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Support the Wheaton Fund: Excellence and Affordability

Your gift to the Wheaton Fund invests in the affordability and excellence of every student’s Wheaton experience.

Through the Wheaton Fund, you play a pivotal role in sustaining Wheaton’s mission of delivering an excellent and affordable Christ-centered education. Every gift to the Wheaton Fund enhances our community's capacity to flourish and excel, directly benefiting students, faculty, and staff. Specifically, when you support the Wheaton Fund, you provide much-needed operational funds that help us to:

  • Foster excellence in liberal arts instruction and student programming by providing competitive faculty salaries and supporting Christian outreach experiences, athletic programs, and library resources for students.
  • Keep Wheaton affordable by funding areas not supported by tuition alone, which reduces the overall cost of attending for every student.

The Pillars of the Wheaton Fund

Faithful Stewardship

Your contributions are managed with integrity, ensuring maximum effectiveness and sustainability.

Empowering Community

You help provide essential resources that nurture growth for the entire Wheaton community.

Transformative Impact

Your support fosters a rich educational environment that nurtures future leaders for Christ’s Kingdom.

The Wheaton Fund at Work

Your Wheaton Fund donations impact every part of our campus, from the classroom, athletics, the arts, and chapel. 

The chapel band leading worship during chapel.
The Wheaton Fund supports chapel equipment, chapel speakers, and spiritual formation opportunities like chapel band.
Two faculty researching in a lab in Meyer Science Center.
The Wheaton Fund supports faculty research and development.
A student spikes over the net in an intramural volleyball game in King Arena.
The Wheaton Fund supports student activities like intrumurals and student leadership positions through student engagement.
Magazines on library shelves and chairs.
The Wheaton Fund supports library resources like subscriptions and book purchases.
A physics professor teaches his students at the whiteboard.
The Wheaton Fund supports competitive faculty salaries.
Students studying in Lower Beamer Student Center.
The Wheaton Fund supports all general facility maintenance, like keeping the lights on, restocking paper towels, purchasing cleaning supplies, and much more.
Two football players in a drill during practice at McCully Stadium.
The Wheaton Fund supports all athletic equipment, jerseys, and travel.
Students eating lunch in Anderson Commons or Saga.
The Wheaton Fund supports the maintanence, cleaning, and equipment for Wheaton's beloved dining hall, Anderson Commons (aka SAGA).
Two students talk with an alumna at a networking event in the CVC.
The Wheaton Fund supports the Center for Vocation and Career with materials, event funding, and internship funding.
The Wheaton College Tennis courts.
The Wheaton Fund supports athletic facility maintenance and cleaning.
Three students performing on stage in the opera.
The Wheaton Fund supports the arts through funding costume design, set design, script and music purchases, and facility maintenance.

The Wheaton Fund: What it Supports

Where Your Contributions GoYour Generosity Supports:

Spiritual Formation:

Chapel services and small group activities.

Scholarships:

Need-based and merit-based financial aid.

Faculty and Staff Development:

Ensuring competitive compensation and continuous professional growth.

Career Services:

Resources for career guidance and vocational exploration.

Athletics and Arts:

Equipment, uniforms, and artistic projects.

Campus Ministries and Leadership:

Programs fostering spiritual growth and leadership skills.

Understanding Your Contribution Financial Overview

Wheaton’s Operational Costs:

  • Compensation: 64%
  • Supplies & Services: 17%
  • Maintenance & Utilities: 7%
  • Dining & Other Services: 12%

Wheaton’s Funding Sources:

  • Tuition: 49%
  • Auxiliaries and Other: 26%
  • Endowment Payout: 18%
  • Wheaton Fund: 7%

Join Us In This Mission

How to Contribute

  • Monthly Giving: Provide ongoing support to sustain our mission.
  • One-Time Gifts: Impact our community immediately with a single contribution.
  • WheatonGives: Engage with us during special events that amplify our collective efforts.
  • Become a Wheaton Associate by committing to pray for Wheaton College, promote Wheaton College, and give $1,000 per year to the Wheaton Fund.
Give Now to The Wheaton Fund

Stories of Impact

Your gifts make stories like these possible, preparing promising students to serve the church and benefit society worldwide.

Blanchard Hall Photo

Contact Us

Office of Annual & Reunion Giving

501 College Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60187

1-800-525-9906
wheaton.fund@wheaton.edu

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