Annual Appeal

Support our Mission Through Annual Giving

You’re invited to explore each of our giving levels below to determine which might suit you and your family best this year. Many of our neighbors continue to face financial challenges this year – any gift you’re able to give today will make a difference!

All gifts, no matter the size or purpose, mean a great deal to our school community and are appreciated and cherished more than we can express.

Please connect with a member of our Development Department with any questions.

Donors can take advantage of our various levels of giving:

Alumnae who
have graduated within the last 10 years & make a gift of at least $20. (e.g. a 2011 graduate could make a symbolic gift of $20.11)

Will be honored with an MSM Thunder Club t-shirt

Donors who
maintain an automatically recurring monthly gift of at least $25 per month

Will be honored with Engraved MSM bell

Donors who
give a cumulative amount between $301 and $2,499

Will be honored with an engraved MSM bell

Donors who
Give a cumulative amount between $2,500 and $4,999

Will be honored with early access to Chrysalis silent auction bidding

Donors who
give a cumulative amount between $5,000 and $9,999

Will be honored with:

  • Early access to Chrysalis silent auction bidding
  • Their name displayed on a new donor display board just inside the front door

Donors who
give a cumulative amount of $10,000 or more

Will be honored with:

  • One free RSVP to the following Chrysalis
  • Early access to Chrysalis silent auction bidding
  • Their name displayed on a new donor display board just inside the front door
  • Recognition on MSM’s website

Join a community of generous and strategic-thinking friends of the school who support our mission through bequests, charitable trusts or gifts of real estate, securities or insurance.

Will be honored with:

  • Early access to Chrysalis silent auction bidding
  • Their name displayed on a new donor display board just inside the front door
  • Recognition on MSM’s website

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.

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

Read our Annual Report

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:

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)

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.

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.

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.

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