Dear Friends,
What does it mean to shape tomorrow?
For 238 years, The Episcopal Academy has made bold moves that have shaped our future. Fifteen years ago, we built our beautiful campus in Newtown Square, thanks to the incredible generosity of our community. Our facilities set us apart from other institutions. For the past decade, our community has once again invested significantly in our school, this time focusing on the inside. Our students’ lives are forever impacted by the extraordinary faculty and learning community they discover here.
Now at the halfway point of our public and final year of the Shape Tomorrow campaign, we are poised to close this historic effort with another bold move forward. Over the last several years, the generosity of our community of donors has allowed us to secure a number of initiatives that will ensure excellence persists at EA now and in the future. These include gifts to increase our financial aid budget, bolster our student opportunities fund, expand our faculty professional development resources, establish our Center for Teaching and Learning, develop experience-rich student programming, and construct a world-class Lower School playground and outdoor learning space.
With continued philanthropic support, we are able to commit significant resources to build an unmatched learning community that is composed of the best and brightest students who will enrich our school; recruit exceptional teachers and invest significantly in their growth; and amplify teaching and learning excellence at our school.
This year, we ask you to support The Episcopal Fund in a bold way. Greater financial sustainability means we can say yes to the opportunities that make an Episcopal Academy education truly exceptional. It empowers us to do more for every student and support excellence every day.
This is the largest comprehensive campaign we have ever undertaken. Be a part of the effort. Be a part of what is going on at EA. It is with great pride and gratitude that we invite you to make your most meaningful gift to Episcopal in support of our students and teachers before June 30. We look forward to celebrating this historic effort with you in the fall.
Dr. T.J. Locke Beth Corrigan P ’17 ’19 Greville Haslam Chair, Board of Trustees Head of School
$2M NEEDED TO REACH OUR GOAL
Throughout the past decade, we have raised over $65 million for the endowment and over $45 million for operational support through The Episcopal Fund and the EITC/OSTC program. In this final year of the campaign, we have a bold goal to raise another $10 million for our campaign priorities in support of students and teachers. We have $2 million to go! Be a part of this historic effort, and make your gift today.
OUR SHAPE TOMORROW PRIORITIES INCLUDE:
• BUILDING AN UNMATCHED LEARNING COMMUNITY
• NURTURING EXTRAORDINARY TEACHING
Endowment Support
Ten-Year
Endowment Growth
Endowment Value by Year, in Millions ($)
Episcopal’s endowment has grown substantially, thanks to our many generous Shape Tomorrow donors. Our endowment serves as a sustainable funding source that helps us fulfill our school’s educational mission and vision. It consists of more than 200 restricted and unrestricted funds that support a variety of programs. By investing in Episcopal’s endowment, you are impacting the lives of students and teachers today, while safeguarding our mission for generations to come.
To learn more about establishing an endowed fund, please contact Episcopal’s Office of Institutional Advancement at 484.424.1785.
Operational Support
Tuition alone does not cover the expense of delivering the exceptional educational experience for which Episcopal is known. Around 11 percent of our operating budget is funded by annual gifts to The Episcopal Fund, allowing us to offer students engaging learning opportunities.
For example, students enjoy expanding their learning beyond the traditional classroom through various field trips each year. Episcopal hosts more than 20 field trips, not including countless local service trips and May Term day trips. Students visit museums, theaters, nature centers, historic landmarks, and other cities to help complement their classroom studies.
This year, 8th graders traveled to Washington, D.C., to explore our nation’s capital. They had the opportunity to speak with government officials; tour the U.S. Capitol, National Cathedral and The White House; visit memorial sites; explore four museums; and participate in the wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
Visit episcopalacademy.org/giving to make your gift to The Episcopal Fund or contact Episcopal’s Office of Institutional Advancement at 484.424.1785.
$2M TO GO
Help us deliver additional educational experiences like the ones above by making your most meaningful gift to The Episcopal Fund by June 30. We need to raise $2 million more in order to reach our goal of raising $10 million in the final year of the Shape Tomorrow campaign.
The generosity that has been bestowed upon me is not only helpful and deeply appreciated, but also is an inspiration to me. This has taught me to do all the good I can in this world. I will strive every day to mirror this Stripe in my life because of how it has changed my life. When you didn’t have to, you did, and I think that is what I admire the most.”
- SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT, CLASS OF 2023
MOVERS & SHAPERS
DICK ’54 AND CAROL LOWRY
Dick Lowry ’54 and his wife Carol, who passed away in 2020, have expressed their loyalty to EA through lifelong philanthropy. Their gifts have been key to the school’s evolution, and include support for the purchase of the Newtown Square land that became today’s campus, naming Lowry House, and endowing the Head of School position.
“I have remained committed to supporting Episcopal because I realized early on how much the Episcopal education and experience did for me,” says Lowry. “The teachers I had were terrific, and I realized how much they identified with our success as students and individuals. It was apparent that our success was part of their compensation. Furthermore, ‘Mind, Body, and Spirit’ was not just a saying: it was a way of life at the Academy. I believe that way of life continues to this day.”
In addition to other gifts, Lowry has been a consistent annual donor and recently documented an unrestricted planned gift. “Unrestricted giving is critical for the school,” he explains. “In a school of Episcopal’s size, it is a major source of funding. Episcopal has to accomplish more with less than any college or university. I got a lot out of my five years at Dartmouth, including an
LOOKING TO
MBA, but the education and experience paled in comparison with what I absorbed at Episcopal.”
Today, Lowry hopes to see the devotion of generations of graduates reflected in higher levels of giving to The Episcopal Fund. “Every class has many individuals who have been successful and fortunate in their lives and whose gifts should reflect their appreciation,” he suggests. “As future classes gather for their 50th reunion, they should really celebrate that occasion with a significant gift, the most important gift they will ever make. To quote an old saying, ‘they should be giving far more than it hurts, they should be giving until it really feels good.’”
“I am pleased that the current campaign, Shape Tomorrow, focuses on teaching,” offers Lowry. “Teaching is the backbone of the institution. More than anything else it is what sets the school apart. It wasn’t just subject matter that was
instilled in us. It was our teachers’ whole personalities, what they stood for, and how much our success mattered to them,” he recalls.
In 2004, Lowry received the school’s Distinguished Alumni Award. In remarks still relevant today, he urged students not to forget that their achievements began here. “If you end up happy and successful in your lives, however you may want to define it, the seeds of that effort will have been sown here. If you develop character, a sense of commitment, and make a real contribution with your lives, those vital characteristics will have been developed here, in this chapel, in the classroom and on the playing field.”
SHAPE
TOMORROW ALUMNI RECEPTIONS
March-April 2023
This spring, school leaders will visit Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palm Beach, Miami, Chicago, and the Main Line to share school and campaign updates with alumni.
ALUMNI WEEKEND
May 5-6, 2023
All alumni will be celebrated, with a special invitation to graduates from classes ending in 3 and 8.
LOWER SCHOOL PLAYGROUND DEDICATION & RIBBON CUTTING
Late Spring 2023
Our community will gather to celebrate the grand opening of our brand new playground.