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APRIL 9, 2022, marked a milestone date in Peddie’s history.

More than 175 people gathered at the Ian H. Graham ’50 Athletic Center to help launch the One Peddie campaign, the school’s most ambitious fundraising effort ever.

One Peddie seeks to raise more than $80 million to secure Peddie’s future as one of the nation’s top schools, though campaign leaders say they are optimistic about exceeding that goal.

Head of School Peter Quinn P’15 ’18 ’21 told the crowd of alumni, parents, faculty, trustees and friends that now is the time for Peddie to dream big. “This is our chance to do more, to dream more, to reach more – together.”

The leadership phase of the campaign began in 2018, just after the school adopted its 25-year strategic plan, which prioritized excellence in transformational education, access for students with the greatest excitement, curiosity and character, financial sustainability and telling the Peddie story more boldly and broadly. To date, the One Peddie campaign has raised more than $74 million for The Peddie Fund, endowed funding for the school’s highest priorities and capital funding for the arts and athletics.

“Ambassador Annenberg’s $100 million gift in 1993 provided the resources to support substantial progress over the past 25 years,” said Assistant Head for Development Karyn Vella. “This is the time to build upon Annenberg’s legacy and think about where we want Peddie to be in the next 25 years. This is the time for us to come together as One Peddie.”

“This is our chance to do more, to dream more, to reach more – together.”

PETER A. QUINN P’15 ’18 ’21, Head of School

LET’S REFLECT

At the One Peddie campaign launch, campaign leaders asked members of the Peddie community to share their motivation for being a part of the largest campaign in the school’s history. Zara Stasi ’08 created this visual capture of their responses.

CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES

The Peddie Fund

Goal: $13,000,000 Funds raised to date: $11,400,000

Flexibility to thrive

The Peddie Fund supports the operating budget with immediate, unrestricted funds for the school’s highest priorities. As part of the One Peddie campaign, the goal is to grow The Peddie Fund by 8% each year to address the school’s highest priorities without diminishing the vital role of endowment growth.

Endowment for Financial Aid

Goal: $45,000,000 Funds raised to date: $25,700,000

Expand access

Coming together to welcome the best and brightest students to Peddie – no matter their financial means – is at the heart of the Peddie experience. One Peddie will expand access by generating an additional $2 million for annual financial aid awards, enabling the school to fulfill its vision of providing financial assistance to 45% of the student body.

WHY DOESN’T TUITION COVER EXPENSES?

Tuition does not cover the total cost required to educate a student at Peddie. Every single student at Peddie receives direct financial support.

Raising tuition to meet the cost of educating a Peddie student ($70,000+) would make Peddie inaccessible to many bright, exciting students.

REVENUES Tuition and Fees 57% Endowment Income 32% The Peddie Fund 6% Auxiliary Enterprises 4% Other 1%

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CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES

Endowment for Faculty

Goal: $10,000,000 Funds raised to date: $2,500,000

Transformative teachers

Peddie is strengthening its commitment to transformative teaching by advancing faculty salaries and benefits, contributing to endowed department and teaching chairs and investing in graduate school education and professional development.

Endowment for Programs

Goal: $5,000,000 Funds raised to date: $3,100,000

An innovative curriculum

Experiential learning has long been a Peddie cornerstone, promoting independent decision-making, perseverance, collaboration and essential leadership skills that prepare students for college and beyond. Peddie is securing funds to bolster curricular innovation and enhance residential life programming.

Three ways to double your impact

Legacy Challenge

Unlock $5 million for Peddie. A generous alumnus will match qualifying legacy gifts made before June 30, 2023 — up to $5 million.

Alumni Challenge

A group of alumni have joined together to donate $100,000 when the first 100 new donors make a gift to the campaign.

Parent Challenge

Invest in Peddie faculty. A team of parents is offering a dollar-for-dollar match for every gift made by current and alumni parents before June 30, 2023.

More at one.peddie.org.

Elite, not elitist

ASHIM MIDHA ’09

On May 31, 2009, Head of School John Green stood at the podium in Ayer Memorial Chapel during the school’s 141st Commencement and declared the following to 131 graduating seniors:

“While Peddie may provide you with an elite education, Peddie does not graduate elitists.”

It’s a message that Ashim Midha ’09 still thinks about 13 years later.

“I still think about that phrase nearly every day,” said Midha. “It really puts everything in context; no matter where I am, that I should feel privileged and lucky to be there. And as a result, be appreciative and try to make the most of it.”

Midha also credits Peddie with many of the practical skills he has utilized since graduation.

“Peddie was eye-opening in that it helped me understand that any so-called ‘limits’ I thought impacted me were simply selfimposed,” he said. “It was an interesting realization — that naturally took time to come to fruition — that those limits really only exist in your head and can be easily rectified with focused, hard and consistent work.”

The now Peddie Fund Alumni Co-Chair and loyal Peddie Fund donor is excited about building up Peddie’s financial aid profile as part of the One Peddie campaign. “Having a socio-economically diverse community is THE way to maintain that ‘elite, not elitist’ profile that we all have and can continue to benefit from,” Midha said. “That is why I am most excited about the long-term effects of the campaign that bring Peddie even closer to our dream of need-blind admissions yield.”

A Lifetime of Giving

ARTHUR E. BROWN, M.D. ’63

Last year, Arthur Brown’s 60-year friendship with fellow Peddie alumnus David Mitchell inspired him and his wife, Jo, to create The Honorable David B. Mitchell ’63 and Diane T. Mitchell Fund for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

The landmark fund is the first of its kind at Peddie, designed to continuously foster a culture of citizenship, respect and belonging at the school.

Brown served on Peddie’s Board of Trustees and various trustee committees from 1999 to 2017 and is currently recognized as an advisory trustee.

What’s more, in 2019, Brown established two endowed funds as part of the One Peddie campaign: the Arthur E. Brown, M.D. ’63 and Jo F. Brown Scholarship Fund and the Arthur E. Brown, M.D. ’63 Science Department Chair.

In February 2020, Brown was the honoree and speaker on Founders Day when he emphasized the importance of community, preparedness and gratitude in his chapel address. He tied these elements together, illustrating how Peddie helped shape him into the man he is today — and that is the catalyst for why he gives back.

“The Peddie community provided me with a safe and comfortable place where I could take chances and just learn to be myself — my best self,” he said.

“My appreciation and gratitude for my experiences led me to lovingly give back to Peddie with my personal and professional time as well as financial resources.”

CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES

Capital Support for Arts

Goal: $5,000,000 Funds raised to date: $4,800,000

The power of art

Each day more than 300 Peddie students participate in visual arts, music and theater — a dramatic increase over the past four decades. Our Swig Arts Center, built in 1989, is bursting at the seams. Peddie is investing in the arts by building a first-class arts facility (expected completion Fall 2022), including a new orchestra performance hall, an enhanced black box theater, an exhibition hall, a new visual art studio classroom and additional soundproof music practice studios.

Capital Support for Athletics

Goal: $5,000,000 Funds raised to date: $150,000

The value of athletics

Peddie’s indoor and outdoor athletics facilities are in such high demand that we have outgrown the fitness center in the Ian H. Graham ’50 Athletic Center. Peddie will invest in renovations and additions to its athletic center for community wellness and excellence in athletics. We are considering:

• A multi-purpose space for classes such as yoga and dance • A redesigned fitness center for top-tier athletic conditioning and community wellness • A second floor added to the fitness center to support additional cardio machines • Golf simulators for year-round training • An erg room for year-round rowing training • Upgraded HVAC systems • Two elevators, making the entire Athletic

Center accessible • Flexible conference space for group and team meetings

One Peddie has already raised $74 million. Campaign leaders hope that the Peddie community will help get the campaign past $80 million. Learn more at:

one.peddie.org

Setting the bar higher

MIKE ARMELLINO ’57 GP’19

First recipient of the Thomas B. Peddie Award. Creator of the Armellino Scholarship Fund. Emeritus trustee. Whether it’s philanthropy or making connections, Mike Armellino walks the walk when it comes to giving back to Peddie … and he wants everyone on board.

The original goal for the campaign was to raise $80M. Why are you now looking higher?

When we set the original goal, we were skeptical, including me. Peddie had never done anything on that scale. But once it became obvious that we could get to $80M, why not set the bar higher?

What will $80M mean for Peddie in terms of access — of being able to attract the best and brightest students?

The more people who can give back and be generous to Peddie, the more we’re going to be able to increase access to anyone who can meet the requirements. Building a culture of giving and getting people in that mindset is going to go a long way to our success.

You’re talking about counting less on a large lump sum, like an Annenberg gift, and more of a grassroots effort.

Yeah, I don’t think we can count on lightning striking again.

What inspires you most?

Coming on campus and meeting with the kids and seeing the scholarship kids. I try to stay in touch with them after graduation, and I think those are the emotional attachments and bonds that will make Peddie’s future and Peddie’s ability to raise funds in the future, to increase access. Those are the things that will bind people to the school and will make them want to come back and want to contribute. It sure works for me.

“Building a culture of giving and getting people in that mindset is going to go a long way to our success.”

“I wanted more.”

STEPHANIE BRISBIN WARREN ’95

Stephanie Warren ’95 transferred to Peddie from what she described as a “very tough” school just outside Chicago.

“There were a lot of gang problems, a lot of fighting, and very little focus on academics,” she said. “I wanted more.”

Peddie was unlike anything Warren had ever experienced. Smaller class sizes. High-powered academics. An international community. A vast array of sports and activities. And a pervasive cultural sentiment: Try new things, even if you don’t immediately succeed.

“I never had so many opportunities, so many people tell me to try things, even if you fail. So many people believing in me that I could do more,” Warren recalled.

After graduating from Peddie, Warren attended Northwestern University, where she was a pre-med and communications major. Today, she and her family live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Warren, who co-chairs the alumni division of the One Peddie campaign, said she is excited to be able to give back to the school that changed her life. She and her husband, John, recently made a multi-year pledge to Peddie, directing their gift to The Peddie Fund and unrestricted endowment.

“It’s been amazing to reconnect with the school through the One Peddie campaign. Giving back to the place that changed my life has made me feel so good.”

Reunited again!

Back on campus

After two years of connecting from a distance, Peddie alumni were welcomed back to campus June 3-4 for a fun-filled Reunion Weekend. Visit our online album to see more event photos, including class pictures.

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1. Amy Wright ’94 hugs Napper Tandy ’95, with Geoff Neumann ’95 looking on. 2. Damion Williams ’96, Lauren Rausch ’97 and Ause Dyer ’96. 3. Diku Rogers ’12 and Rahul Lakhanpal ’12. 4. Nick Coates ’50 and his granddaughter Sara Raisley ’02. 5. John Gartner ’82 and Mark Gartner ’84 P’08 ’10. 6. Karen Newman ’87 and Amy Hollander ’87. 7. Chip Southgate ’72 and Matt Harder ’72. 8. Sarah DeLuzio ’19, Germaine Smart, Aili Hermanson ’19, Rebecca DiLuzio ’16, Robin Okunowo ’17 and Drew Washington ’17. 9. Members of the Class of ’81 and ’82, and their guests, catch up under the tent.