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  • About SigEp
    • Mission & Vision
    • Our Chapters
    • Who We Are
      • National Fraternity
        • National Board of Directors
        • Committees and Task Forces
        • District Governors
      • Educational Foundation
      • SigEp National Housing
      • Headquarters Staff
      • Chapter Support
    • Strategic Plan
    • History & Facts
    • Prominent Alumni
    • Get Involved
      • Join SigEp
      • Refer an Undergraduate
      • Giving Opportunities
      • Volunteer
      • Become a Founding Father
    • Job Opportunities
    • Contact Us
  • The SigEp Experience
    • Balanced Man Program
    • SigEp Learning Communities
    • Founding Fathers & Current Expansion Sites
      • Expansion Team
    • National Programs
      • Springboard: A Series to Launch You Into SigEp Leadership
      • Carlson Leadership Academies
      • Ruck Leadership Institute
      • Tragos Quest to Greece
      • Career Coaching
      • Life After College
      • Grand Chapter Conclave
      • Live Your Oath
    • Service-learning
    • Awards
      • Annual Award Recipients
      • Order of the Golden Heart Recipients
      • Citation Recipients
    • Membership Perks
      • Alumni
      • Undergraduates
  • Foundation
    • Give
    • Giving Options
      • Annual Fund
      • Board of Governors
      • Founders Day of Giving
      • Bequests
      • Stock, Mutual Fund Gifts
      • Matching Gifts
      • IRA Gifts
      • Donor Advised Fund Gifts
    • Grants & Scholarship Funds
      • Balanced Man Scholarships
      • National Tuition Scholarships
      • Chapter Investment Funds (CIFs)
      • Restricted Fund Policies
    • Legacy Society
  • Resources
    • Chapter Officers
      • SigEpU
    • Volunteers
      • Alumni Communication Program
    • Parents
    • SigEp National Housing
    • Recruitment
      • Vice President of Recruitment
      • Mentor for Recruitment
      • Substance-free Facilities
    • Member Safety
      • Substance-free Facilities
    • Officer Elections & Transitions
    • Standards & Bylaws
    • Marketing & Branding
      • Recruitment Marketing Resources
  • Journal
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Annual Fund & Board of Governors

Annual Fund & Board of Governors

Gifts to the Annual Fund allow the Foundation to address the Fraternity’s greatest areas of need.

$600-$1,199

$600-$1,199

For donors under 30, an annual contribution of $600 marks you as a Beacon Society donor among our lead giving society, the Board of Governors.

$1,200-$1,900

$1,200-$1,900

An annual contribution of $1,200 marks you as a member of our lead giving society, the Board of Governors.

$1,901-$2,499

$1,901-$2,499

An annual contribution of $1,901 marks you as a 1901 Society donor among our lead giving society, the Board of Governors.

$2,500-$4,999

$2,500-$4,999

An annual contribution of $2,500 marks you as a Sponsor Level donor among our lead giving society, the Board of Governors.

$5,000-$9,999

$5,000-$9,999

An annual contribution of $5,000 marks you as a President's Circle donor among our lead giving society, the Board of Governors.

$10,000+

$10,000+

An annual contribution of $10,000+ marks you as a Chairman's Circle donor among our lead giving society, the Board of Governors.

Leadership Programs

Leadership Programs

These endowments help to ensure chapters will have access to SigEp's premier leadership programs in perpetuity.

Carlson Leadership Academy

Carlson Leadership Academy

Regional training in leadership techniques, problem solving and goal setting for chapter officers.

Ruck Leadership Institute

Ruck Leadership Institute

Equips a competitively-selected group of scholars to explore their own leadership styles and lead culture change.

Grand Chapter Conclave

Grand Chapter Conclave

A biennial opportunity for alumni and undergraduate brothers to come together and advance SigEp’s vision of personal and collective growth.

Life After College

Life After College

Engages industry-leading professionals in one-on-one career coaching and education to prepare undergraduates for their future careers.

Rising Leaders

Rising Leaders

Empowers underclassmen to leverage their strengths for a lifetime of confident leadership.

Tragos Quest to Greece

Tragos Quest to Greece

Inspired by the Greek landscape that birthed modern philosophy, undergraduates selected for this study abroad journey are pushed to be vulnerable with their brothers and overcome self-limiting beliefs.

My Chapter

My Chapter

These endowments support your chapter's leadership endowments and scholarships.

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Giving Opportunities

Make a gift to our annual fund:

Your unrestricted gift allows the Foundation to respond quickly to the Fraternity’s greatest areas of need, including annual leadership programming.

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Board of Governors 

The Board of Governors is the lead donor group that provides support for the Educational Foundation’s Annual Fund. The generosity of these donors allows SigEp to expand the quality and reach of chapter programs, regional and national leadership events and academic scholarships each year.

Membership in the Board of Governors is based on unrestricted giving during SigEp's fiscal year, ending June 30.

Board of Governors annual giving levels

Beacon Society (brothers under age 30)  
$600 - $1,199
Sponsor Level 
$2,500 - $4,999
Member Level 
$1,200 - $1,900
President’s Circle 
$5,000 - $9,999
1901 Society 
$1,901 - $2,499
 Chairman’s Circle 
$10,000+

Lifetime Giving

All giving to the Educational Foundation is recognized in lifetime giving societies, named for SigEp's founders. Donors with lifetime giving of at least $5,000 are recognized here. You may view your current society on your mySigEp account under My Giving History.

$2,000,000+  Carter Ashton Jenkens Society
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 Benjamin Donald Gaw Society
$500,000 to $999,999 William Hugh Carter Society
$250,000 to $499,999 William Andrew Wallace Society
$100,000 to $249,999 Thomas Temple Wright Society
$50,000 to $99,999 William Lazell Phillips Society
$25,000 to $49,999 Lucian Baum Cox Society
$10,000 to $24,999 Richard Spurgeon Owens Society
$5,000 to $9,999 Edgar Lee Allen Society
$2,500 to $4,999 Robert Alfred McFarland Society
$1,000 to $2,499 Frank Webb Kerfoot Society
$1 to $999 Thomas Vaden McCaul Society

More Information

The Sigma Phi Epsilon Educational Foundation facilitates our alumni and friends’ generous support of the Fraternity through scholarships, leadership programs, and best-in class living-learning communities. Through the incredible generosity of our alumni, donors and friends, the Foundation awards more than $3 million each year in grants and scholarships to support the work of the Fraternity, its undergraduate members and its alumni and friend volunteer leaders. The Educational Foundation manages both endowed and non-endowed funds which provide support at the national and the chapter level. 

For questions or more information about making a gift, please contact the Foundation at 804.353.1901 or email us at foundation@sigep.net. Please consider making an electronic gift due to Richmond's extended USPS delivery times.

To request a disbursement from an AVC fund, please complete the form on mysigep.org. Instructions to request funds can be found here.

For information about establishing a fund, strategizing fundraising support for your local chapter, or if you are interested in including SigEp in your estate or long-term planning, please contact Executive Director of Advancement Benjamin Rose at ben.rose@sigep.net or at 804.393.8799. 

You can view the Foundation’s policy for restricted gifts here, and our full gift acceptance policy here.

Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity

310 South Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 353-1901

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