We Are Thacher: A Guide to Giving to The Thacher School

A GUIDE TO ANNUAL FUND GIVING

We Are Thacher

“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.

GenerosityThacher 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.

Diamond Hitch Club$250 – $999

537 Gifts

Casa de Piedra$1,000 – $2,499

225 Gifts

Chambered Nautilus – 70 Gifts$2,500 –$4,999

Pegasus – 68 Gifts$5,000 – $9,999

Sherman Day Thacher Society 58 Gifts $10,000 – $24,999

Head’s Circle – 33 Gifts$25,000 and above

Why Your Gift Matters$275

pays the cost of educating a Thacher student for one day.

$350pays the cost of feeding Thacher’s herd for one morning.

$500pays for the yearly stipend of an Olympus Scholar, a student who receives our highest level of financial aid.

$1,000funds 15 advisee dinners.

$2,500allows the Mulligans to host all of the students in their home every Saturday night for a year.

$5,000covers the yearly cost of maintaining the pool, weight room, and gym, which are used by 95 percent of the students.

$7,500enables the Arts Department to produce two major productions and several concerts and exhibitions each year.

$10,000supports student weekend activities for the year.

$25,000maintains Thacher’s campus-wide wireless computer network for the school year.

$50,000underwrites an Olympus Scholar scholarship for one year.

The Annual Gift

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.

Your Philanthropy

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.

Annual Giving

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 SourcesAs this revenue chart shows, a Thacher education would not be possible without philanthropy. Your gift makes an impact.

54% – Tuition41% – Annual giving and income from gifts invested in the endowment

5% – Additional Revenue Sources

Fiscal year 2015-16

Your InfluenceAnnual gifts support the Thacher experience. Here’s how the cost of that experience breaks down.

Your ContributionAnnual Fund support has an impact. $3.48 million was raised last year from the following five sources.

37% – Parents

28% – Academic Programs

23% – A Modern Campus, that Facilitates. Learning and Community

14% – Student Activities and Special Programs

24% – Faculty, Staff, and Administration Salaries

11% – Financial Aid

14% – Parents of Alumni & Friends

4% – Grandparents

41% – Alumni

4% – Corporations & Foundations

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).

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.

Your GiftMake Your Gift:

Mail: The Thacher School Alumni and Development Office 5025 Thacher Road Ojai, CA 93023

Online: www.thacher.org/donate

Contact: Mimi Van Son Director of Parent Giving 805-640-3201 ext 225

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 [email protected] or 805-640-3201 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 [email protected] or 805-640-3201 x 242.

We Are Thacher: A Guide to Giving to The Thacher School

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