Chaplain’s Discretionary Fund

The Chaplain鈥檚 Discretionary Fund provides one-time emergency assistance to 福利亚洲国产精品 faculty, staff, and students who have experienced an unforeseen financial crisis.

The Chaplain鈥檚 Discretionary Fund may be used to assist:

  • Currently employed faculty/staff of 福利亚洲国产精品
  • Currently enrolled students of 福利亚洲国产精品
  • Currently employed staff of Elon Dining

The Chaplain’s Discretionary Fund does not have an unlimited amount of funds. Contributions primarily from members of the 福利亚洲国产精品 community support the fund. Each application for Chaplain’s Discretionary Fund assistance is reviewed, and the maximum amount of one-time assistance within a calendar year (January 1-December 31) approval is determined on a case-by-case basis.

Essential expenses that qualify as unforeseen financial crisis under the Chaplain’s Discretionary Fund include:

  • Clothing/Toiletries
  • Groceries
  • Utilities
  • Uninsured Medical

Other emergency situations will be considered on a case-by-case basis, at the discretion of the Chaplain’s Discretionary Fund Committee. The Chaplain鈥檚 Discretionary Fund excludes expenses related to cable service, mobile telephone service, tuition and university housing, domestic and study abroad, Greek life, and other optional services or university-billed expenses.

Verification of eligibility and application review may take up to three business days. Please note, applications are not reviewed or processed after-hours, on weekends, or when the University is otherwise closed, such as during Winter Break.

Student Food Insecurity

A service provided to students through the Chaplain鈥檚 Discretionary Fund is the distribution of meal vouchers (provided by Elon Dining) that may be used at Elon Dining Halls. These meal vouchers, which can聽by obtained through Elon Dining, are given to students who identify themselves as food insecure and are distributed at the discretion of the University Chaplain and their Administrative Assistant.

Donate to the Chaplain鈥檚 Fund

The Chaplain鈥檚 Fund is supported by contributions from members of the 福利亚洲国产精品 community. Use the button below to make a tax-deductible contribution to the Chaplain鈥檚 Discretionary Fund. Select Religious Life as the Fund Group and Chaplain鈥檚 Fund as the Designation. Donors may contribute 鈥渋n honor鈥 or 鈥渋n memory鈥 of an individual but may not designate funds to assist a specific individual.

Your generosity helps ensure that critical support is available to members of the Elon community when they need it most. Thank you for making a difference.

Please email聽Jan Register, Administrative Assistant for the Truitt Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, with questions regarding assistance through the Chaplain鈥檚 Discretionary Fund. To apply, click the button below.