Annual Fund

What is the Annual Fund?

The CVA Annual Fund provides critical funds each year that are an essential part of our operating budget. These funds are used to preserve and enhance the CVA experience, allowing CVA students to thrive in the classroom, dominate on the hill, and live out the Big Dog ethos of always rising to the challenge.

The Annual Fund is a separate fund, specifically for general operational support. Unlike events, special project funds, or the capital campaign which are used to fund a specific initiative, the Annual Fund impacts every CVA student.

At CVA, our fiscal year is from July 1 through June 30 of the following calendar year. Our Annual Fund runs on the same schedule.

Why an Annual Fund?

Almost half of CVA’s students receive financial aid, and tuition alone does not cover the cost of a CVA education. The Annual Fund covers the difference between the money raised by tuition and the full cost of attendance.

What Kinds of Things Does an Annual Fund Gift Buy?

In the past, the Annual Fund has helped put SMART Boards in classrooms, upgrade the trampolines in the AGC, buy slalom gates, paid for athletes to travel to competitions, and provided support for student activities.

The CVA 30 Big Dog Challenge

In honor of CVA’s 30th birthday we’re doing something a little different for the 2012-2013 Annual Fund…

By their nature Big Dogs don’t hide from a challenge, they embrace it. It’s the ethos of ‘if you can’t run with the Big Dogs you better stay on the porch.’ Well, here’s the chance to get off the porch and make a difference in the lives of the current generation of Big Dogs. The goals of this year’s Annual Fund will empower our students to stay ahead in the classroom, remain on the podium, and live out the Big Dog motto in everything that they do. It’s definitely a challenge worthy of the Big Dogs. 

Update

So far we have raised more than $81,000 to help support the current generation of Big Dogs!