OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
The Office of Institutional Advancement coordinates Annual, Capital, Planned Giving Endowment fund raising and their related events.
Charitable gifts to Stratford are received and processed through the Office of Institutional Advancement. Generally, these tax-deductible gifts consist of cash, securities, tangible personal property, real estate, bequests, insurance, and charitable trust arrangements. In order to assure tax deductibility and proper gift recording and acknowledgement, all gifts should be coordinated with the Office of Institutional Advancement. All requests for gifts and solicitations by faculty, student and parent groups must be approved by and coordinated with the Director of Institutional Advancement. Stratford asks all families to participate in the Loyalty Fund and to support the periodic capital campaigns necessary to provide new facilities and to increase the endowment of the school.
As is the case with many independent schools, Stratford tuition covers only a percentage of the school’s annual operating costs. Gifts to the Loyalty Fund provide a portion of the remaining percentage needed to sustain the school’s commitment to providing each student with the excellent education for which Stratford has become recognized. The Loyalty Fund is Stratford’s largest source of non-tuition operational revenue. The Office of Institutional Advancement seeks and receives contributions from current parents, alumni, parents of alumni, grandparents, faculty and staff, foundations, corporations and friends to meet the Loyalty Fund goal each year.
Capital Campaigns are conducted periodically to provide significant funds for growth such as endowment, construction, renovation or extensive capital equipment purchases. Contributions are generally pledged over a three to five year period.
The Office of Institutional Advancement publishes the bi-annual the Stratford Magazine and the monthly Eagle Online e-newsletter.
