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Giving

Invest in the Future of a Child

At The Independent School, every gift helps strengthen the student experience and support the community that makes TIS special.

Here, students are known, valued, supported, and challenged to grow with confidence. Philanthropy helps make that possible by supporting the teachers, programs, opportunities, and spaces that allow students to learn, lead, create, compete, and belong.

Whether you give to the Panther Fund, support financial aid, sponsor an event, or make a gift in another way, your generosity helps TIS continue offering the kind of education families value: strong academics, meaningful relationships, broad opportunities, and a community where students are encouraged to become more fully themselves.

Your Gift Could Go Even Further

Many employers support the causes their employees care about through matching gifts, volunteer grants, paid volunteer time, and other corporate giving programs.

Search for your employer to see what benefits may be available to you, including:

  • Employee matching gifts
  • Volunteer grants
  • Paid volunteer time
  • Corporate giving programs
  • Retiree matching programs

If your employer offers a matching gift or corporate giving program and you need information from TIS to complete the request, contact marketing@theindependentschool.com.

The Panther Fund
Supports the people, programs, and everyday experiences that make TIS strong, including academics, arts, athletics, classroom resources, and faculty support.

Give to the Panther Fund

Financial Aid
Opens doors for mission-aligned families and helps more students experience the academic challenge, personal support, and sense of belonging that define TIS.

Give to Financial Aid

Ways to Give
Explore options for supporting TIS, including annual giving, financial aid, sponsorships, planned giving, matching gifts, and special opportunities.

Explore Ways to give

What Your Support Makes Possible

A woman and three children gather around to touch an octopus in the foreground, with an educational poster about octopuses visible in the background.
A young man in a green shirt speaks into a microphone while holding notes, with two blurred men standing behind him in an outdoor setting.
A woman in a red cardigan plays a stringed instrument for a group of children sitting on a red rug in a classroom.
A woman in a white t-shirt and a man in a mauve tank top work together to shape glowing red molten glass in a studio with a brick wall background.
A woman holding a microphone stands next to a man holding a large scholarship check from the Rudd Foundation against a backdrop of dark blue curtains.
Three boys use gaming controllers and computers in the foreground, with bookshelves filled with books in the background.
A soccer player in a blue uniform dribbles a ball while being pursued by an opponent in white on a green turf field.
Three young boys lean over and interact with a large digital touch-screen table in a modern classroom filled with other students and swivel chairs.
A young man and woman stack boxes of canned corn in the foreground, with a dark wall and another person visible in the background.
A smiling girl in a floral blouse sits at a table with dragonfly drawings in the foreground and colorful art projects in the background.
Three cheerleaders in blue and black uniforms perform a stunt against a plain white wall.
A young girl with braided hair gardens in the foreground while a woman and other people gather in the background.
Two young boys examine biological specimens on a table in a classroom setting.
A young woman with curly hair sits behind a drum kit in a brightly lit room.
Two young girls smile while holding up colorful geometric art projects at a table, with other children and adults blurred in the background of a classroom.
Two students hold colorful, handmade textile art in a classroom with a whiteboard and wall decorations.
A man in a suit speaks into a microphone in the foreground, while another man in a life jacket stands behind him against a blue wall.
A young girl in a purple shirt paints a colorful drawing in the foreground, while another child works at a table in the background.
A young man in a pink %22Cross Country State Champions%22 shirt is being interviewed by a man with headphones in a warehouse setting.

Every gift helps strengthen the experiences that make TIS special, from learning and leadership to creativity, community, and belonging.

That way the gallery can include a mix of classroom, arts, athletics, community, and student life photos without feeling mismatched.

Special Events

Every gift supports the foundation of our fundraising efforts, allowing the school to fulfill our mission to serve a diverse student population in a safe, supportive community, conducive to the intellectual, emotional and physical growth of each independent student. Every year the Annual Fund provides critical resources for the school’s most important priorities, including academics, financial aid, art, athletics and technology. 
100% of all contributions to the TIS Fund are tax-deductible.