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Charitable IRA Rollover: A savvy giving strategy

If you are over 70 ½ years old and you make a gift from your IRA directly to Saint Louis Priory School, you can:

  • Provide immediate support to your area of interest at Priory;
  • Avoid taxes on a withdrawal of up to $100,000 - whether you itemize or not; and 
  • Meet (part of) your required minimum distribution from your IRA.

For more information, please contact the Advancement Office at advancement@priory.org

Since our founding, Saint Louis Abbey and Saint Louis Priory School have been blessed by the steadfast spiritual and financial generosity of the Abbey Family.

The faithful support we receive from our alumni, parents, and friends allows us to offer a Catholic, Benedictine college-preparatory education of the highest excellence as well as support of our Monastic community.

 

 

Your gift to the Priory Fund matters to us. Donations from alumni, parents, and friends will support all aspects of the school’s daily life and offer tuition assistance to exceptional students. Gifts to the Priory Fund help ensure a rich student experience with exceptional academic programs, outstanding faculty, competitive athletics and vibrant fine arts and co-curricular activities.  
 

PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A GIFT TO THE PRIORY FUND AT A LEVEL MEANINGFUL TO YOU. 

Friend of Priory - up to $249
Priory Associate - $250 - $999
The Shield Circle - $1,000 - $2,999
Headmaster's Circle - $3,000 - $4,999
The Abbot's Circle - $5,000 - $7,499
Saint Scholastica's Circle - $7,500 - $9,999
Saint Benedict's Circle - $10,000 + 

When you support the Priory Fund, you are partnering with us to provide young men with a Benedictine, Catholic, college preparatory education of the highest excellence. Your gift is vital to the students and educators at Priory, an institution that offers our students preparation for an exceptional life. 

 

Endowment Giving

Saint Louis Abbey and Saint Louis Priory School have established a number of endowments that provide long-term financial support. These endowments have been for the various needs of the school and Monastery and generate annual income for the Abbey and Saint Louis Priory School. These funds are invested to ensure the needs of the school and Monastery are met in perpetuity. 

The following endowments are in place to support ongoing important needs: 

Creating A Legacy

Contributing to our endowment funds, you are supporting the needs of the Abbey and school into the future. Endowments are the most reliable assets available to an institution; no other form of giving addresses long-term needs as effectively. 

 

The Abbey Society

The Abbey society recognizes all those who have included the Abbey or the school in their estate plans or through other kinds of giving arrangements. Such as trusts, insurance gifts, annuities, and bequests. 

Abbot Luke Rigby, Father Columba Cary-Elwes, and Father Timothy Horner were dedicated to building a college preparatory school of the highest excellence as well as a Benedictine community that would provide spiritual guidance for St. Louis families. The Abbey they established and built has had a profound impact on the lives of everyone in the Abbey family. Because of the lasting commitment and impact of these donors, it seems fitting to name this group, The Abbey Society. 

You can join the Abbey Society in many ways:

  • Make a single gift of $25,000 or more to the Priory Fund
  • Make cumulative gifts of $25,000 or more over your lifetime to the Priory Fund
  • Make a contribution of $10,000 or more to an Endowment Fund

Inform the Advancement office that you have named The Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Louis or Saint Louis Priory School as a beneficiary in your financial or estate plans and complete a brief form describing your gift..

For more information on how you can join the Abbey Society, please contact Natalie Covey in the Advancement Office at 314.434.3690 ext. 325 or ncovey@priory.org.