Giving
Welcome
Dear Hamden Hall Community:
As members of our storied school community, you are part of a legacy. That’s right - a legacy of educational excellence and opportunity that has endured for more than a century and has helped establish Hamden Hall as a leader among the nation’s independent schools.
We tout our legacy loud and clear because we’re proud of the long-lasting impact our overall program has had on the thousands of alumni, past families, and former faculty members who have traversed our campus over the decades.
Today’s students will Continue the Legacy that is inherent in a Hamden Hall education. And in doing so, they’ll impress their own footprints in the overarching heirloom of our school’s celebrated history.
In order to ensure that we’re always a step ahead in providing a transformative student experience as part of daily campus life, we appeal each year to every member within our community to make a gift to our Hamden Hall Fund. This non-restrictive fund allows our students to explore their interests, talents, and passions while forging a culture of participation and belonging.
We all play a role in the Continuation of Our Legacy. The success of our mission to educate young people, support student life, and create a formative learning environment must be embraced by our entire community. It’s a collective mindset to achieve, excel, and succeed – and it’s legendary within our hallowed halls.
On behalf of the Office of Advancement, Communications, and Alumni Relations, thank you for your support of our school community. Dawn A. Miceli, PP 2019
Director of Advancement and Communications
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Does Hamden Hall allow Matching Gift Opportunities?
Many corporations have a matching contribution program that doubles or even triples the amount of your gift to our school. You can search on our website to learn whether your employer has a corporate matching gift program. You can also contact your company's human resources or benefits office. Corporate matching gifts ensure that your support goes twice as far!
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Hamden Hall Fund
Like most independent schools, Hamden Hall supplements its tuition revenue stream with fundraising, including our Hamden Hall Fund, corporate matching gifts, private and public grantmaking, and more.
We depend on all of our constituents – parents, faculty, trustees, alumni, past parents, and friends – especially given that outside funders look favorably on such all-in participation from a school community. We understand that our donors want to know that their gift will make a difference in an area of campus life that is important to them. And that’s the beauty of the Hamden Hall Fund! It enriches all facets of the Hamden Hall Experience: music, theatre, visual arts, athletics, scholarship, field trips, curriculum, programming, and so much more!
Your support allows us to deliver an outstanding educational experience. Thank you in advance for your gift of any amount. -
Why Give?
Your support allows us to deliver an outstanding educational experience including talented teachers, small class sizes, dynamic learning environments and unlimited resources, and so much more. The full cost of our programming and enrichment exceeds the amount we charge in tuition. And, because we are a private school, we do not receive funding from our state or federal government. -
Annual Report of Giving
This ongoing list represents cumulative giving and new pledges for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024 thru June 30, 2025. Hamden Hall extends our gratitude to all of our donors.
Read more about the Annual Report of Giving here.
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Learn more about our Office of Advancement
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How can I make a gift?
It’s simple! Gifts to Hamden Hall can be made in the form of cash, check, credit card, marketable securities, real estate or life insurance. To learn more about these options, please contact our office at 203.752.2616.
Click here to make a gift online.
Checks may be made payable to: Hamden Hall Country Day School and mailed to the Office of Advancement, 1108 Whitney Avenue Hamden, Conn. 06517Feel like visiting our office and meeting with us in person? Please do! Stop by anytime to make a gift or to discuss creating your personal legacy or establishing a scholarship or endowed fund in honor or memory of a loved one. -
Will my gift make a difference?
Every gift makes a difference! In fact, because of the gifts garnered from parents and families of previous generations of students, as well as alumni who graduated from our halls, today’s students enjoy myriad benefits including our beautiful campuses and the legacy of attending one of the nation’s top independent day schools. -
Planned Giving
Hamden Hall offers many creative opportunities to support our community - through donations of current gifts or deferring a gift as a future bequest or planned gift through estate planning. Large or small, these gifts enhance our school community and ensure that future generations of students benefit from the vision and philanthropic leadership of today's donors.
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Fund a Future
Hamden Hall Country Day School has a storied legacy as a nurturing and inclusive community with a dynamic learning environment. From our earliest days as the nation’s fourth country day school, Hamden Hall provided educational opportunities to a diverse student body to ensure academic excellence and to better provide what we now call, The Hamden Hall Experience. So many of our alumni have regaled us with their personal stories of scholarship and thus opportunity. For Carol Nutile Burke, of the Class of 1947, it was a scholarship award that allowed her and her cousins, Reginald 1939 and Fred Jackson 1940, to attend Hamden Hall. “Going to Hamden Hall changed our lives,” said Carol. “We met new people in a world we would have never known, and it inspired us to do something with our lives: to have ambition.” Now decades later, Hamden Hall continues to provide financial aid in the form of scholarship to talented and deserving students. In fact, our school flourishes because we are able to attract more distinguished and motivated applicants. It is important for Hamden Hall to find angels in the Greater New Haven community and beyond who share our vision of providing educational opportunity in order to transform the lives of the most deserving students.
If you are interested in sponsoring a student or learning more about our scholarship program, please contact Dawn Miceli, Director of Advancement, at 203.752.2617. -
Endowment, Memorial, and Scholarship Funds
These allow you to remember or honor loved ones, a special teacher, or classmate anytime throughout the year. You can also mark a special occasion while supporting our school. Gift acknowledgements are sent to honorees.
Hamden Hall has a wonderful history of philanthropy under the pines. Because of the commitment and vision of our past donors, the foundation of educational excellence was established and our school community now enjoys the reputation of being one of the finest day schools in the country.Our second headmaster, Herbert H. Vreeland Jr., is credited with having the foresight to view the school as a large family - a basic tenet that has endured over the decades. But Headmaster Vreeland must also be acknowledged for his philanthropic endeavors on behalf of the school, which included personally purchasing additional land to enlarge our Whitney Avenue campus.These types of charitable pursuits have been the cornerstone of Hamden Hall’s longtime success and enviable curriculum. Generous donors have also created permanent endowment and scholarship funds to honor alumni, loved ones, faculty, and other members of our school community. These restricted funds are designated toward financial aid, faculty salaries and professional development, programming, athletics, and much more.Gifts in honor or memory of someone may be made to any of Hamden Hall’s existing scholarship and endowed funds. To learn more about establishing a scholarship or endowed fund, please contact the Office of Advancement at 203.752.2616.Click here to make a gift to one of the following funds listed below.Albina Cannavaciolo FundAcquarulo Family ScholarshipAthletic Hall of Fame Scholarship FundBarbara De Natale Scholarship FundBea Westerfield FundBetty A. Ippolito 1977 Memorial FundBetty Lou Blumberg Endowed Chair of EnglishBeckerman Family Foundation FundBill Hunter Scholarship FundCarl Newton 1987 Scholarship FundCarol Jones Memorial FundCecil and Mary Jane Beaupre Scholarship FundCharles C. and Viola M. DeMusis
Scholarship FundClass of 1973 Citizenship AwardCurtiss Family Endowment FundDavid A. Beckerman Scholarship Fund
Deborah Beitch Jenness 1982 Memorial Fund
Elizabeth F. Volpe Scholarship FundEquity Endowment FundEric Santangelo 1987 Memorial FundErnie Russ Endowment FundFab Five Scholarship FundGeneral Scholarship FundHamden Hall Fund -
Unrestricted, Appreciation/Honorary/Memorial
Henry Townshend Scholarship FundJames R. Maggart Scholarship FundJohn R. McCune FundJon and Katharine Harris Endowed Chair
of Lower School MusicKevin LeBrun 1989 Memorial FundLee & Nancy Herrington 1952
Scholarship FundLisa Deconinck 1991 Scholarship FundThe Maria Agulian FundMarjorie Stewart Scholarship FundMcKeon/Lucey Scholarship FundMichael Musso 1984 FundMoira Fitzsimmons Art Gallery Memorial FundNellie and Stanley Pongonis FundNorma Raccio FundOlson Family Scholarship FundPerennial Pines Scholarship FundPetar Lujic Memorial FundPorto Family ScholarshipThe Rebecca Paul Sela 1998 and
Karen Paul Giblin 2002 Scholarship Fund
Rick Beitch 1983 Memorial FundRobert Schroeder Scholarship Fund
Science, Innovation & Design Program EndowmentSmith Legacy Theatre FundSonny Coughlin Memorial FundSusan M. Lewin Scholarship Fund
Swain Library FundTeplitzky Family Endowment Fund for DiversityTommus Iampietro Scholarship FundWilliam H. Buell 1929 Scholarship FundZayne Ali Thomas Endowed Scholarship Fund -
Donor-Advised Funds
A donor-advised fund is a charitable investment account, for the sole purpose of supporting charitable organizations you care about, like Hamden Hall. When you contribute cash, securities or other assets to a donor-advised fund at a public charity, you are generally eligible to take an immediate tax deduction. Then those funds can be invested for tax-free growth and you can recommend grants to Hamden Hall.
When you give, you want your charitable donations to be as effective as possible. Donor-advised funds are the fastest-growing charitable giving vehicle in the United States because they are one of the easiest and most tax-advantageous ways to give to charity. -
Stock Transfers
A gift of appreciated stock is a convenient and economical way to make a gift to our school. Please call 203.752.2616 to make a stock gift. -
What are other ways I can contribute to Hamden Hall?
The gift of time and talent is a considerable one that adds to the overall value of our school community. Our volunteers play an important role in enhancing the life of our school. What’s better than having our parents and alumni - in other words, individuals who understand our mission and have an affinity for our school - lend their expertise and creativity? Our volunteer opportunities range from coordinating events and reunions to raising dollars for our Hamden Hall Fund and helping us stay connected to all of our constituents. If you are interested in volunteering at Hamden Hall, please contact our office at 203.752.7616
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Beth Messina 1996
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While this is only my third year working at Hamden Hall, this institution has been a part of my life for more than 25 years and I am proud to support it. As a former student, faculty member, and parent, I have experienced firsthand the strong education and professional support that Hamden Hall provides. I am beyond grateful that my daughter has been able to benefit from the same opportunities and support I did as a child. It brings me great joy to see her thriving in this environment, and I will continue to show my support whenever I can. -
Growth to the James R. Maggart Scholarship Fund is Impactful to Our Mission of Excellence
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In making a substantial gift in memory of Hamden Hall’s eighth head of school, Carol and Arthur Wilson explained they wanted to honor Jim Maggart’s educational legacy, which spanned more than five decades and across several time zones. -
Alum Couple Who Met Under the Pines Memorialized through Scholarship Fund
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In memory of their parents, who met while students under the pines, the children of Lee and Nancy Herrington, both Class of 1952, have established a scholarship fund.
Meet Our Advancement, Communications, and Alumni Relations Team!
Dawn Miceli
Director of Advancement
Anna Pesce
Admin. Assistant to the Alumni/Advancement Office
Carissa Civitello
Associate Director of Advancement
Shannon McMahon
Communications Associate
Herbert Emanuelson
Director of Aumni Relations
Hamden Hall Country Day School
1108 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, Connecticut 06517
Phone: 203-752-2600
Fax: 203-752-2651
admissions@hamdenhall.org
Hamden, Connecticut 06517
Phone: 203-752-2600
Fax: 203-752-2651
admissions@hamdenhall.org
About Us
Hamden Hall Country Day School, located less than two miles from Yale University, is one of the best private schools in Connecticut to enroll elementary, middle, and high school students. Our nurturing and inclusive community provides a dynamic learning environment that promotes academic excellence by understanding each child and fostering their individual growth.
