Current Priorities
Annual Fund
The Annual Fund is the place to begin. This fund bridges the gap between our expenses and the income from endowment funds and government assistance, and what we are willing to charge our students in tuition. A gift to the Annual Fund not only provides the resources for the general operating expenses associated with the on-going ministry of the College, it also helps to keep tuition affordable for our students.
The Rev. Dr. William and Dr. Pearleen Oliver
Chair of Community Leadership and Social Justice
Acadia Divinity College is committed to addressing systemic racism in our structures and curriculum. We strive to equip and encourage clergy and faith communities to become advocates for justice and reconciliation in their churches and communities. We seek to transform past assumptions and injustices that the church either perpetuates or ignores. We are committed to the ministry of reconciliation.
Legacy Giving
Generation after generation of Christians have worked together to serve Christ’s mission in the world, and the Church has been sustained by their devoted commitment. You too have participated in this ongoing ministry as you have given of your time, energy, and resources in serving the Lord. Like many people, you want Christian service to continue beyond your lifetime. With a legacy gift, you can support that future.
Annual Giving
Annual giving provides immediate resources to support the College’s mission. These gifts sustain teaching, student support, and ministry training, ensuring ADC continues to equip leaders for service in the church and world today.
Memorial Fund
Recognize someone who is important to you by making a difference in a meaningful way. Tribute gifts can mark a birthday, anniversary, retirement or be in memory. Those you honour, or a family member in the case of a memorial gift, will be sent a card informing them that a gift to Acadia Divinity College has been made in their name.
Student Aid
Sometimes, students need a bit more financial help. Every year we assist students with emergency support for things like food, rent and other living expenses. Administered confidentiality by the Dean of Students, our student aid program helps individual students when they need it most.
Endowed Giving
Creating or giving to an endowed funds creates meaningful legacies, by honouring someone who impacted your life. Endowments are ethically invested in a long-term investment pool overseen by the Investment Committee of the ADC Board of Trustees.
Compared to annually funded gifts that have an immediate but short-term impact, endowments and their related benefits generate long-term funding for donor-specified purposes, such as scholarships, academic chairs, centres of excellence, or the College’s greatest needs. The principal of your gift remains intact and a portion of the interest or earnings on the gifts is used each year.
Scholarships and Bursaries
Support students preparing for ministry by giving to scholarships and bursaries that provide vital financial help and recognize excellence in study, service, and leadership.
Endowed Academic Chairs
Endowed Academic Chairs strengthen teaching and research across diverse disciplines, ensuring students learn from expert faculty who equip them for faithful and effective ministry.
Academic Centres
Acadia Divinity College has three academic centres which uniquely shape the institution. Gifts can be made to a centre’s individual endowment to support its ongoing ministry.
General Operating Endowments
Giving to support general operating endowments provides stable, dependable and flexible funding for the College for years to come, impacting the entire institution..
ACADIA DIVINITY COLLEGE IS A CERTIFIED MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR CHRISTIAN CHARITIES
Spending of funds is confined to board-approved programs and projects. Each restricted contribution designated towards a board-approved program or project will be used as designated, with the understanding that, when the need for such a program or project has been met, or cannot be completed for any reason determined by the board, the remaining restricted contributions designated for such program or project will be used where needed most.