ENDOWMENT
CHALLENGE
GRANT Doubling the value of your gift
With a stronger endowment, the possibilities are endless. Gilman’s endowment initiatives provide spending flexibility and financial strength that will allow the School to plan for the future and embrace new opportunities and priorities as they arise. Endowed gifts are among the most meaningful and transformative contributions to the School. When added to the existing endowment, they become a permanent part of the Gilman legacy, providing for both current and future students and faculty and securing Gilman’s financial health in perpetuity. The First Things First campaign calls upon us to build on two endowment priorities— financial support & opportunity and teaching & learning—and the Endowment Challenge Grant allows leadership donors to double the value of their gift to these priorities.
how the endowment challenge grant works Campaign donors who make or pledge a gift of $25,000 or more to an endowment for the financial support & opportunity or teaching & learning priorities will receive a dollar-for-dollar match up to $250,000.* The matching funds are available for: • N ew gifts to existing endowed funds with a minimum $25,000 and maximum $250,000 contribution; • N ew endowed fund gifts with a minimum $50,000 and maximum $250,000 contribution.
In most cases, the matching funds will be provided within one year after a donor’s pledge is fulfilled in its entirety. *Match fund caps at $2 million. Only outright gifts are eligible; deferred gifts will not be matched. Commitment can be paid over five years. Only new gifts will be matched, although they may be added to existing endowed funds. Matching funds will not be included in an individual’s Gilman giving record.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENDOWMENT
SUPPORT
teaching & learning The campaign calls for an investment of $12.35 million in endowed funds that will assist with recruiting and supporting superb teachers. The campaign also calls for an investment of $1 million in educational program enhancements and new initiatives.
financial support & opportunity The campaign calls for $26.3 million in the form of endowed funds dedicated to Gilman’s financial aid budget. We must invest to ensure boys who will thrive here are able to choose this path—and that all Gilman boys benefit from being part of a community driven by aspiration and inspiration.
The best teachers—Gilman teachers— perceive what a boy is capable of, even before his parents might. What they do with that information in the moment, and how we empower them to do what they do, makes an immediate and lasting difference to boys. These “teaching moments” are the heart of a Gilman education.
Your endowment gift will help: Your endowment gift will help: • C reate scholarships that ensure no parents should ever turn down the promise of a Gilman education for their sons because of financial concerns. • S ponsor spring break study abroad trips, pay for tutoring and music lessons, or buy textbooks for students with financial need, ensuring every boy enjoys a complete Gilman experience. • C hange a boy’s life by granting him the gift of Gilman.
• E stablish chairs to recognize and honor the exceptional teachers who shape our students into resilient, strong leaders. • E levate our training of the nation’s best future teachers through the Penn Fellows program. • E nable Gilman to pursue unimagined possibilities and adroitly add new programs, expand curriculum, and provide state-of-the-art technology. • P rovide boys an opportunity to participate in global study trips and exchanges at little or no cost above tuition.
Endowment Challenge Grant
doubling the value of your gift • A new gift of $25,000 to an existing financial aid or faculty endowment will be matched dollar-for-dollar, thus increasing the existing endowed fund by $50,000. • A new gift of $50,000, doubled to $100,000 through the Endowment Challenge Grant, allows you to endow a broadly designated named fund in financial aid and/or faculty support. • A new gift of $250,000, doubled through the Endowment Challenge Grant, allows you to endow a full scholarship. • A new gift of $750,000, matched with $250,000, allows you to endow a teacher/coach chair with a total gift of $1,000,000.
To discuss your opportunity to help Gilman put First Things First, please contact: M. Kate Ratcliffe Director of Development 410.323.7178 kratcliffe@gilman.edu
Learn more at firstthingsfirst.gilman.edu.