The Visitation Annual Fund is the school’s annual giving program. It augments the school’s operating budget, and the school could not operate without it because of the vital support it provides across all areas of school life. Your contribution to the Visitation Annual Fund ensures that our shared values and way of life endures.

The Visitation Annual Fund gifts have a direct impact on students by providing Visitation the flexibility to finance educational priorities. This broad-based support from all members of our community (parents, alumnae, past parents, friends, and grandparents) helps provide a broad, innovative, and enriching education both in and outside the classroom. Generous donations also help Visitation supplement salaries in order for us to attract and retain outstanding teachers, provide over $2 million in financial aid to qualified applicants each year, and help minimize tuition increases.

Full tuition covers only a portion of the actual cost of educating a Visitation student. The Visitation Fund helps cover the remaining gap, over $3,000 per student. Also, Fund gifts are 100% tax deductible. Your gifts help us continue shaping lives and building bright futures.

Gifts of all sizes are important to the success of the Visitation Fund. We ask everyone to support the Fund in a way that is meaningful to them. We hope that you will join our tradition of giving at whatever level is best for you. Every gift, no matter the amount, makes a difference.

If you and your family have the capacity to make a significant gift to the school, we hope you will consider supporting us at a leadership level of $1,500 or more.

Visitation is a top school for educating young women thanks to the support of our wonderful donors. The Visitation Fund strives to provide the school with the budget it needs to continue its tradition of excellence, and every parent, alumna, past parent, and grandparent can help us achieve that goal. In addition to our outstanding faculty, staff, and administration, our donors make Visitation a better school for every girl who passes through the Green Gate.

Last year, 33 percent of Visitation alumnae participated in the Visitation Fund and nearly an additional 30% percent of the gifts received were from parents of alumnae.

While the Visitation Annual Fund and the Capital Campaign both need your support, they fund distinct but equally important priorities that enable Visitation to fulfill its mission. When considering a gift to the Campaign, we respectfully ask that you maintain your gift to the Visitation Fund first because it is integral to our current operations. The Capital Campaign is a multi-year effort to support endowment, and programmatic and facility improvements that will prepare us for the future.

Many companies have matching gift programs for their employees. Some even match the gifts of spouses and retirees as well. Please contact your company representative to see if Visitation qualifies for a matching gift. If your employer has a matching gift program, please obtain a matching gift form from them and send it to Visitation (1524 Thirty-fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20007), along with your own contribution. The Advancement Office will complete the form and return it to your employer. For questions, please contact our Database Manager Erin Granfield '95 at 202.787.5681 or erin.granfield@visi.org

You can make a gift online right now through our Make a Gift page. You can also visit our Ways to Give page to learn more about your options for donating.

Please contact the Development Office at 202.787.5676.