<p>Well, I’m just a senior in HS, so take what I have to say with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>Bottom Line: Don’t worry.</p>
<p>Longer answer is as follows.</p>
<p>In my experience in the non-profit world, money is raised in 2009 for 2010 and then there is a separate campaign in 2010 to raise money for 2011, etc. They don’t raise money in 2009 for say, 2020. </p>
<p>In Chicago’s case, the whole $100 million will be paid if Chicago can match it with donations from other sources (this way the program will be available much longer, not until the initial gift runs out). The first benchmark is raising $38 million by JUNE 2010 (they started May 2007). Right now the website says they are at $35.5 million. I would be shocked if Chicago is not able to raise $2.5 million over the next six months, especially since much more than that is at stake.</p>
<p>Source: [The</a> University of Chicago - Odyssey Scholarship Challenge](<a href=“http://odyssey.uchicago.edu/by_the_numbers/index.html]The”>http://odyssey.uchicago.edu/by_the_numbers/index.html)</p>