RE Log - Fall 2021

FALL 2021 Ransom Everglades LOG 41 The Fund for RE Gifts to support current operations provide the base of support for enriched programs, facilities, a dynamic faculty and more opportunities that make up the Ransom Everglades experience. All gifts to The Fund for RE were included in the REinventing Excellence campaign. Andrew L. Ansin ’81, P’25 ’26 ’27 In December 2020, former Board Chair Andrew L. Ansin ’81 announced that the Ansin Foundation would donate $5 million when RE reached $70 million in gifts to the REinventing Excellence campaign. All gifts – including gifts to The Fund for RE – helped unlock this challenge. Ansin and his family have supported Ransom Everglades for more than a decade. He served as chair of the board of trustees during a critical time in the school’s history, and the extended Ansin family contributed significantly to the Ansin Aquatic Center, Ansin Pool and Ansin Breezeway. “For me, Ransom Everglades is more than just a school,” Ansin said. “It’s really an institution for the community.” He added, “Our kids are the third generation to be involved with the school. Our family appreciates how we have benefited personally, and we take pride in the good deeds from the school to the community as a whole.” PlannedGiving Planned gifts have a deep and lasting impact on the future of the school and the lives of future generations of students. Donors can make estate gifts by will or trust and, with thoughtful planning, create meaningful legacies. Henry H. Anderson, Jr. ’38 A 1938 graduate of the Adirondack-Florida School, Henry H. Anderson, Jr. ’38 was Ransom Everglades’ most visionary and enthusiastic supporter. He was also one of the school’s most generous leaders – and he made sure that his commitment would live beyond his lifetime, through a first-of- its-kind gift to Ransom Everglades. In 1979, Anderson set up a charitable remainder unitrust, naming Ransom Everglades as the remainder beneficiary. As the longest-serving trustee of the school, Anderson understood the importance of increasing Ransom Everglades’ endowment to help meet the rising costs of faculty salaries, student financial aid and campus maintenance. Upon his death in 2020, Ransom Everglades was a beneficiary of his generous unitrust and estate. For Anderson, Ransom Everglades was his “lifetime pursuit.” He once said, “It provided a foundation of experiences that have sustained me – encouraging my curiosity and love of learning. While I have seen the school evolve over the decades, it has never lost that unique quality of creating graduates who are creative and resourceful, dedicated to improving the world around them. It deeply influenced my life and I expect it will continue to shape young lives for good into the future.”