McDonogh’s endowment functions as a vital financial foundation, supporting the School's long-term stability and growth. It provides a steady stream of income to fund financial aid (formerly known as scholarship), enhance academic programs, maintain facilities, and attract top-tier faculty. By ensuring a reliable source of revenue, the endowment helps preserve McDonogh’s mission and values, offering students an exceptional educational experience while fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.McDonogh provides $7.1M+ per year in financial aid and scholarship. An endowment of $160M will fund this initiative in perpetuity.
- Full Scholarship (Boarding): $800,000
- Full Scholarship (Day): $600,000
- Partial Scholarship: $100,000
Named Scholarships
150th Anniversary Endowed Scholarship
Adams-Rodgers Scholarship for Diversity in Lower School
Alban Family Scholarship
Albert Atwood Fund
Albert F. Heck, MD 1950 Scholarship
Albertus E. and Ethel L. Myers Scholarship Fund
Alec John Cosgarea 2013 Memorial Scholarship Fund
Alexandra Apostolou 2001 "Raising Strong Women" Scholarship
Alfred G. Neal Trust
Armstrong Family Scholarship Fund
Baldwin Neale Boone Scholarship Fund
Bavar Family Scholarship
Bias Family Scholarship
Black Alumni Scholarship
Bolduc Family Scholarship
Brand Family Scholarship
Bruce D. Voelker 1983 Scholarship
Bruce Peddy Memorial
C. E. Crowley Memorial Fund
C. Markland Kelly, Jr. 1938 Scholarship
C. Willis Ritter 1958 Scholars Fund
Carolyn Rosenstein Scholarship
Cecil Chavannes Scholarship Fund
Charles Moran Memorial Scholarship Fund
Christine N. Alexander Family Scholarship Fund
Clarence E. Elderkin Scholarship
Class 1938 Scholarship Endowment
Class 1941 Scholarship Endowment
Class 1942 Scholarship Endowment
Class of 1937 Scholarship
Class of 1949 Endowed Scholarship
Class of 1963 Scholarship
Class of 1964 Scholarship
Class of 1965 Scholarship
Class of 1966 Scholarship
Class of 1967 Scholarship
Class of 1970 Scholarship
Class of 1971 Scholarship
Class of 1974 Scholarship
Class of 1976 Howard S. Klein Scholarship
Claude and Hedwig Koppisch Endowed Scholarship
Colonna Family Scholarship
Cowman Memorial Scholarship
Dalsheimer Scholarship Fund
Danielsen Fund
Desmond Corcoran Scholarship
Donald F. 1940 and Carolyn S. Obrecht Scholarship
Edward E. Brittingham Scholarship Fund
Edward Sudsburg, Class 1912 Scholarship
Eileen Flynn Toohey 1977 Scholarship
Elsie Stewart Kerr Scholarship
Emilie Humbert Mules and William Curran Mules 1959 Scholarship
Emma Krauss Scholarship
Erwood Richardson Sparks and Clara Howard Keilholtz Sparks Memorial Fund
F.C. Nelson 1940 Scholarship
France-Merrick Scholarship
Friel Family Scholarship
G. M. Moore 1909 Estate
Geist Family Scholarship
George Gebelein 1960 Scholarship
George H. Pappas 1937 Scholarship
Grafton Lloyd Rogers Scholarship
H. Beale & Mary E. Rollins Scholarship
Hilda Lewis Roche and Norbert Roche 1931 Scholarship
Howard and Julia Persky Scholarship
Hudson Family Scholarship
Hyman P. and J. Ruth Friedman Scholarship
Irvin S. Naylor 1954 Family Athletic and Scholarship Fund
J. Mortimer Joyce 1921 and John M. Joyce, Jr. 1961 Scholarship
Jacob C. and Theodora N. Siegrist Scholarship Fund
Jacob Gross, Jr. Scholarship
James A. Lenfesty
James R. Haws 1960 and Catherine A. McCoy Scholarship
Janet Mariani Herbert 1983 Scholarship
Jeffrey M. Sanborn Scholarship
Jodi Spear Memorial Scholarship
Johannesen Fund
John A. Finney Bequest
John E. "Ted" Savage, Jr. 1957 Scholarship
John Edward Bird Scholarship
John McDonogh Fund
John S. Mediary Fund
John Sterling Price Scholarship
John W. Sieverts 1963 Scholarship
Jon Charles Sapp Scholarship Fund
Joseph S. Keelty 1940 Middle Income Scholarship
Joseph S. Keelty 1940 Scholarship
Judy and James P. Grant III Scholarship Fund
Kallins Family Scholarship
Katherine and J. Sturgis Wells 1924 Scholarship
Kirk Family Foundation Scholarship
Knowles Family Scholarship
Kolscher Scholarship
Laszlo N. Tauber Family Scholarship
Leah Watts Dawson Scholarship
Louis 1929 and Marie Deise Scholarship
Louis E. Lamborn Scholarship
Lynn Ritter McKain Memorial Scholarship
Marbury Councell Scholarship
Margaret and Robert Briele and Jack C. Merriman 1940 Scholarship
Margaret M. and Richard N. Wills Scholarship
Margaret M. Callanan Scholarship
Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Family Scholarship
Martin Trust
Mary Martin Kreiner and Pannill Martin Scholarship
McDonogh Abroad Scholarship
McDonogh Alumni Scholarship
McDonogh Foundations Program
Myerberg Scholarship
Nancy A. and Raymond M. Faby 1949 Faby Family Scholarship
Olivia D. Grant Scholarship
Osborne Family Middle Income Scholarship
Oscar Ross Scholarship
Pannill & Irene Martin Scholarship
Patricia A. and John T. Grega Scholarship
Patricia C. and Francis S. Carnes 1954 Scholarship
Paul A. Friedman 1960 Scholarship
Paul Hampshire Memorial Scholarship
Reynolds Family Lower School Scholarship
Richard S. Catterton 1963 and Betty Shipley Catterton Scholarship
Robert Cook Memorial Fund
Robert Cummins Rogers, Sr. 1933 and Mary Childs Rogers Scholarship
Robert E. Seigman 1964 Memorial Scholarship
Robert Eric Farmer 1981 Memorial Scholarship
Robert M. Harper Scholarship
Rothschild Family Scholarship
Ruth Flora and Charles Roland Meurer Scholarship
Samuel H. Wright 1964 Family Scholarship
Silberstein Family Scholarship
Stacey Boyer 1976 Scholarship
T. Patrick Dulany 1975 Scholarship
Theodore & Dolores Scocos Scholarship Fund
Theresa Prell Dilworth Memorial Scholarship
Thomas D. Thiermann Scholarship Fund
Vicki 1999 and Jon 2004 Brick Scholarship
W. R. McKeldin Estate
Walter L. McManus, Jr. 1960 Family Scholarship
Warren Olt Scholarship
Weikart Family Scholarship
Wilgis Family Scholarship
William H. Emory of A and Martha B. Emory Scholarship
William Littell Hauver 2011 Scholarship
Willis Langford Fund II
Willis Langford Scholarship Fund