We Are Thacher A GUIDE TO ANNUAL FUND GIVING
“Thacher gives all its students the most precious of gifts: the opportunity to discover not only who they are, but, more importantly, what they can become as they move from challenge to achievement to personal fulfillment. They are surrounded by a motivated peer group and adults who know them and care deeply for them; they are held to high standards out of this concern for their growth.�
MICHAEL K. MULLIGAN, HEAD OF SCHOOL
As we teach our students self-reliance, we recognize that a school has no other self than its community. We are Thacher.
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Generosity Thacher Relies on Parents and Grandparents Like You The Annual Fund raised $3.48 million last year and our parents contributed over $1.28 million to this total. Without your support, Thacher would not be where it is today.
Head’s Circle – 33 Gifts $25,000 and above Sherman Day Thacher Society 58 Gifts $10,000 – $24,999 Pegasus – 68 Gifts $5,000 – $9,999 Chambered Nautilus – 70 Gifts
$2,500 –$4,999
Casa de Piedra $1,000 – $2,499
225 Gifts
Diamond Hitch Club
$250 – $999 537 Gifts
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Why Your Gift Matters $275
pays the cost of educating a Thacher student for one day.
$350
pays the cost of feeding Thacher’s herd for one morning.
$500
pays for the yearly stipend of an Olympus Scholar, a student who receives our highest level of financial aid.
$1,000
funds 15 advisee dinners.
$2,500
allows the Mulligans to host all of the students in their home every Saturday night for a year.
$5,000
covers the yearly cost of maintaining the pool, weight room, and gym, which are used by 95 percent of the students.
$7,500
enables the Arts Department to produce two major productions and several concerts and exhibitions each year.
$10,000
supports student weekend activities for the year.
$25,000
maintains Thacher’s campus-wide wireless computer network for the school year.
$50,000
underwrites an Olympus Scholar scholarship for one year.
The Annual Gift Your Philanthropy A gift to the Annual Fund immediately strengthens Thacher’s ability to provide extraordinary opportunities for learning and discovery; to increase the number of students who receive financial aid; and to help meet emerging needs and challenges. In addition, these unrestricted funds give Thacher the flexibility to undertake critical new initiatives, attract the best faculty, and sustain a learning environment that continues to distinguish Thacher from our peer schools.
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The Thacher Experience Gifts support every part of the Thacher experience—inside the classroom and out—and help make sure that the School has the flexibility to innovate and meet its highest priorities, year in and year out. Tuition only covers 54 percent of a Thacher education and we need your help to achieve the difference.
Financial Aid Your annual gifts are instrumental in helping support Thacher’s financial aid program that allows the best and brightest students to come to Thacher regardless of their economic backgrounds.
Faculty Salaries By assisting the School in recruiting and retaining the most talented teachers, you help to ensure that Thacher remains strong and dynamic.
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Annual Giving Fiscal year 2015-16
A Crucial Role Tuition only covers 54 percent of a Thacher education and we need your help to fund the difference ($25,000 per student).
Our Sources As this revenue chart shows, a Thacher education would not be possible without philanthropy. Your gift makes an impact.
54% – Tuition
41% – Annual giving and income from gifts invested in the endowment
5% – Additional Revenue Sources
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Your Contribution Annual Fund support has an impact. $3.48 million was raised last year from the following five sources.
14% – Parents of Alumni & Friends 41% – Alumni 37% – Parents
4% – Corporations & Foundations 4% – Grandparents
Your Influence Annual gifts support the Thacher experience. Here’s how the cost of that experience breaks down. 28% – Academic Programs
14% – Student Activities and Special Programs
24% – Faculty, Staff, and Administration Salaries
11% – Financial Aid
23% – A Modern Campus, that Facilitates. Learning and Community
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Nautilus of Family Giving Michael Mulligan reads The Chambered Nautilus to begin every school year at Thacher. Sherman Day Thacher believed that the sea creature symbolizes each student’s mission to grow intellectually and personally each year.
1. Your first gift is through the Parents and Grandparents Fund. 2. Consider increasing your gifts to the Parents Fund in subsequent years. 3. Add your support for special programs or projects according to your student’s experiences and interests. 4. Consider a five-year pledge to augment your child’s first gift to Thacher, involving him or her in the process to help teach the importance of philanthropy. 5. Your Legacy Gift (Senior Families).
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Your Gift Make Your Gift: Mail: The Thacher School Alumni and Development Office 5025 Thacher Road Ojai, CA 93023
Contact: Mimi Van Son Director of Parent Giving 805-640-3201 ext 225
Online: www.thacher.org/donate
For Volunteer Information and Opportunities Contact: Mimi Van Son Director of Parent Giving 805-640-3201 ext 225
Gifts of Securities For directions on how to make a gift of stock or securities, please contact Diane Murphy at dmurphy@thacher.org or 805640-3201 x 240
Matching Gifts With an employer matching gift, you may be able to double, or even triple, your gift to The Thacher School. You can check with your employer’s human resources office for more information or to request a match. The Thacher School is on the IRS list of approved non-profit tax exempt organizations. The School’s EIN is 95-1642398.
Boot Hill Legacy Society Leave a lasting legacy to Thacher by including the School in your will or living trust. For information, contact Karleanne Rogers at krogers@thacher.org or 805-640-3201 x 242.