Ways to Give

Crane's Annual Fund provides vital funding for our current operating budget. Each fall, we ask everyone in our community to contribute a meaningful tax-deductible gift. The Annual Fund makes up a critical one-tenth of all the school's annual expenses, including one-tenth of campus maintenance, one-tenth of teachers' salaries, and one-tenth of all science lab and art room supplies, just to name a few. Therefore, the Annual Fund benefits every Crane student.

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An endowment is a perpetual savings account funded by generous gifts from the community where the principal is not used. Crane's current endowment stands at $7 million with a goal of $10 million within the next two years. Increasing the endowment would make Crane less dependent on tuition and other fundraising efforts, while at the same time providing flexibility in meeting increased operating costs and allowing the school to continue to strengthen academic programs.

Currently a portion of the income generated from the interest earned is used each year to supplement the operating budget in these three vital areas:

• Faculty Professional Development
• Student Scholarship
• General Endowment

Please give generously to one of these endowments. It is a guaranteed way to secure the future of Crane and pay it forward for generations of students to come.

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The Lejeune & Crane Society was established in 2005 to recognize and honor individuals who have expressed their intention to leave a legacy gift to Crane Country Day School. The namesake commemorates F. Arnold Lejeune, Crane’s first headmaster, whose passion for teaching kept him in the classroom until he was 75 years old.

Like Mr. Lejeune, members of the Lejeune & Crane Society share a passion for education and Crane’s future. Many of Crane’s closest and most generous friends have included the school in their will in the form of bequests, life insurance, real estate, trusts, and/or annuities. Regardless of size, these gifts are a critically important component in providing for future generations of Crane students.

If you, with the help of your financial advisor, are considering Crane in your plans, please contact Emma Balina (805) 969-7732 x105 or ebalina@craneschool.org

Our family decided to support the Lejeune Legacy Society to help ensure the long-term financial stability of the school. Our gift will help continue to build Crane's endowment, which we view as a way for our gift to keep on giving.

~ Tom Kenny, parent and past Board President 2014-2018

Every four to seven years, families are asked to contribute to a campus capital campaign that might be for a new building project or to increase the school's endowment fund. This fundraising does not replace the Annual Fund but is a separate gift given in addition to yearly giving. However, since the capital campaign gift is meant to be a stretch gift, a family may pledge an amount over a prescribed set of time.