THE GARDEN FUND
The Garden Fund is the corner stone of all fundraising at Garden School – the foundation upon which other fundraising efforts rest. The Garden Fund at Garden generates revenue that supports core activities, program enrichment, and school development. Garden Fund revenues provide the extra margin of excellence not afforded by tuition. The Garden Fund is an ongoing, annual Garden School fundraising activity, critical to the School’s operating income. It complements the fundraising from special events like our annual Garden Gala, and provides the funds necessary for the program enhancements and projects needed to maintain Garden School’s level of excellence in education.
Participation is most important! Each gift, no matter the size, makes a significant difference!
Frequently Asked Questions
- What does the Garden Fund do?
- Strives to close the gap between tuition and the cost of a Garden education
- Maintains the Garden tradition of excellence in academics, arts, athletics, character and service
- Enables Garden to offer meaningful opportunities through a wide variety of programs
- Ensures Garden attracts and retains talented teachers who inspire a passion for learning
- Supports the unique Garden experience!
- Academic Excellence
- Small Class Size
- Enriched Education with World Travel
- Effective Faculty, Student, and Parent Partnerships
- Integrated Technology
- Character Development
- Service Learning
- Early College Counseling
- I already pay tuition. Why does Garden School need more money?
- Garden strives to keep tuition affordable for our families. Tuition covers an estimated 80% of the cost of educating a student. This is in keeping with the practice of other independent schools.
- How does the Garden Fund effect the Teachers’ Holiday Gift Fund?
- The Holiday Gift Fund continues just as it has in the past. It is a Parents’ Association tradition at Garden that they sponsor a Holiday Gift Fund for teachers at the holiday time. This is a means of appreciating our teachers. The Garden Fund is a Board of Trustees-sponsored initiative that will serve to fill the gap between what tuition covers and the full cost of educating our children at Garden.
- Isn’t fundraising the Parents’ Association’s job?
- The Parents’ Association’s role is to support the school in numerous ways, including fundraising for faculty appreciation and special events for the students. Each year, your contributions to the Parents’ Association fundraisers help to finance those activities. Their efforts do not directly target the core operating budget of the school. This is the role of the Garden Fund.
- Doesn’t the Gala raise enough money to cover the gap?
- At independent schools, including Garden, an annual Gala is a critical component of fundraising as well as an event that builds our community spirit. However, it doesn’t fully cover the gap.
- Can’t Garden apply for grants from foundations?
- Yes, once we are able to demonstrate that a large percentage of families, alumni, faculty, and board members are consistently contributing.
- I wish I could help, but things are financially tight right now.
- Participation in the Garden Fund is what is most important. Each gift, no matter what amount, will help us attain a high participation rate, which is key to qualifying for grant money.
Giving Tiers
All of our donors are recognized on our Donor Roll.
The Cupola Club
$10,000 and up
The 1923 Centennial Club
$5,000 – $9,999
The Head of School’s Club
$1,500 – $4,999
The Griffin Club
$500 – $1,499
The Friends of Garden Club
Up to $499
The Young Alumni Club
Until 10th Anniversary
Thank You To Our Donors
The 1923 Centennial Club (5,000-9,999)
The Koeppel Family
Florence and Robert Rosen Family Foundation
William and Ellen Shaffaer
The Head of Schools Club (1,500-4,999)
The Badavas Family
Donald Berhang
The Cabrera Family
The Castro Family
Jennifer Durst and De Cong Tran DPM
The Fong Frederick Family
Andrea Gere
The Goldberg Family
The Hwang Sulc Family
The Khan Liriano Family
Jean Kinn
Robyn O’Sullivan
Monowara Parvin
Shaburnikov Family
The Stamford Family
The Griffin Club (500-1,499)
The Allen Family
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Bhutia Family
Commons-Deb Family
Georges Derrien
Dolias Family
The Dugger-Abebe Family (Nisai, Hanna & Cyrus)
Lawrence and Maxine Durst
David Faux
Lara Glorioso
Arthur Gruen
Lobsang Green
The Grippo-Morath Family
Lisette Molina Gurevich
John Hale
John Hofbauer
The Kang-Yoo Family
Barbara Li Santi
Enrique and Esperanza Maldonado
The Maloney Family
Mary Maisano
Mouchette Family
Mountainspring Family
The Nagel-Krosney Family
The Paek Family
Prostowhich Family
Carlos Romero
Paul Rodel and Vasislis Kokoros
Patricia Saxby
Geoffrey J. Scheinbach
Selina Sultana
Ngawang Tenzin
Erica Tunick
Judy Turner
The Vieni Family
William and Joanne Vogel
Judith Zarin
Friends of Garden Club (Up to $499)
Jamie Abell
Iris Mathew Acosta
Suzanne Adler
Fazeela Alli
Charlene Andrews
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Vriginia Arce
Bettine Bakacs
The Barnes Family
Brad Battaglia
Jacqueline Barlis
The Belmonte Family
Maria Bersimenko
Jessica Caicedo-Marino
Xin Yi Chen
Lionel Cone
Rebekah Cora
Ryan Daley
Philip D’Anna
Marlene Dapice
The Davis Family
Christina Dekatay-Aptowitz
John Dillon
Josh Denkin
Annie Evans
Daniel Feldman
Jenifer Feldman
Michele Ferreria
Donald Freed
The Galitos Family
Patrica Goodson
Petra Gelbart
Jim Gaines
Jennifer Galbreath Florez
The Gomis Family
Gary Guyana
Chritine Haddad
Kristen Hague
Kim Hayes
Victoria Healy
Matthew Helsing
Darlene Hensch
Douglas Herman
Karl Herman
The Herrera Family
The James Family
Christian Johannesen
The Bonner Family
Kim A Kastens
Mary Kekatos
Lale Deniz Kiziltug
Robert Kurtfist
Tenzin Lhamo
The Mandel Family
Kristen Manson
Jessica Marn
Richard Marotta
Katherine Mcabbe Smith
Lisa McCormick Schmon
Courtney Mcglynn
Jacqueline McMillian
The Melara Family
Geoffrey Minckler
Joan M. Miles
The Moreira Family
Lauren Murray
Jeff Nehring
Susan Nehring
Brenda Nitti
David Noven
Noreen O’Connell
Helen O’Reilly
Darien Ortiz
The O’Sullivan Family
Mary Petruso
Penko Platikanov
Elinor Reinhardt
Jacquelyn Renner
Eileen Reyes
Gabriel Rhoads and Lauren Lickus
Michael Richman
The Rockwell Weisbrod Family
Cheyenne Romero
Greig Roselli
Llana Rotenburg
Llene RubenStien
Stephanie Santiago
Dean Scheinert
The Schwartz Hopchick Family
The Seidman Family
The Shapiro/Mattera Family
Pemba Sherpa
Julia Silber
Zach Simpson
Lisa Sohmer
El Sok
Sabrina Sukhan
Elizabeth Sullivan
Kat Sullivan
Eugene Sullivan
Kim Teniero
Teodora Todorova
Efthimia Tsavalias
Kiril Tsemekhman
Michele Vice Maslin Rachael Vidal
Elizabeth Viener
Will Vogel, Jr.
Katie Vogel
Caloogre Volpe
Stephanie Nehring Walker
Betty Newfield Wall
Heather Wathington
Barbara Weber
Anna Whitehead
The Yu family
V. Bill Zois