Infinite Horizon Home
More than two hundred years ago, our school was founded by a woman who was determined to map uncharted territory. With this groundbreaking campaign, we honor—and extend—the legacy of Emma Hart Willard. Infinite Horizon: The Campaign for Emma Willard School is a watershed moment in education: the largest known campaign for an independent girls’ secondary school in American history.
CAMPAIGN GOAL: $175 MILLION
total to date: $180,467,233
Our goal of $175 million, which was exceeded in January of 2025, is about much more than that groundbreaking number. It’s about preparing new generations of students to wrestle with vast new challenges. It’s about giving more bright students access to an exceptional education. It’s about freedom and flexibility, creativity and opportunity, history and innovation—for our students, for our teachers, for our school.
Breaking Ground on New Faculty Housing
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For many Emma Willard School faculty, Mount Ida is more than just a workplace—it's their home. The opportunity to live on campus helps faculty build relationships with boarding and day students that extend far beyond the classroom. Whether as coaches, club advisors, mentors, or role models, Emma Willard's on-campus residents are the heart of our community.
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Our Spring 2025 campaign newsletter highlights giving toward campus preservation, faculty housing, and other initiatives that will increase our impact as we look forward into the final year of the Infinite Horizon campaign. We hear from donors on what inspired them to invest in our mission.
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Relive the celebration and explore that space of the Alice Dodge Wallace ’38 Center for the Performing Arts.
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six
key priorities
covering 14 initiatives
FIVE
years to reach our goal
2021-2026
$180,467,233
in gifts and pledges as of
April 30, 2025
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