Financials

2024/25 Report on Philanthropy

Giving Summary

NEW CASH & NEW COMMITMENTS
(JULY 1, 2024 – JUNE 30, 2025)

The Sidwell Friends Fund3870632
Endowment (Donor & Board Designated)885631
Campus Reunification8233893
Total12990156

Campaign Giving
(July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2025)

The Sidwell Friends Fund37481235
Endowment (Donor & Board Designated)35729370
Campus Reunification114122067
Total187332672

Donor Numbers

320

First-Time Donors

965

Second Century Donors

2135

Total Donors

Revenue & Expenses

Revenue

Hex code: #730029 Net Tuition74.6%
Hex code: #b97881 Auxiliary Programs7.3%
Hex code: #30535f Gifts5.4%
Hex code: #b2222e Endowment Draw4.1%
Hex code: #ebc422 Other8.6%

Expenses

Hex code: #df0025 Compensation & Benefits60%
Hex code: #213b48 Plant Costs22%
Hex code: #8a1538 Academic & Operating13%
Hex code: #ebc422 Debt Service5%

Note:

Tuition revenue is net of financial aid.
Financial aid is treated as contra revenue.
Other includes trips, alumni events, and Fox Den.
Plant Costs include depreciation.

Endowment Growth
$55M2015
750
$92M2025

A healthy endowment is crucial to the School’s long-term financial health. The funds support financial aid, faculty compensation and retention, and student programming and prevent us from relying solely on tuition income. Since the Together We Shine campaign began in 2015, we’ve prioritized the endowment. Additional investment and prudent management have grown the market value to nearly $92.4 million* — an increase of more than 68%. While this is great progress we must place these numbers in context. Our annual spend rate is limited to 4.5 percent. With an enrollment of 1,144 students, this translates to approximately $2,500 in available funding per student each year. This figure is undersized relative to many of our peers. 

To better support the School’s programs, and make the Sidwell experience more accessible, the School continues to make strengthening the endowment a priority.

A larger endowment allows Sidwell Friends to support current programming, reduce reliance on tuition as the primary source of revenue, and enhance the School’s ability to meet the opportunities of the future.”

Josh Miller P ’27, ’30 Clerk of the Board of Trustees’ Investment Committee
Sidwell Friends Fund
by the numbers
2070

Total Donors

52%

Donors who Increased Gifts

431

Leadership Donors

537

Donors For 10+ Consecutive Years

100%

Trustee Participation

60%

Sidwell Friends Fund Leadership Committee Volunteers