Endowment Capital Campaign
Giving to Montfort
The Montfort Academy is an independent, not-for-profit high school that is funded entirely through private giving and tuition. We do not accept any funding from the federal government, state or local government, or any religious group or affiliation, including the Archdiocese of New York.
Therefore, The Montfort Academy depends exclusively on the generosity of parents, friends, advisors, trustees, foundations, and corporations who believe in our mission of providing a solid, classical education, built on centuries of careful development, and who wish to support our students and special programs. We embrace the great challenge presented by our need to raise funds to accomplish the mission and realize the vision of the Montfort Academy.
Since opening in 2002, The Montfort Academy has become a premier educational institution. For four consecutive years, the Acton Institute has ranked our academy among the fifty best Catholic high schools in America. We have led our students on archeological expeditions to Italy. We have hosted a United States Senator. And the Secretary of Education for the Archdiocese of New York has praised our education, calling for more schools like The Montfort Academy.
Our objective is simple: to help form the minds, bodies, and souls of our students. To do so, we return to the basics of Western civilization that have stood the test of time but have all but disappeared in our classrooms: Latin, Greek, astronomy, archeology, debate and rhetoric, religion, philosophy, civics, ethics, and much more. We teach the best that man has thought, said, or done in the world, and we prepare our students not only for college and higher learning but for life.
The Montfort Academy is transforming young men and women and is transforming education in New York by reintroducing excellence in the classroom and raising standards. But to continue, we need your help. We need operating funds to meet current expenses, and we need capital funds to secure our future. This website outlines how you can help.
The Annual Fund
The Annual Fund is vitally important, as tuition alone is not enough to cover all costs of educating our students. One hundred percent of the annual fund supports faculty and staff in the classroom. Many of our students are economically disadvantaged, and we offer them tuition credits that are funded through our annual fund. Our annual goal is $650,000, and no gift is too small. For large gifts, we are pleased to offer the opportunity to name in perpetuity our building, classrooms, and special programs in honor of you or someone you love, living or deceased.
The Montfort Academy Giving Levels
| St. Louis de Montfort Society $100,000 | Benefactors' League $5,000 |
|---|---|
| The Magisterium Society $50,000 | President's Club $2,500 |
| Leadership Circle $25,000 | Montfort Patron $1,000 |
| Founders' Society $10,000 | Friends of Montfort $500 |
For more information on Giving to The Montfort Academy, including establishing charitable bequests, please call or email Dr. Peter Mutarelli, Director of Development at (914) 767-0325 or pmutarelli@themontfortacademy.org. We will be happy to work with you and your financial planner to design the optimum program for you and your family. Please know that our students and faculty pray every day for their benefactors and are joined by several orders of nuns and priests in the United States and Italy.
The Capital Campaign
The goal of the Capital Campaign is to raise $20,000,000 for the purpose of developing a campus including a boy's school, a girl's school, an administration building and other facilities for student activities. The following are the giving categories for our capital campaign:
St. Louis de Montfort Circle $100,000 and higher
Benefactor $50,000 - $99,999
Patron $25,000 - $49,999
Friend $10,000 - $24,999
For a donation of $1,000,000 or more, we will name one of our school buildings after the donor. For donations of $100,000 or more we will offer to name an appropriate program or classroom after the donor in perpetuity.
Naming Opportunities
You may wish that your donation be used for a specific purpose. The Montfort Academy is pleased to offer the following sponsorship opportunities.
*Indicates items already funded
Friend $10,000 - $24,999
For a donation of $1,000,000 or more, we will name one of our school buildings after the donor. For donations of $100,000 or more we will offer to name an appropriate program or classroom after the donor in perpetuity.
Naming Opportunities
You may wish that your donation be used for a specific purpose. The Montfort Academy is pleased to offer the following sponsorship opportunities.
*Indicates items already funded
| $2,000,000 | The Campus Building, current and future |
|---|---|
| $1,000,000 | The Boys' School |
| $1,000,000 | The Girls' School |
| $500,000* | The Rev. Jewon Jeyune Park Memorial Library |
| $500,000 | Summer Study in Italy program |
| $400,000* | The Renaissance Invitational |
| $250,000 | The Auditorium/Gymnasium |
| $250,000* | The Distinguished Speakers Series |
| $100,000 | The Italian Culture Club |
| $100,000 | A Classroom |
| $100,000 | The Kitchen |
| $100,000 | Life Sciences, Physcial Sciences, or Astronomy Laboratories |
| $50,000 | The Art and Music Program |
| $50,000 | The Computer Room |
| $50,000 | The Audio-Visual Studio |
| $50,000 | A varsity athletics team (basketball, soccer, baseball, track) |
| $25,000 | The Blessed Mother Garden |
| $10,000 | Robotics Team |
| $10,000 | Debating Team |
| $5,000 | The Chess Club |
| $2,500 | A bookshelf in the Library |
| $1,000 | A Desk |
The Endowment Campaign
Endowing a Scholarship
Endowment contributions can be made in the individual donor's name, the name or names of deceased relatives whom you may wish to memorialize, or in a company or foundation's name. Each name will be engraved in bronze and hang on a plaque in the entrance of our school building. And, of course, your contribution will be tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by the tax code.
You may sponsor any one of our students to attend the Academy through a named scholarship, such as the Richard and Marla Greco Scholarship. We will ask you to describe the ideal recipient of your scholarship, and we will send you several candidates from whom to choose, if you wish to be active in the selection process. In addition, we pledge to send you regular updates on the progress of the student or students. For the biographies and photos of our students, please click here.
You may endow in perpetuity a full or partial scholarship:
Full Scholarship $350,000
Half-tuition Scholarship $150,000
One-time Scholarship One year's tuition is $11,500
Half-tuition Scholarship $150,000
One-time Scholarship One year's tuition is $11,500
Endowing a Faculty Member
In the tradition of classical education, each teaching position will be named after a major contributor in perpetuity in any subject of your choosing. The endowment will be named according to your wishes.
In the tradition of classical education, each teaching position will be named after a major contributor in perpetuity in any subject of your choosing. The endowment will be named according to your wishes.
Endowing a faculty chair $500,000
Endowing a faculty membership $250,000
One-time faculty sponsorship $45,000
Endowing a faculty membership $250,000
One-time faculty sponsorship $45,000
Special Sponsorships
Sponsoring the Renaissance Invitational
The Renaissance Invitational is one of the most successful education enrichment programs in our area. Each spring and fall, we invite 6-8 national and world-renowned experts to speak on a different subject each week. Past editions of the Renaissance Invitational have included a chess grandmaster, an Air Force fighter Pilot, an internationally known philosopher, a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Physics, and other exciting professionals. The Renaissance Invitational will be renamed after the donor who wishes to sponsor it in perpetuity.
Sponsoring the Renaissance Invitational
The Renaissance Invitational is one of the most successful education enrichment programs in our area. Each spring and fall, we invite 6-8 national and world-renowned experts to speak on a different subject each week. Past editions of the Renaissance Invitational have included a chess grandmaster, an Air Force fighter Pilot, an internationally known philosopher, a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Physics, and other exciting professionals. The Renaissance Invitational will be renamed after the donor who wishes to sponsor it in perpetuity.
Sponsoring the entire program in perpetuity $150,000
Sponsoring one edition (one semester) $15,000
Sponsoring a perpetual scholarship $10,000
Sponsoring one student for one edition $300
Sponsoring one edition (one semester) $15,000
Sponsoring a perpetual scholarship $10,000
Sponsoring one student for one edition $300
Sponsoring the Summer Study in Italy
The Montfort Academy plans to take the Junior class each summer following their Junior year to Italy for a summer study in Tuscany and Calabria. Study areas will include Italian language and culture, Roman and Greek civilization, art and architecture, archeology, history, and science. We expect two faculty members and three parent chaperones at minimum to attend the summer study, in addition to the Junior Class.
The Montfort Academy plans to take the Junior class each summer following their Junior year to Italy for a summer study in Tuscany and Calabria. Study areas will include Italian language and culture, Roman and Greek civilization, art and architecture, archeology, history, and science. We expect two faculty members and three parent chaperones at minimum to attend the summer study, in addition to the Junior Class.
Sponsoring the Summer Study in Perpetuity $500,000
Sponsoring the Summer Study for one year $50,000
Sponsoring one student to attend the summer study $5,000
Sponsoring the Summer Study for one year $50,000
Sponsoring one student to attend the summer study $5,000
Sponsoring Montfort's Physical Plant
I. The Science Laboratories
The Montfort Academy is always trying to be at the forefront of modern scientific education. To that end, we seek to continuously improve both our curriculum and our laboratories. If you wish to sponsor a science laboratory, please call us, and we will work together to determine the actual costs of the laboratory.
II. The Computer Laboratory
The Montfort Academy has enjoyed a computer room made possible by the generous donation of Stern Stewart & Company. These computers are now two generations behind and are in need of replacement. If you wish to donate to our computer room, please call, and we will determine the actual costs and needs of the laboratory.
Sponsoring Various Curricular and Extra-Curricular Activities
I. The Athletics Program
The Montfort Academy is seeking to build upon its already successful basketball and track and field teams. We wish to begin with soccer.
In addition, anyone wishing to donate new or old school equipment such as copiers, etc., please contact us. Equipment is always welcome.
II. The Debate Team
The Montfort Academy's curriculum is based on the classical trivium and quadrivium, part of which is mastery of debate and rhetoric. In addition to regular classroom instruction and practice in these areas, The Montfort Academy has established a debate team which will begin competing next year. The team will be named after the sponsor.
I. The Science Laboratories
The Montfort Academy is always trying to be at the forefront of modern scientific education. To that end, we seek to continuously improve both our curriculum and our laboratories. If you wish to sponsor a science laboratory, please call us, and we will work together to determine the actual costs of the laboratory.
II. The Computer Laboratory
The Montfort Academy has enjoyed a computer room made possible by the generous donation of Stern Stewart & Company. These computers are now two generations behind and are in need of replacement. If you wish to donate to our computer room, please call, and we will determine the actual costs and needs of the laboratory.
Sponsoring Various Curricular and Extra-Curricular Activities
I. The Athletics Program
The Montfort Academy is seeking to build upon its already successful basketball and track and field teams. We wish to begin with soccer.
In addition, anyone wishing to donate new or old school equipment such as copiers, etc., please contact us. Equipment is always welcome.
II. The Debate Team
The Montfort Academy's curriculum is based on the classical trivium and quadrivium, part of which is mastery of debate and rhetoric. In addition to regular classroom instruction and practice in these areas, The Montfort Academy has established a debate team which will begin competing next year. The team will be named after the sponsor.
Sponsorship of our debate team $50,000
Other Giving Opportunities:
Adopt-a-Scholar Program
This program provides you with an opportunity to endow a perpetual or annual scholarship in your name or the name of someone dear to you. The perpetual scholarship is awarded every four years, while the annual scholarship is a one-time four-year grant. Half and full annual scholarships are funded at $7,500 and $15,000. Perpetual scholarships are funded at $250,000.
Partnership-in-Education Program
The Columbus Citizens Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation that provides scholarships to needy students of Italian-American descent. The Columbus Citizens Foundation and The Montfort Academy have agreed to match your gift 2:1 in cash and tuition credits. A gift of $5,000 annually for four years will provide a full scholarship of $15,000 to one of our Italian-American students under this program.
Planned Giving Opportunities
We can also provide you with information about life income plans that will benefit you, as well as the academy. For example:
Gift Annuities
You irrevocably transfer cash or securities to the academy in exchange for our promise to pay you a fixed amount annually for the rest of your life. The annual amount is determined by the amount of your gift and your age. Once established, your income remains constant. Part of your income is tax-free and you may claim a charitable contribution for a part of the amount transferred.
Charitable Remainder Trusts
In exchange for your gift of cash, securities, or other property, you can receive income for yourself and/or anyone you select for life, or for a specified term, not to exceed 20 years. You can claim a charitable contribution for the present value of your future gift to Montfort Academy.
Charitable Lead Trusts
Your transfer of cash or securities to a lead trust pays a percentage of the value of the trust assets to Montfort, usually for a term of years. At the end of the term, the remaining assets and any growth are passed to your named beneficiary. Although there is no income tax deduction upon creation, your gift or estate tax is greatly discounted and any growth is passed to your beneficiary gift and estate tax free.
Make a Donation
Donations may be made in the traditional manner by sending a check to:
Adopt-a-Scholar Program
This program provides you with an opportunity to endow a perpetual or annual scholarship in your name or the name of someone dear to you. The perpetual scholarship is awarded every four years, while the annual scholarship is a one-time four-year grant. Half and full annual scholarships are funded at $7,500 and $15,000. Perpetual scholarships are funded at $250,000.
Partnership-in-Education Program
The Columbus Citizens Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation that provides scholarships to needy students of Italian-American descent. The Columbus Citizens Foundation and The Montfort Academy have agreed to match your gift 2:1 in cash and tuition credits. A gift of $5,000 annually for four years will provide a full scholarship of $15,000 to one of our Italian-American students under this program.
Planned Giving Opportunities
We can also provide you with information about life income plans that will benefit you, as well as the academy. For example:
Gift Annuities
You irrevocably transfer cash or securities to the academy in exchange for our promise to pay you a fixed amount annually for the rest of your life. The annual amount is determined by the amount of your gift and your age. Once established, your income remains constant. Part of your income is tax-free and you may claim a charitable contribution for a part of the amount transferred.
Charitable Remainder Trusts
In exchange for your gift of cash, securities, or other property, you can receive income for yourself and/or anyone you select for life, or for a specified term, not to exceed 20 years. You can claim a charitable contribution for the present value of your future gift to Montfort Academy.
Charitable Lead Trusts
Your transfer of cash or securities to a lead trust pays a percentage of the value of the trust assets to Montfort, usually for a term of years. At the end of the term, the remaining assets and any growth are passed to your named beneficiary. Although there is no income tax deduction upon creation, your gift or estate tax is greatly discounted and any growth is passed to your beneficiary gift and estate tax free.
Make a Donation
Donations may be made in the traditional manner by sending a check to:
The Montfort Academy
99 Valley Road
Katonah, NY 10536
Attn: Mr. Joseph Pagnozzi, President
99 Valley Road
Katonah, NY 10536
Attn: Mr. Joseph Pagnozzi, President
(make payable to "The Montfort Academy")
