Terry Langston
Director of Development
Heather Asteriou
Development Officer
Suzan Duenyas
Development Associate
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We gladly accept cash, cards, personal, or cashier checks. Please make checks payable to Emerson School.
Emerson School
C/o Development Office
5425 Scio Church Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Gifts can be made securely online here. We accept all major credit cards as well as Apple and Google Pay. Please consider supporting the Emerson School by also donating the credit card processing fees.
Many companies offer corporate matching gift programs that match their employees’ charitable contributions, often doubling or even tripling the original gift. It’s a simple and powerful way to maximize the impact of your generosity. Please check with your employer’s HR department to see if they offer a matching gift program, follow their process to submit your request, and let us know that the match has been initiated. If you need a gift receipt or additional documentation, please contact Suzan Duenyas at sduenyas@emerson-school.org
We’ve partnered with Double the Donation to maximize the impact of your support. Please use the search tool below to see if your company will match your donation and to access the forms, guidelines, and instructions that you need to submit a matching gift.
Recurring gifts are an easy, flexible, and paperless way to support Emerson School. You can choose to give monthly, biannually, or annually, whatever works best for you.
Your recurring gift can be directed to the Annual Fund (supporting daily operations), Athletics, the Academic Programs, or General Scholarships, including support for Financial Aid that directly benefits Emerson families.
You can set up recurring gifts to the Annual Fund or Financial Aid using our online donation forms. Just select the “Monthly” option when completing your gift online.
To learn more about specific areas you can support, please contact Heather Asteriou, Development Officer, at hasteriou@emerson-school.org or call 734.665.5662 ext. 310.
Many donors choose to give appreciated stocks as a meaningful way to support Emerson School while potentially maximizing tax advantages.
To make a stock gift to Emerson, please email the following information to Terry Langston, Development Director, tlangston@emerson-school.org.
Providing these details helps us accurately track the stock once it arrives in our account and ensures you receive proper acknowledgment and documentation for your gift. Terry Langston will follow up with the broker-dealer details you’ll need to complete your stock transfer.
There are a variety of planned gift options that allow you to make a meaningful charitable donation to Emerson while receiving financial and tax benefits. For questions or more information, please contact either Terry Langston, tlangston@emerson-school.org or Heather Asteriou, hasteriou@emerson-school.org. You may also want to contact your financial advisor or a legal representative to assist you in this process.
If you’re age 70½ or older, you can make a tax-free gift of up to $100,000 each year directly from your IRA to Emerson School. This is called a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), or charitable IRA rollover.
Even though the age for required minimum distributions (RMDs) has increased to 73 (and will rise to 75 in the future), you can still start making QCDs at 70½. A QCD can count toward your RMD and reduce your taxable income—all while supporting Emerson’s mission.
Moreover, a donor may designate Emerson School as a beneficiary of their Individual Retirement Account (IRA), allowing all or a portion of the account to be transferred to the school upon their passing.
Contact your financial advisor for further details.
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Did you know that thousands of companies provide incentives for employees to volunteer with organizations like ours? Did you know your volunteer hours could help raise funds for Emerson—at no cost to you? Thousands of companies offer volunteer grant programs (sometimes called “Dollars for Doers”), where they donate to nonprofits like ours when employees volunteer their time. For example, just 10–20 hours of volunteering could turn into $100–$500+ in donations from your employer!
We’re also registered with corporate giving platform Benevity, so it’s easy to find and select us. Thank you for making a difference with your time—and for helping us grow our impact! Please use the below search tool to see if your company provides volunteer grants or Paid Volunteer Time Off (PVTO) programs and to access the forms, guidelines, and instructions that you need to participate in them.
Our events play an important role in building community, strengthening our connections, and building sustainable financial support for the School. We encourage you to participate in our many events.
Discover how your everyday shopping can support Emerson. Thanks to the participation of Emerson families and friends like you, Emerson School receives funds from customer loyalty programs each year. When you shop for items you normally buy, you can support Emerson School by using your grocery store rewards cards and direct store donations to Emerson. Here’s how you can participate:
When you check out, tell the cashier you are affiliated with Emerson School. The store will then donate a percentage of your purchase total to our school.
Use your account at Buschs.com/MyWay to enroll in Cash for Education. Select Emerson School as your beneficiary for each quarter of the year. You must include a valid email and opt-in to receive emails from Busch’s to participate. Remember to re-enroll annually. Emerson earns a percentage of your purchases as it relates to the total spending of all participating Busch’s Cash for Education organizations.
Support Emerson through their Community Rewards Program. Sign up via your Kroger Plus account. Enter Emerson’s Org number KE606 to link your account to Emerson. Click here.
All proceeds support the Annual Fund and Financial Aid programs at Emerson. Join your peers and support Emerson TODAY! Thank you in advance for your participation!
For questions or more information, please contact Suzan Duenyas at sduenyas@emerson-school.org or call 734.665.5662 ext 309.
Thank you for your generous consideration and support of Emerson, its students, faculty, staff, and community. You are the Emerson difference!
The mission of Emerson School is to provide a dynamic and nurturing learning environment that fosters empathy, communication, creativity, leadership, and above all, a lifelong love of learning.
We fulfill our mission with small class sizes, by providing individualized attention across a broad and rich, student-centered curriculum and through a committed, talented team of educators who help children achieve sustained academic success.
