A Guide to Giving
All members of the school community are beneficiaries of the
past and guardians of the future.
Tuition and fees do not cover all the costs of providing a
first-class educational program so, like all independent schools,
Edgewood High School relies on annual gift income to provide
for the remainder of the operating budget. Donations from
individuals are very important to the success of EHS and its
students. The responsibility for maintaining and enhancing
the School’s excellence rests squarely in the hands
of the members of its community.
The Annual Fund helps the School to operate, directly benefiting
every student on a daily basis. Tax-deductible contributions
to the Annual Fund can be made at any time and in any amount.
The Annual Fund covers 20-23% of instructional expenses, faculty
compensation, educational resources, and contributes to the
school's financial aid program. Link
to Annual Fund Page
Periodically the Board of Trustees and the President identify
building projects or other initiatives that require large
sums of money to implement. At EHS, the Sonderegger Science
Center, the Krantz Center and the Sister Kathleen O’Connell
Auditorium renovation were all made possible by capital gifts.
While planning must go into every gift that is made to EHS,
the term “planned giving” refers to major gifts
made to the School through various financial instruments.
A planned gift can be as simple as remembering EHS in your
will. There are also trusts, gifts of life insurance, retirement
plan assets, or property. Each method has specific advantages
that are tailored to the donor’s needs. For example,
a donor might structure a gift that would provide life income,
avoid capital gains tax, and pass assets to family members
substantially free of taxes.
Link to Planned Giving Page
The following friends have informed the School that EHS has
been named in their wills.
Link to Endowment Page
Link to Heritage Society
Donations may be made using
this
form.
"Edgewood High School is a place where academic
excellence and the discussion of the Catholic faith are in
perfect union with one another. The values of life are integrated
into the curriculum helping us, the students, to grow into
deeper, more faithful people, while obtaining the knowledge
needed for success in life."
- Elise Meyers, 2005
"I received a wonderful education at Edgewood
both spiritually and academically. As I meet with incoming
freshmen at Northern Arizona University, I am amazed at how
many of them are not as fortunate as I was in having the solid
academic foundationI received at Edgewood."
- Jane Mulrooney, 1964 |