Aug 30, 2026 – 8.00pmTen of the country’s most exclusive private schools collectively raised more than $70 million from donations and bequests last year, driven by ambitious funding campaigns targeting parents and alumni to bankroll 12-lane swimming pools and library upgrades.With little space to compete on academic results, high-fee private schools are in an infrastructure arms race made possible by extensive donor networks, whose contributions to school-building funds are tax-deductible.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
The private schools bringing in millions in donations
Extensive networks of prominent alumni and parents are bankrolling major infrastructure projects at some of the country’s most exclusive private schools.
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