Leave a legacy at Oakwood School by endowing a named fund while safeguarding the school’s financial health.

Financial Assistance Support

● Named Student Assistance Endowment: $1,000,000
This fund endows the average of one tuition for one student in perpetuity.

● Named Student Assistance Fund: $100,000
This fund endows all the extra costs beyond tuition to educate an Oakwood student in perpetuity.

Program Support

Named opportunities exist to endow academic departments or programs such as: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Athletics + Physical Education, STEAM, Visual Arts or Performing Arts, each of which is valued at $100,000 or more.

● Named Fund to Support a Specific Department: $100,000. This fund endows costs related to running a specific department of the school.

For more information about establishing endowed funds for program support, please contact Director of Advancement Nancy Leptuch Virrey at nleptuch@oakwoodschool.org.

Immediate Use Funding

Gifts made for a restricted purpose are used during the year in which they are received.  These Annual Fund gifts may be designated for specific areas of the school or programs like Financial Assistance or Support Services and start at $50,000.

Oakwood's Endowment Funds

Anita and Stanley Hirsh Minority Scholarship Fund

Anita and Stanley Hirsh established this fund in 1978 to provide financial assistance for students from under-served populations.

The Charles & Emilie Haas Fund

Created in 1999 by the Board of Trustees to honor founding parents, Charles and Emilie Haas, this fund provides general operating support. 

David Pianko ’95 Memorial Scholarship Fund

Ira & Robin Pianko established this fund in 1996 in memory of their son David. This fund provides financial assistance for qualified students.

Gregg Wasserman Memorial Scholarship Fund

This fund was created in 1980 in memory of Gregg Wasserman and provides financial assistance for qualified students.

Howard Kremen ’73 Memorial Fund, A Dance Endowment

This fund, established by the late Sam and Anita Kremen, in honor of their son Howard, supports the Dance Department.

James Alan Astman Endowment for Teaching & Learning

The James Alan Astman Endowment for Teaching and Learning has been established to honor Oakwood's revered Headmaster of 40 years and to sustain Jim's influence on his colleagues' professional growth and development...Read More

Lily Burk Fund

Established in 2009 by Deborah Drooz and Gregory Burk in memory of their daughter, Lily, this fund provides general operating support.

Margo Long Fund for Financial Aid

Contributions to this endowment fund help to ensure the socioeconomic diversity of our school population.

Melody Joy Finnestad '82 Memorial Scholarship Endowment

Charity Finnestad and Robert Kondrk established this endowment in 2018 to provide financial assistance to qualified students at Oakwood.

Michael Bancroft Goth ’83 Scholarship Fund

This endowment, established by the late Bettina Bancroft in memory of her son, provides income for financial assistance programs.

O.N.E. Oakwood New Students Endowment

Established by the Oakwood Alumni Association in 2010, this endowment provides financial assistance to new secondary school students, which will help ensure the socio-economic diversity of the school.

Oakwood Arts Endowment Fund

The proceeds from the tribute to Robert J. Fitzpatrick were used to establish this endowment, which supports art programs at Oakwood.

Rafelson Scholarship Fund

In order to support minority students, this endowment was created in 1974 in memory of Julie Rafelson, 1964-1973.

Scholarship Endowment Fund

Augments the school’s financial assistance budget and helps to ensure the socioeconomic diversity of our school population.