About Our Foundation
The Delta Gamma Foundation
The Delta Gamma Foundation fosters lifetime enrichment for members, promotes Service for Sight and partners with the Fraternity to ensure the future of our sisterhood. Dedicated members and friends make this mission possible through philanthropy, service and generous gifts which support the Foundation’s three signature programs: Service for Sight, Grants to the Fraternity for Leadership and Educational Programming and Grants to Individual Members.
Two Organizations, One Delta Gamma:
We are one Delta Gamma, but in accordance with Internal Revenue Code, the Foundation and Fraternity are two separate organizations. In 1951, the Delta Gamma Foundation was formed as a complement to the Fraternity, creating a vehicle for members to promote the educational interests and social responsibility referenced in Article II of the Fraternity Constitution. Each entity offers unique opportunities for our members to “Do Good.” To see how we are living out this motto, view the most recent annual impact report.
The Foundation is governed by the Delta Gamma Foundation Constitution and Articles of Incorporation, the Convention and the Foundation Board of Trustees.
Make a gift to the Delta Gamma Foundation to support our three signature programs.
Our PhilanthropyDelta Gamma’s philanthropy, Service for Sight, supports the five schools founded by Delta Gammas for children who are visually impaired and other North American organizations that promote sight preservation and conservation.
This philanthropy has been at the heart of the Delta Gamma mission since 1936, when a member who was blind, Ruth Billow, Eta-Akron, petitioned to adopt it as our official philanthropy. Members invest in Service for Sight through hands-on service, awareness and fundraising on their campuses and in their communities.
On a national level, the Delta Gamma Foundation supports sight-related organizations through Service for Sight grants.
Learn more about Service for Sight on the Foundation website.
Make a gift to support Service for Sight.
Financial Assistance
With the rising cost of tuition, it is imperative for our members to have options to make completing their education more affordable. Delta Gamma scholarships and fellowships are made possible through generous gifts to the Foundation.
Sisters Helping Sisters: A Need-Based Scholarship Program
The Delta Gamma Foundation supports collegiate members who have proven financial need and student loan debt through our Sisters Helping Sisters: A Need-Based Scholarship Program. Applications are reviewed and awarded on a rolling basis from August 1 –April 1 as funds are available. The application can be found here.
Undergraduate Merit-Based Scholarships
Merit-based scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified, initiated members pursuing undergraduate degrees. For the 2018-19 academic year 384 collegians received merit-based scholarships. For more information on the application, eligibility requirements and selection criteria click here.
Applications open mid-December and close March 1. The application can be found here.
Graduate Fellowships
Delta Gamma Foundation graduate fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified initiated members pursuing graduate/professional degrees. Selection is based on scholastic excellence, contributions to chosen field, past and current Delta Gamma activities and leadership, and campus and community involvement. For the 2018-2019 academic year 33 graduate members received merit-based fellowships. For questions or more information contact the Director of Scholarships and Fellowships scholarshipfellowship@deltagamma.org
Applications open mid-December and close April 1. The application can be found here.
Questions? Please email scholarshipfellowship@deltagamma.org
Make a gift to support scholarships and fellowships.
Your gifts to the Delta Gamma Foundation fund scholarships and fellowships, provide emergency financial assistance to members, empower our women to lead authentically, and inspire service and provide grants to enrich the lives of people in the visually impaired community.
Ways to Give: Click the link below to donate online, by phone: (614) 481-8169 , mail a check to:
Delta Gamma Foundation, 3250 Riverside Dr., Columbus, OH 43221
The Delta Gamma Foundation is a 501(c)(3).
Gifts to Delta Gamma Foundation are tax deductible in the United States as allowed by law.