Giving

The simplest and most widely used means of donating to Hershorin-Schiff Community Day School is by check. Please make your check payable to “Community Day School” and mail it to: Community Day School, 1050 S. Tuttle Ave. Building 3, Sarasota, FL 34237

To make a donation to Community Day School via our secure online donation form, click the button below. If you prefer to give your credit card number by phone, please contact our Development Office at 941-552-2770 ext. 437.

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Community Day School welcomes gifts made in honor of lifecycle events such as weddings, Bnai Mitzvah, births, or in memory of a loved one. Click the button below to donate in honor or memory. The Development Office will send you an acknowledgement for your gift and will inform the honoree or the family of the person being memorialized.

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Community Day School accepts donations of stock. In addition to helping the school, this may enable you to avoid capital gains and receive a tax benefit. Contact the Development Office at 941-552-2770 ext. 437 for more information and specific transfer instructions.

Companies wishing to enhance their community support while increasing their own visibility will find the perfect corporate sponsorship opportunities with Community Day School. Whether it is through a gift or volunteering, relationships with local businesses through our Community Partner Program are highly valued and bring tremendous benefit to the students of Community Day School For more  information on corporate giving opportunities, please contact our Development Office at 941-552-2770 ext. 437.

Many corporations match their active and retired employees’ donations to not-for-profit organizations, including educational institutions. CLICK HERE TO VIEW A LIST OF CORPORATIONS WITH MATCHING INCENTIVES.

Matching gifts are acknowledged and included in your total giving to Community Day School. For more information, please contact your employer’s benefits office or the CDS Development Office at 941-552-2770. 

The school established an endowment in order to maintain our hallmark individualized attention, and superior dual language and educational curriculum, attract and retain the best faculty, invest in innovative programming and infrastructure, and remain competitive among comparable schools. Moreover, our endowment allows us to remain steadfast in our belief in a need-blind admission policy. For more information about endowment, please contact the CDS Development Office at 941-552-2770 ext. 437.

Please consider supporting Hershorin Schiff Community Day School with your eligible Amazon purchases by using your Amazon Prime-Smile account where Amazon will donate 0.5% of your net purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. To get started, create an amazon account at smile.amazon.com and select "Hershorin Schiff Community Day School" as the recipient.

Community Day School may be named as the owner and/or beneficiary of an existing or new life insurance policy.

Under certain circumstances, Community Day School can accept real estate property as a donation.

This gift pays you income. A Charitable Reminder Trust (CRT) is a life income gift that pays income to you and/or other beneficiaries for a term of years or until your passing. When the trust terminates, CDS receives the remainder of the trust. A Charitable Lead Trust (CLT) is a gift that makes annual contributions to CDS for a term of years. The property then passes to your heirs with substantial tax savings. You can safeguard your estate for your heirs while you support Community Day School.

Giving through your will can be an easy way to continue to support the students at Community Day School after your passing.

This gift pays you income. This is a life income gift that both supports the mission of Community Day School and also pays you a guaranteed fixed income for life. These gifts are generally very simple to set up and do not require a substantial amount of investment. Upon your passing, the remainder continues to support the mission of Community Day School.