Direct Your Gifts
The Headmaster's Fund - This special fund is likely the most powerful way you can show your annual support of Shawnigan. It provides the Headmaster with the unrestricted financial resources and flexibility to develop and sustain programs that make Shawnigan a truly exceptional place to teach and learn. These funds are generally allocated to the area of the School with the most immediate needs.
The Shawnigan Fund – The numbers speak for themselves: one in every four students who attends Shawnigan does so with some form of financial assistance. Your yearly gift to the Shawnigan Fund changes the life of a student forever. It ensures that every deserving student, regardless of background, is afforded the opportunity of a Shawnigan education.
Named Scholarships and Bursaries - Many of Shawnigan's bursaries and scholarships have been created in honour of the people and events of the School's past that were instrumental in shaping the Shawnigan we enjoy today. They are unique in that only the interest earned on the fund's endowment is spent each year, with the capital left untouched, guaranteeing the permanence of the scholarship.
To learn more about many of Shawnigan's named funds, click here.
Major Gifts – The environment at Shawnigan fosters an education that is second to none. You see here many of the beautiful buildings donated by members of the Shawnigan Family. Without these generous gifts, our School would not be the spectacular place it is.
Major and Principal Gifts are received in connection with Capital Projects or for the Endowment. Recent projects include the Olsen Academic Building (a Languages Centre featuring 9 classrooms and a language lab with 25 computers), John Lecky House (a boarding house built specifically for Rugby Canada and other travelling teams), Marion Hall (our magnificent dining hall) and our two most recent additions - the Shawnigan Sportsplex and the Hugh Wilkinson Studio Theatre.
Stay tuned to this page for more on an exciting new upcoming capital campaign!
Program Enhancements – A "Wish List"
Many people have a passion for a particular program at Shawnigan. You may be a parent wanting to support something your child does here, or an alumnus with fond memories for your time in the musical, in your house or on the rugby field. In the past, donations have been made to individual academic departments, to specific boarding houses, to fine art programs and the sports programs.
You may give to a specific program of your choice and your gift will be gratefully received. Some programs have also provided a selection of items that they are most in need of: