Named Endowments

• Giving Societies
• Annual Appeals
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• Named Endowments
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Named Endowments

Zuzana Kubicova (University of Southern Indiana), recipient of a scholarship funded by the LadyFood Endowment given by the Dallas Alumnae Chapter.

New Endowments require a minimum gift of $25,000, and named CLC Endowments require a minimum gift of $250,000. As a special endowment category, a Convention Leadership Endowment may be established with a minimum gift of $10,000 to enable representatives of a collegiate chapter or alumnae group to attend International Conventions. All endowment gifts to the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Endowments may be funded over a 5-year period or through a planned gift. For more information on creating an endowment, contact Bonnie Payne, Executive Director, at foundation@gammaphibeta.org or by phone at (303) 799-1874.

For 2007, donors age 70½ or older may choose to make a gift to the Foundation through a charitable distribution from their traditional or Roth IRA. For more information about this unique opportunity, contact the Foundation office at foundation@gammaphibeta.org or by phone at (303) 799-1874.

The Foundation also accepts and encourages gifts toward established endowments.

The following endowments are managed by the Gamma Phi Beta Foundation:

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ENDOWMENTS

• Convention Endowments
  • Alpha Omicron Convention Endowment
  • Southern California Convention Speakers Endowment
  • The Jane Benton French/Sigma Convention Leadership Endowment
• Leadership Endowments
  • Barbara Hurt-Simmons Leadership Endowment
  • Bunny Hodas/Beta Delta Legacy of Service Leadership Endowment (Beta Delta members)
  • Cathy B. Griffin Leadership Education Endowment in memory of Rita T. Boudreaux*
  • Collegiate Advisor Development Endowment
    • Mary Vanier Endowment*
  • Fund in Honor of Beta Alpha Chapter*
  • Fund in Honor of Lois Abbott*
  • Fund in Honor of Rosemary Bunn*
  • Fund in Honor of Cinda Lucas*
  • Delta Chapter Convention and Leadership Endowment*
  • Delta Tau Leadership Education Endowment
  • Jolene Lesser Stiver New Chapter Leadership Endowment*
  • Karen Wander Kline Leadership Education Endowment (Zeta Rho members)
  • Laurel Blair Salton Clark, M.D. Memorial Leadership Endowment
  • Leadership Development Endowment
  • New Chapter Leadership Endowment
  • Ruth Andrea Seeler, M.D. Collegiate Leadership Consultant Endowment
  • The Evelyn Gooding Dippell Leadership Development Endowment
  • The Jane Benton French Leadership and Education Endowment
  • The Lenore Markham and Cinda Keating Lucas Collegiate Leadership Endowment
  • Tiffany Barnard Andres Leadership Education Endowment (Beta Rho members)*
  • Virginia Griffin Hickey Memorial Leadership Endowment (Beta Alpha members)*

  Leslie Rhoton (University of Kansas) was able to attend the LeaderShape Institute® thanks to the Jane Benton French Leadership and Education Endowment

• Museum Endowments
• Helen Ward Pustmueller Museum Endowment
• Helen Ward Pustmueller Endowment for Museum Curator

Make a gift to a leadership endowment.

PHILANTHROPY ENDOWMENTS

• Hall Sisters Camping Endowment
• International Philanthropy Endowment
• Virginia and Lee Evans Special Camping Endowment

Make a gift to a philanthropy endowment.

FINANCIAL AID ENDOWMENTS
Unrestricted undergraduate scholarships

• Audrey Peterson Scholarship
• Betty Luker Haverfield Scholarship
• Ellender Dickson Scholarship Fund
• Irma Latzer Gamble Scholarship
• Kathryn Woodard/Tari Vickery Scholarship*
• Ladyfood Scholarship
• Orra Spencer Reid Scholarship
• Ruth B. Fox Scholarship
• Vera Virginia Hill Thayer Dick Scholarship
  

• Audrey Welton Shafer Fellowship
• Fern Holcomb Heath Fellowship

• Bettye Cromwell Scholarship*
• Eleanor Garm Hemminger Scholarship
• Elizabeth Fee Arnold/Beatrice Hill Wittenberg Scholarship
• Four Founders Scholarship
• Naples Alumnae Scholarship*
• Shirley Hill Scholarship
• Tucky Wheeler Hobbs Scholarship/Fellowship

Restricted undergraduate scholarships

• Alpha Omicron Scholarship (Alpha Beta or Gamma Mu members)
• Beta Alpha Leadership Scholarship (Beta Alpha members)
• Becky Hilger Memorial Scholarship (to be awarded by the University of Michigan Collegiate Panhellenic)
• Dallas Alumnae, Alpha Xi Chapter Scholarship (Alpha Xi members)
• Delta Tau Scholarship in honor of Gretchen Oostenink (Delta Tau members)
• Dorothy Somers Hoehn Memorial Scholarship (Epsilon members)
• Dru Sjodin Scholarship (awarded by the University of North Dakota)*
• Elizabeth Ahlemeyer Quick Scholarship (members who are involved in their collage Panhellenic Council)
• Elizabeth Ahlemeyer Quick/Gamma Phi Beta Scholarship (awarded by NPC for Panhellenic involvement)
• Josephine Hall Graham Epsilon Scholarship (Epsilon members)
• Josephine T. Robinson Ballard/Katherine Trice Wenig Psi Chapter Scholarship (Psi members)
• Kathryn A. Woodward/Greater Kansas City Scholarship (members in 661xx or 662xx zip codes)
• Kathryn and John F. Winchester Scholarship (Arizona or Colorado members)
• Lambda Chapter Scholarship (Lambda members)
• Laura Francis Cottingham Scholarship (Missouri, Kansas or Colorado members)
• Loreen Mohler Dorsey Alpha Delta Scholarship (Alpha Delta members)
• Louise B. Tillotson Alpha Epsilon Scholarship (Alpha Epsilon members)
• Susan Schlessman Duncan Scholarship (Colorado chapters)*
• Suzanne Sames Scholarship for Alpha Delta (Alpha Delta members)
• The Gayle Christiansen Scholarship (Beta Lambda members)

Restricted graduate fellowships

• Beta Chapter Fellowship (Beta members)
• Cherie M. Olsen Fellowship (Rho members)
• Denver Area Alumnae Chapter Fellowship (Colorado chapters)*
• Lindsey Barbee Fellowship (University of Denver graduate student)
• Ruth Andrea Seeler, M.D. Fellowship (medical students)

Restricted undergraduate or graduate scholarships

• Ardis McBroom Marek Scholarship/Fellowship (journalism or creative writing)
• Beta Lambda Scholarship (Beta Lambda members)
• Eta Chapter Scholarship and Fellowship (Eta members)
• Evanston-North Shore Alumnae Chapter Scholarship/Fellowship (Epsilon members)*
• Jane B. French Sigma Chapter Scholarship/Fellowship (Sigma members)
• Joyce Canavan Stewart Scholarship/Fellowship (music performance or music education)*
• Kappa Scholarship/Fellowship (Kappa members)*
• Little Blue House Scholarship/Fellowship (Delta Tau members)
• Lynne Abdnor Barnett Beta Rho Chapter Scholarship/Fellowship (Beta Rho members)
• Mary Jane Soechtig Scholarship (Rho members)
• Omega Scholarship/Fellowship (Omega members)*
• Ruth Hillman Carter Scholarship/Fellowship (Nu members)
• Susan A. West Scholarship/Fellowship (Delta Epsilon members)
• Virginia Forsythe Vint Fellowship/Scholarship (public administration or business)

*Endowments not fully funded as of December 31, 2006

Make a gift to a scholarship or fellowship endowment.

Educational support for sisters facing extreme financial hardship

The Doris B. Gorden Special Sister Grant
Established in 1985, the Doris B. Gorden Special Sister Grant is given as needed to an alumnae member facing serious physical disability, illness or injury of self or spouse.

The Northern Virginia Grant-in-Aid Fund
Established in 1993, the Northern Virginia Grant-in-Aid Fund helps undergraduate members facing withdrawal from school due to unforeseen financial hardship.

Make a gift to a Special Needs Endowment.

Chapter House Renovation Endowments (Area Grants)
Educational area endowment grants assist House Corporation Boards in their fundraising for qualified educational house renovation projects. Gifts are tax-deductible to donors because of special IRS rulings which allow tax-deductible gifts to fund the educational portions of house renovation and annual operating expenses.

Bonnie Payne, the Foundation Executive Director, has experience in assisting members and their legal or financial counsel in arranging area grant gifts. Contact her at International Headquarters, (303) 799-1874, for more information.

Tax-deductible gifts are held in a Foundation account from which the House Corporation Board withdraws the funds as needed to pay contractors.