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"All of us can contribute to making our society better." The Honorable Julio M. Fuentes Senior US Circuit Judge 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals We Measure Our Success by Theirs... Alumni Success Story There's no better way to showcase the 40 year impact of Tri-County's mission than to shine a spotlight on our alumni. Recently, Ximena Cespedes spoke to our trustees over a Zoom call. Click her photo to hear her inspiring story. WAYS TO HELP Ximena Cespedes Mary Help of Christians Academy '15 Georgetown University '19 Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of NY 2019-21 Watch Video Heading to (Hear from Ximena) Harvard Law Ximena Join us in the Spring of 2022 at the Lawyers for Tri-County Awards Dinner to honor the 2022 Trustees for Justice Thomas F. Campion, Esq. Partner(Ret.) Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Timothy J. Fraser, Esq. VP, General Counsel and Secretary Toshiba America

42nd Annual Awards Dinner to benefit View last year's Gala > Support Honorees & Scholars K-12th grade scholarships for financially disadvantaged, inner-city New Jersey children to attend safe, quality, values-based, independent schools Tuesday Evening October 24, 2023 The Legacy Castle 141 Route 23 South , Pompton Plains, NJ 5:15 PM Exclusive Honoree Pre-Receptions 6:00PM-9:00PM We Believe in a world where every child has access to a safe, quality education regardless of zip code or income level. Why Tri-County? Tri-County Scholarship Fund addresses the educational disparities experienced by financially disadvantaged, racially diverse, inner city children. A high-quality, values-based education is the best bridge to economic opportunity and social mobility. Tri-County provides partial K-12th grade scholarships to accredited, safer, private elementary and high schools that give opportunity to financially disadvantaged New Jersey children. ​ 2023 Honorees Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer Selective Insurance Group, Inc. Hall of Fame Award John J. Marchioni Making A Difference Award Fr. Michael Tidd, O.S.B. Headmaster Delbarton School A Tri-County Partner School Leadership Award Bank of America accepted by Alberto Garofalo President Bank of America New Jersey Support the Honorees and Scholars Support Honorees 2023 Call Cristie (973)984-9600 Table Sponsorships Become an event sponsor. Choose from several sponsorship levels that support scholarships. Sponsorships include: Tables at the event, commercials during the live program, tribute ads in the printed and digital program ad journal, your sponsorship displayed at the event. Tickets and Donations Tickets & Donations Benefactor (2 reserved seats plus access to VIP honoree pre-receptions) Friend (1 reserved seat) Sponsor a Student ticket Make a Donation as a tribute to an honoree or other individual with recognition in the program ad journal. Tickets still available Tribute Advertisers Show your support of an honoree and the Tri-County students by purchasing your choice of full page, half page or quarter page ad in the program ad journal. ​ Submit your own ad or provide your message and an optional image and Tri-County will create an ad for you. Sorry- Deadline Passed Please consider a tribute donation Dinner Co-Chairs Juan Andrade* President & CEO Everest Group, Ltd. Cathleen Callahan Northeast Region Executive Business Banking Bank of America, N.A. Elisa Charters President & Co-founder Latina Surge Guy Adami* Co-founder RiskReversal Media CNBC's Fast Money Marc Adee* Chairman & CEO Crum & Forster Eric Andersen* President Aon Eric Andersen* President Aon *Tri-County is proud to recognize our past Annual Awards Dinner Honorees for their leadership and continued commitment to our cause. ​ ​ Steven Goulart* EVP & CIO MetLife, Inc. President MetLife Investment Management John Howard* Chairman & CEO Truist Insurance Holdings Paul J. Krump* retired Vice Chair Chubb Group Andrew Anselmi Carolyn Badenhausen Paul Boudreau Rick Diana Lisa Donini Ken Donovan* Kris Donovan* Timothy I. Duffy, Esq.* Laura Forbes William Gascoigne Sue Gomez Frank Hager Beth Hennessy Fran Howard Amon Johnson Anne Krump Scott Lenz, Esq. Nancy Lottinville, Esq. Ann Marie Manahan William J. Marino Patrick McGovern Fred Pierce Prudence Pigott Yvonne Previdi Reema Puri* Ami Simunovich, Esq. Joseph Spada Charles Varvaro Bob Waldele Susie Waldele Committee Corporate Sponsors Tri-County is grateful to all of our generous sponsors and acknowledges below corporate sponsorships and foundations —President— —Founder— —Chancellor— —Leader— R.C. Diocese of Paterson Railroad Construction Company, Inc. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP STech Mahindra Verisk Analytics ​ AssuredPartners, Inc Atlantic Health System Couch Braunsdorf Insurance Group Nicholas Martini Foundation McKinsey & Company —GRADUATE— MMarsh McLennan Agency McElroy Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP Odyssey Group Provident Protection Plus, Inc. Rue Insurance Strategic Insurance Partners Trinitas Talent Management Catholic Book Publishing Corp. Day Pitney, LLP Gallagher Goldman Sachs Harrington Construction Co. HCL Tech Hilb Group IOA USA KPMG LLP The Pizzo Family Foundation Edward L. Hennessy, Jr. and Ruth S. Hennessy Foundation —Scholar— M&T Charitable Foundation Munich Re US New Jersey Institute of Technology PNC Bank PwC Quest Saint Vincent Martyr Church Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP World Insurance Anselmi & Carvelli, LLP Bank of America CBIZ Insurance Services, Inc. Cognizant Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP Everest Group, Ltd. Guidewire JPMorgan Nick Durant, CEO of NA at Lockton Re Sandy Hill Foundation

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The Challenge <—back In high poverty areas of New Jersey, public school students are often exposed to less experienced teachers, oversized classes, personal safety issues, inferior infrastructures, limited curriculum and technology, lack of textbooks to bring home, and cancelled classes due to heating/cooling system breakdowns. [Source: ASPA Times, Feb. 2018] The result? Many students receive a sub-par public education. The majority of Tri-County students are from Paterson in Passaic County. The Paterson Public School District ranks in the lowest 10% of all of New Jersey’s 611 school districts (#556), with 5 of its high schools ranking in the bottom 5%. [Source: School Digger, July 2018] 80% of all fourth graders from low-income families in the US are reading below proficiency levels. Children who are proficient in reading by the end of third grade are more likely to graduate from high school and have higher earnings as adults. [Source: Annie E. Casey Foundation, January 2014] 1 of every 4 high school students in the US drops out each year, and the numbers are higher for Latino and African American students. [Source: Education Week, May 2013] High school dropouts are 3 times more likely to be unemployed, and more than twice as likely to live in poverty as high school graduates. [Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2014] Unaffordable Private Schools It is very difficult for Tri-County scholarship families to pay private school tuition; their average household income for a family of 4 is $30,000. The cost of private high schools that many of our scholarship recipients attend averages between $6,000 and $12,000. Low-income children who attend private school are almost four times as likely to go to college. [Source: U.S. Department of Education’s Private Schools: A Brief Portrait. 2002] Students who attend private school in eighth grade are twice as likely as to have completed a bachelor’s degree or higher by their mid-twenties (52% versus 26%) than their peers in public school. [Source: U.S. Department of Education’s Private Schools: A Brief Portrait. 2002] Private school students score higher on standardized tests and are more likely to graduate high school than their public school counterparts. [Source: U.S. Department of Education’s Private Schools: A Brief Portrait. 2002] <—back

TRI-COUNTY Corporate All-Stars (2022/23) Thank you to the following Corporate Donors for your significant annual support at the Corporate All-Star levels. $50,000+ $100,000+ About Tri-County CORPORATE DONORS the all-stars View Corporate Grant Donors The Visionaries Leadership Friends of Tri-County Donors Partner Schools Staff Thank you to our additional corporate supporters with donations of $10,000 and above. Arena Investors, LP Atlantic Health System BD Brown & Brown Insurance Catholic Book Publishing Corp. CBRE Connell Foley LLP Convex UK Services Ltd EPAM Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Graphic Packaging International Habba Madaio & Associates LLP J. P. Morgan Johnson & Johnson Kennedys KKR Insurance Lockton Re LLC Lowenstein Sandler PC M&T Bank Corporation Marks, O'Neill, O'Brien, Doherty & Kelly, P.C. ​Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated Nevakar LLC Nicolaides Fink Thorpe Michaelides Sullivan LLP Odyssey Group O'Toole Scrivo PNC Bank QualRisk Quest Diagnostics R. Seelaus & Co., Inc. Rackspace Technology Railroad Construction Company, Inc. Risk Reversal Media Schenck, Price, Smith & King LLP Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. Skan TigerRisk Partners Trinitas Talent Management ValueMomentum, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank $20,000+

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39th Annual Awards Celebration The deadline for journal print ads and on screen elements has now past. ​ Late Sponsorships and Ads will be shown only in the digital version of the journal and in post event communication. Register Now! Sponsorships, Ads, Single Reservations and Donations A Virtual Streaming Gala Honoring Monday Evening, October 26, 2020 Benefiting Scholarships for financially disadvantaged New Jersey children to attend quality, values-center, independent schools Gala Co-Chairs Marc Adee* Crum and Forster Eric Andersen* Aon Paul Boudreau Peapack-Gladstone Bank Jim Franson Validus Re Steve Goulart MetLife Brian Gragnolati* Atlantic Health System Paul Krump* Chubb Group Gala Vice-Chairs Robert Carney Crump Life Insurance Services Dave Obenauer CRC Group Rick Ulmer McGriff Gala Committee Carolyn Badenhausen ​ Robert Biener ​ Kedar Bryan ​ Tammy Butler ​ Joanne DelRio ​ Ken & Kris Donovan* ​ Timothy I. Duffy, Esq. ​ ​ Laura Forbes Michael Frodella William Gascoigne ​ Laurie Georgen ​ Beth Hennessy ​ Fran Howard ​ Anne Krump ​ Nancy Lottinville, Esq. ​ ​ Patrick McGovern ​ Paul Onderdonk ​ Yvonne Previdi ​ MaryBeth Savas ​ Karen Stroud ​ Fr. Michael Tidd, O.S.B. ​ Charles Varvaro ​ Susie Waldele *Tri-County is proud to recognize our past Annual Awards Dinner Honorees for their leadership and continued commitment to our cause.

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About Tri-County The Visionaries Leadership Friends of Tri-County Donors Partner Schools Staff OUR MISSION and how we fulfill it OUR MISSION: Tri-County Scholarship Fund provides opportunity for financially needy New Jersey children - without regard to race or religion - by offering scholarships to better, safer and values-based independent schools that help students to reach their full potential. Why Tri-County? Play Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied 5 REASONS TO GIVE Play Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Our Mission WHY TRI-COUNTY? a simple but great idea In 1981, Tri-County Scholarship Fund was begun by two visionaries with an inspired idea: that it is possible to materially and permanently improve the lives of the poorest of New Jersey’s inner-city children by providing them access to the superior and safer option of values-based private schools. ​ Since that time, Tri-County has provided thousands of scholarships for many of New Jersey’s most financially disadvantaged children, enabling them to attend accredited K-12 private and parochial schools. These children have gone on to college and productive careers, positively impacting their families and their communities. These remarkable results have been made possible through the support of many companies and individuals also seeking to make a difference in the lives of inner-city children. WHY IT WORKS? shared belief Tri-County’s solution works so well because our donors hold a deep belief in common with the families they help. They believe a high-quality, values-based education will be life changing for the children. Donors understand that the only thing preventing these children from achieving their educational goals is their families’ financial circumstances. Donors provide partial scholarship funding, the critically important financial “bridge”, that enables families to afford the remaining tuition. These families make many financial sacrifices to pay their portion of the tuition. Whether the private schools the children attend are Catholic, Christian, Jewish or non-denominational, families and donors are assured these schools will not only provide an excellent academic structure but build character and instill positive values. The students thrive in these safe environments where they are surrounded by positive peer groups. 42 Year History Click image to Expand THE TRI-COUNTY APPROACH changes lives The Challenge THE CHALLENGE POOR-PERFORMING PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Many public schools in low income areas of New Jersey offer sub-par education and have high drop-out rates. Drug use and violence are common. The environment is not conducive for learning. Academic standards are often lowered. Even with typically reduced graduation requirements, high school graduation rates are low. ​ FAMILIES WANT THEIR CHILDREN AT BETTER, SAFER SCHOOLS: Low income families seek a quality, values-based education for their children, but they need help to afford the tuition at nearby independent and parochial schools. The schools are already there. The families just need some help with the tuition. THE SOLUTION JOINT VENTURE : Tri-County awards partial scholarships for K-12th grade students to attend safer, quality schools. Our partner schools often offer discounted tuition. The parents and families make significant sacrifices to pay their share. ALL ARE INVESTED IN THE SUCCESS OF OUR STUDENTS. SHARED COMMITMENT: The parents and families have "skin in the game" and stay engaged in the process. The schools provide safe, disciplined, and values-centered environments, allowing the students to thrive. Tri-County donors and supporters are moved by the impact they see unfold in the lives of our students and stay connected. OUR STUDENTS FEEL CARED FOR AND BELIEVED IN AND MAKE THE MOST OUT OF THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. Frequently Asked Questions THE RESULTS BY THE NUMBERS: Since its inception in 1981 Tri-County Scholarship Fund has changed the lives of thousands of children. To date $38 million has funded over 37,000 scholarships. ​ BY STUDENT SUCCESSES: Our students achieve a 100% high school graduation rate and go on to accomplish career and life success, completing college, beginning careers, and ultimately giving back to their communities both financially and as role models for the next generation. VIEW QUICK FACTS New Jersey Facts In high poverty areas of New Jersey, public school students are often exposed to less experienced teachers, oversized classes, personal safety issues, inferior infrastructures, limited curriculum and technology, lack of textbooks to bring home, and cancelled classes due to heating/cooling system breakdowns. [Source: ASPA Times, Feb. 2018] ​ The majority of Tri-County students are from Paterson in Passaic County. The Paterson Public School District ranks in the lowest 10% of all of New Jersey’s 611 school districts (#556), with 5 of its high schools ranking in the bottom 5%. [Source: School Digger, July 2018] Nationwide Facts 80% of all fourth graders from low-income families in the US are reading below proficiency levels. Children who are proficient in reading by the end of third grade are more likely to graduate from high school and have higher earnings as adults. [Source: Annie E. Casey Foundation, January 2014] 1 of every 4 high school students in the US drops out each year, and the numbers are higher for Latino and African American students. [Source: Education Week, May 2013] High school dropouts are 3 times more likely to be unemployed, and more than twice as likely to live in poverty as high school graduates. [Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2014] Unaffordable Private Schools It is very difficult for Tri-County scholarship families to pay private school tuition; their average household income for a family of 4 is $30,000. The cost of private high schools that many of our scholarship recipients attend averages between $6,000 and $12,000. ​ Private School Benefits Low-income children who attend private school are almost four times as likely to go to college. [Source: U.S. Department of Education’s Private Schools: A Brief Portrait. 2002] Students who attend private school in eighth grade are twice as likely as to have completed a bachelor’s degree or higher by their mid-twenties (52% versus 26%) than their peers in public school. [Source: U.S. Department of Education’s Private Schools: A Brief Portrait. 2002] Private school students score higher on standardized tests and are more likely to graduate high school than their public school counterparts. [Source: U.S. Department of Education’s Private Schools: A Brief Portrait. 2002] THE CHILDREN WE SERVE typical Tri-County student Families with average annual income of $34,500 living in Morris, Passaic and Sussex Counties. 67% are from single parent households 82% are racial minorities 56% Hispanic, 19% African-American, 18% Caucasian, 7% Other Tri-County awards need-based scholarships without regard to race or religion. View Covid & Social Justice Impact To play, press and hold the enter key. 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Opening Doors to the future through education Meet Tri-County Scholarship recipient, Qy’aeir Price of Paterson, NJ. Qy’aeir's story is about possibility. When Tri-County opened doors for Qy'aeir, a financially disadvantaged student, through the gift of a safe, quality, values-based education, his dreams became possible and his determination made them a reality. DONATE DONATE Opening Doors OPENING DOORS featuring Tri-County high school senior, Qy'aeir Price. Tri-County Scholarship Fund Play Video Share Whole Channel This Video Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tumblr Copy Link Link Copied Search video... Now Playing OPENING DOORS featuring Tri-County high school senior, Qy'aeir Price. 04:08 Play Video Now Playing UPDATE: Congratulations, Qy'aeir! 00:20 Play Video Now Playing TCSF Opening Doors Trailer: Opening Doors to the Future Through Education 00:36 Play Video Now Playing TCSF Opening Doors Trailer: Achieving Honor Roll 00:31 Play Video Help us help one more child like Qy'aeir