Grammar School girls at The Cambridge School, a private classical Christian school in San Diego, enjoy friendship and community on campus.

THE CAMBRIDGE FUND: FUEL FOR THE MISSION

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Giving to The Cambridge Fund

Giving to The Cambridge Fund is more than a donation, it’s the fuel that moves our mission further, faster.

Every gift helps cultivate a generation of students who think well, love rightly, and live wisely. The Cambridge Fund directly supports five strategic priorities that strengthen our institution and extend the reach and impact of Classical Christian education. Your generosity cultivates wisdom and virtue in the lives of students for generations to come by strengthening and advancing each of these strategies to meet the goals of our growing school community.

People

Investing in People begins with building a mission-fit community. Your gift provides tuition assistance that allows us to welcome and retain families aligned with our values, and supports a mission-driven enrollment process, one that prioritizes fit over financial necessity. 
 

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It also enables us to attract, develop, and retain exceptional faculty and staff through a faculty housing program, improving compensation, and providing tuition assistance for their families. Your generosity supports ongoing professional development, ensuring our educators remain at the forefront of their subject areas, grounded in Classical Christian pedagogy, and deeply rooted in our mission.

Pay it Forward

The impact of your gift doesn’t stop at Cambridge.

Through our commitment to pay it forward, we serve and train other schools and educators within the Classical Christian movement.

Your giving helps our faculty and staff lead conference sessions, welcome visiting schools, and share our mission with broader audiences, thus amplifying the influence of Classical Christian education well beyond our walls.

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Program

Your giving empowers our Program by strengthening the curriculum, classroom experience, and co-curricular offerings that define a Cambridge education. Every gift enhances our Classical Christian curriculum, supports a healthy student-to-teacher ratio, and ensures seamless integration across subjects and grade levels.

You make it possible to offer rich co-curricular programs in athletics, the arts, STEM, House, and Advisory — each one helping students grow in grit, creativity, and leadership.

Place

A mission this meaningful deserves a Place designed to support it. While your gifts continue to maintain and enhance our current learning spaces and ensure campus safety, they are now helping us take the boldest step yet in our school’s history.

After years of prayerful searching and planning, The Cambridge School has purchased land for a permanent campus, an extraordinary milestone that will secure our ability to serve generations of students. For the first time, we have the opportunity to design and build a campus from the ground up, one that intentionally reflects the beauty, harmony, and purpose of our mission. Your support is helping create spaces for learning, community, recreation, and co-curricular excellence, ensuring that our physical campus no longer limits, but fully supports, the exceptional education we provide.

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External concept shot of a large white building
External concept shot of a large white building
External concept shot of a large white building
External concept shot of a large white building

Permanence

To ensure The Cambridge School flourishes for generations, we’re committed to Permanence. Your support helps us build healthy reserves, grow our endowment, and continue providing strong governance training for our Board of Trustees. Each of these pillars protects the school’s long-term sustainability and independence, and guards against mission drift.
The City on a Hill Endowment

Through the gracious generosity of the City Hill Foundation, a transformational $1,000,000 gift established The City on a Hill Endowment for The Cambridge School in 2019.

This growing endowment presents an unprecedented opportunity for those who believe in the mission of The Cambridge School to invest in the school’s long-term sustainability and enduring impact. Funds given to the endowment are held in perpetuity, with a portion, up to 4% annually, strategically withdrawn to provide a steady, ongoing source of income that supports the school’s mission year after year.