Alumni can receive up to this amount each year from the Bendheim Loan Forgiveness program to reduce the principal balance of their loans.
Recipients since the fund’s inception
Total awarded by the fund
Alumni founders of the program: John Bendheim W40 and his son, Tom Bendheim G90 WG90
Years in which alumni are eligible to apply for funding from the time they graduate. Applicants may apply for the award annually and receive it more than once.
Alumni who received funding multiple times in the five years from 2020 through 2024
Recipients in that time who graduated from the Executive MBA program
Alumni recipients during that period from the Lauder Institute’s MBA/MA joint-degree program, which aims to develop business leaders with an eye for global impact
Alumni who have served in those years on the selection committee that makes funding decisions for the program
Industries represented by recent Bendheim recipients, including education, entrepreneurship, and health care
Recent recipients who work in finance, the top major represented by Bendheim alumni
Bendheim recipients engaged in the past year in mentoring current undergraduate students
Time slot on May 16 — during Wharton MBA Reunion Weekend — for alumni to meet others in their fields at an Industry Networking Reception sponsored by the Bendheim family and the Bendheim Loan Forgiveness program
Published as “In Support of Good Work” in the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of Wharton Magazine.
