Help as you navigate Blackbaud Financial Aid Management

Blackbaud Financial Aid created an FAQ page for parents to navigate their financial aid online application. You can access this FAQ page here. 

We included brief tips for each section of the financial aid application below. 

Start the Application

Login and Home Screen

  • First, you need to create an account.
  • Once you submit your log in-information, you will receive a verification email from noreply@blackbaud.com. Enter the 6-digit verification code to confirm your Blackbaud Financial Aid Parent account and log-in. 
  • We suggest gathering necessary documentation ahead of time, so you have the correct information accessible as you start the financial aid application.
  • Click “Start Application” to begin the financial aid application for the 2024-2025 school year. 

Need help with this portion of the application? Click HERE for more assistance from Blackbaud’s FAQ page.

Household Information

  • Be sure to select “Save and Continue” within each section to save your progress, should you need to revisit the application later.
  • Please enter annual values unless otherwise indicated as you complete the application.
  • Please use legal names as you complete the aid application so the names appearing on this application will match the names Wheaton Academy has on file.
  • Be sure to add all dependents on the financial aid application, not just those applying for aid at Wheaton Academy.
  • In Household Information, within Section B, “Dependent Information,” under the “Annual Tuition Contributions Household” question, please include the amount of tuition you as a family are able to independently contribute to your student’s education. Then, in “Other” field, please input the amount able to be contributed from all other sources (i.e., grandparents, relatives, other non-SGO scholarships, loans, etc.), excluding the financial aid you hope to receive from Wheaton Academy.
  • In Household Information, within Section C, “Select a School,” please enter school code 12646 and hit “enter” to represent Wheaton Academy and to avoid searching for the school.

Need help with this portion of the application? Click HERE for more assistance from Blackbaud’s FAQ page.

Income & Expenses

  • You will want to have your financial information and supplemental documents available for this section.
  • In “Income and Expenses,” Section E needs to be filled out if any parent or guardian is self-employed.
  • In “Income and Expenses,” Section F only needs to completed if you have monthly income supplementing the annual income you have already recorded in the application.

Need help with this portion of the application? Click HERE for more assistance from Blackbaud’s FAQ page.

Assets & Debts

  • In “Assets and Debts,” within Section P, “Current Assets,” you will need to total and input the amount you have in your checking account(s) or saving account(s) if you have multiple accounts.

  • In “Assets and Debts,” within Section S, “Debts,” all amounts should be consolidated and added together when you record the amount.

Need help with this portion of the application? Click HERE for more assistance from Blackbaud’s FAQ page.

Special Circumstance

  • These questions are unique to Wheaton Academy, so please answer accordingly.

Need help with this portion of the application? Click HERE for more assistance from Blackbaud’s FAQ page.

Submit

  • The application costs $45.
  • Once you submit your application, it can be viewed but no longer edited.
  • Once you submit the application, the confirmation page will then list what additional documentation your family needs to submit to officially complete your financial aid application.  
  • These items can be uploaded under “Documentation” in the main tool bar of Blackbaud Financial Aid Management. Click HERE to learn how to complete this step.

Need help with this portion of the application? Click HERE for more assistance from Blackbaud’s FAQ page.

We are here to help you as you apply for financial aid. If you need any other assistance, please let us know!

If you have questions related directly to filling out the application forms, how to upload required documentation, error messages, or other Blackbaud Financial Aid system questions, please contact Blackbaud Financial Aid Customer Service directly at 800-360-8027 or financialaidsupport@blackbaud.school. Their service is completely confidential.

If you have any other financial aid related questions, please contact Pat Brooke in the Business Office at aid@wheatonacademy.org.