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The Alcuin Fund is the school’s annual giving campaign. It is part of this year’s operating budget, and it reaches every student from 18 months through 12th grade.

It is called an annual fund because it supports every part of the school, every year. You are welcome to give at any time during the school year, through June 30. We gather the Alcuin Fund into October because we know how generously our families give their time and support all year long, and one focused month lets our whole community give together.

Tuition is the foundation of every Alcuin year, and it covers a great deal. But an Alcuin education is made of many small pieces, and tuition alone does not reach all of them. The Alcuin Fund helps close that gap every year, so the whole school is ready for every child. Tuition is your family’s investment in your child’s year. A gift to the Alcuin Fund is shared by every student, and unlike tuition, it is tax-deductible.

Alcuin is an independent school, which means we set our own course. Our mission, our program, and our direction are shaped here, by our Head of School and Board of Trustees, in service of our students and our community. Alcuin is accredited by ISAS, our Montessori classes are recognized by AMI, and we are an authorized IB World School for grades 6 through 12.

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Alcuin has no owners or shareholders. Every dollar the school receives stays in service of our students and our mission. Alcuin receives no federal, state, or local funding. That independence is a gift of its own: it lets us build the school our students need and plan boldly for its future. It also means Alcuin is sustained by the people who believe in it.

Gifts to the Alcuin Fund are unrestricted, which gives the school the flexibility to direct them to its most important priorities each year, through a budget that is planned in advance and approved by our Board of Trustees. That flexibility is what makes the Alcuin Fund so valuable: it can meet the needs that matter most for students in a given year.

If your family would like to support one specific area, such as scholarships or faculty professional development, visit our Lasting Gifts page, or the Philanthropy Office would be glad to talk with you about our other funds.

The endowment is a long-term fund. Gifts to it are invested rather than spent, so they keep growing and supporting the school year after year. Its earnings help sustain programs, and we are building it for the future, so that generations of Alcuin students to come will have the stability, the faculty, and the opportunities that make this school what it is.

The Alcuin Fund works in the present. It is put to work this school year, for the students here today. Together, they support Alcuin today and far into the future.

The Gratitude Drive, in late November and early December, gives our community an opportunity to thank all the faculty and staff, in and out of the classroom, who support each child. Every gift is brought together and shared among all of our faculty and staff, because behind every child’s guide or teacher are many more people who help that child learn and grow.

The Auction and Fund-A-Need, on Saturday, February 27, 2027, at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, is hosted by the Parents’ Club in partnership with the Advancement Office. The Fund-A-Need changes every year and supports one specific initiative. In 2026 it enhanced technology; past years have supported professional development for our faculty, STEM and robotics, and athletics.

The Alcuin Fund is different from both. It reaches every student and every corner of campus, all year long.

Everyone. Parents and grandparents, alumni and their families, faculty and staff, trustees, neighbors, and friends. The Alcuin community reaches well beyond the families here today, and every person in it has a chance to shape what happens here. Each gift, from anyone, reaches every student on campus.

Whatever feels meaningful to you. Every gift counts toward the goal and toward participation.

Yes to both. You can set up a monthly gift on our secure giving form, or make a pledge now and pay it any time before the school’s fiscal year ends on June 30.

Yes, and it is a wonderful way to honor someone important to you or to the Alcuin community: a guide or teacher who made a difference, a grandparent, a classmate, a friend. Note your tribute on the giving form, and we will let the person or their family know of your gift, without mentioning the amount.

Yes. Each October we publish our Impact Report, which thanks our donors and shows what their giving made possible. Each report looks back at one full school year, July 1 through June 30. In late October, look for the 2025–26 Impact Report, which covers gifts made from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Gifts you make this October count toward 2026–27 and go to work this year; you will see them in next fall’s report. If you would prefer to give anonymously, let us know on the giving form or contact the Philanthropy Office.

Yes. Alcuin School is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and gifts to the Alcuin Fund are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. You can give by credit card, check, or stock, or recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund.