Scholarships

“I am beyond grateful for the blessings and opportunities that your support has brought to my education, growth, and development at Fordham.” – Ayden, Gabelli School of Business, Class of 2025. 

With your support today—Fordham Giving Day—you will give talented students like Ayden access to a great education AND the tools to succeed well beyond Fordham. 

Your generosity makes a brighter future, for every Fordham student. 

As a University with a longstanding tradition of welcoming first-generation students, we must provide equitable access to a Fordham education. There are many students, of all backgrounds, who would thrive here if they saw Fordham as their home—a place of abundant opportunities for everyone. 

Academic and housing scholarships, as well as initiatives such as the Urban Justice Scholars Program, will foster a diverse, vibrant on-campus community in which students have ever-greater opportunities for serving the human family—through collaborations with our neighbors in New York and beyond. At a time when Americans’ sense of obligation to one another is being tested as never before, Fordham is called to renew and strengthen our historic commitments to building a richly inclusive community. 

Fordham Giving Day starts now! Inspired by Jesuit teachings, we call on our community to ignite change ✨

We hope to count on your support, especially with challenge dollars on the line. Here are just a few of the generous donors who have issued related challenges: 

• An anonymous donor will contribute $2 for every $1 donated to scholarships. Your gift will directly support the almost 90% of Fordham students who receive financial aid.
• Patricia Dugan Perlmuth, FCLC ’79, will match all gifts to a scholarship fund for students in the Ailey/Fordham BFA in Dance program, dollar for dollar, up to $6,250.
• An anonymous Thomas More College alumna will match all gifts to the Thomas More College Endowed Scholarship Fund, dollar for dollar, up to $1,500.
• For each alumna who donates during Marymount Giving Day — regardless of the amount they give — Joyce Brown, MC ’68, will generously contribute $25, up to a total of $2,000.
• Catherine Trapani, Ph.D., GSAS '13 will contribute $1 for every $1 donated to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Scholarships, up to $5,000

We'll be updating this page throughout the day with progress updates, exciting news, and ways that you can get involved. So join us and let's make Fordham Giving Day 2023 count!