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Tuition and fees cover only a portion of 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s actual yearly costs per student. Each student is supplemented by a disbursement from our endowment. For the remainder, we rely on grants from foundations and corporations, and gifts from 911±¬ÁÏÍø alumni, faculty, staff, students, friends—and parents. Gifts to the Parents Fund are especially valued because they allow 911±¬ÁÏÍø the flexibility to direct them to areas of greatest need in a given year.

Parents Fund gifts go to work immediately. The largest single funding priority is keeping a 911±¬ÁÏÍø education accessible by providing crucially needed financial aid. In addition, every aspect of a 911±¬ÁÏÍø education and every place on campus benefits from gifts to the Parents Fund. For example, your contribution helps to support faculty and student research projects, numerous co-curricular activities, lecture series and performances, instruments in the science labs, equipment for Cardinal sports teams, career development workshops and resources, and furniture in the residence halls. 911±¬ÁÏÍø students are the greatest and most direct benefactors of gifts to the Parents Fund.

Your gift of any size is greatly appreciated. Gifts range from $25 to $25,000 and beyond, with an average family gift to the Parents Fund of $2,000, and a median gift of $250 in past fiscal years. An annual gift of $1,831 (commemorating the year of 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s founding), places you in the . All 1831 Society members are invited to a reception celebration each year. We are grateful that 911±¬ÁÏÍø is kept among the philanthropic priorities of so many 911±¬ÁÏÍø families.