Giving

Overview

Let's Rise in 2025!

Your gift to the Annual Fund allows D-E to rise to any challenge and instill a passion for life-long learning throughout the D-E community! 

As we now prepare for the holidays and the promise of a new calendar year, it’s also a perfect time to look ahead. In this spirit, please consider a donation to the D-E Annual Fund 2024-'25. Your D-E Annual Fund gift allows us to rise to any challenge and instill a passion for life-long learning throughout the D-E community! 

CLICK HERE to give to the D-E Annual Fund 2024-2025 TODAY. 

WELCOME

With exceptional people, an inspiring place to learn, and a rigorous and innovative academic program, Dwight-Englewood is a leader in Pre-K-12 education in northern New Jersey and the greater New York City area.

We encourage all members of our community to join our culture of giving.  Your meaningful participation is a vote of confidence in D-E and proves that you choose to invest in our future.  Strong community involvement, financial support, and a clear mission and vision spell success for the students who are entrusted to us. 

And like any well-loved home, there are costs to maintain it. Gifts to the Annual Fund help bridge the gap between tuition fees and the actual costs of a D-E education. Please consider contributing to the D-E Annual Fund 2024-2025 this school year: click here! 

Thank you for your commitment to our mission and values, for believing in the D-E experience, and for being a part of our "community of learners"!

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  • D-E Annual Fund

    Like most independent schools, tuition alone does not cover the true cost of the D-E experience and so, philanthropy plays a critical role in the operation of the School.  Gifts to the D-E Annual Fund help to maintain a balanced budget, manage costs, and uphold the quality of education for which we are best known. To make a gift online, click here.

  • The Head of School Society

    We invite you to partner with us to keep Dwight-Englewood strong by joining the Head of School Society by making a leadership gift to the D-E Annual Fund.  Membership in the Head of School Society signifies an exceptional D-E Annual Fund financial investment of $2,500 or more. Click here for highlights from recent Head of School Society special events! 

    For questions about the Head of School Society, please contact giving@d-e.org.

    Members of the Head of School Society enjoy invitations to special programs and events hosted by the Head of School.  Leadership donors are also recognized in the Annual Report.
     
    Giving Levels:

    Philanthropist: $50,000+
    Benefactor: $25,000 to $49,999
    Leader: $20,000 to $24,999
    Fellow:  $15,000 to $19,999
    Patron:  $10,000 to $14,999
    Partner:  $5,000 to $9,999
    Councilor:  $2,500 to $4,999
     
    Young Alumni of the Head of School Society
    Ten youngest classes
    $250 - $2,499

  • Capital Giving, Endowment, and Special Projects

    Gifts for capital purposes are typically made with the future in mind. Donors may add to the permanent assets of Dwight-Englewood through addition to bricks and mortar or to the financial strength of the School through investment in endowment, the income of which will support D-E in perpetuity.  Typically these gifts are made during capital campaigns and are payable over five years, but they may also be made through bequests.  Donors with a particular interest in financial aid or faculty support may choose to establish an endowment that will benefit students or faculty long into the future. 

    To learn more about making a capital or endowment gift to Dwight-Englewood, please contact the Development office by email at giving@d-e.org.

  • Matching Gifts

    Many employers will match tax-deductible charitable contributions made by their employees, retirees, and employee spouses. Learn More

  • Gifts of Securities

    Gifts of long-term appreciated securities can provide the donor with a substantial income tax deduction for charitable donations as well as capital gains savings.

    For information about the tax benefits of donating securities to Dwight-Englewood, please contact the Development office at giving@d-e.org.

    Dwight-Englewood School has a brokerage account with Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. All stock donations are sent or transferred directly to Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. Stock will be sold upon receipt. The School follows IRS Publication 561 instructions to value the stock at its Fair Market Value, which is measured using an average of the highest and lowest quoted selling prices on the day the stock is received by the broker and transferred into the School’s account to determine the value of the gift. Generally, the stock is sold the same day, but sometimes it will take more than one day.
     
    Procedures for donating stock to D-E: 
    Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
    3000 Schwab Way, Westlake, TX 76262 
    Stock/ETFs Transfer Instructions:
    DTC #: 0164
    Custodian: Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.
    Account Name: Dwight-Englewood School
    Account Number: 2791-7907

    Please contact us by phone (201-227-3107) or email Lynn Ferrara at ferral@d-e.org that a stock transaction has been initiated by leaving your name and the name of the stock donated. You can also click here to view/download additional information (PDF). 

  • Honor and Memorial Gifts

    We sincerely appreciate and are happy to accept gifts in honor of or in memory of individuals. When you make your gift, please include the name and address of the individual you are honoring or the name and address of a family member for whom you are making a memorial gift. We will notify the individual or family member of your thoughtfulness.  All gifts made in honor of and in memory of individuals are listed in our Annual Report of Donors which is published in September each year. Please contact the Development office by email at giving@d-e.org. 

  • Planned Giving

    Planned gifts include annuities, trusts, bequests, property and endowed scholarship funds.  These gifts may provide the opportunity to minimize income and estate taxes, provide one or more beneficiaries with income for a period of time or a lifetime, reduce capital gains taxes, and more effectively distribute estate assets. For more information, click here.
  • Ami Vaidya ’91 Ami Vaidya ’91
    “I believe in a D-E education because of the school’s commitment to a diverse community in which our children’s curiosity is supported and allowed to grow. D-E teachers take the time to connect to each student and teach in ways that foster individualized learning. They truly believe in the potential of each student. In the D-E environment, I have faith that our children will flourish. I believe they will be empowered with a strong foundation that will serve them well to be lifelong students in an ever changing world. I know this because D-E prepared me.”
  • Nevien Swailmyeen ’16 Nevien Swailmyeen ’16
    “I believe in a D-E education because Dwight-Englewood has managed to employ an influential and diverse faculty that demands the best that their students can offer.  I’ve been inspired to think beyond the academic aspect of education and to always be a free and independent thinker. I was given a world class education under the instruction of some of the most amazing teachers, and for that I will always be thankful.”
  • Fred Daly P’20, English Chair Fred Daly P’20, English Chair
    “I believe in a D-E education because we’re at our best when we challenge our students to think and do for themselves, instead of stuffing their heads with conventional wisdom, whatever that is. My classes know that the answer to many of their questions is going to be “You decide.” Now, as a parent, I see my colleagues taking the same approach with my daughter, who is learning to solve problems both in and out of school with impressive resourcefulness and intellectual independence.”
  • Brittany Bell ’07 Brittany Bell ’07
    “I believe in a D-E education because it prepared me for college and the real world ahead. D-E provided me the opportunities to learn from amazing faculty, play an active role on two sports teams, and make lifelong friendships. In order to afford others those same opportunities, I believe it’s important, as an alum, to “come back and give back.” I enjoy participating in alumni activities and staying connected to the D-E community.”
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Located in Englewood, New Jersey, Dwight-Englewood is a greater New York City area private school with a rigorous college prep curriculum for boys and girls in preschool through grade 12.