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The Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation impacts and enriches our communities by providing essential support for
education, philanthropy and leadership.

The Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 public charity which exists to provide support to our sisters, our ΑΓΔ Fraternity and our communities. We value the promise that members make to welcome the opportunity of contributing to the world's work. Support to the Alpha Gam Foundation can be one of the most influential ways to fulfill that promise.

The work of the Foundation is provided for by donations from members, collegiate chapters, alumnae groups, Foundation friends and parents. Through the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation, you are positively impacting the lives of our sisters, the community where you are placed, and the future of Alpha Gamma Delta.

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The mission of Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation is to impact and enrich our communities by providing essential support for education, philanthropy and leadership.


Our History
Alpha Gamma Delta was the first women's fraternity to establish an international philanthropy project.

1919- Convention delegates voted to create a summer camp for underprivileged children.
 
1920- The camp was opened on a lake in Jackson, Michigan, and a second camp was later established in Wellington, Ontario. The summer camps were staffed by collegians and alumnae of our Fraternity for more than 25 years.

1947- Alpha Gamma Delta changed its philanthropic focus, but maintained an interest in children. Working with the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults, the Fraternity sponsored a training program for counselors involved with the rehabilitation of the physically impaired.

1964- The Convention of 1964 approved a change of project to provide support for children with minimal brain dysfunction.
 
1979- At the Diamond Anniversary Convention, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (currently known as JDRF) was adopted as the official beneficiary of financial support and service.
 
1991- The philanthropic efforts of the Fraternity were then directed toward the general treatment, research and cure of diabetes mellitus (expanding its support to multiple diabetes organizations) where they remain today.

Since 1962, the evolution of the Fraternity's philanthropy was accompanied by the emergence and progress of the Alpha Gamma Delta Founders Memorial Foundation. The name of the Founders Memorial Foundation was changed to the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation in 1990.


With diabetes as the current philanthropic focus of the Fraternity, grants are awarded annually to organizations and individuals for research, care and treatment of patients, and education about the disease. The Foundation also supports educational and leadership programming for collegiate and alumnae members including Scholarships, Continuing Education Grants, Scholastic Achievement Awards, LeaderShape, the Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI), GreekLifeEdu, and the brand new Gamma Program.

Other educational ventures that are wholly or partially funded by the Foundation are on-site leadership training through the Leadership Consultant program, and portions of International Convention and The Leadership Conference (TLC) programming. Through the Sisters Income Supplement (SIS) Program, the Foundation provides emergency assistance to sisters who have serious financial needs.

Through The Campaign for Alpha Gamma Delta, the Fraternity and Foundation created The Leadership Institute - Women with Purpose in 2006. This distinct charitable organization holds as its mission to help women reach their leadership potential. The reference to "purpose" is intentional, as our own Alpha Gamma Delta Purpose served as the inspiration for the Institute.

As we embark on the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation's 50th anniversary we thank those individuals, chapters and clubs who continue to allow us to fulfill our mission of support for education, philanthropy and leadership.

]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.alphagammadelta.org/agdfoundation/aboutourfoundation/mission http://www.alphagammadelta.org/agdfoundation/aboutourfoundation/history We help Alpha Gams achieve their goals by awarding scholarships and grants. In addition, we support the Fraternity's philanthropic efforts by awarding grants to diabetes organizations.

 
Our Programs Include:

• Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity grants for its educational, charitable and leadership work.

• Undergraduate and graduate scholarships to assist with the skyrocketing cost of higher education.

• Continuing Education Grants for part-time graduate students and alumnae pursuing professional development.

• Scholastic Achievement Awards recognizing the senior in each Alpha Gamma Delta Chapter with the highest cumulative grade point average during her college career.

• SIS Grants providing assistance to sisters with urgent, short-term financial need.

• Diabetes Program Grants for individuals and organizations connected with diabetes education, research, summer camps for children with diabetes, and the care and treatment of diabetic patients.

• The Leadership Institute - Women with Purpose, supporting its work to help women reach their leadership potential.

• Educational Area Grants offering a tax deductible opportunity for local fundraising efforts, benefiting the educational areas of collegiate chapter houses.

What We Did Last Year

Thank you to Alpha Gam alumnae, collegians, parents, friends, chapters and clubs, for helping the Foundation award over $430,000 in fiscal year 2010-2011:

• $200,000 in grants to our Fraternity for educational, philanthropic and leadership work, including:
  
  
  • the online GreekLifeEdu program educating 2,790 new members
  • Leadership Consultant visits to 79 chapters across the U.S. and Canada
  • Alpha Gam's brand new Gamma Experience personal development program for second and third year members
  • LeaderShape Institute scholarships awarded to 18 sisters
  • Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute (UIFI) scholarships awarded to 20 sisters
  • educational offerings for 600 Convention attendees sharing best leadership practices
    
    
• $100,000 for The Leadership Institute - Women with Purpose, to help Alpha Gams and all women reach their personal potential.
  
  
• $78,800 in under/graduate scholarships and continuing education grants benefiting 91 deserving sisters.
  
  
• $30,000 to organizations helping our members and others live better with diabetes.
  
  
• $27,265 for sisters in emergency financial need.

See additional ways your donations make an impact in the lives of our sisters and in our communities.
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