Support the Tradition
Give to Great Hearts
The Western tradition endures because, in each generation, a few people choose to sustain it — not for recognition, but from the conviction that beauty, goodness, and truth are worth preserving.
Nicolas Poussin · Et in Arcadia Ego, 1637–38 · Musée du Louvre, Paris
"Even in Arcadia, I am present." — the tomb inscription discovered by Poussin's shepherds. Even in paradise, what we build must be chosen to endure.
The Case for Giving
Why Philanthropy Matters Here
Great Hearts academies are public charter schools. Families pay nothing — which means every Socratic seminar, every Latin lesson, every unabridged copy of the Iliad placed in a student's hands is made possible by a combination of public funding and private generosity.
Public funding covers the essentials. Philanthropy covers everything that makes a Great Hearts education exceptional: the visiting scholars, the philosophy symposia, the instrumental music programs, the libraries stocked with primary texts rather than textbook excerpts.
You are not donating to an institution. You are sustaining a tradition — the oldest and most tested method of forming human beings that the Western world has ever produced.
Levels of Support
The Giving Circle
Amicus
Friend
Sustains classroom libraries and the daily operations of the curriculum across all 47 academies.
- –Annual Impact Report
- –Academy Open House invitation
- –Annual Donor Roll recognition
Patronus
Sustaining MemberPatron
Funds a full year of enrichment programming — philosophy symposia, Latin intensives, and the arts curriculum — for one classroom in the network.
Benefactor
Benefactor
Establishes a named reading fund, endows a faculty chair, or sponsors a full academy's enrichment program for an academic year. A permanent act of patronage.
- ✦All Patron benefits
- ✦Named chair or fund establishment
- ✦Dinner with Academy Headmaster
- ✦Permanent Benefactor Hall recognition
- ✦Annual private briefing from Academic Director
In Gratitude
The Benefactor Hall
Those who have sustained the tradition — 2022 through 2025
The Morse Family Foundation
William & Catherine Aldridge
The Russell Trust
James & Margaret Thornton
The Whitfield Society
Robert & Anne Pemberton
The Austen Reading Fund
Elizabeth & Charles Fairfax
The Stoic Circle
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Hale
The Marian Foundation
George & Helen Patterson
The Dunmore Society
Samuel & Dorothy Carver
The Leonidas Circle
Frances & David Worthington
The Callicles Trust
John & Susan Alcott
Gratia et memoria
Development Office
Questions About Giving?
Our Development team is available to discuss how your gift can make the greatest impact — whether you are giving $500 or establishing a named endowment.