F O R A N N UA L S U P P O R TFOR ANNUAL SUPPORT

ISTHE WESLEYAN FUND?What

The Wesleyan Fund consists of gifts of all sizes that are used in their entirety each year. Gifts to TheWesleyan

Fund account for five percent of the University’s annual operating budget, and because the gifts are not restricted

to a specific purpose, they can be put to use to meet the most important and pressing needs of the University.

� 1,800 students receive financial assistance each year

� $25million in financial aid is distributed annually

� 1 in every 8 dollars comes from The Wesleyan Fund

� 9 students currently rely on the support of The Parent Fund

� Ensuring AffordabilityNine in tenWesleyan students receive financial aid, and one in every eight dollars offinancial aid comes from TheWesleyan Fund.

Giving opportunities:• Existing Scholarships – Gifts of $25 and up support existing scholarships forstudents with financial need.

• Annual Scholarships – Gifts of $2,500 and up allow you to establish an annually-funded scholarship in your name or the name of a loved one.

• Endowed Scholarships – Gifts of $25,000 or more allow you to establish a namedscholarship fund that will provide an annual scholarship in perpetuity.

• Parent Fund – Gifts of all sizes help to assist a student who has lost a breadwinningparent while enrolled.

SUPPORT THEWESLEYAN FUND?

Why

� Enhancing AcademicsTheWesleyan Fund makes finances available to enhance the curriculum, fundresearch, send faculty and students to conferences, and more.

• 86 faculty members received monetary awards for Artistic and ScholarlyDevelopment and Senior Research Leave in 2008.

• $283,000 in faculty research awards have been allocated from TheWesleyanFund over the past four years; this investment has generated $1,335,735 inexternal funding support.

� Enriching Campus LifeTheWesleyan Fund supports activities and programs that promotethe quality of campus life.

• 8 in 10 students live on campus. Weekly energy costs to keep lights onand students warm: $7,000

• 5 main stage theatre productions are performed each year.Total production cost (scenery, lighting, costumes, etc.) per show: $12,000

• 500 students are varsity athletes on campus. Annual cost of game officialsfor all 18 varsity sports: $30,000

� Strengthening our ReputationStrong annual giving programs are measures of strength for bond-ratingagencies like Standard and Poor’s and annual college rankings likeUS News & World Report. In 2008, fewer than one in four alumni gave toTheWesleyan Fund—our goal is to increase support to one in three.

A F FO RDAB I L I T Y + AC AD EM I C S + C AMPU S L I F E + R E PU TAT I ON

of graduates areemployed or ingraduate schoolwithin 6 months_________________

of those whograduate do soin 4 years_________________

of students receivescholarships or need-based assistance_________________

of alumni give backto Illinois Wesleyan

� Meet Jim O’Neal, '95President/Owner, O’Neal Builders

Established the O’Neal Scholarship

“I loved my experience at IllinoisWesleyan, and I owe a great deal of mysuccess to the education I received and the relationships I made during mytime on campus.

I didn’t receive any financial aid, but I know the great majority of myfriends got some form of assistance to attend—and I know close to 90percent of current students receive aid. That’s why I wanted to createmy own scholarship fund, to help students just like those who made mytime atWesleyan so meaningful.

Many of my friends from college are doing great things today, and Idon’t know if they always give enough credit toWesleyan for giving usthe tools to be successful. That’s the other reason I’ve created thisscholarship—I hope to be a model for my peers in giving back to aplace that helped shape us into who we are today.”

� Meet Thomas Schroeder, '09Parent Fund Recipient

“We all have a person in our lives that we believe we could not live with-out. For me, that person was my father. He was the first person I would goto with my joys and sorrows, accomplishments and troubles. He was thegreatest influence in my life.

I lost my dad in 2006 to a heart attack, and it was undoubtedly the hardestthing I will ever face in my life. At the same time, the chance to stay here andgraduate from this wonderful institution is among the best gifts I will everreceive. Through families like yours who support The Parent Fund,myeducation here has been made possible. For that, I am forever grateful.”

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