Gifts in Action

Your gift can make great things happen.

You already know that we are dedicated to sending our students out into the world understanding the meaning of honorable behavior, embracing the importance of personal accountability, and possessing the confidence and knowledge to contribute meaningfully to their future communities. But you may not know exactly how we can use your gift to make that happen.

Your donations make our world better.

When you choose to make a gift to Sayre, you join with other alumni, parents, and friends in a collective effort to make the life of this institution even brighter. Donations strengthen the excellence of our students, faculty, facilities, and programs. Your support ensures the future of Sayre’s trademark rigorous academic and character-building environment and helps us nurture the next generation of leaders.

I've had the privilege of learning from some of the brightest minds and kindest hearts. Sayre is the perfect balance of academic excellence and a warm social environment. I've come to think of all of you as an extension of my family.

- Claire Thayer, ’21 Valedictorian Address, attending Columbia University

Your support helps further our mission.

How? When you make a gift to us, your valuable donation may go to any of the following areas:

  • Supporting an academic program focused on 21st century skills, including collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, clear communication, problem solving, and a global perspective
  • Providing experiential learning and community service opportunities
  • Recruiting and retaining talented faculty and staff who are passionate about education
  • Purchasing and maintaining first-class equipment, technology, and resources
  • Offering broad and practical college counseling programs, preparation, and guidance
  • Adding to our growing number of clubs, councils, honor societies, and athletic teams
  • Improving the campus to maintain Sayre’s singular experience in an urban area
  • Sustaining our community connection
  • Ensuring the continuation of the transformative power of education

Make your gift more meaningful.

  • A dedicated gift. You can make your contribution in honor or memory of someone special.
  • A directed gift. You can choose to put your donation toward a particular program or initiative that resonates with you.
  • An enduring gift. You can leave a powerful legacy by contributing to or creating an endowment fund to support your area of greatest interest in perpetuity. Read more about endowment gifts.

Make a gift, make a difference.

I decided that New York would be fine without me and that I could have a greater impact here, in the community that I care about. And so I came home to Kentucky. Here, I’ve been about to design libraries, senior centers, and public clinics and seen how welcoming and thoughtful buildings can strengthen communities and give people a vision of a new and better future. 

- Harding Dowell ’01 Baccalaureate Speech to the Class of 2019 Group 4 Architecture, Research and Planning, Architect