2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT
OUR MISSION Chatham Day School celebrates and values each child as a unique learner with extraordinary potential. We offer an academically ambitious program that promotes intellectual achievement and emotional growth in a diverse and nurturing environment.
2018-2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Amy Kelley - Chair | John P. Doucette - Immediate Past Chair | James Covello - Vice Chair Alfred Bentley, III - Vice Chair | Elisa Esposito - Treasurer | Susan Harris - Secretary Jayesh Gopalji, Ellen Guenther, Chris Johnson, Teri Kennedy, Richard Marshall, Daniel Mon, Ilona Morvay, Frank Rosato, George Sohos
HEAD OF SCHOOL David Buffum
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Mary Elizabeth Backof, David Bradford, Samuel A. McKeown (deceased), Lynne Rathgeber, Sonja Rickert, Chiming Tse, Dean Vanech
WAYS OF GIVING There are several ways to make a gift to Chatham Day School. Gifts are primarily directed to one of the following areas: The Green & White Annual Fund, Capital Projects, CDS Scholars Fund and/or the Faculty Fund.
GIFTS BY CREDIT CARD
PLEDGES
Giving online is simple, fast, and secure. To make a one-time gift or set up a recurring gift, call 973.410.0400 ext. 16 or visit www.chathamdayschool.org/donatenow.
One gift option is to pledge your support now and fulfill it at a later date, prior to June 30, the end of our fiscal year. A reminder notice wiil be sent from the Office of Advancement. Your pledge allows for CDS to plan for the school year with the knowledge that we can count on your support.
A recurring gift is a series of installments on a credit card that enables you to make a larger impact over time. It is easy to set up your recurring gift monthly or quarterly to maximize your year-end giving. You can also arrange a charge annually to ensure you do not overlook supporting Chatham Day School’s Green & White Annual Fund.
GIFTS OF CASH Please make checks payable to Chatham Day School, Office of Advancement, 700 Shunpike Road, Chatham, NJ 07928.
GIFTS OF SECURITIES Gifts of appreciated securities provide an opportunity to benefit Chatham Day School with potential tax advantages for you. Please call the Advancement Office at 973.410.0400 ext. 16 for more information or to let us know of your gift intention so we can inform our Business Office. Your call will ensure that your gift is transferred and credited properly.
MATCHING GIFTS
Matching gifts provide an easy way to double or even triple your gift to Chatham Day School. Matching gifts count toward your annual giving level. Please check with your employer to see if they participate in a Matching Gift Program. The 2018-2019 Annual Report reflects gifts made to Chatham Day School between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019. We have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this report. If we have made an error or omission, please accept our apologies and call us at 973.410.0400 ext. 16 so we may amend our records.
2018-2019 THE GREEN & WHITE ANNUAL FUND GIVING REPORT We are grateful to those who philanthropically supported The Green & White Annual Fund. We ask that all members of our community participate in a way that is meaningful to them. Every gift of every size has an impact on the educational experience of CDS students.
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Leadership gifts are the foundation of Chatham Day School’s Green & White Annual Fund, and are critical for sustained growth of the Fund. Leadership gifts begin at $1,000.
GREEN & WHITE CIRCLE - $10,000-$24,999 Rickert Family Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey♦
HAWKS' CIRCLE $5,000-$9,999 John and Kellie Doucette♦● The Jimenez Family♦ Dory and Robert Lobel♦
Gregory Maroukian♦ James Wu and Beng-Li Oh♦
FOUNDERS' CIRCLE $1,998-$4,999 Alfred and Kate Bentley♦ Alex and Elena Bergelson Brian and Heather Carosielli♦ The Esposito Family♦● Jayesh and Foram Gopalji♦● The Guenther Family♦ Christopher Johnson and Amy Gustafson♦
Amy and Sean Kelley♦● Roseanne Lonuzzi* The Meeker Family● The Montgomery Family♦ Chris and Meghan Mutter The Odendahl Family♦ George Sohos and Konstantina Vekiari♦
BENEFACTORS $1,000-$1,997 Karen Alegria and Rennie Sosa David Buffum and Susan Greenspan Jim and Teri Covello♦● James Downey and Terrie Curran♦ Kenan and Jennifer Erdogan Joe and Camille Gentile Philip and Miriam Greenspan* The Gulati Family Geoffrey E. and Susan T. Harris♦
Paul and Kristin Herendeen♦● Michael and Teri Kennedy♦ Kevin and Gyll Kerekes♦ Michael Li and Jenny Xun Yaron and Caroline Moshel♦ The Parikh Family♦● Joseph Redling Brady H. and Jennifer L. Richter♦
Jean and Eric Rosenberg* Thomas and Marija Sebastian♦● David and Randi Silverstein Matthew and Christine Sun Jeff and Teresa Temple♦ Tonzola Family Fund of the Community Foundation of NJ♦ Henry and Jia-Huey Yu*
♦3+years of giving | ● Alumni/Alumni Family | * Grandparent
PATRONS $500-$999 Susan Lark♦● Lining Li and Ying Wu♦ Nancy Mitchell♦ Joseph J. Oliver* Ed Pagano and Viktoriya Guzel
Patricia Alvarez and Manuel Molina Sandra and Paul Bilynsky♦● Peter and Marilou Buffum* Anne DeSilva John and Allison Garde♦● Haibei Jiang and Lei Ruan Richard and Melissa Kasmin
John and Maria Perry Poppy and Richard Segal* Shubhranshu Sharma and Smriti Ojha Craig Silliman and Katherine Ransom-Silliman♦ Sean and Lauren Walsh♦
ASSOCIATES $250-$499 Mazen and Besma Bedri Brad and Elisabeth Bennis David N. and Kathryn Bradford♦ Kooheli Chatterji and Christian Loeffler♦ David Chang and Shaoli Lu
The DeSmet Family Robert and Joanne Duff♦● Daniel Dybus♦ Samantha Good Alexander S. and Jeanine M. Kozich♦
Brent and Mary Lewis Joan McKeown♦ The Mon Family♦ Frank and Joette Rosato♦ Kevin and Cynthia Thompson*
SUPPORTERS $100-$249 The Almond Family♦ Marshall and Heather Babington♦ Jeanne and James Barrett, II♦ Daniel Baulig and Madeline Paske Baulig♦● Nikolai Bjorkedal and Jessica Bongiorno♦ Theodore and Marybeth Bogdanski♦ Christine Braun Tom and Suzie Butch Caroline Charlet and Andrea Allegra Panying Chen and Melody Zhu Benny Chu and Jennifer Leung-Chu♦ Sebastien and Claudia Coisne♦● Jim and Kristen Cullen John and Chris Cusano Timothy and Christina Dickson Donald and Katie Downey Jean Anderson and Jennifer Eloy Artur and Claudia Fortes
Karen Franchini♦ Jennifer Gronning Rabbi Jon and Jean Haddon* Ted and Dierdre Hatfield Steve and Andrea Heft* Eugene and Liz Huang♦ AnneMarie Jarka-Hajjar Jerry Joseph Laith and Amelia Kalamchi Kellen and Mat Kent♦ Brian Lariviere and Elizabeth Minton♦ The Laureano Family David and Aril Lowry Linda Manzione Timothy and Marissa Marcantonio The Marone Family Richard and Susan Marshall♦ Jose Masache and Hilda Mera♦
Lisa Mino Javier Mordillo and Angela Raffo Ilona Morvay♦ Andrew Murad♦● Peter and Elena Nicoletti Stephen Olefson and Abby Wellington Jeffrey and Cynthia Orr Sarah E. Quinn-Clausen♦ Christopher and Nelmarie Rennison Dana Sargenti Ramnik and Amardeep Singh Donna Swett Anne Taggart Andrew Wagshul Jeffrey and Nancy Weed♦ Marie West♦ Huixin Zhang and Fanhuan Zhou
FRIENDS UP TO $99 Heather Albrecht♦ Abby and Galo Alvez♦ Lindsay Atchison♦ David Barrish and Stacie Ferrentino Lexi Bocian-Reperowitz Frank and Anita Bruno* Katharine Clark♦ Beth Cleary● Jay and Angelica DeWaltoff Sheryl Eccles♦ Robin Fresco♦ Yveslaine Gadzi♦ Joanie Gines Eben and Keara Gordon♦ Mark and Crystal Jablonski♦
The Kaplan Family♦ Robert Lazorchak Liz Leonard Steven and Christina Lesnewich♦ Janet Loengard* Kalyna Macko♦ Cathleen McCoy Catherine McCutcheon♦ Mary McLean Dana Mermelstein Ayelet Miller Samuel Mino Kathryn Moebius♦ Elizabeth T. Montgomery♦
Jose Ernesto and Karen Michelle Moreno-Gutierrez John and Cheri Morris* Sean and Christynn Morris♦ Raymond and Doreen Nolan● Kelly Oakes♦ Abisola and Ayodele Oshuntolu Mary Plaza Maria Pormilli♦ Stephen and Heather Schlitt♦ Kemi Somorin● Susan Stein Sara and Justin Sultanik Kathy Viggiano
♦3+years of giving | ● Alumni/Alumni Family | * Grandparent
FOUNDATIONS AND CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS Thank you to the following generous foundations for their grant support and to the parents and friends who participated with company’s matching gift program. CDS appreciates the efforts of these contributors who secured this additional funding for the school. AmazonSmile Foundation Charles Schwab Deutsche Bank Franklin Templeton Investments
Goldman Sachs Pfizer Prudential Foundation
GIFTS IN KIND Wine Traders Club of Chatham Hunterdon Brewing Company Industrial Arts Brewing Co.
2018–2019 STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS JULY 1, 2018–JUNE 30, 2019
REVENUES Tuition & Fees
2018–2019 $4,609,139
Gala & Events
$121,123
Annual Fund
$121,796
Other Revenues
$398,924
Sub Total
$5,250,982
Restricted
$347,571
Total Revenue
$5,598,553
EXPENDITURES* Plant Operations & Maintenance
2018–2019 $283,948
Instructional Support
$1,982,444
General & Administrative
$1,143,908
Financial Aid Sub Total Other Expenditures Total
$600,550 $4,010,849 $ 962,195 $4,973,045
* Capital expenses and principal payments are not included in a profit and loss statement.
CHEERS! CHATHAM DAY SCHOOL’S 21ST ANNUAL GALA On Saturday, March 2, 2019, the Chatham Day School community celebrated at our annual Gala fundraiser. This year’s Gala netted over $75,000 to support CDS and an additional $63,000 to establish a Faculty Fund, which is used to support teachers above and beyond the existing professional development budget. The Cheers Gala achieved great success thanks to our community’s generosity and commitment. To every Gala committee volunteer, donor, guest, and bidder, we thank you for your support. Special thanks to our Gala Chair, Christa Laureano, for making the evening so wonderful.
GALA SPONSORS Thank you to our Cheers Gala corporate and family sponsors for their generous support.
GOLD
PLATINUM
Weiss-Aug
Investors Bank
EMERALD
The Bedri Family PeggNet Saber Nova Services Group The Tonzola Family TPS Financial
SILVER
Flik Hospitality Group Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
SPECIAL FRIENDS AC Daughtry Pediatric Therapeutics Sobel & Co. LLC Weiner Law Group
Chatham Day School is accredited by the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Chatham Day School is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools. Chatham Day School is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to sex, race, color, religion, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or marital status
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