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Unrestricted dollars go right to work to support the everyday life of the College and our students. Its de facto role as an emergency fund remains relevant because of the ever changing and evolving nature of our current circumstances, making its immediacy so critical. The ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳ Fund enables us to provide for our students without interruption when unanticipated circumstances arise.

The ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳ Fund is an actual line with the College’s annual operating budget. This budget line is what The ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳ Fund MUST generate in order to fully fund the annual cost of educating and providing for current students. Even for full paying students, tuition, room and board does not fully cover the cost to educate and accommodate them. The average student pays roughly half of the sticker price of their tuition. Philanthropy subsidizes the rest.

Each year, Slade Society leadership donors represent about 11% of our donors, but contribute more than 76% of the dollars that sustain ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳.