curriculum & professional development The Chair for the Advancement of Women in Science $337,163 Established in 1986 with a challenge grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to support the chairholder’s salary and/or curriculum. Chinese Studies Endowment Fund $157,000 Established in 2008 by Alice and Bing Yang for the purpose of providing support for the Mandarin Chinese language program and faculty at Westridge School.
The Endowment for Women’s Leadership Fund $36,286 Established in 2000 by Smooch Repovich Reynolds ’75 to encourage the development of student leadership skills and career choices by bringing speakers to campus whose achievements demonstrate the importance of commitment to personal goals and the value of hard work.
The Faculty Development Fund $218,802 Established in 1990 with a grant of $100,000 from The Ahmanson Foundation to support faculty salaries and professional development. E. E. Ford Courses and Conferences Fund $146,200 Established with a challenge grant from the E. E. Ford Foundation for Upper School.
general scholarship & endowment 50th Reunion Endowment Fund $241,071 Established in 1999 by Westridge School to enable each 50th Reunion Class to make a significant gift to scholarship, the campus, or in support of faculty in honor of this milestone reunion year. (The scholarship aspect of this fund was established in 1991). Alumnae Reunion Endowment Fund for Faculty and Scholarships $54,102 Established in 2001 to enable alumnae to commemorate their reunion with a lasting gift to Westridge School.
June & Merle Banta Scholarship Fund $100,000 Established in 2007 by the Banta Family Foundation to provide scholarships for students who are the daughters, granddaughters, great granddaughters, or nieces of Westridge alumnae. The General Scholarship Fund $838,213 Established in 1936, the year the school was incorporated. Parent Association Scholarship Fund $32,623 Established in 1992 by the 1992-1993 Westridge School Parent Council.
Senior Scholarship Fund $12,789 Established by the Class of 1992 and supported by the Classes of 1995, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, and this year’s Class of 2012. Undesignated Endowment $3,498,615 Westridge Alumnae Association Scholarship Fund $164,301 Established in 1952.
Philanthropy at Westridge Sc hool | Endowment 2011-2012
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