Canterbury School

Canterbury has partnered with GiveCampus to provide a seamless donor experience on Saints Giving Day, as well as track our real-time progress toward fundraising goals.  Click “Donate Now” at the top of this page to be brought directly to our Saints Giving Day campaign.

We are asking our entire community to make a gift to the Canterbury Annual Fund throughout our 24-hour Saints Giving Day.  Annual Fund gifts have the greatest impact on our students and faculty and provide school leadership with flexible resources to respond to our most urgent needs and opportunities. Specifically, Annual Fund gifts provide for faculty salaries and professional development, student financial aid, academics and extracurricular programs, classroom and teaching technologies, arts and athletics support, residential life enhancements, campus maintenance, and more.     

Canterbury's fiscal year began on July 1, 2020.  If you already made a gift this year, thank you!  However, it will not count toward our Saints Giving Day.  We hope you will consider making another participatory gift of any amount to be counted in our campaign totals and, most of all, play a part in our Saints Giving Day success. 

You don’t have to make a large gift to have a large impact. Every gift makes a difference!  Most of all, the value of your gift will be doubled on Saints Giving Day!  A group of Canterbury trustees will match every gift—dollar for dollar—up to $100,000. For example, a gift of $50 becomes $100!  

You can also make the most out of your gift by participating in social media and donor challenges and matches, and by sharing the news that you’ve supported Saints Giving Day on your own social media handles.  We’ve even created some fun, shareable graphics for you to download and post on your feeds! 

Matches and challenges are similar; the key difference is that challenges are milestone-based and matches are made on either a per dollar or per donor basis (e.g., I will match up to $500 on a dollar-for-dollar basis for the next $500 that is donated).

Challenges are all or nothing!  When you start a challenge you’re basically saying you will give if, and only if, a certain condition is met.  For example: “I will give $50 if 50 more donors give today.”

Matches are dollar for dollar or dollar for donor.  In essence, you are saying that you are willing to match for every dollar raised or for every additional donor up to a maximum gift amount. For example: “I will match up to $500 on a dollar-for-dollar basis for the next $500 that is donated from my classmates.” 

1. First, decide the amount you wish to give.

2. Then decide if you wish to match dollar per dollar or dollar per donor.

3. Consider optional criteria for your match, e.g., match a specific affiliation (alumni, parents, etc.) or a specific class year.

No, gifts of all sizes are gratefully accepted. And remember, all donors who contribute $75 or more will receive a Canterbury umbrella!

Recent graduates from the classes of 2010 through 2020 can receive socks with a gift of only $10!

No problem!  When making a donation, you can select to remain anonymous and not have your name displayed on the campaign page.

If you would rather not make your gift online, that's OK!  You can contact the Advancement team at 800-526-1710 or advancement@cbury.org at any time on April 20 and your gift will be counted in our Saints Giving Day totals.    

Absolutely! Your passion and excitement for the day can be contagious! Upload your own photo or video to our GiveCampus platform to share with our entire community that you supported Saints Giving Day.  Don’t forget to post on your personal social media handles and tag us!.  We created some fun, shareable graphics for you to download.  Learn more about the quick and easy steps you can take with our Saints Giving Day Advocate Toolkit.