The Theta Xi Foundation was was created in 1949 to provide Theta Xi members with new opportunities to contribute to society in general, and educational endeavors in particular. Today, the Theta Xi Foundation is a 501(c)3 public charity that provides scholarships to undergraduates and grants for programming related to leadership, community service, and other educational opportunities.

Mission

The purpose of the Foundation is “To receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply the income or principal thereof to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding by creating scholarships or fellowships for the benefit of deserving students in colleges and universities by making loans or outright grants to professors, teachers, students, student organizations or societies to carry on research in his, her, or their particular field of endeavor, and to expend money for any other educational or charitable purpose not inconsistent with the above purposes.”

Giving to The Foundation

The Foundation is built by gifts from alumni and friends who have a deep interest and abiding faith in youth, and who recognize the college fraternity as an agency that is making an invaluable contribution to molding its members into responsible and upright citizens.

Alumni and Friends of Theta Xi can learn more about supporting Theta Xi here.

Gifts to the Theta Xi Foundation are fully tax-deductible for Federal income tax purposes. Your gift can be used to continue the Theta Xi Foundation’s support of both chapter and individual member educational programs or you can specify the purpose for which your donation will be used. Many chapters have Chapter Education Accounts (CEA’s) within the Foundation, to which gifts are also tax-deductible donation. If your interest is in supporting chapter housing, a deductible gift can be made to the Foundation and directed to the Unicorn Fund. All gifts are counted towards your Fund Drive total, making membership in a Theta Xi Foundation Giving Club easier to obtain.

  • Vredenburgh Presidents Academy focuses on learning to apply a set of leadership competencies most needed by chapter presidents. These competencies include influencing followers to grasp a shared vision, motivating/empowering chapter members for engagement, and decision-making style/skills. The learning activities are designed to include significant time for Presidents to talk/work in small groups for common problem-solving, support, and the sharing of ideas.

  • Rising Stars Academy is for first-year initiates and coincides with the Presidents Academy. The Rising Stars Academy, concentrates on providing attendees an opportunity to assess and develop their leadership styles and skills, in an interactive and experiential setting. Along with meeting new members from across the country, they gather ideas they can take back to strengthen their chapters in the areas of recruitment, membership education and overall operations. Team building skills are strengthened by accomplishing tasks presented on an exciting outdoor leadership challenge course.

  • Newell District Leadership Academies are regional leadership development training opportunities focused on equipping and training chapter/colony officers. This Academy is for undergraduate officers and those who aspire to be officers. NDLA offers four tracks which prepares chapter leaders to excel in their specific positions. The track offerings include a Management & Leadership Track for Chapter Presidents and Vice-Presidents, an Operations Track for Treasurers and Secretaries, an Education Track for Scholarship Chairmen and Membership Educators, and a Growth Track for Recruitment Chairmen.

Theta Xi National Foundation

Theta Xi Foundation Endowment Campaign 2022-2026

“Building Tomorrow’s Leaders …Today”

On Founders Day 2022, Theta Xi Foundation launched a new endowment campaign to raise $3,000,000 for an endowment to permanently fund the Vredenburgh Presidents Academy, the Rising Stars Academy, and the Newell District Leadership Academy. These leadership and educational programs impact the lives of hundreds of our undergraduates every single year. These young brothers learn valuable leadership skills that help them improve our chapters, grow membership, and make an impact in their communities.

There are several to make a gift to Theta Xi Foundation.

  • 1864 Club – Undergraduates making a difference

  • Franklin Guild – Theta Xi’s Bequest Society

  • Rensselaer Society – Benefactors of the Leadership Academies

  • Foundation Gift Levels

  • Matching Gifts

  • Gifts of Stock

To make a gift today: https://www.thetaxi.org/give/

Ways to Give

For more information and to learn how you can participate: https://www.thetaxi.org/give/endowment-campaign/