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from Money Can Heal, Siegfried E. Finser, Co-Founder, Rudolf Steiner Foundation (RSF)
The Waldorf School of Princeton is sustained and enriched through gifts made by parents, grandparents, alumni, faculty and staff, and friends. This generous expression of shared commitment and support ensures that the school will be able to continue to offer the most relevant and inspiring education to children today and for many years to come.
Your support and the contributions of many others enable our school to recruit and retain talented, dedicated teachers, support a full Waldorf curriculum, provide tuition assistance, and maintain and enhance our beautiful campus.
Our need for gift support this year is $175,000, approximately eight percent of our total operating budget for 2010-2011. Gifts to our Annual Fund, proceeds from our Spring Auction, and other fundraising events and activities such as the May Fair, plus revenue from our school store all provide this much-needed support for our school.
The Annual Fund provides a critical top five percent of the Waldorf School of Princeton's annual operating budget and provides our school with resources to be used where the need is greatest. Gifts to the Annual Fund support such areas as faculty professional development, academic, artistic, and athletic programs, campus maintenance, and tuition assistance. Since tuition covers 85 percent of annual operating expenses, gifts to this fund are essential.
The 2010-2011 Annual Fund goal is $115,000 and the campaign ends on June 30, 2011. Participation with all size gifts is needed.
Your tax-deductible gift can be made by cash, check, credit card, or securities, and can be made in one single payment or in installments. Make sure to ask if your employer or your spouse's employer has a matching gift program. For questions about the Annual Fund, please contact Diane Barlow, director of development, 609-466-1970 X115, development@princetonwaldorf.org
Learn more about ways of giving below or visit the secure online site to make your gift now.
Our 2010-2011 Annual Fund goal is $115,000, and the campaign ends on June 30, 2011.
Gifts of all sizes are needed in order for us to reach our goal.
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Giving Circles While gifts of all sizes from everyone in our community are tremendously important, leadership-level gifts help to ensure the Waldorf School of Princeton's financial stability. Leadership Circle gifts provide 75 percent of our Annual Fund goal. Gift circles are listed below:
Leadership Circles:
| Diamond Circle | $20,000+ |
| Sapphire Circle | $10,000+ |
| Emerald Circle | $5,000+ |
| Ruby Circle | $2,500+ |
| Topaz Circle | $1,000+ |
Recognition Circles:
| Garnet Circle | $500+ |
| Jade Circle | $250+ |
| Amethyst Circle | $100+ |
| Amber Circle | up to $99 |
Diane Barlow
Director of Development
Waldorf School of Princeton
1062 Cherry Hill Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
Online Giving
The Waldorf School of Princeton also offers on-line giving through JustGive.org as a fast, convenient, and secure means to make a gift by credit card to the school. The Just Give link above will take you to their website where you can direct your gift to WSP. Gifts may be made in honor or memory of someone, and can be either a one time gift or set up for recurring monthly payments.
To make a credit card gift by phone, please contact Diane Barlow, director of development, 609-466-1970 X115.
Installment or Recurring Gifts
An increasing number of people are authorizing monthly credit card transactions or automatic bank account debits as a way to make sustaining gifts over time. If you set this up independently with your credit card company, please let us know so we can properly thank you. For further information or to set up a recurring gift please contact Diane Barlow, director of development, 609-466-1970 X115, development@princetonwaldorf.org.
Corporate Matching Gifts
This is a wonderful way to double or even triple your gift. Many companies will match gifts to non-profit organizations like the Waldorf School of Princeton. To participate, obtain a matching gift form from your company's personnel or human resources office, check to see that your company supports elementary education, and send it along with your gift.
Gifts of Securities
Gifts of securities can be made directly through the school's broker at Merrill Lynch by calling (908) 789-4324. Please provide them with our DTC No. 5198 and Account No. 826-04A33. When you initiate a gift of securities, please contact Diane Barlow, director of development, 609-466-1970 X115, development@princetonwaldorf.org with specific details so that your gift will be properly credited.
Tax ID Information
The Waldorf School of Princeton is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This means that donors may deduct charitable contributions to the school for federal income and estate tax purposes.
The Waldorf School of Princeton's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 22-2224076.
For the past several years, the Auction has provided a venue for the community to support an area of particular need in the school. Areas of past support have included the greenhouse and classroom furnishings and are referred to as a Gift of Love.
The 2010 Gift of Love is dedicated to growing our scholarship fund. Many of our families are facing financial challenges never before experienced and the school is doing everything in its power to assist these families so that students can remain in the school. In addition, the school's commitment to making a Waldorf education accessible to all students is crucial to its mission of building a community that reflects our diverse society and to strengthening its enrollment.
At the Four Seasons Auction held on April 24, 2010 we offered $250 Scholarship Certificates in support of a special needs-based Scholarship Program for the 2010-2011 school year. If you would like to join in this endeavor by making a contribution, please contact Diane in the Development Office, development@princetonwaldorf.org, or call 609-466-1970 X115. Certificates valued at less than $250 are also available. The Gift of Love is fully tax-deductible.
General Endowment Fund
The revenue generated from this fund is used throughout the school year as needed.
This year, 2.5 percent of all gifts made to the Annual Fund will be contributed to the new General Endowment Fund established in 2008 through the Princeton Area Community Foundation.
Elan Leibner Endowed Scholarship Fund
The purpose of this fund is to provide tuition assistance.
The Finance Committee of the Waldorf School of Princeton is responsible for monitoring the performance of the endowment fund investments and for making investment recommendations to the school's Board.
The Development Office is available to assist if you are interested in establishing a planned gift. Please contact Diane Barlow, director of development, 609-466-1970 X115, development@princetonwaldorf.org
The Michael Society
In 2009 the school inaugurated The Michael Society—a society formed to honor individuals who have remembered the Waldorf School of Princeton in their estate plans. To
register your name or to learn more about including a gift to WSP in your estate plan through a provision
in your will, living trust, IRA, retirement plan, or insurance policy, please contact Diane Barlow, director
of development, 609-466-1970 X115, development@princetonwaldorf.org.
Please understand that the school might not be able to accept all items, and donations might be declined if items can not be used or readily sold. If you would like to make an in-kind gift, please contact Diane Barlow, director of development, 609-466-1970 X115, development@princetonwaldorf.org.
Please contact Diane Barlow, director of development, 609-466-1970 X115, development@princetonwaldorf.org for further information about volunteer opportunities.
