E.E. Ford Grant Offers Matching Funds for Interdisciplinary Studies Program
Lawrenceville is one of the first five schools to receive an Educational Leadership Grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation, a philanthropic organization that seeks to improve secondary education by supporting selected programs of independent schools. E.E. Ford has been making grants since 1957, but the Leadership Grants are a new initiative, one that recognizes programs deemed capable of transforming the way secondary education is delivered. The $250,000 grant will support the three-year launch of Lawrenceville’s redesigned Interdisciplinary Studies Program, providing funding for course development, co-teaching stipends, interdisciplinary consultants, and summer workshops for faculty. However, receipt of the funds is contingent on the School’s ability to raise the $1 million in endowed funds necessary to sustain the program at the end of the three-year period.
Named, endowed funds for the Interdisciplinary Studies Program, like most other named fund opportunities in The Bicentennial Campaign, begin at the $100,000 level. A gift of $1 million will entitle the donor to name the Interdisciplinary Studies Program. For more information on this and other Campaign opportunities, please contact Greg Ladd, director of capital programs, at (609) 895-2134, or gladd@lawrenceville.org.