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advancement office
Alumnae, Are You Ready for MARCHarger MADNESS?

Endowed Scholarships: From now until April 13, all alumnae classes will have the chance to take center court in a tournament-style
alumnae-class competition to claim the championship spots in CJ’s Final Four MARCHarger MADNESS!
Permanent, Immediate and Future Funding for Students Game Plan & Scorecard:
Every alumna who makes a gift to the Heart-to-Heart Society or has already made a gift this fiscal year to
Have you ever considered establishing a personal and permanent means of mak- H2H will earn points for her “team” (class endowed scholarship) that are then scored accordingly.
ing a difference for a Cor Jesu student and her family? Named scholarships fulfill Starting and Completing • To earn 3 POINTS ~ Make a recurring gift to the Heart-to-Heart Society, and you will also receive a

Heart-to-Heart tumbler!

an immediate and future need for providing financial aid at Cor Jesu. an Endowed Scholarship • To earn 2 POINTS ~ Make a donation for the first time ever to CJ. MARCHarger
With the strategic-plan priorities identified, one of Cor Jesu’s main goals is to Endowed scholarships can be made • To earn 1 POINT ~ Make a one-time donation (not a recurring gift) to your class scholarship.
with a single gift. They may also be
grow its Endowment from the current $6.9 million to $20 million by 2025. Doing started with a seed gift of $5,000 or All donors in the Final Four winning classes will receive a MARCHarger MADNESS T-shirt and MADNESS
so will fully provide $1 million annually in financial aid outside of the operating more and an agreement to complete will be invited to a CJ-hosted class party with appetizers and beverages in the new student
budget and sponsored students. These investments ensure that donors will per- the endowment over time. Endowed commons! And the top-scoring alumnae class will get to design a piece of merchandise for the Spirit
scholarships may be completed
sonally provide a CJ education for a deserving student during her time at Cor Jesu through recurring giving or through Stop bookstore that will be available for purchase!
To score points for your team, make a donation today by logging on to www.corjesu.org/MARCHarger and be sure to
and for future students in perpetuity. a will bequest or other estate-plan visit this page for all the latest statistics to see if your “team” (class) is in the lead. And be sure to follow us on social media
All Endowed Scholarship funds are invested together in a separate fund. The provisions. There are three levels of for exciting news along the way. Winners will be announced on April 16. Let the games begin!
endowed scholarships:
assets are invested in a fully diversified portfolio and are part of a disciplined in-
vestment program overseen by Cor Jesu’s Investment Committee. Scholarships 1. Partially Endowed Scholarship
• Established with a contribution of
are provided by the distributions made from the investment portfolio. $20,000. 2018 Golf Tournament Call to Solidarity, continued from page 9
Scholarship eligibility at Cor Jesu is determined by a need-based assessment • Allows Cor Jesu to offer partial- on September 10
through FACTS Managements. For the 2017-18 academic year, 28 percent of CJ tuition remission annually. very first people to make America ways to foster understanding and
families receive financial aid totalling $974,181 with $313,139 from endowment. • 5% of the Scholarship balance is Mark your calendars and get your the great country it is today.” transformation. (See list on page 9.)
The average amount awarded per family is $4,986, or 32 percent of tuition. awarded to a student annually. golf foursome together for CJA’s MOVING FORWARD As Cor Jesu continues to dis-
For questions or more information, please contact Katie Magee Thiemann ’81, 2. Semi-Endowed Scholarship 2018 Golf Tournament on Monday, cern how the Holy Spirit is calling
Director of Advancement, at 314.842.4429, ext. 278 or kthiemann@corjesu.org. • Established with a contribution of September 10, 2018, at Sunset The Cor Jesu community is taking the school community to respond
$150,000. Country Club. The four-person the call of solidarity to heart. In to the call of solidarity, “we must
• Allows Cor Jesu to offer half-tuition addition to presentations and train- engage others in conversations
remission annually to one student. scramble will begin with a shotgun ing sessions already implemented, where we listen to the experience
start at 12:30 p.m. and includes:
3. Fully Endowed Student Scholarship administrators, teachers and staff of the other even as we speak our
FIVE-YEAR FINANCIAL-AID GROWTH • Established with a contribution of lunch, dinner, silent auction, open are taking part in endeavors offered own truths,” Sr. Maureen added.
$250,000. bar and carts. throughout St. Louis that specifical- “Only then can we work to right
• Allows Cor Jesu to offer full- Many sponsorship opportunities
$1M $974,181 tuition remission plus fees, lunch, are available. Visit www.corjesu. ly address race relations, the impact injustice so that ‘all of them may
$661,042 transportation, uniform and of racism on our community and be one.’”
$900K $845,000 $886,685 extracurricular activities annually org/golf for sponsorship and tourna-
$599,627
ment details.
$800K $773,000 $598,713 to one student. We look forward to seeing you on Members of the CJA and ASCJ communities attended the Interfaith Prayer Service for Peace and Solidarity
this past September at Kiener Plaza: Naomi See ’18, CJ Music Director Kathleen Wobbe Pottinger ’88, CJ
$580,444 Endowment gifts may be made in the Campus Ministry Director Sr. Veronica Marinari, ASCJ, CJ Diversity Initiative Coordinator Sr. Maureen
$700K $663,000 form of cash, appreciated securities, the greens! Fitzgerald, ASCJ ’70, CJ math teacher Helen Colston and Sr. Maureen Martin, ASCJ ’66.
property or through a Donor Advised
$600K $501,233 Fund. All gifts to the Endowment Fund
are tax-deductible.
$500K Annual Report Corrections
“Thank you for your generous donation We apologize for the oversight in not
$400K to the endowment fund, which is allow- reporting the correct giving levels of the
ing me to attend Cor Jesu Academy. Cor following benefactors in our most recent
$300K $313,139 Jesu has been in my family for many Annual Report. The correct giving levels
$287,058 years. I love the spirit, traditions and com- are listed below:
$200K $246,287 munity that are instilled in all the girls
$192,556 who walk the halls of Cor Jesu. I would Cor Jesu Leadership Society
$100K $161,767 Favazza’s on the Hill
not be able to experience any of these
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 things for myself, if it were not for your The Apostles Society
generosity. Thank you!” Stephen and Jean Bante Moore ‘74
from Endowment Fund from Annual Fund & Operations –Current CJ student, recipient of financial aid Sacred Heart Society
thanks to a Named Scholarship Mark and Kate Finan Stroble ’75

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