Giving

Endowed Giving

St. Christopher’s is blessed with generations of generous alumni, parents and friends who have established endowed funds to support the school. Through these gifts, endowment donors become an integral part of the St. Christopher’s legacy by making the sustainability of the school a priority. Their endowed gifts provide a permanent source of income that positively impacts our students, faculty and programs for generations to come.

A Strong Endowment Ensures Sustainability

A strong endowment allows St. Christopher’s to plan for the school’s future as well as meet current strategic priorities such as affordability, faculty support, and academic program enhancements that safeguard the excellence of a St. Christopher's education for future generations. 

Through prudent investment management by the St. Christopher’s School Foundation, our endowment generates permanent income that supports the school’s operating budget and helps to mitigate the need for large tuition increases, therefore maintaining affordability for all families. Increasing St. Christopher’s endowment remains one of the most important financial objectives of the school.

Ways to Give to Endowment

Establishing a new endowed fund or supporting an already existing endowed fund creates a permanent legacy for you and your family at St. Christopher’s. Donors are often moved to contribute to endowed funds to honor or memorialize a family member, friend or a beloved faculty member, ensuring they will be remembered at St. Christopher’s for generations to come. 

Donors may support endowed funds through gifts of cash, securities, or by making a planned gift. To learn more about how to support the St. Christopher’s endowment, please contact Jane Garnet Brown via email or call (804) 282-3185 x5220.

List of Endowments

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  • Endowed Faculty Chairs

    • A. J. Bolling III Chair of Distinguished Teaching
    • A. J. Bolling III Chair of Health and Wellness
    • Andrew Beirne Blair, Jr. Chair of Mathematics
    • Chair of Distinguished Teaching and Collaborative Research
    • Charles S. Luck III '51 Chair of Academic Technology
    • Class of 1951 Chair of Character, Ethics, and Leadership
    • Dr. Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne Memorial Chair
    • Elise H. and Wesley Wright, Jr. '47 Chair of Music
    • George O. Squires Chair of Distinguished Teaching
    • Hugh Powell Kelly Chair of Science Technology
    • J. Ronald Smith Chair of Distinguished Teaching
    • James Nalle Boyd '54 Chair of Distinguished Teaching
    • John C. Beckwith Chair of Science
    • John G. Hayes, Jr. '30 Chair of Mathematics
    • John Page Williams '27 Chair of Distinguished Teaching
    • John R. Brinser Chair of History
    • Rives S. Hardy Chair of Distinguished Teaching
    • Robert W. Bugg Chair of Distinguished Teaching
    • Thomas R. Towers '43 Chair of History
  • Endowed Faculty Masterships

    • John C. Beckwith Mastership of Science
    • Joseph Towler Knox Mastership of Distinguished Teaching
    • Robert Haskins, Jr. '35 Mastership of Technology
  • Endowed Teaching Funds

    • Class of 1991 Relational Teaching Endowment
    • Foreign Teachers Fund
    • Hugh C. Brenaman Memorial Teaching Fund
    • James B. Isbell Teaching Fund
    • Kate Childrey Teaching Fellowship Program
    • L. Clifford Schroeder Student Resource Endowment
    • The Reverend Dr. David T. Anderson Distinguished Teaching Endowment
  • Endowed Faculty Enrichment Funds

    • Beirne B. Carter '42 Faculty Support Enrichment Fund
    • Charles E. Noell III '70 Family Faculty Sabbatical Fund 
    • Class of 1941 Faculty Endowment
    • Class of 1946 Faculty Recognition and Enrichment Endowment
    • Class of 1980 Enrichment Fund
    • Class of 1986 Faculty Support Fund
    • Edward E. Ford Foundation Upper School Teacher Enrichment
    • Elizabeth C. Norfleet Faculty Enrichment Fund
    • Faculty and Staff Assistance Fund
    • General Faculty Enrichment Fund
    • George J. McVey '57 Faculty Enrichment Fund
    • H. F. and G. G. Minor Faculty Compensation Fund
    • Henry Brockenbrough Faculty Enrichment Fund
    • Houston Rehig Faculty Endowment
    • Isabelle L. Witt Faculty Enrichment Fund
    • John B. Cary Jr., '56 Faculty Support
    • John Skelton Williams '15 Fund for Faculty Development
    • Stewart and Libby Brown Faculty Enrichment Fund
    • W. G. Harris '34 Faculty Support Fund
  • Endowed Awards & Prizes

    • Albert Luck Jacobs Memorial Award for Distinguished Coaching
    • Andrew Jackson Bolling III Faculty Award
    • Armstrong‐Jennings Faculty Award
    • Carl J. Koenig Prize for Faculty Excellence
    • Class of 1995 Jessee-Musick Memorial Prize
    • Clifford R. Dickinson Prize for Teaching Excellence
    • Douglass P. Griffith Prize for Excellence in Mathematics
    • Edgar Forrest Jessee III '95 Memorial Prize for Graphic Arts
    • Hawkins Hideaway Prize for Loyalty and Service
    • Henry J. Tobler '85 Memorial Prize for Art
    • Joseph Bryan Memorial Prize for Leadership
    • Middle School Centennial Citizenship Fund
    • Norma Alley Prize for Teaching Excellence
    • Thomas B. Valentine '76 Faculty Incentive Awards
  • Endowed Program Funds

    • Anne Cummins and Benjamin Briscoe White Endowed Spanish Fund
    • Andrew J. Smith Endowment for Service Learning
    • Anita and Richard Towell Arts Patrons Endowment
    • Barbara Parker Endowed Library Fund
    • Beirne B. Carter '42 Library Fund
    • Benjamin Nance Winn '62 Memorial Chapel Fund
    • Blair Family Tennis Endowment
    • Brenton S. Halsey, Jr. '73 Ecology Fund
    • Building Leaders RVA Fund
    • Carter‐Hutcheson Resource Fund
    • Charles E. Noell III '70 Creativity Endowment
    • Charles Miller Stillwell Speakers Endowment
    • Charles S. Luck III '51 Computer Fund
    • Class of 1956 Endowment for the Development of Leadership, Character and Personal Integrity
    • Class of 1963 Leadership Endowment
    • Class of 2006 Leadership Endowment
    •  Class of 2007 Whole Boy Endowment
    • E. L. Cheek Fine Arts Program
    • Edward E. Ford Foundation Endowment for Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
    • Elinor and Thomas P. Wright '50 Literary Outreach Endowment
    • Eugene G. Sydnor, Jr. Library Fund
    • Forum '66 Speaker
    • Gottwald Science Center Endowment
    • Honor System Fund
    • Hope Armstrong Erb Endowment
    • Hubert L. Williams '19 Natatorium Fund
    • International Institute Fund
    • J.M. Parrish '36 Education Fund
    • Janet and O.D. Dennis Jr., '38 Science Education Endowment
    • John B. Herrington Music Fund
    • John C. Siewers II Basketball Fund
    • John L. McElroy, Jr. ’49 History Endowment
    • John Sidney Davenport IV ’60 Memorial Fund
    • Lambert/Sisk Community Partnership Fund
    • Margaret D. and Eugene G. Bowles Jr., '55 Endowment for Innovation and Creativity in Education
    • Media General Economics Endowment
    • Morgan Music Endowment for Extracurricular Jazz Programs
    • Oliver J. Sands Jr., '32 French Fund
    • Paul D. Camp III '56 Speaker Fund
    • Poetry Center Fund
    • Rolfe Wrestling Endowment
    • Samuel Watkins Owen ’64 Memorial Music Endowment
    • Schroeder Environmental Policy Center
    • Sisk Artist in Residence
    • Stewart Edgeworth MacDonald Memorial Fund for Music
    • T. Justin Moore. Jr. '43 Memorial Leadership Endowment
    • The Center for the Study of Boys
    • The Fund for Ethical Decision-Making
    • V. Earl Dickinson '70 Technology Fund
    • Walmsley Family Endowment for Personal Financial Management Education
    • Wayne Boese History Endowment
    • Whole Boy Fund
    • Wilton Library Fund
  • Endowed Scholarship Funds

    • Alexander G. Brown III '25 Memorial Scholarship
    • Andrew Jackson Bolling III Scholarship
    • Anthony J. Szymendera, Jr. Scholarship
    • B. Clarke Wallace Scholarship
    • Bradford Allen Parrish '91 Memorial Scholarship
    • Bradley H. Gunter Scholarship
    • Bruce M. Marshall '69 Memorial Scholarship
    • Carl Koenig Memorial Scholarship
    • Carla Ann Bradshaw Memorial Scholarship
    • Christopher F. Nash '88 Memorial Scholarship
    • Class of 1950 Scholarship
    • Class of 1957 Scholarship
    • Class of 1958 Scholarship
    • Class of 1962 Scholarship
    • Class of 1969 Scholarship
    • Class of 1982 Scholarship
    • Class of 1983 Endowment for Broadening Horizons
    • Classes of 1970 and 1971 Emergency Scholarship
    • Delores Smith Saints Legacy Scholarship
    • Dr. Churchill G. Chamberlayne Memorial Scholarship
    • Edward E. Ford Foundation Scholarship
    • Edwin Palmer Munson '53 Scholarship
    • Eleanor Gambill Upper School Memorial Scholarship
    • Experiential Learning Endowment
    • Farinholt Family Scholarship
    • G. Gilmer Minor, Jr. '30 Memorial Scholarship
    • General Scholarship Fund
    • George Cook Howell III ’74 Endowment for Experiential Learning
    • Global Engagement Endowment
    • Harrison Hubard Family Scholarship
    • Horace A. Gray III '56 Family Scholarship
    • J. E. Woodward, Jr. '38 and J. E. Woodward III '74 Scholarship
    • James G. Hanes and John R. Brinser Memorial Scholarship
    • James H. Moseley '65 Memorial Scholarship
    • James Nalle Boyd '54 Scholarship
    • James P. Irby '77 Memorial Scholarship
    • James T. Sloan, Jr. '40 Memorial Scholarship
    • John Beckwith Memorial Endowment
    • John Berton Cunningham ’83 Memorial Scholarships for Experiential Learning
    • John Christopher Cullather ’89 Memorial Scholarship
    • John Neasmith Dickinson '73 Memorial Scholarship
    • John Page Williams '27 Scholarship
    • John Peyton McGuire Memorial Scholarship 
    • John W. Van Dorsten '91 and James P. Van Dorsten '94
    • Memorial Scholarship
    • Lossie T. and Charles E. Noell, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
    • Louise Carter and J. Sheppard Mondy, Jr. Memorial Endowment
    • Malcolm U. Pitt Memorial Scholarship
    • McGuire-Jack Gordon Scholarship
    • McGuire‐Wilkinson Scholarship
    • Mirta and John N. Martin, Jr. Scholarship
    • Norma Alley Memorial Endowment
    • O. D. Dennis, Jr. '38 Scholarship
    • Peter C. Bance, Jr. '02 Memorial Scholarship
    • Prince Achille Murat French Endowment
    • Quentin Thomas Alcorn ’12 Memorial Scholarship
    • Ray Mercer "Buck" Paul III '06 Memorial Scholarship
    • Richard Adams Eichner ’71 Memorial Scholarship
    • Richard G. Hudepohl Memorial Experiential Learning Endowment
    • Richard G. Hudepohl Memorial Scholarship
    • Richard H. Kemper, Jr. Scholarship
    • Robert H. Van Meter '52 Memorial Scholarship
    • Robert W. Bugg Memorial Scholarship
    • Robert W. Storrs III '31 Memorial Scholarship
    • Sarah G. Erwin Memorial Scholarship
    • School Spirit of Challenge Prize
    • Slator C. Blackison III '36 Memorial Scholarship
    • Sterling Stuart Flanagan Scholarship
    • Talmadge A. DuPriest '91 Memorial Scholarship
    • Tazewell Glenn Carrington '87 Memorial Scholarship
    • The Governors' Scholarship
    • The Harris Scholarship
    • The Reverend T. S. Clarkson Memorial Scholarship
    • Ukrops Family Scholarship
    • Waller Holladay Horsley ’49 Memorial Scholarship
    • White Family Scholarship
    • Wilbur Bailey Memorial Scholarship
    • William E. Knebel Memorial Scholarship
    • William M. Hill, Jr. '73 Memorial Scholarship
    • William R. Babcock '63 Memorial Scholarship
    • Wise Family Scholarship
  • Endowed Plant & Maintenance Funds

    • Anna McKenney Endowment
    • Arts Center Maintenance Endowment
    • Barbara Andrews Gardens Endowment
    • Catlett Garden Endowment
    • Classes of 2020 and 2021 Memorial Chapel
    • Lewis N. Miller, Jr. '62 Leadership Center Endowment
    • Randolph B. Cardozo, Jr. '74 Basketball Court Endowment
  • General Endowment Funds

    • Endowed Annual Giving
    • Headmaster's Discretionary Fund
    • James M. and Crews B. Baylor Endowment

Foundation Board of Directors

2022-2023
Mr. Turner A.M. Bredrup '84, President, Foundation Board

Mr. Matthew T. Akin
Mr. Peter S. Alcorn
Mr. Samuel M. Bemiss '73
Mr. Matthew B. Engel
Mr. Mason Lecky, Headmaster
Mr. Raleigh W. Nuckols '01
Mr. David S. Reynolds, Secretary/Treasurer
Mr. David L. Richardson
Mr. Samuel S. Taliaferro III '97, President, Alumni Association
Mr. William L. Tyson '80
Mr. Thomas B. Valentine '76, Chairman, Board of Governors
Mr. E. Carlton Wilton Jr. '70  

Contact Us

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    Jane Garnet Brown 

    Director of Development
    (804) 282-3185 x5220