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Campaign
Igniting Our Mission: The Campaign for Fordham Prep
About the Campaign
The men of Fordham Prep have embraced their role in
the world. From poets to governors; from captains of
industry to relief workers; from soldiers to priests – the
Fordham Prep tradition is as diverse in practice as it is
singular in mission. We honor those upon whose
shoulders we stand, but more importantly, we hope to
shape the lives of those who will inherit and care for our
great tradition.
This is the moment to significantly increase the Prep’s
ability to reach out to all who seek our educational
experience – regardless of their financial resources.
Simply put, Igniting our Mission will create and strengthen
a series of interrelated programs that will ensure that the
Prep continues to educate “the whole person.” This
Campaign is a bold and innovative initiative that will
• dramatically impact the educational experience of
current students and future students;
• ensures that a Fordham Prep education will remain
accessible to all academically qualified young men;
• accelerate our ability to make bold programmatic,
endowment and facilities investments.
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Endowment/Scholarship
St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus,
had an abiding faith in the power of education to
transform students' lives. It is in the tradition of St.
Ignatius that Fordham Prep offers a limited number of
full-tuition, merit-based scholarships. A growing
endowment will allow us to expand this
number—exponentially growing our support for truly
exceptional students and advancing the school’s strategic
initiatives for the next 10 years.
Fordham Prep is also investing in an expansion of the
Recruiting Excellence in Academics for Catholic High
Schools program (REACH), which seeks to identify and
prepare gifted Catholic young men in the 5th grade from
area schools whose families have limited financial
resources to qualify for merit scholarships. REACH helps
to offset the cost for students with limited financial
resources to attend Fordham Prep.
Increasing endowment levels ties directly to our
Strategic Plan, our goals as an institution, our Ignatian
values and our need to serve all socio-economic
communities.