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Learn More About The Foundation:

• About Us: Leadership, Mission Statement and History.
• Alumnae Emergency Financial Assistance: Crescent Fund Application & Renewal Application
  
• Collegiate Emergency Financial Assistance: Collegiate Crescent Fund Application
• Scholarships: Undergraduate and Graduate Applications
  
• Support the Foundation: Make a Tax-Deductible Gift, Ways to Give, Planned Gifts
• Annual Report, Donor Lists & Financials: 2010-2011, 2009-2010 & Giving Levels
• Contact Us: Foundation@trideltaeo.org, Facebook, Twitter, PO Box 5987 Arlington, TX, 76005 or (817) 633-8001

Join the trilogy: $500,000 by July 31 for Your Sisters

Make a gift to The Trilogy to create an endowed fund to provide help for your sisters by funding Tri Delta scholarships, educational grants and emergency financial assistance. We've received $322,039 in gifts and pledges towards our goal of $500,000 by July 31. Support your sisters by joining The Trilogy today.

Graduate Scholarship Recipients 2012-2013

Amy Berry, Wyoming

Hazel D. Isbell Fellowship

Katheryn Blundell, Toronto

Mary Margaret Hafter Fellowship

Kristen Brown, Wofford

Mary Margaret Hafter Fellowship

Laura Carmichael, Tennessee

Mary Margaret Hafter Fellowship

Merrit Cowden, Alabama

Harriet Erich Graduate Fellowship

Morgan Enriquez, Pepperdine

Linda Garrett Whitson Graduate Scholarship

Sharon Holmes, California/Berkeley

Mary Margaret Hafter Fellowship

Tagen Jacks, Baker

Sarah Shinn Marshall Fellowship

Brittany Jordan, Butler

Luella Akins Key Scholarship

Brittany Long, Alabama

Harriet Erich Graduate Fellowship

Lauren Matise, Wake Forest

Durning Sisters Scholarship

Kari Musgrave, Franklin

Durning Sisters Scholarship

Maria Peterson, North Dakota

Mary Margaret Hafter Fellowship

Tess Safty, Denver

Sarah Shinn Marshall Fellowship

Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients 2012-2013

Alyssa Anton, Texas Christian

Jean Wiggin Roach Scholarship

Anna Barton, Coe

Zoe Gore Perrin Scholarship

Mackenzie Braatz, Kansas

Second Century Scholarship

Taylor Case, Nebraska

Martin Sisters Scholarship

Eastman Memorial Scholarship

Haley Cowan, Oklahoma

Sarah Shinn Marshall Scholarship

Sheryl Davis, Elon

Zoe Gore Perrin Scholarship

Grace Debbeler, Ohio State

Sarah Shinn Marshall Scholarship

Bethani Devish, Oregon

Marguerite Bernice Hunt Brun Scholarship

Stacey Diapoulis, James Madison

Northern Virginia Alumnae Chapter Scholarship

Lindsay Eliason, Wyoming

Hazel Isbell Scholarship

Kelsey Faulkner, Auburn

Zoe Gore Perrin Scholarship

Sara Fevurly, Oklahoma State

Sarah Shinn Marshall Scholarship

Kellie French, Oregon State

Susan E. Riley Foundation Scholarship

Shakti Grissom, Texas Christian

Jean Wiggin Roach Scholarship

Crystal Hawk, Oregon

Marguerite Bernice Hunt Brun Scholarship

Kelsey James, California/Davis

Erin Kumelos Heard Memorial Scholarship

Liesle Jensen, Idaho

Sisterhood Scholarship

Margaret Johnson, Alabama

Houston Alumnae Chapter Scholarship

Michaela Jorge, West Georgia

Luella Akins Key Scholarship

Kate June, California/Los Angeles

Julie Anne Sadlier Memorial Scholarship

Kaylee Kosareff, Idaho

Zoe Gore Perrin Scholarship

Katherine Lind, Michigan

Virginia Stewart Nicklas Scholarship

Melisa McDonald, Nebraska

Sarah Shinn Marshall Scholarship

Aimee McRobert, Oregon State

Susan E. Riley Foundation Scholarship

Chloe Mercado, California-Los Angeles

Julie Anne Sadlier Memorial Scholarship

Mallory Miller, Tennessee

Atlanta Alumnae Chapter Achievement Scholarship

Cassie Murphy, Arkansas

Donna Axum Whitworth Scholarship

Hillary Myers, Drury

Second Century Scholarship

Chelsey Overstreet, Millsaps

Zoe Gore Perrin Scholarship

Amanda Pinheiro, California/Merced

Sarah Shinn Marshall Scholarship

Rachel Proud, California/Irvine

Zoe Gore Perrin Scholarship

Darcy Reinwald, Southern California

Avery Bayle Barth Scholarship

Brink Memorial Scholarship

Sarah Shaw, California/Los Angeles

Julie Anne Sadlier Memorial Scholarship

Ellen Sichting, Franklin

Zoe Gore Perrin Scholarship

Anna Smith, Wyoming

Sarah Shinn Marshall Scholarship

Amanda Solis, Oregon State

Hazel Isbell Scholarship

Margaret Mary Stephany, Illinois

Virginia Hartford Saharov Memorial Scholarship

Moorea Strueby, Oregon

Marguerite Bernice Hunt Brun Scholarship

Ashley Sutton, Tennessee

Edith Scandlyn & Sammie Lynn Scandlyn Puett Memorial Scholarship

Nothando Swan, Toronto

Luella Akins Key Scholarship

Allison Van Oss, Valparaiso

Sarah Shinn Marshall Scholarship

Serena Williams, Southern Mississippi

Sarah Shinn Marshall Scholarship

Emily Yedinak, Rose-Hulman

Martha Sale Ferman Memorial Scholarship

Over $60,000 was pledged to The Trilogy and $50,000 for scholarships during Convention! A heartfelt thank you to everyone that pledged and told us "What 3 Means to Me."

Click below to learn more about two of our exciting new programs:

Endow Now is a program set forth to ensure an endowed scholarship exists at every Tri Delta collegiate chapter.

What's an endowment?

Friendship. Sisterhood. Service.

Three means many things to Tri Deltas. What does three mean to the Foundation?

The Trilogy

What's The Trilogy & how do I join?

Join The Trilogy now! Please call 817-633-8001, email or mail in a pledge form.

Download a brochure.

What does The Trilogy Support?

The Trilogy is board-discretionary endowed fund to help meet the most pressing, current demands of our sisters in three areas:

1- Scholarships:

Tri Delta collegiate members may apply for scholarships, completely funded by the Tri Delta Foundation donors. Next year, we will grant 45 undergraduate and 14 graduate scholarships. With nearly 200 applicants, more than 70% of applicants are denied. We would like to better meet the needs of more of our sisters! To learn more about scholarships, click here.

2- Collegiate Crescent & Crescent Funds:

The Collegiate Crescent Fund provides emergency assistance to collegiate Tri Deltas facing unforeseen financial crisis that might force them to withdraw from school. Similarly, Tri Delta alumnae in dire need may apply for financial assistance with medical costs, food, and housing through the Crescent Fund. This year, we've provided more than $122,000 in assistance to our sisters. To learn more, click here.

3- Fraternity Education Grants:

All Tri Delta sisters should be given the opportunity to achieve their potential as leaders and volunteers as well as learn to deal with college-life challenges. Fraternity education grants allow for this by helping fund educational programming at a variety of Fraternity conferences and events including $105,000 for Volunteer Symposium 2011.

The Trilogy Allocation

The goal of The Trilogy is to create a $500,000 board-discretionary endowment to give back to our sisters through scholarships, Collegiate Crescent and Crescent Funds, and Fraternity education grants. The Trilogy will allow the Foundation to better meet the overwhelming demands of our own sisters. The Trilogy is a program of the Foundation.

Join The Trilogy Today!

Please call 817-633-8001, email or mail in a pledge form.

Though she was forced to delay school for a bit after her initial surgeries, Lauren says a Collegiate Crescent Fund Grant from the Tri Delta Foundation has helped keep her on track.

Headaches are probably nothing unusual for the typical college student, but the pain Lauren D., Eastern Illinois, felt upon waking one morning in September 2008 was something different. "It was concentrated in the lower back region of my head," she says, noting that the pain was very intense. She went to the student health center only to be told it was a tension headache.
 
With a prescription headache reliever, Lauren was able to numb the pain, though it never really went away. A few months later, noting the pain was still there, her mother insisted she go to her regular physician. On New Year's Eve 2008, she found out it was a cyst growing on her skull. A surgery was scheduled to remove it.
 
Less than a week later, however, the cyst was leaking and it was determined she had an infection. Upon further inspection, it was discovered that the cyst, once thought to be growing on top of her skull, and actually grown into her skull as well. In January 2009, when most students are getting ready to go back to school from winter break, Lauren underwent her first surgery: a cranioplasty to remove the portion of her skull that contained the infected cyst. After the surgery, Lauren was outfitted with a PIC line in her arm, a semi-permanent IV to pump her full of antibiotics for about a month.

After the infection had cleared, Lauren soon had her second surgery, to place a plate in the area where the skull and cyst were removed. This should have been the end of it, but over the summer, Lauren started feeling pain again. She woke up one morning to a familiar leaking and went to the ER. The neurosurgeon there determined she had another infection, and the plate she'd had inserted needed to be removed to let the infection heal. She was on oral antibiotics for more than two months.

At just 21-years-old, Lauren has been through much more than the average college student, yet her goal through it all is to remain just that: the normal college student. Though she was forced to delay school for a bit after her initial surgeries, she says a Collegiate Crescent Fund Grant from the Tri Delta Foundation has helped keep her on track.

The grant gave me an extra boost, a reminder that even though I went through all of this, I can still be successful and continue with my plans - just on a new timeline," she says. "Thanks to the Foundation, I know I have people - sisters - behind me that I've never even met, motivating me to stay focused on my goals."

Lauren's next surgery is scheduled for August 2010, when a plate will again be inserted to cover the hole the cyst and skull removal left behind. She plans to graduate in winter 2010 or spring 2011 with a degree in elementary education. 

The Collegiate Crescent Fund provides emergency assistance to collegiate Tri Deltas facing unforeseen financial crises that might force them to withdraw from school. It was established in 2000 by a generous bequest from Sarah Shinn Marshall, Illinois.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be an undergraduate enrolled in school full time 
• One full year must have passed since the date of applicant's initiation into Tri Delta
• Must be facing an unforeseen financial crisis

How to Apply

Applications are accepted throughout the year and funding is awarded on a one-time basis with the maximum being $2,500. Download a Collegiate Crescent Fund application here. All application information is held in the strictest confidence.

Questions

For questions or more information, e-mail Tawnya Braeutigam or call her at 817-633-8001.

The Crescent Fund provides emergency financial assistance to Tri Delta alumnae members for the necessities of life, such as shelter, food, and medical care. 

Eligibility Requirements

Delta Delta Delta Foundation may make Crescent Fund grants only to Tri Delta alumnae members who are in need. A "needy person" is a person who lacks the necessities of life, involving physical, mental, or emotional well-being, as a result of poverty or temporary distress (including victims of natural disasters and persons who are temporarily not self-sufficient as a result of a sudden and severe personal or family crisis).

If a member believes she is in need, she must describe her need and financial situation in detail. Grants may be made only to assist members with the necessities of life, such as shelter, food and medical care. Grants may not be made to provide aid to members for recreational or other non-essential activities or items.

The Crescent Fund committee will investigate as necessary to ensure the validity of the application and may require additional documentation for approval. 

How to Apply

Questions

For questions or more information, e-mail Tawnya Braeutigam or call her at (817) 633-8001.

If you have, or are planning, to designate a gift to the Tri Delta Foundation, please complete the Heritage Society online form to notify our office and ensure our records are up to date.

There are many ways to include the Foundation in your estate planning which are listed below:

Bequest
Made through a will or estate plan, a bequest is the most popular way donors choose to designate the Tri Delta Foundation as beneficiary of a specific dollar amount or piece of property, a percentage of an estate, or a residual gift.

Trust
A trust may be established under a will to provide for the Tri Delta Foundation and other beneficiaries.

Gift Annuity
This agreement enables a donor to contribute cash or other assets while receiving income, capital gain and estate tax benefits. The annuity provides life income payments to the donor. Upon the donor's death, the Foundation may use the remaining principal for charitable purposes.

Charitable Remainder Trust
This vehicle offers a donor income, capital gain and estate tax benefits while creating a generous gift for the Foundation. Upon the donor's death, the Foundation receives the principal ("remainder") of the trust for use in charitable purposes.

For questions or comments, please contact the Foundation office.

Tri Delta Awards Most Scholarships Ever In 2013-14:

$169,000 to 83 Sisters

Scholarship Applications

Undergraduate

Graduate

Summary of Eligibility requirements

The scholarship application deadline for the 2013-14 school year has passed. Please check back in November 2013 to apply for the 2014-15 year.

Undergraduate:

• Undergraduate student.
  
• Initiated member of Delta Delta Delta in good standing.
• Enrolled full-time for the entire academic year of the scholarship award (2014-15).
• Two recommendations completed on applicant's behalf:

                 1- Alumna Advisor -- Log in to Deltas Only (click lock icon at top of page) for AA contact information. Once logged in, go to Member Resources; Volunteer Directories.

                 2- Faculty Member -- Instructor or administrative officer of the university, excluding support staff.

• Scholarships are not available to students studying abroad during award year (2014-15).
• Completed applications and recommendations must be submitted by March 1, 2014.

• Graduate student.
• Initiated member of Delta Delta Delta in good standing.
• Enrolled for the entire academic year of the scholarship award (2014-15).
• Three recommendations completed on applicant's behalf:

                 1- Alumna Advisor -- Log in to Deltas Only (click lock icon at top of page) for AA contact information. Once logged in, go to Member Resources; Volunteer Directories.

• Completed applications and recommendations must be submitted by March 1, 2014.

Questions

For questions or more information, email Sandy Skinner or call 817-633-8001.

The Delta Delta Delta Foundation Board of Trustees for the 2012-2013 fiscal year includes:

Ginger Hicks Smith, Emory, President; Anne P. Leary, Southern Methodist, Vice President; Tori J. Campbell, Wyoming, Treasurer/Secretary; Taylor Dudley, Cal State-Long Beach; Julie Greene Haskell, Vermont; Nicole M. Hughes, Washington State; Chrys Grafrath Hyde, Coe; Laura Autrey Russell, Millsaps; Lora Snow White, Puget Sound.

Members may access a complete list of Foundation Volunteers here on Deltas Only in Member Resources.

The Delta Delta Delta Foundation is exempt from federal income tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Donations to the Tri Delta Foundation are tax-deductible as provided by law.

Gifts to the Foundation may be designated as unrestricted or restricted. Unrestricted gifts enable donors to fund the area(s) of greatest need, ensuring that the Foundation successfully carries out its mission. Contributions not otherwise designated are accepted as unrestricted.

Restricted gifts allow donors to direct their dollars toward one of these specific-use funds:

• Undergraduate scholarships
• Graduate scholarships
• Scholarship endowment
• Education and Leadership Fund
• Collegiate Crescent Fund
• Crescent Fund
• General/Operational Fund

Types of Gifts

Direct (Immediate) Gifts

• Cash: Annual giving via check or credit card is the most immediate and popular way to give to the Foundation. Cash gifts may be pledged over five years. Contributions are fully deductible up to 50% of the donor's adjusted gross income.
• Corporate Matching: Many employers will match all or part of donors' direct cash gifts to charitable organizations. Please ask your employer about this opportunity to double your gift. Complete and return the appropriate matching gift form(s) from your employer.

Securities

Gifts of appreciated securities - publicly traded stocks, mutual funds, Treasury Bills, notes and closely held stock - provide exceptional tax advantages for donors. These benefits often include exemptions from capital gains taxes and charitable deductions equal to the full market value of the security's appreciated value.

Donors contributing gifts of stock are asked to notify Cile Jolly at (817) 633-8001 or Bill Leonard of Wells Fargo, The Private Bank at (972) 419-3695. The following information is needed to facilitate the stock transfer to the Tri Delta Foundation:

                        C/O Wells Fargo Bank

                        Participant #2027

                        Agent Bank ID #94866

                        Wells Fargo Bank

Real Estate

In some cases, property can be given outright to the Foundation. Gifts of real estate can also help fund a life income arrangement.

Deferred (Planned) Gifts

Heritage Society Membership

Donors designating a planned gift to the Foundation automatically become a member of the Heritage Society. Donors are asked to notify the Foundation by completing this online form. These giving opportunities afford Tri Delta members a wide variety of methods to leave a legacy that "lives on" for future generations:

• Bequest: Made through a will or estate plan, a bequest is the most popular way donors choose to designate the Tri Delta Foundation as beneficiary of a specific dollar amount or piece of property, a percentage of an estate, or a residual gift.
• Trust: A trust may be established under a will to provide for the Tri Delta Foundation and other beneficiaries.
• Life Insurance: A donor may name the Tri Delta Foundation as the irrevocable beneficiary of a life insurance policy.
• Charitable Gift Annuity: This agreement enables a donor to contribute cash or other assets while receiving income, capital gain and estate tax benefits. The annuity provides life income payments to the donor. Upon the donor's death, the Foundation may use the remaining principal for charitable purposes.
• Charitable Remainder Trust: This vehicle offers a donor income, capital gain and estate tax benefits while creating a generous gift for the Foundation. Upon the donor's death, the Foundation receives the principal ("remainder") of the trust for use in charitable purposes.

Please contact the Foundation office for questions or more information.

Our VISION:

Our Foundation promotes mutually beneficial relationships that perpetuate the timeless Purpose of Delta Delta Delta. We support a broadened intellectual life, assist Tri Deltas in every possible way, and encourage our members to assume the highest responsibilities of college educated women.

Our MISSION:

Annual ReportS

Download the complete Annual Report 2011-2012

Download the complete Annual Report 2010-2011

Donor Listing

2011-2012 Tri Delta Foundation Donor Listing

2010-2011 Tri Delta Foundation Donor Listing

2009-2010 Tri Delta Foundation Donor Listing

Alumnae & Collegiate Chapter Giving

2010-2011 Alumnae & Collegiate Chapter Giving

2009-2010 Alumnae & Collegiate Chapter Giving

Honor & Memorial Gifts

2010-2011 Honor & Memorial Gifts

2009-2010 Honor & Memorial Gifts

Financials

2011-2012 Financials

2010-2011 Financials

2009-2010 Financials

Annual Giving Sisterhood Circles*

Diamond $5,000 and above

Sapphire $2,500 to $4,999

Platinum $1,000 to $2,499

Gold $500 to $999

Silver $250 to $499

Blue $100 to $249

Friendship $1 to $99

[endif]---->*Annual Giving is based on the fiscal year beginning August 1, ending July 31. Gold Circle donors and above will be featured in The Trident. The names of members in whose honor or memory a gift was made will be listed in the Annual Report.

Lifetime Giving Levels

Gold Crescent $500,000 and above

Silver Crescent $100,000 to $499,999

Founders $50,000 to $99,999

President $20,000 to $49,999

Crescent $10,000 to $19,999

Pansy $5,000 to $9,999

Pine $1,000 to $4,999

Pearl $500 to $999

Dolphin $100 to $499

Donor $1 to $99

Sisters' passionate philanthropic spirit has been evident since the very beginnings of our sorority!Over time, this selfless inspiration has expressed itself through a growing range of organized initiatives benefiting sisters and our society.

1942: Service Projects, Tri Delta's first official scholarship program, begins to award financial assistance to collegians.

1952: The Crescent Fund is established to assist alumnae in dire financial need.

1986: The Delta Delta Delta Foundation is incorporated as a 501(c) (3) public charity to receive tax-deductible contributions for charitable and educational purposes. The Foundation consolidates Service Projects, the Crescent Fund and the Founders' Anniversary Fund under its umbrella.

1996: A $1.5 million capital campaign is launched to fund a new Fraternity Executive Office and $750,000 in grants benefiting chapters and sisters.

2000: The Collegiate Crescent Fund establishes emergency financial grants for collegiate members.

2008: The Tri Delta Foundation celebrates its 20th anniversary!