Power ing TanenbaumCHAT I
Now & Always
n March 2020, TanenbaumCHAT was meeting and exceeding fundraising goals. But in an instant, with the onset of the pandemic, everything changed.
At TanenbaumCHAT, we remain steadfast in our fundraising priority of keeping fees as low as possible and providing tuition predictability. However, this past spring, in support of the UJA’s Community Resilience Campaign, all our efforts were put on hold. Events and donor meetings were replaced with Zoom gatherings and telephone check-ins, and in June we facilitated 226 visits to the Class of 2020. Incredibly, our entire TanenbaumCHAT community stood by us. The exemplary efforts of our faculty and administration to reinvent school for a fully virtual experience, generated immense good will. We closed the 2019-20 school year with a record $1,502,276 fundraising dollars. TanenbaumCHAT now faces an extraordinary challenge. To allow us to meet our tuitionreduction objectives, our fundraising goal for 2020-21 was originally set at $1.7million. However, as a result of the pandemic, the school has incurred myriad unforeseen additional expenses – over $700,000, or roughly $650 per student. This year, a successful Powering TanenbaumCHAT annual campaign is imperative. I know our community cares deeply and is committed to powering the school – as our tagline says – now and always. But this year, now more than ever, we are counting on your support. Frances Bigman CFRE, Director of Advancement fbigman@tanenbaumchat.org / 416-636-5984 Ext. 230
Powering up our Annual Appeal to support reduced tuition, educational excellence, and equipping our school for a pandemic.
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