Trinity Fund

What is the Trinity Fund?

The Trinity Fund provides students with scholarships, campus technology, excellent faculty, and athletic & library resources. It depends on the support of alumni, churches, and friends who give each year. 

As a private institution, the Trinity Fund is the gift income needed in addition to revenues from tuition, and endowment income.  Tuition is approximately 60% of what it costs to educate Trinity students.

Gifts to the Trinity Fund are unrestricted, although a donor can choose to designate a school. (TEDS, College, Grad School, Law School).  A Trinity Fund gift can also be entirely designated for general scholarships.  The Trinity Fund is our 'annual fund' beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30; needed every year. This is why it's important that your Trinity Fund gifts are repeatable and growing to ensure the future growth of Trinity's programs. Every gift—no matter what size—makes a difference!

This is especially important for alumni to know.  When Trinity seeks grants for larger initiatives, alumni participation (the number of alumni who give to Trinity) is the primary measure foundations and coporations use to determine where to invest their resources. Your gift to the Trinity Fund is a strong indicator of the faith and support of alumni, churches, and friends in our mission to glorify God as an educational institution, entrusted with the gospel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What does my gift to the Trinity fund actually help to support?

• Scholarships
• Campus Technology
• Trinity's outstanding faculty
• Athletic and library resources 

2. What are matching Gifts?

If you or your spouse work for a company with a Matching Gifts Program, you can double or sometimes even triple your gift.

You can check with your employer and request a matching gift form from your employer and send it, completed and signed, along with your gift to Trinity

3. Can I allocate my gift?

Yes, you can allocate your gift to the following components of the Trinity Fund:

• TIU where most needed
• Trinity College
• Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
• Trinity Graduate School
• Trinity law School
• General Scholarships

4. Does the Evangelical Free Church support Trinity?

The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) owns and supports Trinity International University. Trinity also has great relationship with other churches through out the United States. More than 350 local churches contribute to Trinity's Fund. Last year EFCA churches, as well as other churches, gave $665,870 to the Trinity Fund.

5. Why should alumni give to Trinity?

Alumni's participation is important. The total number of alumni who make a gift in a given year is used by many foundations and national college and seminary ranking organization as an indicator of alumni satisfaction with and confidence in the University. This affects their funding decisions and our rankings.

6. Who can I talk to about the Trinity Fund?

You may e-mail Mindy Wilkerson at mwilkers@tiu.edu or call 1.847.317.8106.

Trinity International University
Institutional Advancement
2065 Half Day Rd
Deerfield, IL 60015