In the past 13 years, the Upper School's Math Team has finished 1st nine times and in second-place the other four times.

The Annual Fund

The Annual Fund is the single most important way that you can give to the school. For the last nineteen years, the Annual Fund made proud Carolina Day School moments possible for bright, talented boys and girls. Hundreds of loyal Carolina Day School alumni, parents, and friends contribute to the Annual Fund each year, helping meet the School's ongoing need for flexible, unrestricted income to support our academic mission. As unrestricted gifts, these contributions are used by Carolina Day School on a daily basis where the needs and opportunities are greatest.
Last year alone, our Annual Fund donors provided more than $420,000 in vital support that helped the School:
  • Attract and maintain an excellent faculty in each division
  • Provide our students with the most up-to-date technology
  • Continue its commitment to need-based financial aid to meet 100% of each student's demonstrated need.
  • Help maintain and improve the physical plant of our new, larger school
  • Purchase books and software as well as renew subscriptions to scholarly journals to keep our libraries up-to-date with the information our students need to support their educational experience
  • Strengthen our athletic and arts programs
  • Keep the buses rolling, the lights in the classroom glowing, and meet many other essential needs that make the Carolina Day School experience possible.

Why give?

A healthy Annual Fund helps offset the need for dramatic tuition increases in the future. Furthermore, Annual Fund gifts are fully tax deductible; tuition increases are not. Additionally, strong participation in the Annual Fund enhances the School's success in soliciting corporations and charitable foundations for funding. The level of Annual Fund support is a key indication of the Carolina Day School community's concern for the long-term future of the school and a strong factor in a foundation's decision whether or not to direct grants to us. The dreams we have for enhancing our school in the future begin with strong participation in the Annual Fund today. Carolina Day School recognizes Annual Fund contributions on the yearly annual report with the following gift clubs:

Founders Society ($10,000 and above)

Trustees Society ($5,000 to $9,999)

Head of School Society ($2,500 to $4,999)

Cardinal Club ($1,000 to $2,499)

Highlander Club ($500 to $999)

Wildcat Club ($100 to $499)

Red and Blue Club (up to $99)


To Contribute-

 Every gift to the Annual Fund makes a difference regardless of its size. During the Annual Fund drive, members of the Carolina Day School family are contacted in person, by mail, or by phone for an Annual Fund gift. All pledges are due by the end of the the fiscal year, June 30. If you would like to make a gift on a secure server now, click Annual Fund-Donate Now!

Gifts of Stock While most people make gifts of cash, Carolina Day School gratefully accepts gifts of securities. A gift of stocks or bonds is beneficial to you. You can receive a charitable deduction of the full fair-market value of the securities. Carolina Day School's account is with Wachovia Securities. To make a stock transfer, you simply have to contact Molly Whatley at Wachovia Securities (828) 255-4920 or (800) 929-0973. Our DTC number is 0141 and the Carolina Day School account number is 2130-0672.

Corporate Matching Gift Programs Carolina Day School has received matching gifts from the following companies within the last 5 years:

Abbott Laboratories Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation, Inc.
ArvinMeritor, Inc., Trust P.H. Glatfelter Co.
Bank of America PepsiCo Foundation
CCB Foundation Prudential Foundation
Cisco Technologies SPX Corporation Foundation
Continental Teves, Inc. Steelcase Foundation
The Crane Foundation Sun Trust Bank, Atlanta Foundation
Gap Foundation Towers Perrin
Goldman, Sachs & Co. TrailRidge Mountain Camp, Inc.
IBM Corporation Tyco
Illinois Tool Works Foundation UBS
Intel Foundation Unilever
Merrill Lynch United Parcel Service Foundation
Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. Wachovia Corporation
Mobil Foundation Inc Wachovia Foundation, Inc.
Mount Olive Pickle Company Foundation  
Mountain Marble & Granite  
 
If you work for a company that matches charitable gifts, the impact of your Annual Fund contribution can be doubled or, in some cases, tripled. Investigate whether or not your company offers this program, fill out your company's form, and return it with your contribution.


How can you make a difference?

All gifts to the Annual Fund are important and have an impact. For example:
A Gift of Will Provide
$10,000
Thirteen new computers for the LS and MS computer labs
$5,200
Lockers for the LS
$4,500
Carpet for the locker rooms in Nash
$3,000
LS art supplies
$1,600
Pool rental for swim team
$1,500
One printing of Bell Notes
$1,300
Blocks for four LS classrooms
$1,100
Amount of money to run all four divisions of CDS for an hour
$800
Kodak Carousel projector for the US
$500
Ballet instructor for LS PE classes
$150
An US concert choir dress
$65
KS teaching phonics guide
$18
Amount of money to run all four divisions of CDS for a minute

Simply put, as an Annual Fund donor, you help Carolina Day School continue to grow as an incomparable place of learning.