Capital Campaigns
Capital campaigns come along every so often in the life of schools and are authorized and sanctioned
by Canterbury’s Board of Trustees. Because Canterbury is in its early years, the school continues to build the permanent campus and will be engaged in construction projects and comprehensive
campaigns to enhance school programs for many years to come. Click here to review the school’s Campus Master Plan.
The Campaign for Canterbury, Canterbury’s first campaign was completed in 1999. This campaign successfully funded the school’s start up costs, land acquisition, modular
facilities, learning resources, and the school’s first two permanent buildings: Ketner
Center and Armfield Hall. The Building On A Sure Foundation campaign, our second
campaign, raised in excess of $10 million for the school’s exquisite chapel, bell tower, lower
school classroom building, land acquisition, and increased the school’s endowment. This campaign
ended on June 30, 2003.
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ensuring
educational
execellence
Currently, the school is engaged in its third campaign effort, Ensuring Educational
Excellence. In general, this effort will provide $5 million for opportunities that will
enhance and ensure the school’s educational excellence. This campaign includes $2.8 million for
the construction of a fine arts building, with an additional $2.2 million to increase the
school’s endowment. Our campaign was launched in 2005 when the school received an
anonymous $1.5 million challenge gift designated towards the fine arts project. To meet the
terms of this challenge, Canterbury is committed to raising $1,500,000 prior to December 31,
2006. This makes meeting the challenge a top priority. When the
match is met, the school will receive $1,500,000, of which $1,000,000 will be set aside to provide an
endowment for the fine arts building.
Summary of the goals of the Ensuring Educational Excellence Campaign:
$2.8 million: To create a permanent arts space for our students and faculty, providing expanded and enriched
opportunities for our community to experience the wonderful world of the arts.
$2.2 million: To grow our endowment to nearly $5 million. Endowment is the hallmark of all outstanding
institutions and secures permanently the school’s capacity to fund an educationally excellent
program. Canterbury is committed to raising endowment funds for faculty and program
development, as well as increased funding for student financial assistance. See our Ensuring
Educational Excellence campaign brochure, Naming opportunities, and the latest Campaign Newsletter. Please call Kathleen Smith in the Advancement Office with questions.
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