Giving to Head-Royce

Head-Royce Annual Fund :: GOAL $825,000

The Head-Royce Annual Fund is our top annual fundraising priority because it helps close the gap between tuition and the increasing cost of operating the School.  It provides vital flexibility in order to direct resources to the areas of greatest need and maximum benefit.  With your help we are able to employ and retain truly gifted faculty, maintain extraordinary facilities, create extracurricular activities throughout the year, and fund more than 150 need-based scholarships that ensure the School’s socio-economic diversity. 

Current and past parents, alumni, grandparents and friends of the Head-Royce community are invited and encouraged to help sustain the School by supporting this important fund each year.  All gifts, large and small, directly benefit current students.

Heads Up :: GOAL $175,000

Heads Up is the cornerstone of the programs that support Head-Royce’s effort to promote civic purpose and help create a broader community of academically prepared, high achieving, socially responsible youth.  Established in 1987 as a partnership with the Oakland Unified School District, Head-Royce is home to this rigorous, year-round academic enrichment program for approximately 90 motivated, underserved public school students who receive full scholarship to the Summer Enrichment Program at Head-Royce.  Heads Up serves youth in grades 6-8 for three consecutive intensive summer sessions and provides ongoing mentoring and academic support during the school year.  You can help this essential program by making a gift to Heads Up.

The Endowment Program :: Ongoing support

We view annual fund gifts as “money to live by” and endowment gifts as “money to grow by.”  Growing the Head-Royce endowment continues to be among the top priorities set by the Board of Trustees.  Because the endowment’s principal is invested in perpetuity, the School receives its support from an annual distribution of earned income from each endowed fund.  These dollars benefit the fund’s designated purpose.  Donors may contribute to the general endowment or direct their gifts in a variety of ways, such as student scholarships, faculty professional development, facilities and technology.

Class Funds

Graduating classes since 2003 have created individual class funds during senior year in support of the Head-Royce endowment.  Alumni and their families from these class years have the opportunity to make ongoing contributions each year to these permanently endowed legacy funds.

>The Senior Class Fund :: GOAL $75,000

We ask senior class parents to contribute to the Senior Class Fund in honor of their graduating child.  Senior parents with additional children at Head-Royce are asked to divide their gift equally between the Head-Royce Annual Fund and the Senior Class Fund.  We ask each senior to participate with a gift to the class legacy fund.

Paul Chapman Campaign for the Future :: GOAL $260,000

Now completing his 26^th year at Head-Royce, Paul Chapman will retire in June 2010.  In his name Head-Royce will launch a special, academic-year campaign to raise $10,000 for each of the 26 years that Paul has been at Head-Royce.  The fund will support endowed student scholarships.  Gifts to any scholarship endowment fund received by June 30, 2010 will count toward the Campaign.  In the current year, Head-Royce is providing $2.4 million to 157 students on need-based scholarship.  Funds raised through the Campaign will grow the School’s scholarship dollars in order to attract the most qualified students who otherwise could not attend Head-Royce.

                As Head of School since 1984, Paul has devoted his professional career to cultivating the growth and development of Head-Royce School, enriching the knowledge, world view and intellectual curiosity of two generations of Head-Royce students.  During his tenure, the School has grown from 550 to 800 students; has embraced scholarship, diversity and citizenship as its core values; and has motivated students to be thoughtful and responsible global citizens.  Under Paul’s inspired leadership, the School built new Lower School and Upper School buildings, the World Languages Building, the Read Library, the athletics facilities and Pavilion and fully renovated Mary E. Wilson Auditorium and main classroom building to create a beautiful Middle School facility.  Over the past quarter of a century, Paul Chapman has inspired, guided and stewarded three decades of Head-Royce students.

Auction :: GOAL $125,000

The School’s largest benefit event is the annual Parents Association auction.  Individuals from throughout the School community are invited to donate and purchase auction items; provide corporate underwriting; and serve on the auction planning committee.  The Head-Royce Parents Association encourages all parents to become actively involved in the Association’s various activities.

Events

Throughout the year, you will be invited to participate in other fundraising events, such as the Heads Up Big Night Out, the NIA Speaker of Color Lecture and various alumni events.

Planned Gifts

Through a bequest of a portion of your estate, or a planned gift that allows you to retain an income stream, you can provide long-term support for Head-Royce.  The Alumni & Development Office would be happy to discuss your plans with you.

How to Make a Gift ::

Contributions to Head-Royce may be made in the form of cash, credit cards, or securities.  Also check whether your employer has a matching gift program.  You are encouraged to make a secure gift through our website: headroyce.org/giving

Please contact Terry Pink Alexander, Director of Development, for further information or assistance.  She can be reached at: 510-531-1300 x2121 or tpalexander@headroyce.org