2026 - 2027
GIVING + GETTING INVOLVED AT PARISH
Parish Fund Purpose
Parish Fund is the School’s largest and most important annual fundraising effort, advancing the mission of the School and creating unique opportunities for our students. Parish Fund Giving Levels: Leadership Circle Legacy Circle $50,000+ Blair Circle $25,000 - $49,999 Snyder Circle $15,000 - $24,999 Sustainer $10,000 - $14,999 Leadership $5,000 - $9,999 Panther $3,000 - $4,999
Parents’ Association Fundraising Events
Corporate Sponsorship Program
Ed Snyder Memorial Golf Tournamen
Hosted by Parents’ Association (PA), Parish Bingo Night is an evening of fundraising and fellowship to celebrate the Parish community. The PA is excited to announce this year’s 50/50 Raffle where one lucky winner will receive half of the total money raised, while Parish gets the other half! Ticket sales launch in August and the winner will be announced at Parish Bingo Night.
A mutually beneficial program, providing businesses an opportunity to spread their messages while supporting programs at Parish. Market your business to the Parish community through on-campus banners, print and digital advertising, and more. Benefit from exposure to not only Parish families, but campus visitors and the broader Dallas community as well.
This annual golf event is a beloved Parish tradition and raises money for the Gloria H. Snyder Financial Aid Endowed Fund which supports the School’s tuition assistance program.
Friend Gifts up to $2,999
How it Supports Parish
Parish Fund makes up 4% of the School’s overall operating budget. Your unrestricted gifts provide direct funding for educational initiatives that tuition alone does not cover. Every gift directly benefits every student, every day at Parish.
Money raised at Parish Bingo Night, and the events leading up to it, goes toward the School’s operating budget or endowment.
Funds raised directly support Parish students and teachers by helping to provide the quality events, activities and classroom supplies needed for an exceptional education. There are also event underwriting opportunities to support Parish Bingo Night and Ed Snyder Memorial Golf Tournament.
Hosted by the Parish Athletic Booster Club, this fundraising event benefits th tuition assistance program a Parish. Parish’s second Hea of School, Gloria Snyder, and her husband Ed were passionate about making the Parish educational experience accessible to everyone, and tuition assistance helps make this possible.
Time Frame
Year round; parent campaign, most active in the fall; Pledges payable by May 31
Parish with Love online auction will take place in January; 10th Anniversary Parish Bingo Night will be held in Gene E. Phillips Activity Center (GPAC) on February 6, 2027
To maximize business exposure for the entire school year, we encourage you to confirm placement in summer and fall; however, sponsorships are accepted anytime throughout the year.
Monday, October 5, 2026 at Cowboys Golf Club in Grapevine, TX
Designation
Programs and resources within the operating budget
Programs and resources within Programs and resources within the operating budget or the the operating budget, Parish School’s endowment Bingo Night, Ed Snyder Memorial Golf Tournament
Parish Athletic Booster Club and Gloria H. Snyder Financial Aid Endowed Fund
Solicitation
Direct mail, email, text, contact from amazing parent volunteers
Panther Nation Block Party, email, in-person
Email, direct mail
Panther Nation Block Party email
URL
parish.org/give
parish.org/bingo
parish.org/sponsors
parish.org/golfclassic
Blair-Snyder Society (Planned Giving)
Capital or Major Gift Campaign
An endowment fund can be compared to a long-term investment plan. It is a permanent fund in which the principal is invested and the earnings are spent. Endowment gifts ensure a bright future for Parish Episcopal School and its students.
The Blair-Snyder Society is a planned giving program named after Parish’s first two headmasters, Mary Loving Blair and Gloria H. Snyder, who both ensured that their legacy of love for students would continue in perpetuity. Planned giving is a donor’s intention to contribute a major gift beyond their lifetime; gifts such as these greatly benefit the School longterm.
A capital, major gift or comprehensive campaign is a targeted, large-scale fundraising effort that takes place over a defined period of time, and is conducted by the School in order to bring in a large injection of financial investment to support the physical space, programs, endowment or other areas of the School.
Funds raised through membership drives and other activities are ultimately gifted back to the School to purchase items that are above and beyond the operating budget for Athletics, Parish Arts and Parish STEM programs. Examples include new microscopes, robotics sets, digital cameras, costume storage, weight room equipment, championship rings and more.
Yearly earnings from the general endowment are primarily used to supplement the School’s operating budget. In some cases, the earnings are used toward restricted purposes as designated by some donors.
Join the Blair-Snyder Society by naming Parish Episcopal School in your estate plans. Gifts can include bequests, charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, life insurance policies and select gifts of real estate. There is no minimum gift and gifts may be designated to a specific purpose, department or program, or to the general endowment.
Parish’s most recent capital campaign, Limitless, was completed in 2019 and funded the construction of Gene E. Phillips Activity Center and Noble Family Performing Arts Center. Other major gift campaigns by the School have helped establish the Midway Campus and support the Parish Endowment.
Year-round; membership drive kicks-off in August
Year-round
Year-round
As needed
Book Fair
Booster Clubs
Endowment
The main goal of each Parish book fair is similar to the main goal of the library - to provide access to materials that will enrich our students’ lives. The Hillcrest campus hosts a book fair around the winter holidays each year, and the Midway campus hosts a book fair near the end of the school year to encourage reading throughout the summer.
The Parish Athletic Booster Club (PABC), The Arts People (TAP) and sySTEMs (supporting your STEM students) are parent-led clubs focused on fundraising and fellowship. Their mission is to support Parish Panthers and their passions!
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Whether students are reading for knowledge or he fun, they are expanding at their minds through books. ad The book fairs supplement the libraries’ mission to provide materials to meet the educational and independent reading needs of students.
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Part of the proceeds from Program needs outside the book fairs goes back into School’s operating budget the School’s book budget. Funds are used to purchase books and provide eBooks and audiobooks for students to access and enjoy outside the library.
Parish Endowment
Parish Endowment, or the program or department of your choice
As determined by the School’s Board of Trustees
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Social media, emails, signage, take-home handouts
Panther Nation Block Party, email, text
Direct outreach to an individual or family
Direct outreach to an individual or family
Direct outreach to an individual or family during campaign
parish.org/parish-life
parish.org/support/endowment parishepiscopal.planmylegacy.org
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Explore the many ways you can get involved and volunteer at Parish Parents’ Association & Parish Dads’ Club
FALL
WINTER/ SPRING
YEAR ROUND
• Panther Nation Block Party • Parish Homecoming • Spooky Saturday • Dads’ Club Creek Clean Up • Admission Previews
Booster Clubs • Panther Nation Block Party • Ed Snyder Memorial Golf Tournament • STEM @ Spooky Saturday • Parish Arts Steamroller Smackdown
Parish Fund A volunteer role that is fun and makes a huge impact on the School. Share with your classmates why you give to Parish Fund and why it is important.
• Parish Bingo Night & Gala • Silent Night Basketball Game • Grandparents‘ & Special • Spring Fling Tailgate Friends’ Visiting Days • Welcome New Families • Faculty & Staff Appreciation • Dads’ Club Networking Social • Cafeteria • Library • Art Room • Holiday events • PAWS Store and more!
• TAP Flower Sales • STEMSquad Events • Spirit Button Making • Ticket-taking at Athletics events • Parish Concessions
We greatly appreciate our parent volunteers and the parent-led groups who play an important role in fellowship and community building at Parish.
How to volunteer: Complete your Student Safety & Protection - Parish Fund Chairs Marija & Will Hoppe s’ Association President Sarah Peterson - Parent gela Ross , Lauralee Gunby & An Stephanie Greenberg - Bingo Night Chairs b President Jon Bunner - Dads’ Clu ent letic Booster Club Presid Deborah Bigham- Ath ‘19 ule So n Be ius Pickenpack & Richard Hartman, Jul - Golf Tournament Chairs sident Melody Shobe - TAP Pre s President Kiren Gill-Fuchs - sySTEM
Policies form (SSPP) at the beginning of each school year to ensure your eligibility to volunteer at Parish and to access the Parish SignUpGenius. Scan the QR code to fill out a volunteer interest form! For more information, please contact: Carrie Burton, Director of Development cburton@parish.org Kristen Twomey, Assistant Director of Development ktwomey@parish.org