About
What is “Igniting the World?”
A joint venture between Upper Columbia Academy and FoundationONE
- A fundraising campaign that will build long-term sustainability for UCA.
- A comprehensive campaign based on a 5-year master plan.
The Vision
UCA is celebrating 100 years! Since 1921 Upper Columbia Academy has been producing world-class leaders—leaders for the church, healthcare, education, and business. Today we have approximately 6,000 living alumni encircling the globe, igniting the world with Jesus’ love. Now, in this 21st century, our world needs great leaders as never before. This is no time to rest on our laurels. Our mission is as vital now as it was in the beginning. But currently, UCA is caught between two paradigms. It is time to solve the affordability issue and to empower UCA to reach the highest levels of service.
Our $15 million goal not only impacts UCA and its students. As students go forth and continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus, the whole world is enlightened!
Igniting the World Budget
Education for the 21st Century
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Worthy Student Funding
$350,000
$350,000
$350,000
Staffing Growth
$120,000
$120,000
$120,000
Classroom Technology
$50,000
$50,000
$50,000
Nutrition: Farm & Bakery
$60,000
$70,000
$80,000
Equestrian Education Certification
$25,000
$25,000
$25,000
Music Program Enhancements
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
Total Education for the 21st Century
$615,000
$627,000
$640,000
Vital Campus Enhancements
Campus Entrance Renovation
$125,000
$125,000
Completion of Equestrian Facility
$70,000
$30,000
Completion of Bakery
$35,000
Update Vehicle Fleet
$175,000
$175,000
$175,000
Total Vital Campus Enhancements
$1,655,000
$2,580,000
$2,850,000
Student Aid in Perpetuity
TOTALS BY YEAR
$4,270,000
$5,207,000
$5,490,000
Total Education for 21st Century
$1,882,000
Total Vital Campus Enhancements
$7,085,000
Total Student Aid in Perpetuity
$6,000,000
Grand Total: $14,967,000
“The challenges now facing our Adventist educational system are real and urgent.
So I have been delighted to see both the creativity of Upper Columbia Academy leadership and the remarkable degree of alumni support for my own alma mater. Their campus programming retains an emphasis on productive work skills, undergirded by the strong spiritual foundation that has always distinguished UCA. We need this proven model of life changing, residential education, together with robust endowments, to keep our school unique and sustainable. And now the integration of FoundationONE’s successful fundraising combined with a debt amortization commitment from the Upper Columbia Conference has brought a permanent solution within reach. I urge you to join Judy and me in bringing this dream to reality.”
— Richard Hart, ’62, MD, DrPH
President, Loma Linda University Health
Honorary Chair, Igniting the World Campaign
GIFTS NEEDED TO RAISE $15,000,000
