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[quote=Anonymous]Oh dear.

Almost all institutional support for private schools comes from family foundations or corporations that are closely associated with enrolled and alumni families.  You don't need an organization with such a meager track record to help you.  Just a well-staffed advancement team with established relationships in the community.

If you decided to go the route they've chosen, it would be better to keep it on the down-low instead of announcing it.  As of 2023, the two family foundations that were named as funding this partnership have a total of $5 million in assets between them and distribute a grand total of $300K annually.  So this partnership is basically writing a fairly small check to pursue a dubious goal. Why celebrate that publicly? Hurrah if you somehow pull it off, but it's more likely they're going to be embarrassed.

Federal and state support for private schools isn't completely nonexistent.  But that small amount of money goes to serve schools with a public purpose.  Does Sandy Spring have one?  And, truly, of all the times to pursue government money for education, you just couldn't pick a worse one.

I sincerely hope that I'm wrong. 
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