A Foundation For Today, and Generations to Come
The Development Department of Mount St. Mary Academy is dedicated to raising the funds necessary for the provision and support of the programs available to its students. Funding through these efforts will further our ability to provide state-of-the-art learning, blended with time-honored traditions, within a developmentally safe and supportive environment. This mission is made possible only through the kindness and generosity of our good friends and benefactors who support us in our work through their prayers and donations.
Your donations help to support our annual fund, as well as three unique student scholarships:
Alumnae Scholarship Fund
Awarded each year to the relative of an alumna. The scholarship is governed by the MSM Alumnae Board, and receives contributions year- round from our alumnae.
Guardian Angel Fund
This fund provides tuition assistance to our students whose families experience unexpected difficulties such as the death of a parent, job loss, etc.
A Guardian Angel grant is often the difference between a student having to withdraw from our school for financial reasons, versus being able to remain and graduate a Mountie. Your gift to the Guardian Angel Fund will make a true difference!
Emergency Food Fund
A collection of funds dedicated to providing support for struggling families by covering the cost of their student’s lunch fees during the school year.
All of us at Mount St. Mary Academy sincerely appreciate the generous donations received from our friends and would like to express our heartfelt gratitude, particularly to these community and corporate supporters:
- John R. Oishei Foundation
- Bill and Jean Irr Family Foundation
- Bruce T. Williams Family Foundation
- Microsoft
Your support may be made through:
- Gifts of cash, stock and securities
- Bequests
- Life Insurance
- Gift Annuities
- Other Opportunities
Every gift made to Mount St. Mary Academy is met with sincere gratitude from our students, faculty, and families. Please contact us to learn more about how you can support our mission. We would be happy to meet with you in order to match your situation with your specific wishes for our school.
Contact our Director of Institutional Advancement, Bryanna Gwitt Prince ’12, via email or at 716.877.1358 ext. 306
We would like to take this opportunity to extend our sincere thanks to all those who have made a donation to Mount St. Mary Academy over the past year.
Additional Ways to Support MSM:
Amazon Smile
Good news for Amazon shoppers — and MSM. Through the AmazonSmile program, Amazon will donate .5% of the purchase price for eligible items to MSM. Visit Smile.Amazon.com or go to “Settings” on your Amazon shopping app. We are listed as Mount Saint Mary Academy Inc in Buffalo, NY.
MakeMeSmile is a Chrome extension that automatically helps ensure that your Amazon purchase can be correctly attributed to Amazon Smile, a charitable program. MakeMeSmile (couponchief.com)
Matching Gifts
Do you work for a matching gift company? If so, we can make your gift to MSM do more! Ask your Human Resources if your employer will match the charitable gift you make to Mount St. Mary.
Office Depot
5% of purchases of school and office supplies from Office Depot online or in-store will be donated back to MSM as a credit for free supplies.
Learn more at https://www.officedepot.com/cm/school-supplies/give-back. Our ID is 70073146.
United Way
If you work for an organization that supports the United Way, you can designate Mount St. Mary Academy to receive your United Way donation. On your pledge form, please choose the “Gift Designation” option and be sure to include our full name and address.
