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Destiny: Delivered Campaign Priorities

Giving and Naming Opportunities

PEOPLE:: $25,000,000

Scholarships / $15,000,000
Merit-Based Endowed Funding Opportunities
Need-Based Endowed Funding Opportunities
Endow full tuition, room, board and stipend $800,000 Endow five scholarships offering partial tuition $500,000
Endow full tuition, room and board $600,000 Endow one 1/2 tuition need-based scholarship $200,000
Endow full tuition $400,000 Endow student life stipends* $175,000
Endow a merit scholarship (minimum) $25,000 Endow a need-based scholarship  (minimum) $25,000
*Supports the whole college experience including social and athletics activities
     
Merit-Based Current Use Funding Opportunities
Need-Based Current Use Funding Opportunities
Provide full tuition, room, board and stipend* $175,000 Provide partial tuition for five students** $125,000
Provide full tuition, room and board** $150,000 Provide one 1/2 tuition need-based scholarship*** $60,000
Provide full tuition*** $125,000 Provide student life stipends**** $50,000
*$35,000 per year for 5 years **$25,000 per year for 5 years
**$30,000 per year for 5 years **$12,000 per year for 5 years
***$25,000 per year for 5 years ***$10,000 per year for 5 years

faculty excellence / $5,000,000
Endowed Funding Opportunities
Current Use Funding Opportunities
Endow a professorship (minimum) $1,500,000 Provide faculty research fellowships*** $50,000
Endow faculty compensation support* $1,000,000 Provide funds for faculty development**** $25,000
Endow faculty research fellowships** $ 250,000 ***$10,000 per year for 5 years  
Endow funds for faculty development (minimum) $25,000 ****$5,000 per year for 5 years  
*Builds competitive compensation packages for faculty recruitment and retention  
**Supports expanded research opportunities with competitively awarded grants  

admission welcome center / $3,000,000 - FUNDED With the Admission Welcome Center, we now have the resources to make an impression equal to the overall Birmingham-Southern experience. Already, interest in the college by prospective students has begun to reflect the value this facility brings to BSC.

religious life / $2,000,000
Endowed and Current Use Funding Opportunities
Endow the chaplaincy (FUNDED) $1,000,000 *Supports interdenominational work, interfaith programs and ongoing outreach and education through the Chapel and Office of Church Relations. Gifts can be structured in varying amounts and types.
Fully endow the Denson N. Franklin Professorship $750,000
Endow or provide scholarships and program support* $250,000

PROGRAMS: $25,000,000

honors program / $1,000,000
Endowed Funding Opportunities
Endow the program $1,000,000 *Honors students will receive a one-time $3,000 stipend to be used during their college career.
Endowed Funding Opportunities **Renovation with expansion, refurnishing and space maintenance
Provide student stipends* $500,000 ***$6,000 per year for 5 years
The Honors Commons ** $250,000    
Provide funds for course development*** $ 30,000  

faculty and student collaborative research / $1,500,000
Endowed Funding Opportunities
Current Use Funding Opportunities
Endow the program $1,000,000 Provide for equipment needs $250,000
Endow one research partnership $50,000 Provide one research partnership per year* $15,000
    *$3,000 per year for 5 years

service and advocacy / $2,000,000
Endowed Funding Opportunities
Current Use Funding Opportunities
Endow the service-learning program (FUNDED) $1,000,000 Provide faculty and student travel funds* $50,000
(The Bunting Center for Engaged Study and Community Action) Provide one internship per year** $15,000
Endow faculty and student travel fund $100,000 Provide funding for course development** $15,000
Endow one internship $50,000 Provide one Hess Center Fellowship per year** $15,000
Endow one Hess Center Fellowship $50,000 Provide one Bunting Center Fellowship per year** $15,000
Endow one Bunting Center Fellowship $50,000 *$10,000 per year for 5 years
    **$3,000 per year for 5 years

athletics facilities / $6,500,000
Athletics Complex $3,500,000 Weight Room $ 250,000
Field House $1,500,000 Locker Room $ 250,000
Competition Field $1,000,000 Hospitality Tent** $150,000
Competition Track $500,000 Training Room $75,000
Practice Field $300,000  
Individual Lockers* $300,000 *120 lockers at $2,500 per locker
    **Corporate Sponsorship of $30,000 per year for 5 years

urban environmental studies / $6,000,000
Endowed Funding Opportunities
Urban Environmental Park
Endow the program and professorship $3,000,000 Park $3,000,000
Endow the program $1,500,000 Entrance (FUNDED) $1,000,000
Endow the professorship $1,500,000 Lakes $1,000,000
    Amphitheatre (FUNDED) $1,000,000
Current Use Funding Opportunities Walkways* $ 750,000
Provide equipment* $300,000   Promenade $ 500,000
Van $50,000 Overlook $ 500,000
Provide summer study stipends** $15,000 Wetlands (FUNDED) $250,000
Provide for faculty and student travel $10,000    
*Multiple equipment needs with various funding requirements *May be funded in segments with corresponding reduction in funding requirements
**$3,000 per year for 5 years  

international study and travel / $3,000,000
Endowed Funding Opportunities
Urban Environmental Park
Endow a leadership fund supporting any length term $1,000,000 *$25,000 per year for 5 years
Endow a fund supporting semester or year abroad $500,000 **$10,000 per year for 5 years
Endow a fund supporting summer abroad $250,000 ***$5,000 per year for 5 years
Endow a fund supporting Interim term grants $100,000    
Endow a fund supporting any length term (minimum) $ 50,000 $ 50,000    
       
Current Use Funding Opportunities
     
Provide a fund supporting semester or year abroad* $125,000    
Provide a fund supporting summer abroad** $50,000    
Provide a fund supporting any length term** $50,000    
Provide a fund supporting Interim term grants*** $25,000  

UNRESTRICTED GIVING: $5,000,000

the annual fund / $4,000,000 Growing The Annual Fund is one of the highest priorities of the Destiny: Delivered campaign. The Annual Fund is a vital resource that touches every aspect of life on campus. It’s also the easiest way for the majority of our alumni to participate in this campaign, and in the lives of our students.

strategic unrestricted funding / $1,000,000 Many people are interested in making a one-time, unrestricted gift to the college in response to this campaign. These gifts are available for the college to use in the areas of greatest need..

Note: The naming and giving opportunities offered for each priority are examples and are not intended to total each corresponding goal. and giving opportunities offered for each priority are examples and are not intended to total each corresponding goal.

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