Everything you love about Emerson School thrives because of the generosity of our community. Parents, grandparents, alumni, trustees, faculty, staff, and friends—you make Emerson extraordinary.
Your support is essential. While tuition helps, it doesn’t cover the full scope of our commitment to nurturing bright students. Your gifts have a lasting impact on the Annual Fund, enriching academics, faculty excellence, and student experiences, as well as supporting Financial Aid, ensuring access to an Emerson education for families who need financial assistance.
Join us in this vital mission! Your generosity provides the resources and opportunities to create an environment that fosters communication and lifelong learning. A place where our students grow into empathetic, creative, and confident leaders. Together, we can build a community where every child flourishes.
Emerson School is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All gifts are tax-deductible as allowable by law.
Click on the tabs below to learn more about the different ways you can support our mission.
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 businesses have corporate matching gift programs that match the philanthropic donations made by employees. This is a great way to maximize your gift. You could possibly double or even triple your gift with a corporate match. Simply send us the appropriate paperwork from your employer’s HR department, and your gift to Emerson school will be matched according to your company’s guidelines.
Use the search tool below to see if your company has a matching gift program.
Many donors prefer to make gifts of appreciated stocks because it allows them to support the areas they most care about while maximizing potential tax benefits. You can make your gift to Emerson School using the following information. To make a stock gift to Emerson, please email Terry Langston, Development Director, tlangston@emerson-school.org. You should include the following information:
This enables us to track the stock once it is put into our account and to properly acknowledge your gift.
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.
A donor may transfer all or a portion of their individual retirement account or IRA upon their death to Gilman as a qualified beneficiary.
The original SECURE Act passed by the United States Congress in 2019 increased the minimum required distribution age from 70.5 to 72. However, the minimum age for making a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from your IRA — a “charitable IRA Rollover” — is 70.5, and the annual limit is $100,000. Individuals aged 70.5 or older may therefore consider making a “tax-free” gift, up to $100,000 a year, to a charity and satisfy their required minimum distribution.
Contact your financial advisor for further details.
A recurring gift is convenient, customizable, and paperless. Recurring gifts are set monthly, biannually, or annually to support an Emerson School or family through financial aid. Choose to designate your gift to the Annual Fund (daily operations), Athletics, Academic Program, or general scholarships. For more information about specific programs, you can designate to, email Heather Aseteriou, Development Officer at hasteriou@emerson-school.org or call at 734.665.5662‬ ext 309.
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.
