Unleashing an individual's potential, the power to make the most of ourselves, intellectually and spiritually, is what a Wooster education is all about. It is truly an opportunity of a lifetime – we hear that sentiment echoed in the recollections of our alumni. Wooster School has a long and rich tradition that has endured for eight decades because it has been supported by alumni, their parents, the parents of current students, grandparents, and friends. The result is that Wooster has earned an excellent reputation for abiding by its mission and remaining faithful to its four cardinal principles of Religion, Intellectual Excellence, Simplicity and Hard Work. To maintain and extend the reach of our extraordinary mission, we must continue to strengthen our financial position.
There are two basic categories of funds at Wooster School. Wooster’s Annual Giving (Ag) and the gifts to endowment and capital projects. In tandem, they provide critical resources for the everyday running of our School which includes educational programs, co-curricular activities, faculty development, financial aid for qualified students, and maintenance of our beautiful 125-acre campus.
The School’s number one fundraising priority is Annual Giving. Wooster’s Ag provides the School with the necessary funds to support the operating expenses that are not covered by either tuition or earnings on endowment. Your gift to Wooster’s Ag directly and profoundly makes a difference to every student, every faculty member, and every program on campus. In a very real sense, Annual Giving is a living endowment because it provides the infusion of resources that is three times the equivalent of earnings on our current endowment. As our Annual Giving program matures and grows to $1 million, it will provide the School with income equivalent to a $25 million endowment.
Capital and endowment projects, ranging in designations that include financial aid, faculty support, and building construction and maintenance, are prioritized by the Board of Trustees.
Gifts can be made in many ways although for the majority of donors a personal check is most convenient. Alternatively, there are distinct tax advantages to making a gift of appreciated securities. Other gifts of tangible property, real estate, life insurance, retirement plans, life income gifts, trusts and bequests fall under the rubric of Planned Giving.
How and what you give is not as important as that you do give. Wooster School is only as strong as the support that our community gives. It is through your support that Wooster School’s mission advances.
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