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The Annual Appeal

Your gift to the Annual Appeal will make you a partner in sustaining nearly 150 years of the best Catholic secondary education in New Jersey.

Gifts to the Annual Appeal help to keep The Prep affordable for all of our students. Gifts are used to purchase lab equipment, library books, departmental reference and audio-visual materials, as well as to keep The Prep current with advances in computer hardware and software technology.

We ask you to consider an annual leadership gift through your membership in one of our gift clubs—

  • St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Circle
    $25,000 and above
  • Founders' Circle
    $10,000 to $24,999
  • Headmaster's Club
    $2500 to $9999
  • Setonia Club
    $1000 to $2499
  • Prep Club
    $500 to $999
  • Blue and White Club
    $250 to $499
  • Pirate Club
    $100 to $249

All club level donors are invited to the Headmaster's Reception in December. Members of the Setonia Club, Headmaster's Club, Founders' and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Circles are also invited to a Major Donors Reception each Fall. All donors are recognized in our Annual Report.

Double, even Triple, Your Gift— Many corporations and banks will match or even double your gift, or that of a spouse. Please check with your employer to see if yours is a matching gift company, or check the list of previous matching gift donors to the Prep] and then with your personnel office for the procedures to obtain a match.

"Transfer of Securities" gaining in popularity...

The most efficient way to transfer securities to Seton Hall Prep is broker to broker.

If your stock is held by a broker, notify him or her that you wish to make a gift of securities to Seton Hall Prep. Your broker will need written authorization from you before the transfer is made. Be sure to provide the name of the stock that you want to transfer, the number of shares, and indicate that you would like your gift to be designated to Seton Hall Prep.

Once you have authorized the transfer, ask your broker to contact Seton Hall Prep's broker:

    Christine F. Lockard
    Stifel Nicolaus
    740 Broad Street
    Shrewsbury, NJ 07702
    888.231.7226
    DTC# 793
    SHP Account # 5207-9671

When making a gift, please notify the Development Office of the name of the security that is being transferred.

For more information, please contact Jason Makarow '99
Director of Institutional Advancement
Seton Hall Preparatory School
120 Northfield Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052
973-325-6635 Office
862-224-4990 Cell
or
click for e-mail

Planned Giving

Planned Gifts allow individuals to make a gift in the present which Seton Hall Prep will receive at a future date. These gifts ensure that our mission will continue long into the future and will enable the Prep to advance in its position as a most prominent Catholic preparatory school in the region.

Planned gifts take many forms—including bequests, charitable remainder trusts, retirement plans, insurance policies and others. These gifts are often part of the donor's larger estate plan and offer charitable tax deductions as well. Just as with individual curretn gifts, most estates are designated for specific purposes.

Contact the Development Office for other details of for an opportunity to discuss the matter.

Other Giving Opportunities

By sharing interests in their sons' activities, many have developed bonds to groups within the Prep constituency that support Seton Hall Prep in unique ways. Among these groups are the Seton Hall Prep Mothers Auxiliary and the Seton Hall Prep Fathers Club. Annually their programs and activities, in addition to the important function of strengthening the community, produce revenues for the Prep in excess of $200,000. To find out more about the activities of these groups, go to:

How to Make Your Gift

  • Gifts of cash and checks are the easiest and most common method of supporting The Prep.  Please make checks payable to Seton Hall Prep.
  • Pledges made for payments over several months—anytime between now and the end of the Fund Year—may allow you to increase your gift to the Seton Hall Prep Annual Fund.
    >>> download a form to make your contribution
  • Gifts of securities may offer special tax advantages to some donors.  Click here for transfer instructions.
  • Donations are deductible for Federal Income Tax purposes as allowable by law. The Prep's tax-exempt identification number is 22-2807217.
  • The fund year ends June 30. All gifts received by that date will be acknowledged in the Annual Report
  • Wills and Estates— provisions can be made to benefit both your family and Seton Hall Prep.
  • Gifts and payments may be made over the telephone using VISA or MasterCard. Your gift will be credited immediately.

The Office of Institutional Advancement

Tel: 973.325.6634  or 1.800.311.PREP
Fax: 973.243.9274
e-mail:
jmakarow@shp.org



 

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