
    Wisconsin Department of Transportation
    Special Plates Unit
    P.O. Box 7911
    Madison WI 53707-7911 

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