John Gilder Memorial Scholarship Fund

09/29/2022

City Islanders are coming together to help those in need!!!

All help is appreciated!

City Island is a place that comes together and delivers for those in need. That’s who we are. Please share and contribute to those in need. Excess supplies will be donated to nearby homeless shelters.

09/29/2022

City Island is a place that comes together and delivers for those in need. That’s who we are. Please share and contribute to those in need. Excess supplies will be donated to nearby homeless shelters.

08/06/2020

Although we are not having a Lawn Party this year, many have asked about donating to the scholarship fund. Here are 2 ways to donate, and the processes have changed a bit.

Gifts via check (checks should be made payable to Fordham University):

Bank of America-Gift Processing Center

Fordham University

PO Box 417762

Boston, MA 02241-7762

Donors should include a note conveying instructions that the gift is to be allocated to the John Gilder Memorial Endowed Scholarship.

Gifts via credit card, via the University’s secure online giving webpage:

1) Link: https://www.fordham.edu/give;

2) Click on the “Make a Gift Now” button (middle of page, links to a secure page)—

Under the “Designations” section at the top of the Giving page, select the button “Search for other funds or select multiple,” and scroll to the bottom of the pop-up text box, and select “Other” and hit “Continue. Enter John Gilder Memorial Endowed Scholarship in the text box, and proceed.

There is a section further down on the Giving page marked “My gift is a tribute to someone special”—there donors can affirm the gift is in John’s memory, if they choose.

From there, things should be straightforward in executing the transaction. Donors making gifts in this way will receive a tax receipt via email immediately after making the gift.

As always, if you know someone from the Island who is going to Fordham and is interested in the scholarship, please reach out.

06/11/2020

A Few Announcements:

1) We have just awarded our Fordham Scholarship to Geffrey Ogando Reyes (pictured below), a current senior studying Business Administration with concentrations in Information Systems and International Business. Geffrey is also a graduate of Fordham Prep.

2) In light of the recent protests being held around the world and to further promote equality, we have made a donation to the scholarship fund at Howard University. While funding the scholarship at Fordham University will remain our primary mission, we want to help as many in need as we possibly can.

3) Due to Covid-19, social distancing, and individuals feeling the financial impact, we have decided to not host a Lawn Party this year. After 10 straight years of hosting the event, this was not an easy decision, but one we feel is best for the community and our generous donors.

If you would still like to make a donation to the Fordham fund, there are 2 ways to donate:

1) Send a check to John Gilder Memorial Scholarship Trust, c/o 32 Fado Lane, Cos Cob, CT 06807. This is the account we use to fund the scholarship but we can not issue tax deductible receipts yet.

2) For a tax deductible receipt sent to your home, you can donate directly to Fordham University through www.fordham.edu/onlinegiving we have streamlined the website so there are no more long drop down menus of choices. However, you can write in special funds (like the Gilder Scholarship) where you would like your donation to be directed.

When you go to the form, you will see a designation choice "I would like to select another designation and/or split my gift". When you choose this field, another menu should pop up with more choices and if you scroll to the bottom of the screen, you will see the choice "Other". This then provides you with a box to write "The John Gilder Memorial Scholarship".

All donations regardless of size are greatly appreciated.

03/21/2019

The Bronx Times & Bronx Times Reporter recently did a story on our donation to Jacobi Medical Center to fight local addiction. Without your support, none of this would be possible.

We hope to see you all at the 10th Annual John Gilder Memorial Lawn Party so we can continue to make an impact.