Supporting Hargrave

Contact: Brian Kramer, Director of Development, 434-432-3185.

Development

Your gifts to Hargrave Military Academy directly benefit student instruction through scholarships, teaching, academic and or athletic support. Additionally, cash gifts can support technology and our facilities. Every gift to Hargrave counts, so please give as generously as you can.

Ways to Give

There are numerous ways to support Hargrave Military Academy. Alumni, parents and friends generally make gifts and pledge payments by check or credit card. However, you may be able to take advantage of tax savings from giving appreciated stocks, shares of mutual funds or real estate. Matching gifts from employers, gifts-in-kind and planned gifts are additional avenues of giving to Hargrave.

Donor Recognition

Hargrave Military Academy recognizes donor generosity through Giving Clubs. Giving Club levels have been established to recognize those who exhibit leadership through their contributions. Membership level is determined by total giving, which includes gifts from the donor, the donor’s spouse and any matching gifts from employers. Donors are recognized each year in the fall publication of the Guidon.

A Donor's Bill of Rights

Philanthropy is based on voluntary action for the common good. It is a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life. To assure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the not-for-profit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have these rights:

1) To be informed of the organization’s mission, of the way the organization
intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations
effectively for their intended purposes.

2) To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization’s
governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in
its stewardship responsibilities.

3) To have access to the organization’s most recent financial statements.

4) To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were
given.

5) To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.

6) To be assured that information about their donation is handled with
respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.

7) To expect that all relationships with individuals representing
organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.

9) To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers,
employees of the organization or hired solicitors.

10) To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists
that an organization may intend to share.

11) To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive
prompt, truthful and forthright answers.

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