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e have an interest in a particular sort of bright but unchallenged student,” said the woman. Her husband, a retired Wall Street executive, explained further: “Independent schools tend to cater to superstars from upper- and lowerincome groups. The late-blooming middle-income kid — like our niece — often doesn’t have a shot at this kind of education. We’re interested in seeing what four years at CA can do for students who fit that profile.” The two were talking with Director of Financial Aid John McGarry and Associate Head for Communications, Enrollment, and Planning Pam Safford, who had interviewed and admitted their niece the previous year. “Do you get applicants like that?” he asked. “We do,” Safford affirmed, “and they tend not to get the funding they’d need to attend CA or a place like it.” “We have a plan,” the donors, who requested anonymity, announced. And one brief
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meeting later, they had committed to fund a total of eight students for a full four-year CA education—two the first year, and an additional two each year thereafter, until eight are enrolled. “We don’t expect all these kids to have amazing careers at CA” the man said. “But on the basis of watching our niece’s experience here, we believe an education like this can change everything for some of them.” Later that year, an email crossed Safford’s desk. “I’m thinking about families whose financial circumstances may have changed due to the e conomic collapse. Are you hearing from families like that?” It was the same woman. “Middle income families who were not on aid before, but who now might have to withdraw their child from school because of job loss or other reversals?” In fact, Concord Academy was getting calls like that. “In the previous month or so, we’ve had conversations with about ten families requesting additional aid, or aid for the first time, so their children could return to CA the following year,” McGarry told the couple at a meeting at their home. “The total dollar amount needed is about $150,000.” “We can cover that,” the woman said without
hesitation. “We’d like to cover that. We don’t want any student to have to leave Concord Academy because of an unexpected financial reversal.” This donor and her husband, community philanthropists who by now had included CA on their list of special interests, had just experienced a significant drop in the value of their own charitable foundation. Nevertheless, they were determined to move forward with a creative assortment of contributions to CA — not only the aid to families who found themselves in need, but also the aid to the sometimes overlooked subset of middle-class students. Safford described this philanthropic duo as “amazing. Our meetings with them tend to be very fast. They know what questions they need answered, and often they make their decisions in the course of a phone call or a brief email exchange. Their niece has now graduated, but their interest and commitment continue.” McGarry thinks they have a mission: “They believe CA can be a transformative experience for the kinds of kids who increasingly find themselves shut out of an independent school education. They want to help us make the difference for those young people.”
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