Your Impact

Thank you for your support!

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By believing in and supporting Fordham’s students, you set them on a path to a brighter future. Your invaluable contributions help to develop our community both in and out of the classroom.

Our 2024-2025 academic year highlights the unique ethos of Fordham. By focusing not only on intellectual growth but also on moral, social, and spiritual development, we ensure that our students evolve into their best selves. Your steadfast partnership allows them to explore a variety of subjects - whether it’s in service of others, adventures at home or abroad, or taking advantage of the professional opportunities New York City has to offer. Your gifts have an immeasurable impact on our Fordham community.

Thanks to You!

Fordham students are thriving, and it’s all thanks to your support! Hear directly from Valeria, a member of Fordham’s Class of 2026, as she shares how your leadership and generosity are shaping student experiences and opening doors across campus.

Your 2024-2025 Impact: By the Numbers

3,926
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Donors at the President’s Club Level
$168,939,621
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Commitments Raised
3,542
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Doty Society Members Who Gave
1,374 Undergraduate, Donor-Funded Scholarship Recipients
$15,742,434 in Undergraduate, Donor-funded Scholarship Awards
33 New Scholarships Established
8,143 Undergraduate Financial Aid Packages Awarded
Bob and Noreen Cutajar

Being a Fordham family is more than who we are – it’s what we do. We serve our faith, professional, and neighborhood communities because that is what we did at Fordham and were encouraged to continue beyond graduation and the Rose Hill gates. Our two older sons were accepted at multiple competitive schools, but each ultimately chose to attend Fordham because they wanted more than an education; they wanted a purpose. Watching them learn and thrive as they become ‘men for others’ has been among our greatest joys and soundest investments.

- Noreen Lundy-Cutajar, FCRH ’89, GSAS ’92, PAR ’23, ’26, and Robert Cutajar, FCRH ’91, PAR ’23, ’26

Student Stories

Fellowship Offers Social Work Students Experience—and a Stipend

Fellowship Offers Social Work Students Experience—and a Stipend

Beginning this fall, eight first-year MSW students will participate in a program that gives future social workers hands-on experience helping communities across New York City and the Hudson Valley.  The …

On the Job with the Student CEO of Saxbys

On the Job with the Student CEO of Saxbys

When the student-run coffee shop Saxbys opened at Fordham on Oct. 1, senior Aidan Engelmann was at the helm.  A Gabelli School student in the Global Finance and Business Economics …

Student Earns Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, a Fordham First

Student Earns Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, a Fordham First

A teenage passion for environmentalism has led one Fordham student to a prestigious scholarship. Lillian Hertel, an honors student double-majoring in political science and environmental studies, is the first Ram …

Finance Exec Invests in AI Research and Innovation at Fordham

Finance Exec Invests in AI Research and Innovation at Fordham

Fordham will set up a new fund for the study of artificial intelligence as it applies to finance, economics, and other fields, thanks to a gift from finance executive and …

Rams Helping Rams: How Alumni Mentors Boost Student Success 

Rams Helping Rams: How Alumni Mentors Boost Student Success 

Why is the Fordham community so strong? For more than two decades, the Fordham Mentoring Program has been a powerful part of the answer. Each fall, several hundred grads volunteer …

Pathways to Medical Careers: Internships and Mentoring in Bronx Hospitals Empower Students

Pathways to Medical Careers: Internships and Mentoring in Bronx Hospitals Empower Students

For Fordham sophomore Julia Sosa, it was a summer of immersion in the world of medicine: shadowing doctors, including during surgery; learning how to suture; and working with two other …

ROTC Student Earns Critical Language Scholarship to Study in Japan

ROTC Student Earns Critical Language Scholarship to Study in Japan

This summer, rising junior Thomas Monroe is diving headfirst into the language, culture, and daily life of Okayama, Japan, thanks to a scholarship from the U.S. State Department. A psychology …

9 Fordham Grads Awarded Fulbright Scholarships

9 Fordham Grads Awarded Fulbright Scholarships

Nine recent graduates earned Fulbright scholarships this academic year, carrying on Fordham’s longstanding traditions of cross-cultural exchange and service to others. The Fulbright US Student Program is a highly prestigious …

11 Students Earn Gilman Scholarships for International Study

11 Students Earn Gilman Scholarships for International Study

Eleven Fordham undergraduates will be embarking on educational opportunities across the globe, thanks to a State Department scholarship that helps students of limited financial means study abroad.  The Benjamin A. …

Consulting Club Students Offer Free Services to Neighborhood Businesses  

Consulting Club Students Offer Free Services to Neighborhood Businesses  

A group of Fordham students is helping to boost the local economy by providing free consultation services to small businesses—and gaining valuable career skills in the process.  Fordham’s Consult Your …

Students Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for STEM Research

Students Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for STEM Research

Two Fordham juniors—Ashley Clemente and Amrita Das—were chosen to receive the Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious national award for undergraduates pursuing STEM research. It’s the second consecutive time that two …


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