FoundationONE

The $1 million matching challenge has inspired another named scholarship!
This one is in honor of a beloved UCA music teacher, Lois Coleman-Hall. She was on the staff at UCA from 1950-52, and was greatly loved by her students.

Good news!!
The $1 million matching challenge has been extended to December 31, 2025.
Be sure we receive your gift, or that it is post-marked by the 31st. Whether you give to our General Endowment for student Grants, or to one of our 21 Named Scholarships, your gift will be matched 100% - doubling the blessing to our UCA students!
You can donate online at: foundationoneuca.org/give-now/
Or on Venmo:

Give Now – FoundationONE When you give to FoundationONE’s endowment, you are assuring that students who desire a Christian education at UCA, get that life-transforming opportunity. If you wish to support a named scholarship fund, please indicate that when you make your contribution.

As we handed out FoundationONE Grants at UCA Registration Day it was filled with many emotional moments, because several families had experienced financial challenges over the summer. As a consequence of those changes several families were considering withdrawing their students from UCA, but before any of us knew it, God was already answering their prayers for help! Because of His blessing on the FoundationONE endowment over this past year, we were able to provide $60,000 more than originally anticipated, which enabled these struggling families to receive much more in aid than had originally been awarded. Two short stories will suffice to show how God used these extra funds to answer their prayers:

One father who has 2 children at UCA said that the extra amount we provided exactly made up for what they had lost because of financial challenges. God is so good!

The morning after registration we got a call from a local pastor who told us about how when one of his families learned the week before registration that “an organization” had provided $4,000 in aid for their son to attend UCA, the mother jumped around the kitchen, half crying - half shrieking with delight, and eventually ended up her husband’s arms, crying with gratitude that their son could attend UCA. But the 2nd reason the pastor called me was because, since learning of our $4,000 award, the family had decided to enroll one of their four sons in their local SDA school, which changed their financial position considerably. So when they arrived on registration day at our table and found out we had awarded them an extra $2,000, she would have broken down crying, except they were in a crowd of strangers. We had seen that she had tears in her eyes, but knew none of this story until their pastor called us Monday morning. It is so exciting to see how God works to provide for the needs of His children when they seek to honor Him and sacrifice to put their children in schools where the love of Jesus is invited, welcomed and freely shared! Thank you to all who support and promote the work of this God-inspired foundation!

Over the fiscal year 24-25 God abundantly blessed FoundationONE, enabling us to provide almost $360,000 in financial to UCA this coming 25-26 school year. Last Sunday at registration we gave out over 1/4 million dollars in FoundationONE grants to very grateful students and parents. As we saw the emotion and tears in many parents' eyes, we were in awe of a God who inspired four alumni 21 years ago to begin this endowment for the sole purpose of ensuring that no student is turned away from UCA because of finances. We praise God for His faithfulness over these past 21 years!!

Today the third ring is being poured on the first tower! We praise God for all our donors who have made this possible. By the end of this week, 5 of the 6 levels of this tower should be poured.
Please be praying for the remaining $450,000 in funding can must be met, and consider how you can help in finishing this critical project.