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LETTER FROM THE CHAIR FINANCIAL REVIEW

Thank you! It is because of the generosity of the myriad individuals and corporations listed on the following pages that Cor
Jesu is able to provide the premier Catholic education that has become a hallmark of excellence for young women in the St. Louis
Dear Friends, area. Donations to the Annual Fund, Endowment Fund (including Alumnae Class Endowed Scholarships), Auction and Golf
Tournament enable us to provide unsurpassed education for CJ students of today and tomorrow, award financial assistance to 28
Having the opportunity to serve as chair of the Advisory Council provides a most inspiring percent of our families, contain the cost of tuition and contribute to academic and co-curricular programs. Your yearly donations
perspective of the Cor Jesu community’s generosity, and it is one that I am most grateful to help Cor Jesu keep in step with and, where possible, be innovators for our students and for the future of the school.
witness. The passion with which alumnae, current and past parents and our many benefactors
support and serve the school speaks volumes to Cor Jesu’s mission and the charism of the
Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. “Total education” means more to the CJ community than 2016-17 ANNUAL FUND FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL-AID GROWTH
implementing a strong and academically challenging curriculum. It also requires nurturing CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANNUAL FUND: $603,099 ANNUAL FUND, ENDOWMENT, OPERATIONS
the whole person, spiritually, academically and morally, as well as offering opportunities that
challenge the young women to become servant leaders and responsible members of the global Advisory Council
community. Providing the total education of young women is seen as a collective responsibility Matching-Gift $18,371 $1M $974,181
3%
that the Cor Jesu community shares, and takes to heart. Companies $900K $886,685 $661,042
$ 23,889 Friends $845,000 $599,627
4% $76,860 $800K $773,000 $598,713
Thanks to that steadfast and heartfelt commitment to ensuring that all Cor Jesu students Faculty/Staff 13% $580,444
experience the premier Catholic education that the school has provided for 61 years, more than $3,182 $700K $663,000
$603,099 was donated to the 2016-17 Annual Fund to support Cor Jesu students and innovative 1% $600K $501,233
programs. Combined with the interest earned from the $6.3 million Endowment Fund and Grandparents Current $500K
Parents
$9,362
school operations, $974,181 was awarded in financial assistance to 144 qualifying families this 2% $217,635
year. 36% $400K
Alumnae
Parents $300K $313,139
As we step back and look at the big picture of what a Cor Jesu education means for the students, $41,990 $200K $246,287 $287,058
7%
all the pieces that comprise the entire experience come into focus. On behalf of the Advisory $161,767 $192,556
Alumnae
Council, I would like to thank you for your continued support of Cor Jesu Academy. We are $211,810 $100K
accutely aware of and extremely grateful for your contributions that allow Cor Jesu students to 35% 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
contribute their unique piece within the whole community. from Endowment Fund from Annual Fund and
(includes Alumnae Class Operations
Endowed Scholarships)
Sincerely,

FINANCIAL-ASSISTANCE BY THE NUMBERS

Tina Burniski Klocke ’78
Chair, President’s Advisory Council $1,500- 28% $974,181 $313,139
$6,000 OF CJA FAMILIES TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP
2017-18
RECEIVING
FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL AID AWARDS
AWARDED TO
RANGE AWARDED IN 2017-18 QUALIFYING FROM THE
TO QUALIFYING FAMILIES IN ENDOWMENT
FAMILIES 2017-18

EARNINGS FROM $603,099
$5,000 $6.3M 221%
2016-17
AVERAGE ENDOWMENT GROWTH OF ANNUAL FUND
FINANCIAL-AID FUND ARE ENDOWMENT DONATIONS
AWARD RESERVED FOR FUND SINCE
FINANCIAL AID JUNE 30, 2007