DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

• Annual Appeal is a request to parents, grandparents, alumni and other friends of the school for an annual gift to the STM Foundation.  Our annual appeal is the only fund-raising effort of the Foundation.  The generous gifts from our donors help provide more financial aid for our students, improved academic programs, top-notch faculty and unlimited opportunities.  The Annual Fund Drive kicks off in the fall.  Ways to give include cash gifts, matching gifts through your employer's company, or a transfer of securities.  Your support is greatly appreciated.

• St. Thomas More Foundation is the Trust Fund for the future. The Foundation was established in 1983 to attract, accept, and invest endowment gifts.  The interest-only income is returned to the school to fund various programs.  Ways to give include cash gifts, matching gifts through your employer's company, securities, and deferred asset-based gifts.  Gifts in any amount can be made in memory of a deceased or in honor of a living loved one.  Acknowledgment is sent to the family member specified by the donor.  Families whose contributions to the Foundation total $10,000 over a 10 year or less period will be recognized on the Wall of Honor located at the front entrance of the school.  Benefactors who donate $1,000 or more in one year are considered members of the Utopian Circle for that year.

• STM Foundation Planned Giving are gifts which you plan now but which STM does not receive until later.  Examples include naming the STM Foundation in your will, as a beneficiary of a part of your life insurance policy or retirement plans, real estate, establishing a charitable remainder trust, charitable lead trust, grantor retained annuity trust.  You should consult your financial advisor or insurance agent to determine the tax advantages of these options.

CONTACT INFORMATION

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