Capital and Endowment Gifts
Gifts to support capital projects and the endowment come in many ways: unrestricted, restricted, or named endowments which support an area of particular interest to a donor and by bequest.
Endowment Funds
Summit’s endowment funds, established in 1959, have grown to more than $17,400,000 and generate $800,000 annually for the operating budget. These funds enable Summit to respond quickly to needs and keep the school innovative.
Summit has the largest per student endowment of NCAIS (North Carolina Association of Independent Schools) schools. The Board’s policy is to spend 5% of a three year rolling average of the value of the endowment for operations.
Gifts to the general endowment fund are always welcome. If you are interested in establishing a permanent, named endowment, or for additional information, please email development@summitmail.org or call 336-724-5811.
- Summit School Endowment Fund – 1959
- Joe Parrish Jr. Sports Fund – 1985
- Clara Allen Scholarship Fund - 1990
- Louise Futrell Fund – 1990
- Lewis Fund For Faculty Excellence – 1990
- Lula Ditmore Sandlin Fund for Teaching Enrichment – 1990
- Aurelia Plumly Spaugh Fund – 1992
- Wilson Family Enrichment Fund – 1993
- Jessica Marsha Wolfman '94 Exchange Fund – 1994
- Kate Sandridge Sink '53 Fund – 1995
- Albert L. Butler, Jr. and Elizabeth Bahnson Butler Endowment of the Lewis Fund for Faculty Excellence – 1997
- Alumni Scholarship Fund – 1997
- Head’s Discretionary Fund – 1997
- Anne Hanes Willis '36 Endowment of the Lewis Fund for Faculty Excellence – 1997
- Elizabeth Fuller and Henry Lewis Valk Fund for Faculty Excellence – 1999
- Marian G. DeBell Fund – 2000
- The Perkinson Family Travel Fund – 2000
- Marian Millaway Douglas '69 Award for Faculty Excellence – 2001
- Mary Lee Nelson LaFar Moore Endowment for Faculty Support – 2001
- Sara Courtney Bradshaw '05 Fund – 2001
- Donna Shores Diversity Fund – 2002
- Carr Family Fund - 2006
- Summit School Opportunity Fund – 2006
- Thomas A. Gray '63 Endowment – 2008
- Albert L. Butler, Jr. and Elizabeth Bahnson Butler Fund - 2011
- Summit School Faculty Development/Diversity Education Fund – 2011
- Summit School Financial Aid Fund – 2011
- Triad Academy Financial Aid Endowment - 2012
- Katherine V. Rachel Moyer Class of '00 Endowment Fund – 2013
- Endowment for the Ebeling Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and Learning – 2014
- Sylvia Holt Cebeci '56 Memorial Fund – 2014
- Matthew Alan Gfeller Fund for Summit School - 2018
- George W. Chandler, Jr. Fund - 2021
- Daniel Tran Foskett Hudgins ’15 Endowment Fund for Triad Academy at Summit School - 2022
- John Pardue Diversity Scholarship Fund - 2023
- John Seymour Scholarship Fund - 2023
- Edmund B. and Loma C. Hopkins Fund for Summit School – 2024