Foundation Focus

Ready for the Legacy Challenge?

Great news! In honor of New College’s 60th anniversary, the New College Foundation recently launched the Four Winds Legacy Challenge. Headed up by Francine Blum, the chair of the Four Winds Society, this matching gift program allows you to document bequest commitments or other planned gifts—to be matched with current funds that will be directed immediately to New College. For every $10 of your documented planned gift, $1 of Legacy Challenge matching funds (with a cap of $10,000) will be directed to the New College area you select. For instance, if you document a $100,000 bequest to New College, you can direct $10,000 of matching funds immediately to scholarships or any other New College need. We currently have a pool of $150,000 in matching funds that are available. Ready for the challenge? Call 941-487-4800 or email foundation@ncf.edu.

The Foundation Welcomes Two Directors of Philanthropy

We are pleased to welcome Declan J. Sheehy and Marcia Crawley as directors of philanthropy. Crawley is the proud parent of a New College graduate and joins us with a built-in passion for our mission. She brings years of expertise in development, as the proprietor of her own consulting business and with the philanthropic consulting firm Grenzebach, Glier Declan J. Sheehy Marcia Crawley and Associates. Crawley has held advancement leadership roles in both higher education and the arts, and she is a former journalist for WFLA News Channel 8 in Tampa. Sheehy most recently served as senior advancement officer at the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature. He also served as associate director of development at The Ringling and assistant director of the Smith Fund at Smith College. Sheehy is the state president of the Florida Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and serves on the board of Charitable Gift Planners of Southwest Florida.

Jack and Priscilla Schlegel Pledge Matching Grant to “Pei for the Future”

Our “Pei for the Future” campaign launched in December with Monica Van Buskirk as the campaign director. The campaign has been going full steam ahead, and we are thrilled about the enthusiastic support we have received in such a short time. That support grew exponentially thanks to a $50,000 matching grant from Jack and Priscilla Schlegel for gifts over $1,000. “The outpouring of support for this transformative campaign has been deeply inspiring,” Van Buskirk said. “We are so deeply grateful to Jack and Priscilla, and to all of those who passionately support our mission to breathe new life into the Pei residences. Having such champions on our side is truly inspiring.”

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