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Annual Fund

The Annual Fund campaign is the primary way Greenfield School raises
money to fortify our academic, fine arts, and athletic programs.

Gifts to the Annual Fund enable us to enrich and enhance our student’s educational
experience through investments in technology, innovative curriculum, and physical
assets, as well as professional development for our exceptional faculty. Our students
and families experience the Greenfield mission through the hard work and talents of
our faculty and staff each day. Your tax-deductible gift to Greenfield’s Annual Fund
bridges the gap between tuition and actual operating costs to sustain Greenfield’s
mission each year as a high achieving college preparatory school. Annual Fund gifts
contribute to the school’s operating budget. They are unrestricted, which means they
can be used in whatever way the school needs most.

These gifts allow the school to respond quickly to needs, such as those added costs and
expenses surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic this past year and have an immediate
and noticeable impact on Greenfield’s day-to-day life. Because of the success of our
Annual Fund last year, Greenfield was able to implement, establish and enhance
our campus to prepare Greenfield to safely reopen for the 2020-2021 school year.
The Board and Administration had not planned on these added expenses, nor for a
pandemic, but was able to utilize Annual Fund monies from last year to help offset the
new expenses created by COVID-19.

Each year we ask every member of the Greenfield community, including faculty, staff,
board members, current parents, grandparents, and alumni to support our mission to
the best of their ability with a tax-deductible gift to the Annual Fund. Participation
is critical to the success of Annual Fund. Our goal this year is 100% participation
from each family, board members, and our faculty/staff. A high percentage of giving
reflects a strong and dedicated school community, and foundations and corporations
look for high participation rates when evaluating requests for grants and donations.
Collectively, from all constituents, is a monetary goal of $75,000.

Let’s make this the year “WE’RE ALL IN” and meet our goals to make annual giving
our number one priority.

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