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Name Description Type of Fund Designation Use Unit
UIS CAP Merit Scholarship Fund The purpose of the fund is to provide merit scholarship assistance to all Capital scholar students. Gifts to this fund are pooled to provide the following. Named endowments may be established to provide Capital Scholar merit awards as well… Scholarship Student Aid Provost & VC Acad Affairs
UIS Capestrain - Tracy Family Scholarship Fund The scholarship will be awarded as current use to one recipient per semester, with $500 awarded in the fall and $500 awarded in the spring. The scholarship is renewable. The scholarship will be awarded to a student with demonstrated… Scholarship Student Aid Enrollment and Retention Management
UIS Capital Scholars Operating Fund This supports the operating fund for the Capital Scholars program and can be used for stewardship, cultivation of donors and prospects and office associated needs of the program. Gift Fund Academic Support Provost & VC Acad Affairs
UIS Capital Scholars Undergrad Research This fund provides unrestricted support the Capital Scholars Program research at UIS. Gift Fund Research Provost & VC Acad Affairs
UIS Career Development Center Part of our mission at UIS is to produce qualified and contributing graduates who are ready to make a positive difference in the world. Through your gifts, you can help the professional staff at UIS' Career Development Center meet that… Gift Fund Academic Support Student Affairs
UIS Cares Food Pantry Fund For years, staff at the Diversity Center have brought food to the Center, making it available to students. Within hours, the food is gone. Many students see their meal plans run dry, usually around the end of October, and they struggle… Gift Fund Student Services Student Affairs
UIS Carol and Clark Esarey Scholarship This is an endowed scholarship with preference given to students who have care-giving expenses, which may include but not be limited to childcare expenses, nontraditional students returning to school and legal immigrants. Scholarship Student Aid Provost & VC Acad Affairs
UIS Carrie Gibson Esarey and Dorothy Neland Endowed Scholarship Fund This scholarship honors the mothers of the donors. Carrie Gibson Esarey, who was raised by a single mother, taught for many years in a one-room schoolhouse, and Dorothy Neland was also passionate about education. In her quiet way she… Scholarship Student Aid Enrollment and Retention Management
UIS Carrol C. Hall Fund There are no restrictions attached to the gift but a preference is that the income from the fund be used for the presentation of an annual lecture or series of lectures on the subject: Capitalism with the intent of providing the… Gift Fund Instruction Provost & VC Acad Affairs
UIS Caryl Towsley Moy, Ph.D. Endowed Fund for Collaborative Research Richard H. Moy, M.D., former dean of the SIU medical school, and his sons Philip B. Moy, Ph.D., and Eric R. Moy, J.D., have created an endowed fund at the University of Illinois Springfield in honor of their wife and mother Dr. Caryl T.… Gift Fund Research Provost & VC Acad Affairs
UIS Center for Academic Success and Advising (CASA) Donations to this fund will support student programming and events offered through the Center for Academic Success and Advising in the Department of Academic Affairs at UIS. Activities will include, but not be limited to, the Learning Hub… Gift Fund Student Services Provost & VC Acad Affairs
UIS Center for Entrepreneurship Program Fund This UIS Center seeks to expand the outreach activities with the regional business community and enhance student-business engagement, encourage entrepreneurial actions among the student community as well as develop and support… Gift Fund Public Service Business and Management
UIS Center for Online Learning, Research and Service (COLRS) Fund This fund provides general support for the Center, specifically service projects and research in online learning. Gift Fund Academic Support Provost & VC Acad Affairs
UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership Donations to this fund are added to the endowment that provides ongoing support for the Center. Gift Fund Academic Support Center for State Policy
UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership Fund By giving to this fund, you provide support that must be used during the current year by the Center. Gift Fund Public Service Center for State Policy
UIS Central Illinois Student Aid Fund This fund will provide scholarship for students who are residents of Christian, Morgan or Sangamon counties at UIS. Scholarship Student Aid Enrollment and Retention Management
UIS Central Illinois Typographical Union Scholarship Scholarship The Central IL Typographical Union Local 177 (CITU) Scholarship was established March 1, 1995, by the members of the Central Illinois Typographical Union. Eligible applicants will be dues paying members, or the spouse or dependent child of… Scholarship Student Aid Enrollment and Retention Management
UIS Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies This fund is used to support the Chancellor Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at UIS. It is used to support a faculty position in Lincoln Studies in the Department of History in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.… Gift Fund Academic Support Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
UIS Chancellor Richard D. and Carolyn J. Ringeisen Scholarship Fund Alumni and friends gave gifts to establish this endowed scholarship fund in honor of the former chancellor and his wife, especially in recognition of their leadership. Richard Ringeisen became Chancellor of UIS in 2001. During his years as… Scholarship Student Aid Provost & VC Acad Affairs
UIS Chancellor Susan and Dennis Koch Excellence in Athletics Endowment Fund The University of Illinois Foundation has created a fund to honor Chancellor Susan Koch and her husband, Dennis, upon Susan’s retirement from the University of Illinois Springfield. The fund aims to provide important opportunities for… Gift Fund Student Services Student Affairs
UIS Chancellor's Fund for Innovation and Opportunity This provides unrestricted funds available to the Chancellor to support strategic and innovative initiatives to move the university forward Gift Fund Institutional Support Chancellor
UIS Chancellor's Scholars Fund Established in 1999, the Chancellor’s Scholarship has been awarded to full-time students maintaining a GPA of 3.5 or higher with preference given to freshmen. Scholarship Student Aid Chancellor
UIS Chancellor's Unrestricted Fund This provides unrestricted funds available to the Chancellor at UIS. Gift Fund Institutional Support Chancellor
UIS Cheerleading Fund Donations to this fund provide money for the UIS Cheerleading program. Gift Fund Student Services Student Affairs
UIS Cheerleading Scholarship Fund This scholarship is intended for a student athlete member of the UIS Cheerleading Team. Scholarship Student Aid Student Affairs