Why Give?

You know firsthand that St. Ursula Academy is more than just great academics, athletics and the arts. You know that St. Ursula is a place where girls become young women whose hearts and hands reach out to others. It is a place where girls learn to live with integrity, responsibility, confidence, compassion and respect themselves and others. It is a place where girls deepen their faith and expand their hearts as well as their minds.

The cost to provide St. Ursula’s superior educational opportunities for young women is not inexpensive, but the benefits are priceless. St. Ursula Academy's enduring excellence is in part the result of continuing financial support from generations of donors – alumnae, parents, faculty, and friends – who understand that excellence does not come easily or inexpensively. We are blessed to be sustained by a generous community whose members make the school a philanthropic priority. We hope you will consider a gift to strengthen and maintain our school for this generation of St. Ursula Academy.

Donors make gifts to St. Ursula for many purposes and in many forms.

ANNUAL GIVING is the school’s lifeblood, providing essential funding to the operating budget each year. These gifts support academic programs, faculty salaries, physical plant needs, library acquisitions, athletic programs, the arts and financial aid, just to name a few areas. A gift to the Annual Fund supports every aspect of the school and every student. 

CAPITAL GIFTS support the construction of new facilities, the renovation of existing buildings, the purchase of new technology and improvements to our campus.

ENDOWMENT GIFTS provide for St. Ursula Academy' s financial future. Examples include the creation and maintenance of endowed scholarships, as well as support for specific academic, athletic and arts programs. 

MATCHING GIFTS occur when donor gifts to St. Ursula Academy are doubled, or in some cases tripled, because corporations and foundations match gifts to education made by their employees, retirees and directors.


Please contact Michelle Moses in the Advancement Office, (419) 329-2253, if you have any questions or prefer to make your gift by phone.

On behalf of the wonderful women who thrive at St. Ursula Academy, thank you!