Atlas Fund

The Atlas Fund is an ongoing fundraising effort managed by WMA’s Advancement team, to secure gifts from the school constituencies, including alumni, current parents, past parents, and grandparents. Atlas Fund dollars are used exclusively to support WMA’s operating budget. That means they pay for books in the library; soccer balls, hockey pucks, and baseball bats; a favorite teacher's salary; paint brushes and paint; petri dishes in the chemistry lab, and microscopes for biology; and much, much more.

Tax-deductible Atlas Fund giving corresponds with WMA’s fiscal year, not the calendar year. That is, the Atlas Fund campaign opens on July 1 of each year and ends on June 30 of the following year.

You may choose to support arts, athletics, academics, faculty & staff, or area of greatest need.

Being an independent school means that we are a nonprofit organization, operating without financial support from local or federal taxes. We rely on tuition income, Atlas Fund income, and endowment income to support the day-to-day operation of our school.

We ask that you make your best gift—a gift at a level that is meaningful to you. We invite current families, alumni, and friends to make WMA their top philanthropic priority, while recognizing that the “correct” amount is different for each person.