Core Mission Fund
The Core Mission Fund strengthens every part of Wayland – scholarships, student support, academic programs, facilities, and technology – all centered on helping students grow in a Christ-centered environment.
Tuition and fees cover only part of a Wayland education. Your gift to the Core Mission Fund bridges the gap so students can learn, grow, and serve without carrying the full financial burden alone.
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Life
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Planned
Giving
Hear directly from the generous friends of Wayland whose gifts are transforming students’ lives.
Alumni Family & Faith-Driven Supporters Investing in Future Wayland Students
Tyler and Beth Anne Topper are ardent believers in Wayland’s faith and mission. They each also benefited from college scholarships. Their gift benefiting future Wayland students recognizes the important roles both have played in their lives.
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Alumna & Planned-Giving Partner Investing in Future Generations
Janetta Kleier once walked the halls and enjoyed the unique Wayland experience. Now she’s dedicated to helping students have that same opportunity.
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Alumna, Professor Emerita, and Lifelong Supporter of Wayland
"I give to Wayland Baptist University because it changed my life. Wayland faculty took an introverted, small-town girl and prepared me for graduate school and the life of the mind as a college professor. For my four years as an undergraduate and my 42 years on the faculty, my gratitude is boundless."
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Provide a new, Wayland-branded Bible for each incoming student across our campuses. For just $19.50, you can gift a Bible with a personal message included—offering spiritual guidance and a lasting reminder of Wayland’s Christ-centered mission.
This flexible, undesignated fund supports Wayland’s most urgent needs—from scholarships and technology upgrades to facility improvements and special projects. Your gift allows leadership to respond quickly where it's needed most.
Support students through general or endowed scholarships. You can designate a specific school or area, or contribute to the broader scholarship fund. These gifts help relieve financial burdens and expand access to a Wayland education.
Give to a specific athletic program or support general athletics needs. Your contribution helps student-athletes thrive in competition, in the classroom, and in their spiritual growth on the Plainview campus.
This fund allows Dr. Donna Hedgepath and her cabinet to address timely needs and strategic initiatives across Wayland campuses—helping advance the university’s mission and strengthen its future.
Checks should be made out to Wayland Baptist University and indicate the fund name, department or purpose for which they're intended in the memo section.
You can mail these to:
1900 W. 7th CMB 1295
Plainview, TX, 79072
Attn: Office of institutional Advancement.
Gifts to WBU, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Please consult your tax attorney or financial advisor to determine if your gift is tax-deductible.
You may direct your gift to a specific purpose within certain guidelines. IRS regulations prohibit contributions made directly to a specific student or family member to be processed as gifts for income tax purposes. WBU is required by federal, state, and university regulations to use gift money as directed by the donor. We are audited annually to verify compliance.
A receipt and acknowledgement for every gift is mailed shortly after the gift is received.
Unrestricted gifts provide a funding source for WBU that is not limited to a specific program, college or department. These gifts are used where needed most throughout the institution to enhance the overall academic life of the campus. On the other hand, restricted gifts are earmarked for specific purposes chosen by the donor, such as an endowed scholarship or professorship, program or building.
Unrestricted gifts are of critical importance because they allow the university to provide funding in the areas of greatest need to meet unexpected challenges, take advantage of unique opportunities and meet the many day-to-day challenges of current higher education.
An endowed scholarship is a permanent account maintained within the assets managed for the benefit of the University. It is permanent because the principal is never spent. Only earnings from investment of the principal may be expended for the designated purpose. A donor who gives an endowed scholarship knows that decades from now their gift will continue to provide funding for students to obtain their degree.
Many companies offer employees - and sometimes spouses and retirees - a matching-gift benefit that doubles or triples their donations to higher education. Companies have various methods by which you can submit your matching-gift request: online forms, automated phone systems or paper forms that you submit to the WBU Office of Institutional Advancement. Please visit your human resources office to learn more about matching-gift donations.
Associate Vice President
for Institutional Advancement
Location: Plainview, Texas
Office: Office of Advancement
Building: Trinity Building CMB 1295
Phone: 806-291-3427
Email: teresa.young@wbu.edu
Director of Advancement Services
Location: Plainview, Texas
Office: Office of Advancement
Building: Trinity Building CMB 1295
Phone: 806-291-3425
Email: chilsona@wbu.edu
Administrative Assistant
Location: Plainview, Texas
Office: Office of Advancement
Building: Trinity Building CMB 1295
Phone: 806-291-3426
Email: tflick@wbu.edu
Wayland Baptist University does not illegally discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age or disability in admissions or in the administration of its educational policies, programs and activities. Under federal law, the University may discriminate on the basis of religion in order to fulfill its purposes. In compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the University does not illegally discriminate on the basis of sex in the administration of educational policies, programs and activities.
