Ways to Give

List of 4 items.

• Annual Fund

  At Fayerweather, we proudly celebrate a unique mission inspired by progressive education and crystallized by our cooperative community spirit. We work together to shape students' learning with our creative experimental curriculum. This would be impossible without the support of our donors who recognize that their contributions support the environment in which teaching and learning flourish. Tuition alone does not cover the entire cost of educating a child. Like most independent schools, we count on the voluntary support from our parents, grandparents, alumni and other members of the school community to bridge the gap between tuition revenue and operating expenses.
  
  

  Consistently, 100% of our board members, faculty and staff have played a role and contributed to the Annual Fund. Last year, 91% of families gave gifts that ranged from $25 - $25,000. With recurring monthly gifts and one-time donations, we surpassed our fundraising goal. This year's goal is $200,000. Please consider making a gift in a multiple of $50 to honor our 50th Anniversary.

• Horizon Fund

  The Horizon Fund was created in 2007 to support a range of professional enrichment opportunities for FSS faculty and staff. The program serves two main functions: it supplements FSS’s current professional development program by funding projects that exceed the scope (in terms of money and/or time) of that program and it offers a sense of reward for service and dedication to our faculty and staff.

  
  The Horizon Fund has supported:
  
  

  • studying Haitian Creole and traveling to our sister school in Haiti
  • opportunity for studio art time
  • voice lessons
  • intensive creative writing seminar
  • early childhood book making and story-telling workshops
  • Organic World Language (OWL) workshop
  • writing conferences 

   

  By giving to this fund, you give back to the people who directly interact with our children. Your gift helps the recipients of this award to pursue interests that foster growth, learning and renewal.

• Education Foundation

  The Fayerweather Educational Foundation (FEF) is a 501c3 “supporting organization” that exists solely to support Fayerweather Street School. The main focus of FEF, as currently comprised, is to raise funds for and manage the school’s endowment.

  
  

  The endowment is small, by the measure of most independent schools, but it is a growing part of the school’s balance sheet. As the endowment continues to grow, we hope that it will play an important role in ensuring the financial security of the school, not just for the here-and-now, but also for future generations.

  
  

  A gift of cash or stock to the endowment allows us to make a permanent investment in the school, creating a lasting legacy for priorities you deem important. If you would like to make a gift, please contact us.

• Birthday Book

  Our Birthday Book Program at Fayerweather is a great way to celebrate children’s birthdays while building our library collection. You can make a donation to the library and have the librarians purchase a book (print or audio), chosen with your child’s interests and literary tastes in mind or request a specific title or subject. If you prefer, you may purchase or donate a book and send it to school. All Birthday Books have a commemorative book plate with the child’s name and birthday and your name as the donor. All donations will be acknowledged in our Annual Report. Any amount you donate beyond the price of the book will be used to enhance our wonderful library.