The Waldorf School of Santa Barbara is a nonprofit institution; every contribution to the Annual Giving Campaign is tax-deductible. Our Annual Giving Campaign runs on the school calendar year: July 1st through June 30th.

A strong annual giving program and healthy level of operating reserves demonstrate that our school is financially stable and a responsible steward of donor funds.

Your support through annual giving provides:

• Essential operating funds for day-to-day needs

• Growth of reserves for long-term stability

• Flexibility to invest in new opportunities

• Resilience in times of economic uncertainty

Together, these contributions help ensure that our school can thrive today and plan wisely for tomorrow.

Your donation helps our school maintain financial health and achieve its mission of providing a Waldorf education that honors the head, heart, hands—the whole of the child.

Funds are utilized in the following ways:

• Maintaining healthy classrooms + sustainable class sizes by making a Waldorf education accessible to a broad range of families through tuition assistance.

• Supplementing income from tuition and fees, and directly supporting tuition assistance for families and tuition remission for children of eligible teachers and staff.

Generating a surplus and allowing the school to build up reserve funds that can be allocated to strategic investments in new programs, facility upgrades, or operational efficiencies.