The General Operating Fund is the primary means for alumnae, parents of graduates and our friends to support the annual operating budget of SJA.
Annual gifts to this Fund provide for the greatest flexibility of your donation as it allows us to apply it to the greatest needs of the school. Although tuition makes up a majority of the school's revenue, it only covers 50 percent of the actual cost of an SJA education. The remaining 50 percent (or $8,500 per student) is covered by fundraising, including the gifts given annually to the General Operating Fund.
Here are a few examples of what gifts to the General Operating Fund helped provide last school year:
- Transportation to and from school for 125 students
- A new global issues research database for the school library
- Classroom equipment for more than 140 students who took Engineering classes
- Scholarship and financial aid assistance to 98% of SJA students who rely on this support to attend SJA
For more information about donating to our general operating fund, please contact Joel Cencius, Chief Development Officer, at (414) 274-4710 or jcencius@SaintJoanAntida.org.