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 What
is the Annual Fund?
The Annual Fund is the cornerstone of CIIS's
giving program. It consists of the collective
gifts to CIIS from alumni, trustees, faculty,
staff, friends, foundations, businesses, and corporations.
The Institute relies on these contributions to
help cover its operating expenses and ensure its
financial stability and continued academic excellence.
Your investment in the Annual Fund will help us
in our strategic goals to increase financial aid
resources for students and to provide seed money
for new programs. Our goal is to raise $500,000
through the Annual Fund each year.
How Is Your Donation Used?
Your investment in the Annual Fund provides unrestricted
operating funds to support a variety of vital
needs at CIIS, including:
• Scholarships: The Institute currently
spends five percent of its operating budget ($500,000)
for scholarships and gift aid. CIIS looks to a
strong Annual Fund to increase this percentage
of scholarship dollars each year, helping to attract
and retain talented students who might otherwise
not be able to attend CIIS.
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Research: The Annual Fund provides research support
for both faculty and students to conduct scholarly
research and present at conferences, furthering
the scope of CIIS's powerful and unique educational
perspectives.
• Laurance S. Rockefeller Library and the
Computer Center: The Annual Fund provides support
to expand the new book collection in the Library,
to purchase the annual subscriptions to important
research journals, and to equip and maintain computers
for student research both in the Library and the
Computer Center.
• Counseling Centers of CIIS: The Annual
Fund provides support for the Institute's four
community counseling centers in San Francisco.
The Counseling Centers of CIIS offer leading-edge,
mind-body-spirit psychotherapy at affordable rates,
and serve as invaluable training centers for student
interns in the CIIS School of Professional Psychology.
You May Want to Know...
When does the Annual Fund Campaign take place?
The Annual Fund begins July 1 and ends June 30
of the following year, with opportunities to give
throughout the year.
How may I make my gift?
Gifts may be made in cash, check, stocks, or securities,
or by VISA or MasterCard. Gifts may also be pledged
for payment to CIIS (quarterly or monthly) over
the course of the Annual Fund year.
Can I use my employer's matching gift program?
A corporate-sponsored matching gift program can
double or even triple an employee's gift to CIIS.
Ask for a matching gift form from your or your
spouse's or partner's employer (usually available
in the Human Resources office) and mail it with
your CIIS contribution, or shortly thereafter.
How is my gift recognized?
Every donor will be recognized in the Honor Roll
of Donors published in the Fall issue of the newsletter
CIIS Today and on the CIIS website, www.ciis.edu.
Donors of $1,000 or more are invited to special
events at CIIS.
Annual Fund Giving Societies at CIIS
• Lifetime: Cumulative Donors of $50,000
or more
• Founder's Circle: $20,000 or more
• Benefactors: $10,000-$19,999
• Patrons: $5,000-$9,999
• President's Circle: $2,500-$4,999
• Partners: $1,000-$2,499
• Associates: $500-$999
• Institute Circle: $250-$499
• Advocates: $100-$249
• Friends: $25-$99
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