Since its founding in 1955, Albuquerque Academy has grown from a small school in a church hall to one of the nation's preeminent independent day schools. As an independent school, the Academy operates without financial support from local, state, or federal government, relying on tuition and endowment income, and a strong Annual Fund to maintain operations.

Your gift to the Annual Fund benefits every facet of the school: the excellence and breadth of our academics, faculty salaries and professional development, financial aid, the visual and performing arts, athletics, technology, community outreach programs, and outstanding extracurricular activities.

Gifts to the endowment and gifts to the Annual Fund both relieve the Academy's reliance on tuition income. While spending from the endowment is limited to the portion that can be used in a given year (about 5%), the Annual Fund provides flexible, immediate funds, allowing the school to respond effectively to important needs that arise.

Why Give to the Annual Fund?

• Your gift enhances the quality of education our students receive, changing their lives and the lives of their families.



• The Annual Fund closes the gap between tuition and the real cost of educating an Academy student each year. Tuition covers less than 50% of the actual cost of each student's education. Every Academy student receives the gift of a yearly tuition subsidy, and all alumni have been the beneficiaries of this generosity.



• Every gift helps! Corporations and foundations often look at the number of donors in choosing the level at which they will support the Academy. Therefore, your gift, whatever the size, helps leverage additional gifts.



• Contributions are tax-deductible.

• Wherever the school needs it most: You may make an unrestricted gift to the Annual Fund, allowing the Academy to direct your gift to the area in which it will have the most immediate impact and provide broad-based support for the operating budget.

• Faculty: Gifts here enable Albuquerque Academy to recruit and retain the best teachers while ensuring competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

• Financial Aid: Donations support the cost of tuition for talented students who would otherwise not be able to attend the Academy.

• Arts: Your gift will support the performing and visual arts departments, the enhancement of arts facilities, equipment and resources, and help bring talented visiting artists to the Academy.

• Athletics: The Academy's athletic program provides important opportunities for our students' personal growth and achievement. Your gift helps pay for team uniforms, equipment, and other areas of need.

• Technology: Technology plays an increasingly vital role in the lives of our students. Contributions help support faculty and staff training, hardware and software upgrades, and the improvement and security of our network.