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Your support of The Williams School is support of each student we serve, and we thank you for placing them among your top priorities. 

Dreams to Reality - The Real Purpose of Capital Funds

While our annual funds are used as you might manage your household budget, we invest our capital funds as you would invest in "the big stuff" - college plans for your children, braces, special family vacations and events, and similar responsibilities.

Recently, three extraordinary opportunities have come our way, allowing us to convert our dreams to reality.

The first, an opportunity to double our teaching space, occurred when our Board of Trustees accepted an offer to acquire the Episcopal Church Home across the street from Old Main. Our program expansion had left us not an inch to spare, and we are delighted that through our Capital Campaign Building Fund we have added to our campus The Gabrielle Parker Hubbard Humanities Center, renovated it along with Old Main, and installed a redesigned playground and multi-purpose assembly space.  At last  (and alas, probably only temporarily) our teaching space matches our expanded programs.

Our second opportunity had been a dream for many years. Our outstanding teachers make a personal sacrifice in order to teach at our school, accepting compensation below the level at peer institutions. Our teachers give their best to help our students become their best. Giving their expertise, their education, their talent, and a good portion of their personal free time to ensure that each student is seen, heard, nurtured, and uniquely discovered, we must take steps to bridge the compensation gap and empower our teachers, who empower our students, to thrive in our school.  The Baldwin Fund for Faculty, named in honor of former Head of School Bart Baldwin, and the educational legacy he treasured, creates endowment income to enable The Williams School to attract, value, and retain the best and brightest talents and teachers.

Most recently, our Board of Trustees has established a new fund, The Heritage Fund, to preserve the unique school home setting which is one of the hallmarks that sets our school apart and defines who we are and who we shall remain. Our students receive extraordinary opportunities for learning, which must be supported by financial resources. Our campus is truly unique and requires annual investment to safeguard its historic importance. The Heritage Fund was established by the Board of Trustees to acknowledge and honor in perpetuity Mrs. Hubbard’s visionary gift for student programs and campus maintenance and expansion, which currently includes the Gay Parker Hubbard Humanities Center.  This unrestricted asset fund will continue the legacy of excellence, integrity, and responsibility that is our tradition, that defines our present action, that will shape our future, and that is the essence of our school motto since our founding in 1927, Honor before Honors.

Ways to Participate - Giving Circles

BUILDING FUND

LEADERSHIP CIRCLES                   OTHER GIVING CIRCLES

BALDWIN FUND FOR FACULTY

LEADERSHIP CIRCLES                  OTHER GIVING CIRCLES

HERITAGE FUND

LEADERSHIP CIRCLES            OTHER GIVING CIRCLES

Matching Funds

While a Williams School education remains unmatched, many community-oriented corporations offer matching gift programs which allow your gift to The Williams School to double. Please ask your firm or employer in order to maximize your donation. We will be happy to complete forms and handle correspondence if you will notify us of an opportunity for a match. Please contact Meredith Lauter at mlauter@thewilliamsschool.org or check the "My gift will be matched by my employer" button at the end of the list linked to the DONATE NOW button. Thank you!

Gifts of Securities

Se-cu-ri-ty n, 1. a feeling secure; freedom from fear, doubt. 2. protection; sfeguard. 3. something given as a pledge of repayment. 4. bonds, stocks. 5. a very much appreciated asset at The Williams School.

At The Williams School, we define security as the warm, nurturing feeling that comes from belonging to a caring school family where you always feel welcome and everyone knows your name.

Our students are talented, bright, creative individuals who feel secure in academic excellence, developing their unique talents, and living an honorable life. You can help maintain this legacy at The Williams School. There are many ways to give, and if securities are convenient for you, they may be used for a contribution of any size or for any purpose.

Giving stock through electronic transfer is the simplest method if you maintain your holdings in a brokered account. We welcome an association with all registered brokers and urge you to have your broker contact Meredith Lauter at mlauter@thewilliamsschool.org or 757.627.1383 ext. 213 so that we can make arrangements to receive the stock and properly process your gift.

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Ways To Give

By e-mail to the Office of Development , mlauter@thewilliamsschool.org
By mail to The Williams School, 419 Colonial Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23507
By telephone to the Office of Development, 757-687-0785
By securities transfer to the Office of Development, 757-687-0785. We will provide you with a letter of authorization for your broker and all necessary information.