Annual Giving makes an immediate impact on a USL student’s experience.
A healthy Annual Fund allows USL to have the operating resources needed for innovative programming and to ensure we can respond to both challenges and opportunities. Every gift is meaningful and counts towards making a USL education accessible.
Your Gift. Your Impact.
The USL experience is enhanced by Annual Giving, including:
- Our individualized and rigorous curriculum
- Best-in-the-state faculty
- Immersive experiential learning experiences
- Professional development for faculty and staff
- Financial aid
- Community service projects
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Each year, we strive for 100% participation from families, faculty/staff, and board members. For good reason: high participation is a clear sign of a strong, committed community.
When everyone gives, no matter the amount, it sends a powerful message to foundations, grant makers, and other potential supporters: our community believes in USL.
Put simply: every gift counts.
The Annual Fund supports:
- Innovative academic programs and experiential learning that challenge and inspire students both in and out of the classroom
Our - Small class sizes designed to give teachers the opportunity to show individual attention
- Exceptional and dedicated faculty and small class sizes allows for personalized instruction
- Ongoing professional development for our educators
- Supplies, books, and resource materials for our teachers and students
- Engaging and enlightening experiential activities
- …And so much more
Giving is easy! You can donate online with a credit card by clicking the button below.
You may also mail your gift to us at:
University School of the Lowcountry
P.O. Box 665
Mount Pleasant, SC 29465-0665
Maximize your gift by inquiring with your employer if they have a corporate matching gift program.
Scan and email the PLEDGE form to accounting@uslowcountry.org
A school’s mission is very different from a business’s. We’re here to nurture, educate, and prepare young people not to generate profit.
Our model is intentionally designed to balance sustainability with accessibility.
Charging the full cost of what is needed to educate a USL student would be restrictive for some families. USL wants to provide as many families as possible the opportunity to attend.
Raising philanthropic funds each year allows the faculty, staff, and leadership to think big; to realize the USL vision; and to thrive offering the highest quality programs.
Additionally, tuition is not tax-deductible, but your gift to the Annual Fund is!
The calendar year for the Annual Fund is from July 1 through June 30. A gift given anytime during the school year, up until June 30, will be applied to that school year’s operational expenses. While we traditionally have a fall drive to help fuel programming and operational costs, you may give at any time. Gifts (not pledges) received by December 31 can be applied to that year’s tax return. All gifts and pledges received by November 12, 2025 will be counted in the Fall Drive Announcement.
Our Annual Fund helps our innovative signature programs come to life.
For more information about Annual Giving, contact Head of School Jason Kreutner at 843-884-0902.
USL is incorporated as a non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, and monetary gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. USL’s Tax ID (EIN number) is 20-8765327.
