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Stuart is an affluent school. Why is my gift important?

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Stuart, like most independent schools, relies on your gifts to meet its annual operating expenses, to continue its tradition of offering a unique education grounded in the Goals and Criteria of the Sacred Heart, and to provide opportunities to qualified students through its financial aid program.

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Why not raise tuition?

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Stuart’s tuition only covers 88 percent of the actual cost of providing an education. If tuition were increased, many families would not be able to afford to send their daughters to Stuart. To close the gap, monies raised by the Advancementment Office allow more families to better afford a Stuart education, to attract and retain an outstanding an diverse faculty, to maintain the facilities and keep current on technological advances in education.

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Why are participation rates so important?

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Participation rates are an important way for Stuart to demonstrate to others in its community and to prospective families the commitment and dedication of our parents, alumnae and friends to the school and our students. We aim for 100-percent participation. Foundations and corporations awarding grants to educational institutions often look at the level of parent, alumnae and community participations in the school’s fundraising initiatives.

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What are the different ways I can give?

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Cash
Cash is still the most popular way to make a tax-deductible charitable gift. Checks should be payable to Stuart Country Day School and mailed to:

Beth Crutcher
Director of Institutional Advancement
Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
1200 Stuart Road
Princeton, NJ 08540

Credit Cards
Gifts by VISA and MasterCard are welcomed. Call the Advancement Office at 609.921.2330 x 296 or via e-mail to make a credit-card donation.

Online
You may use our convenient online giving link located at the bottom of the left hand column on this page.

Securities
Gifts of appreciated securities and mutual-fund shares held for more than one year provide significant tax savings for the donor. Gifts are tax-deductible at fair market value and there is no capital-gains tax on the transfer.

Call the Advancement Office at 609.921.2330 x 296 or e-mail for information about the stock-transfer process. Please advise the Advancement Office once you have transferred stock into the school’s account so we may properly credit you for your gift. Gifts are transferred to our account without identifying information of the donor, so we must be notified by you or your broker in order to acknowledge your gift.

The school's account for receipt of securities is with Schwab. The account number is 18147089, DTC clearing 0164, code 40.

Matching Gifts
Many organizations match charitable donations by their employees. Matching gifts can double or triple the size of the donation, while allowing you to allocate your company's charitable-giving dollars to Stuart. Please obtain the matching-gift form from your company's human-resources department. Complete your section of the form and enclose it with your gift. We'll do the rest!

What's more, Stuart considers your company's matching gift as part of your total contribution. Therefore, your $50 gift can become a $100 or $150 gift to Stuart. Securing a match for your $500 donation, if your company matches dollar-for-dollar, makes you eligible for the Janet Erskine Stuart Society (a $1,000 annual giving minimum).

Tax ID Number: Should you need it for tax purposes or to qualify for a matching gift, the school's tax ID number is 21-0744683.