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C ampa i g n
Spring 2018
Koenigsberger Challenge An Undeniable Success Campaign Surges Past $80 Million Spurred by a 4-to-1 challenge grant of $4 million made by Robert and Dilek Koenigsberger P ’13, ’16, Millbrook raised its campaign goal from $65 million to $80 million and then met that revised objective within one year. By every measure this is a spectacular achievement, seldom, if ever, seen in private school fundraising. The board of trustees displayed their leadership yet again, as they have throughout the eight-year campaign, in both capital and annual giving. Over the course of the drive, many new building and renovation projects were completed including the squash center, the renovations of the Mill and the Barn, a solar field, a new dormitory, a new dining hall, and a new maintenance
facility, all state of the art and designed and built to the highest green standards. Many other truly important projects were also completed, and final efforts were dedicated to adding $20 million to the endowment.
Challenge did just that. The role of
Fundraising for endowment had lagged during the campaign, and something was needed to make clear its importance. The Koenigsberger
pledges are paid over the next several
endowment is to build in long-term quality and provide for the stability of our school. At the start of the campaign in 2010, the market value of the endowment stood at $18,500,000. When years, the endowment fund should reach $60,000,000 representing a 225% increase over the period.