Steps 4 and 5
A fund without limits is just an account someone else can draw on. We built the opposite.
Four controls sit on every dollar, and each one is something a donor or board member can verify.
Every funded family clears the same standard: a completed application and documented, evidenced need. No exceptions, no favors.
The fund adds no more than $5,000 per child. Families apply to the state scholarship first; the fund then covers only a capped slice on top of what the family pays. We never exceed that cap.
The final yes belongs to a review committee, not to any one person at the school. Approval sits outside the request, and the donor receives a full report rather than a vote.
Every fund dollar is accounted for: which family, what the scholarship and family covered alongside it, and the outcome for each child. Proof follows the spending.
Step 5 in practice
This is the report a donor receives at the close of the year. It is how we earn the trust that funds the next family. Figures below are illustrative.
$35,000
Deployed by the fund
3
Families supported
7
Children kept enrolled
$52,500
Covered by scholarships
| Family | From the fund | Family paid | State scholarship | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family A | $10,000 | $19,500 | $15,000 | Both children finished the year enrolled. |
| Family B | $15,000 | $31,950 | $22,500 | All three stayed; business recovering. |
| Family C | $10,000 | $23,750 | $15,000 | Both stayed through the medical year. |
| Total | $35,000 | $75,200 | $52,500 |
The report also names what we did not fund: the families we made commitments to but could not document clear need for, and which the school carried on its own. A donor should see the discipline as clearly as the generosity.
Need-based, documented, capped, independently approved, and reported every year. Built so the families who truly need Pardes can stay at Pardes.
The next step
We would be glad to walk the board through any part of this, and to show you, in confidence, the real families and figures behind the process.
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