Ways to support gillispie

give to onegillispie

When we come together, every student benefits.

Your support through ONEGillispie, our fall annual giving campaign, makes a profound impact on every student. Your generous contributions bridge the gap between tuition and the true cost of providing an exceptional education. By investing in our school, you empower us to offer scholarships, enrich academic programs, and create vibrant learning environments that foster creativity, critical thinking, and a love of learning. Your support also funds innovative teaching methods, professional development for our educators, and essential maintenance of our school facilities. Every gift, no matter the size, helps ensure our students thrive in a safe and inspiring space.

Your gift allows our students to be READY!

Since the funds raised during this campaign support all of Gillispie School and benefit every student, we ask that all community members make a gift. We seek 100% participation.

MAKE A GIFT TODAY

MAKE A PLEDGE

attend our events

Each year we bring our community together to socialize, raise funds, and celebrate Gillispie.

Brews, Bites & Vines

This is our fall welcome back Friendraiser where we sample food and beverages from some of San Diego's favorites. This year it was held on Thursday, September 19 from 5:30-7:30PM on campus.

Annual Spring Gala

This is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and it's a party with a purpose! This year's theme is Miami Vice! Join us at the Catamaran on Saturday, March 8, 2025 for a night of celebrating Gillispie with drinks, dinner, music, live and silent auctions and dancing! Auction donation and sponsorship opportunities are available in addition to tickets.

volunteer

We love our Gillispie volunteers!

Opportunities include hot lunch, fundraising committees, community service projects, school events, new family buddies, room parents and more. None of these would be possible without YOU!

SUPPORT gillispie school endowment for teaching

One of the most exceptional aspects of Gillispie School is our teaching staff. These dedicated employees are the lifeblood of the Gillispie Experience, and Gillispie and its community invests heavily in recruiting, retaining, and enriching these extraordinary individuals through the Gillispie School Endowment for Excellence in Teaching.

In 2009, an anonymous donor family seeded the Endowment with a gift of $1.5 million and offered a challenge grant to match the gifts and pledges of our community for an additional $1.5 million. With great enthusiasm, our community met the challenge, and in 2011, the Endowment for Excellence in Teaching was established with a total of $4.5 million.

The Endowment’s purpose is to retain and secure the best teachers while creating a culture that makes excellence in teaching a top priority of the School. Eighty percent of the interest garnered from the corpus of the funds is used each year toward supplementing salaries or providing discretionary funds for outstanding work, while approximately 20% is designated for professional growth opportunities.

Your support of the Endowment provides:

Competitive salaries, stipends, and bonuses to attract top talent
Ongoing professional development programs like Responsive Classroom keeps teachers at the forefront of education
Recognition and rewards for outstanding faculty contributions

To date, the Gillispie School Endowment of Excellence in Teaching has paid out over $1.67 million to our faculty. We give immense thanks to Chris Freundt, Campaign Chair, and to our anonymous donor family who gave $3 million in challenge grants, and to the countless individuals and organizations that met that challenge.

To support the Gillipsie School Endowment of Excellence in Teaching, please reach out to Dana Irwin, Director of Development & Community Relations, at [email protected].