Annual Fund Glossary
MARY LYON SOCIETY
Wheaton's group of leadership donors to the Annual Fund. A leadership gift is defined as a contribution of $1,000 or more (for younger alumnae/i, the requirement is $100-$500, depending on year of graduation).
Leadership giving historically represents 80% of our dollar goal and is critically important to Wheaton. To learn more, click here.
WAYS OF GIVING
The college offers ten areas to which donors may designate their annual fund gift in order to support a particular interest: Faculty Support, Student Scholarships, the Filene Center for Work and Learning, the Madeleine Clark Wallace Library, the Arts, Science Equipment, Student Activities and Athletics, Technology, Global Center and Where Needed Most (the most often chosen).
VOLUNTEER CALLING WEEKS
Volunteer calling takes place for two weeks in November and March each year. Alumnae/i volunteers participate and help keep their classes connected by making phone calls on behalf of the Annual Fund. Callers can choose how many calls they wish to make and are encouraged to join by the Gift Chairs.
MATCHING GIFTS
Many companies and corporations match their employees' charitable contributions to colleges and universities. Encourage classmates to take advantage of this component of their benefit package, which means additional funds for Wheaton.
LYBUNTS AND SYBUNTS
These are two terms that are used in the fundraising world to describe donors who have given in the past but have not given this year. LYBUNT stands for Last Year But Unfortunately Not This year and SYBUNT stands for Some Year But Unfortunately Not This year. Wheaton defines a Sybunt as a donor who has given in the last five years but did not give last year.
WHEATON‚S 2008 FISCAL YEAR
Wheaton‚s fiscal year begins on July 1, 2007 and ends on June 30th, 2008 taking place over two calendar years. The easiest way to think about it is to think of our fiscal year just as you would an academic year.
This page is maintained by Office of Alumnae/i Relations and Annual Giving. Last updated on 9/6/07.
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