The Power of Gratitude

Tuition alone can’t keep up with the rising costs of healthcare or keep pace with competitive salaries and benefits, we need unrestricted donor dollars to help us sustain the level of teaching a Whitby education requires.

The Whitby Fund allows us to be nimble and responsive when innovation calls or disruptive ideas create opportunities to increase the impact and value of the education we provide – all while maintaining our commitment to fiscal responsibility. We view the Whitby Fund as venture capital and invest it in growing our capacity, strengthening our position, and expanding our impact.

Whitby is well known as a thought leader in independent school education. While our triple accreditation is unique, in and of itself, the fact that we have eight IB facilitators on our faculty –it’s an honor for a school to have just one – means that we are not only shaping Whitby, we’re shaping our entire industry. 

Gifts to the Whitby Fund do so much more than fund programs. Gifts to the Whitby Fund shape our future. As we look towards our next expansion, as we contemplate who we could be a year or two from now, we look at the Whitby Fund and the participation of our families to determine just how far we can go. To those of you who give each year, thank you. You have helped shape who we are today and your continued support guides our thinking about tomorrow.

We pay tuition to get a job done; we make a gift to the Whitby Fund to say thank you when the job’s been done well. Your gift to the Whitby Fund let’s our faculty know you believe in them, you appreciate the work they do, and you want them to do even more year after year!

You don’t. Whitby School is fiscally responsible and stewards every dollar to ensure every child gets the best education money can buy. But, we don’t stop there. We do more than that each year, therefore, more investment is required.  The Whitby Fund offers our families a way to support those investments with a tax deductible gift. You can certainly end your support with your tuition payments each year. But, that won’t stop other Whitby families from making gifts or stop us from making investments in the people and programs that impact children –including yours – everyday.

Yes. 100% of your gift to the Whitby Fund is tax deductible.

The answer is pretty simple: give enough! We don’t assign amounts to our families. We don’t want to tell you what to give, we want you to make a gift that demonstrates your love for and appreciate of Whitby School. Your gift is your way to say thank you and to inspire Whitby’s faculty. The amount of appreciation and inspiration is up to you.

Yes, there are several giving levels within the Whitby Fund and those donors are listed by level in our annual report each year. But, where you are on the list isn’t as important as the fact that you are on the list! You'll see a list of our Giving Levels included on this page.

You told us you’d had enough! Enough emails, enough calls, enough asking you for money! We heard you, so this year, Whitby’s trying something different.  Instead of a year long campaign, we’re going to try and get it all done before the Holidays.  This means several weeks of asking versus several months and that means several months of us getting to say thank you to everyone who gives!

No. You need to make a pledge. You can make your gift whenever it’s right for your family. So, if you prefer to make the gift later in the school year, that’s when you will make your actual gift. You’ll simply make your family’s pledge to the campaign in October. We will send you a thank you for the pledge and a reminder for the gift. All gifts must be received on or before June 30 to be included in the Whitby Fund. This excludes matching gifts pledged by our donors.

Yes. If you secured the gift, you get credit for it as does your company.

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If you need additional help, contact the advancement office by calling 203-983-6622.