Each year, the Pace Fund—Pace Academy’s #1 annual-giving priority—provides vital resources that bolster every aspect of the exceptional Pace education and benefit every student.
An annual gift to the Pace Fund is the single most important way you can support Pace. Pace Fund resources ensure all facets of the Pace education—from academic and global leadership programming to arts, athletics and extra-curricular offerings—are the highest possible quality. Pace Fund dollars also support faculty professional development, need-based financial aid and other priorities.
Pace alumni are invited to support the Pace Alumni Fund, a branch of the Pace Fund providing direct support to need-based financial aid.
We count on every family to support the Pace Fund—your gift makes a difference! We invite you to make the Pace Fund your #1 Pace giving priority and participate with a gift sized right for your family.
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Ways to Give
There are many ways to give to the Pace Fund. In fact, you choose how to make your gift:
Annual Report
Thanks to the Pace Fund Volunteer Committee
for contributing time and talent to this vital annual initiative
Parent Leadership
Ciara Irons, Pace Fund Chair
Bill Monroe, Pace Fund Chair
New Family and Inclusion Leadership
Hanan Idris
Samir Idris
Whitney Paulowsky
Ryan Paulowsky
Alumni Parent Committee
Bryan Chitwood '93
Meredith Forrester '95
New Parent and Inclusion Committee and Pre-First
Eric Brune
Prashanth Chintanapalli
David Neckman
Julia Neckman
Kavitha Reddy
First
David Gold
Gregory Mitchell
Katherine Mitchell
Second
Jay Caifa
Meredith Caifa
Heather Friedman
Michelle Edwards
Third
Alisa Alloy
Jason Alloy '95
David Stern
Fourth
Michelle Edwards
Kimberly Nuckols
Fifth
Eddie Irons
Sean O
Tatyana O
Sixth
Crystal Shah
Jennifer Bodner
Seventh
Amanda Parrilli
Grace Gavric
Tom Buehler
Eighth
Anand Dutta
Kara Dutta
Rod Drews '00
Ninth
Mike Locker
Jim Roth
Keri Roth
Tenth
Ellie Weiss
Josh Weiss
Wendy Siskin
Eleventh
Justin Berman
Pete Davis
Alli Richardson
Matt Richardson
Twelfth
Tad Little
Jennifer Hayes
Gift Acceptance Policy
Pace Academy welcomes philanthropic gifts from Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). In order to accept a gift or grant from a DAF, the following must apply: No donor or individual related to the donor will receive any goods, services or other more than incidental private benefits. Examples may include but are not limited to: If the grant is for an event or gala, it does not pay for tickets or any goods purchased at auction. If the grant is for a membership, the membership must be considered 100% tax deductible. The payment may not be a bifurcated payment; meaning the donor-advised fund has provided the deductible portion and the donor intends to provide the non-deductible portion separately. Any payment received that does not adhere to these guidelines will not be deposited, and the payment will be returned to the DAF.
At Pace Academy, gifts intended to pay for sponsorships or memberships with benefits from DAFs will not be accepted for the following events and programs: Pace Fall Fair, Knight Out With Keeping Pace, Alumni Knight Cap, Parents Club Auction, Pace Race, Queens of the Court, Arts Alliance memberships, Booster Club memberships. Donors can make a gift from a DAF for the full amount of the sponsorship and forgo all benefits.
Examples of where gifts from DAFs are encouraged: The Pace Fund, Accelerate Pace (capital campaigns), Tax Credit payments to Apogee Fund, endowment gifts, planned giving and other 100% tax-deductible special philanthropic initiatives.