175

$50 million +

80%

Gifts

Goal

of goal reached

For 100 years, Concord Academy has nurtured students in a community that values their intelligence, care, and conviction. Guided by CA’s mission and the enduring principle of common trust, students are able to define and pursue their truest selves here, both as individuals and as members of a wider world that needs their vision, optimism, and leadership. When we bring out the best in our students, we advance their potential to leave a lasting mark, wherever their paths take them.

The Concord Academy Centennial Campaign is built upon the same core principles. The goals we aim to achieve will forward our deepest commitments to the people who live and learn at CA. This historic effort will create new capacities to support all that we aspire to become.

This is the year to make a lasting impact.

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This campaign is a distinct moment for us to reflect on our inspiring history and illuminate our path toward equity.

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— Henry Fairfax
Head of School
Dresden Endowed Chair

Campaign priorities

Developed by school leadership and CA’s Board of Trustees, the Concord Academy Centennial campaign has two clear priorities: building a new Centennial Arts Center, realizing a decades long vision for CA's campus, and strengthening CA's endowment, essential to making a CA education more accessible.

Campaign Priorities

Campaign Priorities

The Centennial
Arts Center

The
Endowment

Volunteer Leadership

GENERATIONS OF SUPPORT

“I never really left CA,” says Irene Chu ’76, P’20 ’22, who lives in nearby Lincoln, Mass., and has stayed in touch with teachers and classmates. “I loved CA as a student and have always kept a connection to the school.” Her wife, Cindy DeChristofaro P’20 ’22, developed connections of her own with faculty and staff through many years of workouts in CA’s gym, and when their children, Sofie Chu DeChristofaro ’20 and then Nicolas ’22, decided to attend CA, the family’s relationship with the school deepened. “We don’t think twice about giving to CA,” DeChristofaro says. “This is a special community, and we know that our gift is meaningful and will be spent thoughtfully.”

Education was important to both Chu’s and DeChristofaro’s families. Chu’s father, Ge Yao Chu P’76, GP’20 ’22, grew up in China and valued education as an opportunity to advance himself, eventually attending a four-year college on a full scholarship and coming to the U.S. for graduate studies. “Giving back became a very important part of who he was,” Chu says, “and he was incredibly proud to be able to give to CA.” In 1998, Chu and her father made a joint gift to the 75th Anniversary Campaign for CA, an investment they were excited to make together in support of the transformative power of a CA education.

Chu and DeChristofaro are grateful they can continue this philanthropic model. Together with Sofie and Nicolas, they recently made a family gift to support the Concord Academy Centennial Campaign. “We might be stating the obvious,” DeChristofaro says, “but having a good education is an integral part of our kids’ health and happiness.” Both Chu and DeChristofaro greatly appreciate the ways that CA has shaped and cared for their children. “It’s not something that you can see day to day, but you know it’s happening. We see them becoming good citizens, good individuals,” Chu says. “We are happy we can support a place that has given so much to our family and will do the same for many others in the years ahead.”

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This is a special community, and we know that our gift is meaningful and will be spent thoughtfully.

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— Irene Chu ’76 &
Cindy DeChristofaro P’20 ’22

Support
the Vision for CA’s Future