There are many ways to support our students financially.
All students are the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware receive a full scholarship, and many qualify for stipends.
Our Annual Scholarship Fund
The Cathedral Choir School of Delaware uses music as a positive intervention in the lives of youth, many of whom live in the Cathedral's inner-city neighborhood of Brandywine Village. Through the Annual Scholarship Fund, each student receives a scholarship. This Scholarship includes more than seven hours each week of "out-of-school" arts learning, including vocal training, private piano lessons, and leadership development to children ages 7 to 18. Annual scholarships for youth include:
- The finest musical education and vocal training
- Local travel and performance
- Weekly private piano lessons
- Uniform and vestment
- Monthly stipend
- Leadership and citizenship skills
Without this fund, the Cathedral Choir School could not provide training for its students. Please make your tax-deductible donation today to the Annual Scholarship Fund. This website has an on-line contribution form you can use as well as a printable form. To learn more, please contact us.
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The Day The Bell Rang
Beverly Romain, a parishioner at the Cathedral Church of Saint John, has offered her talents as a writer to raise money for our Annual Chorister Scholarship Fund. She has written a story in honor of her grandson, Cameron Dixon who is a chorister. The book, The Day The Bell Rang, is illustrated by Lori Fitzgerald. Readers will see some familiar Cathedral characters in the story, including a choirmaster, choristers who are preparing for a Tour, a church secretary, clergy, birds in a bell tower and a mystical wind that creates music. Click here to purchase The Day The Bell Rang for $10 plus $2 shipping.
The Donald C. Taylor Legacy Society
The Donald C. Taylor Legacy Society was created to honor and recognize alumni, parents and friends who share Don Taylor’s passion for making a difference in the lives of young people and who, like Don, have included the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware in their estate plans or have made a gift to the Choir School’s Endowment Fund. Click here to learn more about the Donald C. Taylor Legacy Society.
Our Endowment
Our endowment provides a stable, dependable source of financial support. They are among the best ways a non-profit can have to build and maintain long-term quality. That is why the Cathedral Choir School has embarked upon a $1 million endowment campaign - the "Continuing the Tradition" Endowment Campaign. Your financial support of this Campaign will guarantee that what the Choir School has been, and is now, will continue into the future - including being open to children across the City of Wilmington and the region, regardless of their economic status.
The Cathedral Choir School Endowment Fund is managed through a separate Investment Account called "Master Fund A." Master Fund A is a conservatively managed Fund which currently oversees more than $50,000,000 in pooled funds for the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware and has multiple investment manager oversight. There are several opportunities for donors to help the Cathedral Choir School of Delaware while gaining tax and income benefits, including: cash, appreciated securities, real estate, personal property, retirement assets and deferred gifts (wills and bequests and gifts of life insurance). The Cathedral Choir School also partners with the Episcopal Church Foundation to offer Life Income Gifts, including Charitable Gift Annuities, Pooled Income Funds and Charitable Remainder Trusts; and local foundations like the Delaware Community Foundation.
To learn more, please contact us.
Honor Roll
Click here to see our 2010 Honor Roll of Donors. These generous individuals made it possible for young people, regardless of income, to participate in the Cathedral Choir School's unique after-school experience. The list includes our volunteer mentors.
