Annual Appeal FAQs:

What is the Newman Catholic Annual Appeal?

    The Newman Catholic Schools’ Annual Appeal is a yearly fundraising program administered by the Foundation Office. The goal for each year’s Annual Appeal is based upon the need determined by the Board of Education’s operating budget. The need from the Foundation Office for the 2011-2012 school year is $225,000. Dollars raised in the Annual Appeal are used to address the school’s operating costs. In recent years, funds have also helped fund new technology, books for the classroom, Catholic Identity programs, and continuing education for faculty.

Why should I contribute?

    There are many reasons for the need for your support of the Annual Appeal.

• Annual Foundation Fundraisers provide dollars needed for the school’s operating budget, typically amounting 11.6% of the school’s operating budget. Parish Subsidies make up 46% of the school’s operating budget.
• By serving as one piece of the “budgetary puzzle”, fundraising programs effectively reduce a Newman Catholic education by $406 per student!
• Foundation fundraising efforts, with the help of Parish Subsidies, play an important role in minimizing the annual increase of tuition, and allowing the tuition that our nearly 300 families pay to remain nearly half of the $5,277 it actually costs to educate a child at Newman Catholic Schools.

When should I contribute?

       Newman Catholic Schools' Annual Appeal events begin in March and end in June of the current year. Monthly gits will be divided on a 12 month year basis. Gifts to the Annual Appeal are accepted at anytime with major mailings and Phonathon taking place in March/April.

How can I contribute?

      You can contribute in a variety of ways, this includes:

• You can give online, click on Donate in the middle of this page. Safe and secure through Paypal!
• You can contribute in one payment, or you may offer a pledge and fulfill that pledge in several payments.
• You can double your contribution- at no cost to you! If you employer is a matching gifts company we can help you submit your employers matching gifts program form.
• You can also fill out the form on the back of the postcard that you receive in the mail in March, April, or May.
• You can offer gifts of stock.

Partners of Newman 2012 Annual Fund
Give the gift of a Catholic Education today!

A monthly gift of:   is an annual gift of: $50   $600 $25   $300 $20   $240 $15   $180 $10   $120 $5   $60 Based on 12 monthly payments	Give a gift to: Partners of Newman     Give a gift to: Faculty and Staff Endowment     Give a gift to: Tuition Fund Restricted
Monthly Payments for a 12 month period $1000 per year : $100.00USD - monthly $750 per year : $75.00USD - monthly $500 per year : $50.00USD - monthly $250 per year : $25.00USD - monthly $200 per year : $20.00USD - monthly $150 per year : $15.00USD - monthly $100 per year : $10.00USD - monthly $50 per year : $5.00USD - monthly Donate Gift to: Please Select One Partners of Newman Faculty and Staff Tuition Fund Restricted

Areas to Give

Friends of Newman

The Partners of the Newman Catholic Annual Fund Campaign seek to enhance the experience of our students through the generous support of our “extended family”, our donors. We believe that you have the right to know what accomplishments our gift makes possible and that you have a choice in directing how those gifts are to be used. We hope that you welcome his opportunity to provide additional support. Your investment in the Newman family is vital to keeping our programs excellent, successful, and attractive.

Faculty and Staff Endowment

Gifts to the Faculty & Staff Endowment are restricted and used by our system to enhance salaries of our teaching staff. Teachers are the heart of a great school and Newman is dedicated to improving the salaries of our faculty to aid us in retaining as well as recruiting dedicated, successful teachers.

“To give without any reward, or notice, has a special quality of its own.”
	-Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Donor Restricted Gifts

These types of gifts are usually given to a specific area or program that the donor has a special interest in. As an example, each year our system receives gifts to the fine arts fund, library fund, athletics, music, textbooks, staff development, or Catholic Identity Fund. Please know that we are available to assist you in your choice as to what the specific need of each area might be.

Tuition Fund

These funds are restricted for use as tuition assistance for qualifying students and families. Your gifts to this fund can make the difference for a student being able to afford the high quality education provided by the Newman Catholic School system.