Annual Fund gifts of all sizes make up the difference between tuition and the real cost of education. Donations to the annual fund sustain Mount de Sales as a premier academic institution by enhancing our technology, programs, and campus facilities used by every student, every day.
All Mount de Sales families and alumni are asked to support the Spirit of Mercy Annual Fund at a level that is right for them and will receive an initial request each fall. Annual Fund gifts are tax-deductible as allowed by law. The Spirit of Mercy Annual Fund starts on July 1 each year, and gifts may be made by June 30 of the following year.
Donors may make an unrestricted gift, which we will use to meet our greatest need, or direct your donation to a favorite project:
Emergency Tuition Relief Fund
The global pandemic has created an acute financial crisis that may spark a deeper recession than experienced in 2008 when our financial aid budget subsequently increased by 75%. Your donation will provide emergency aid to reduce the burden of tuition for families who have lost jobs and income so that their children do not have to change schools. Perhaps now more ever, our students need the constancy and a sense of security that continuing their education at MDS provides.
Tuition Assistance
In keeping with our founding mission, Mount de Sales serves students of all backgrounds. Each year more than 200 MDS families qualify for and need tuition assistance. Your support makes it possible for a diverse group of bright and talented students to have a Mount de Sales education.
Athletic Program
More than 80% of MDS students participate in a competitive sport, and our teams are growing in talent and success. Our athletic program is committed to excellence and to developing student-athletes with strong character, discipline, work ethic, and physical fitness. Your gift to the Athletic Program provides for training, uniforms, travel to competitions, equipment, and other needs.
20/20 Fund for Cavalier Fields
Athletics teaches discipline, teamwork, and perseverance. Our 20-year old athletic complex needs enhancements that will benefit our student athletes today and throughout the next 20 years. These improvements include resurfacing the track and D-zone, creating an irrigation pond to preserve our fields, new maintenance equipment and bus to transport athletes to competitions, and a new soccer field fence. The needs total $400,000. To help, designate your annual fund gift to the 20/20 Fund.
Click here for great ways that we honor generous gifts to the 20/20 Fund:20 20 Fund for Cavalier Fields
