Capital and Endowment Gifts

In addition to your faithful, yearly gift to the Annual Fund, we ask that you consider a pledge over three to five years to the endowment.

An endowment forms the capital strength of a school by providing long-term stability and flexibility. The principal of the endowment is invested, and the income from this investment enables a school to plan prudently, rather than simply react. Endowment is the financial cushion needed to keep tuition affordable. Gifts to the endowment are permanent assets of the School and give Dalton the resources to respond to long-term needs. Multi-year pledges are encouraged. Over time, as these pledges are fulfilled and become actual cash gifts, the School's endowment grows.

With a sizable increase in Dalton’s endowment, we will have the resources necessary to compete with our peer schools for excellent students and teachers while keeping the tuition within reason. Income generated each year from our endowment helps to ease the strain on the operating budget while preserving the principal of the endowment forever. Because only the income derived from the endowment is spent, each endowment gift creates an ongoing investment that spans generations.

Bricks & Mortar: In addition to endowment needs, building projects often require large sums of capital above and beyond the operating budget. The middle and high school library, the Performing Arts Center, the lobby, and the 89th Street cafeteria, kitchen and student lounge are recent examples of major capital improvements that were made possible by significant charitable gifts for this purpose. Gifts and pledges may be restricted to space acquisition and building improvements.

For more information, please contact Jim Simon at 212-423-5316 or jsimon@dalton.org.