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Advancement

Tara Arras

Assistant Head of School for Advancement

arrast@sidwell.edu

We have a unique opportunity to transform access to a Sidwell Friends education; to transform how, what, and where our students are taught; and to transform the role we play in our city and the way we help steward our planet. Such moments are rare, but this one is ours to act on together. It’s our turn to light the way forward.

Together We Shine.

Reimagine the
Future of Learning
  • Through an innovative new upper school
  • Through a Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Through an endowment for faculty and staff salaries
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Welcome a Wider Community
  • Through financial aid
  • Through partnerships
  • Through new endowed faculty chairs
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Ethical Engagement
with the World
  • Through a sustainable (environmentally and financially) campus
  • Through a new Center for Ethical Leadership
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I’m truly moved by the generosity of these donors and their confidence in Sidwell Friends. They recognize that we have an unprecedented opportunity to improve the educational experience of our students and to strengthen the School for generations to come.

BRyan Garman Head of School

Our Progress

$152,000,000

Goal

76%

To Goal

$115,000,000

Raised to Date

156000

total gifts to the campaign

68265

gifts less than $1,000

67

gifts greater than $1M

74.9 %

alumni participation

63 %

parents (past and present) participation

54 %

faculty and staff participation

45 %

of gifts from outside the DMV

Our Progress

$152,000,000

Goal

76%

To Goal

$115,000,000

Raised to Date

Since July 1, 2015:
156000

total gifts to the Campaign

100

first-time donors

68265

campaign gifts less than $100

67

gifts greater than $1 million

In this fiscal year:
79 %

alumni participation

63 %

parents (past and present) participation

54 %

faculty and staff participation

74.9 %

of gifts from outside the DMV

Our Stories

Celebrating Three Fully Endowed Faculty Chairs

Sidwell Friends donors have advanced the School’s Equity, Justice, and Community (EJC) Strategic Action Plan in a major way.

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Engaging Alumni Makes a Vital Difference

The more alumni engage with each other and with today’s School community, the greater the philanthropic impact and good we can do together.

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Sprint for the Future

With 90 percent of our ambitious $152 million goal raised, we are making a last sprint and starting to glimpse the future.

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Volunteers Lighting the Way

As we near the campaign’s finish line, we could never have reached our current success without the tireless support of more than 100 active volunteers.

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For Decades of Service

We Welcome Helen Austern Colson ’53, P ’82, ’84, ’87 as Honorary Leader of Together We Shine

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Demonstrating Leadership

Donors Fully Fund a New Faculty Chair in Asian American Studies

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The New Center for Ethical Leadership

Located in the new Upper School, the Center for Ethical Leadership will create opportunities for students to engage with and examine topics that shape their world.

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How One “Yes” Leads to Another

An interview with volunteers Melissa del Aguila ’01 and Dev Talvadkar ’01.

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