Giving Report: Enabling Access to Andrew’s

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT IN 2019 FOR PHILANTHROPY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR STUDENTS.

With your help, we successfully raised another $778,024 towards College’s two priorities: increasing means-tested scholarship funds, and building additional bedrooms (with accompanying facilities). Together, we took another step closer to our goal to enable Access to Andrew’s for as many students as possible!

This amount is the equivalent of covering 22 students’ fees for one year, creating a fully-endowed scholarship to cover one student place at College in perpetuity, or funding 15 bedrooms. Most importantly, this funding allows us to continue to develop and increase access to a worldclass college experience.

We were inspired in 2019 by the generosity of the Alumni Society, who have pledged a gift of $50,000 to support the further fit-out and enhancement of a Student Hub in our new Thyne Reid Link Building. The College will work with the Students’ Club over the next three years to use this funding in the best way possible for our students.

Furthermore, we are grateful for David Kenyon (Fr 1975) and the Kenyon Foundation’s ongoing commitment to supporting the new Student Hub, which will be known as the Kenyon Common Room. Charlie Taylor (Fr 1982) has also contributed significantly to fund the new gym. Thank you to both!

Last year we sought to establish a Senior Student Corridor Fund, to support the new top floor extension of the Reid Building; part of our new building. We called upon past Senior Students to make a gift and they answered, raising funds to support the equivalent of more than six bedrooms in the corridor to date. Thanks go to Senior Students Campbell Hanan, Charlie Taylor, Andrew Murray, Andrew Wines Angus Taylor, Andrew Bennet, Ken Keith, Ben Bucknell, Gemma Larkin and Susannah Cooke for showing leadership in Philanthropy by being the first Senior Students to pledge gifts for this initiative.

Others in our community sought to do contribute by fully funding new bedrooms with significant gifts. Thanks goes to Hamish Dalziell (Fr 1961) and Ken Neale (Fr 1961) for pledging their support. Many parents also made voluntary building fund donations throughout the year, allowing us to continue with ongoing building maintenance across the campus.

Scholarships were also well supported, and we were excited to work with members of our community who wished to establish new named scholarships in 2019. Alex Halliday (Fr 1965) established the Halliday Rural & Regional Scholarship, which will support two students from rural and regional backgrounds for the next three years.

We recognise that philanthropy comes in many forms, and the volunteering of time and expertise to the College is always gratefully received. The College Staff and Students’ Club are thankful to all of our alumni, parents and friends who made time to share their professional experiences as part of our new Professional Development Program. We would also like to thank the Council, the Foundation Board of Management, the Alumni Society, the Young Alumni Committee and our fresher reunion year volunteers for their continued valuable advice and support throughout 2019.

Ms Hannah Atwell

Director of Advancement Executive Officer, SAC Foundation

SNAPSHOT OF 2019

In 2019 Annual Giving, 78 donors raised a total of $76,975 towards meanstested scholarships for students from Government Schools, Rural and Regional areas or Indigenous backgrounds, as well as the Thyne Reid Building (Social Common Room, Gym and Music Rooms. In addition to Annual Giving Appeal, our ongoing scholarships and bursaries were also a key focus, with the College receiving $336,889 in combined gifts towards scholarships this year. A further $106,9330 was also pledged towards named, annual and endowed scholarship funds.

Construction continued on the new Thyne Reid Link Building Development, and we received $196,100 in gifts and an additional $340,000 in pledges towards capital works projects.

A total of $12,600 was gifted towards the College’s General Fund to be used as needed across all of these projects. If you would like more information about our Campaign for St Andrew’s or our other philanthropy programs, please do not hesitate to contact: Hannah Atwell via T: +61 2 9565 7303 or E: advancement@standrewscollege.edu.au

ANNUAL GIVING FUNDS IN 2019 OUR DONOR PROFILE IN 2019

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