To maintain Woodlands’ exceptional educational resources, we must carefully plan for the future. An endowment fund which underwrites key expenditures for people and programs is one measure of long-range financial stability. Our endowment must keep pace as our academic enterprise grows, and we have made this a priority in our advancement program.
General endowment gifts will help maintain competitive faculty salaries and financial aid. Technology continues to add fixed expenses to Woodlands’ operating budget. Our goal therefore is to raise endowment funds necessary to maintain these essential components.
To compete successfully, we must be able to attract the best teachers with competitive salaries and benefit packages. By earmarking contributions to endowment and by making continued provisions for annual giving, Woodlands Academy supporters can demonstrate their belief in the importance of fine teaching and maintain a corps of extraordinary teachers in Lake Forest.
Woodlands seeks endowment gifts to buttress our financial aid program, which is both need and merit-based. Curious students need educational opportunities commensurate with their intellectual capabilities. Woodlands Academy is a college preparatory institution and many students depend upon financial support to help them attain a Woodlands education.
Woodlands Academy students continue to represent an increasingly greater ethnic, racial, geographic, and religious diversity. A common bond of educational purpose bridges these differences at every level.
By contributing to Woodlands Academy’s endowment and by continuing to support the Annual Fund, Woodlands Academy’s friends can make dreams a reality. We invite members of the community to play major roles in our campaign and to demonstrate their belief in Woodlands Academy’s future. Your participation will insure that the educational resources of Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart will be available to the entire community for generations to come.
FRANCES DE LA CHAPELLE, RSCJ EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDEstablished by the Haggerty family in loving honor of Sr. de la Chapelle, this endowed gift is an annual award that honors our faculty’s superior teaching and dedication.
CLAUDE DEMOUSTIER, RSCJ SERVICE FUNDMembers of the Woodlands family established this fund to support Woodlands Academy students’ participation in unique and enriching Network and other service opportunities. The service aspect of the Sacred Heart experience is dear to Sr. Demoustier. Gifts to this fund will be gratefully accepted in support of Goal III.
FORD FOUNDATION/STEPAN COMPANY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPWoodlands Academy’s first grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation helped establish this fund in 1986. Terms of the commitment required matching funds. In conjunction with a capital campaign, The Stepan Company and former Woodlands’ Board President F. Quinn Stepan provided the matching gift. This endowment represents the significance of foundation and corporate support to Woodlands Academy.
STEPHANIE A. E. GILMORE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDThe Gilmore Family Fund established this fund in 2003. This grant’s recipient must demonstrate a need for financial support and a strong desire to participate in Woodlands’ learning program.
GOIZUETA SCHOLARSHIP FUNDThis grant was designated to establish and endow annual need-based scholarship assistance for Hispanic/Latina students whose families currently reside in the United States.
O’C FAMILY FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FUNDThe O’C Family Foundation fund was established in 1997. The recipient of this grant must be a boarding student and must demonstrate a need for financial support. It is the Foundation’s intention to sponsor one student’s full tuition every four years.
HELEN SHEDD REED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDHelen established this scholarship in 1982 when she was a Woodlands Academy faculty member. This scholarship is awarded annually to a student who demonstrates the need for financial support in order to attend Woodlands Academy.
THE DONALD AND HELEN BRUNS RYAN ’51 FAMILY FUNDDon and Helen initiated this fund in 1997. The annual income from this permanent endowment fund is to be used for the general purposes of Woodlands Academy and the Trustees of Woodlands have sole discretion in the application of the earned income.
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUNDSWoodlands Academy’s generous and devoted alumnae and friends continue to support Sacred Heart scholarship opportunities. The donations have been placed in restricted funds to provide scholarships for candidates who demonstrate economic need and who show evidence of the ability to succeed in a rigorous academic program.
Margaret Grafft Gibbons ’76
Ann Therese Gorman ’46
