Ways to Give

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- Make a gift to the Fund for St. John's. Gift payment options include credit or debit card, bank transfer, PayPal, Venmo, GooglePay, or ApplePay. You may also choose to make automated recurring monthly or yearly gifts.
Check: Please send checks (payable to St. John's Prep) to the Office for Institutional Advancement, St. John's Prep, 72 Spring Street, Danvers, MA 01923.
Donor Advised Funds: Read further on this page for information about supporting St. John's through a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) or use the widget to the right to make your DAF gift.
Matching Gifts: Corporate matching gifts can double or triple the impact of your contribution. Check here to find out if your company will match your gift to St. John's. Company matching funds are counted toward gift society levels at St. John's.
Stock: Read further on this page to learn about how to make a gift of appreciated securities.
Qualified Charitable Distributions: An easy option for donors over 70 1/2, maximize your charitable giving by making a gift out of an IRA. Donate up to $100,000 per year tax-free directly to St. John's and avoid recognizing the distribution as income.
Planned Gifts: Making a planned gift is a wonderful way to show your support for St. John’s while accommodating your own personal, financial, estate-planning, and philanthropic goals. Check here to learn more about the various planned giving options.
Wire Transfer: Please email Joanne Tavanese, managing director of advancement analytics and services, or call 978-624-1342 for wire transfer instructions.
Memorial and Tribute Gifts: Read further on this page for information about our memorial and tribute giving program.

Questions? Email Joanne Tavanese or call 978-624-1342.

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Donor Advised Funds

Many Prep alumni, parents and grandparents have Donor Advised Funds and they employ them to make philanthropic contributions. Donor Advised Funds present an easy way to support St. John’s Prep. Donors can use such funds to make gifts to the Fund for St. John’s and the Prep's endowment. Donors can also name St. John’s Prep as a beneficiary of a Donor Advised Fund. A Donor Advised Fund distribution is subject to IRS charitable contribution restrictions. Donor Advised Fund gifts cannot be used to pay for a ticket to a raffle or drawing, a fundraising event, or golf tournament.

Legal name: St. John's Preparatory School, Inc.
St. John's Prep's Tax ID #: 042104875

For more information, please email Managing Director of Advancement Analytics and Services Joanne Tavanese or call 978-624-1342.

Gifts of Stock

Gifts of appreciated securities can be the optimal way for many people to make a gift to St. John’s Prep, particularly if the securities have grown in value. Typically, a sale of appreciated securities results in a tax on the amount that the securities have increased. This means that sellers are permitted to keep only a portion of the profit. By donating these appreciated securities to St. John’s, gift-givers avoid the capital gains tax while also earning a charitable deduction on the full value of the securities, even the portion that has increased in value. Donors can direct their gift to a specific purpose, such as the St. John’s endowment or the Fund for St. John’s. If a gift of appreciated securities makes sense for you, please make note of the information on this page.

To ensure a smooth and timely transfer of stock, donors should compose a letter or email to their broker or CFP stating their intention to make a gift of stock to St. John’s Preparatory School. Please copy a representative at St. John’s and be sure to provide the information below, as our financial group will only be informed that securities have been received. For privacy reasons, wire-transfer transactions do not disclose the identity of the donor:

Name of stock to be transferred (call letters are helpful)
Number of shares to be transferred
Your account number (from your broker or financial representative)
Gift recipient's name and address: St. John's Preparatory School, Attn: Debra Marino, 72 Spring Street, Danvers, MA 01923
St. John's Prep Account #: HP1603510 through Pershing LLC
St. John's Prep's Tax ID #: 042104875
Pershing LLC wire transfer DTC#: 0443
State the intent of your gift (ex. Fund for St. John's or gift for restricted purposes - Faculty Endowment Fund)
Please copy St. John's on all correspondence. Charitable deductions are calculated based on the mean of the high price and low price of the shares on the date the transfer of the gift is authorized.

For more information, please email Joanne Tavanese, managing director of advancement analytics and services, or call 978-624-1342.

Securities gifted to St. John’s are liquidated by Sentinel Benefits promptly and at a greatly reduced cost through their broker/dealer Pershing LLC. Fees or commissions charged are limited to those charged by Pershing LLC to Sentinel Benefits. Please note that Sentinel Benefits handles transactions at cost and donates their fee which maximizes the impact of donors’ desired contributions.

The information on this page should not be considered legal or financial advice or counsel. Please seek additional guidance from your attorney and financial advisor.

Memorial & Tribute Gifts

Given the occasion to celebrate a graduation, anniversary or other significant milestone, a gift to St. John’s may be an ideal tribute. Memorial gifts offer a meaningful way to honor the memory of family members or friends while supporting St. John’s Prep. Those enrolled in our Memorial Giving Program are remembered in the prayers of the school community.

Whether donors make a tribute or a memorial gift, they may designate it to support the Prep’s tuition-assistance program or an existing, named endowment fund. In either case, the gift will help to advance our mission of educating young men of faith, brotherhood, and wisdom.

To make a memorial or tribute gift, please complete this form. If you have questions, please email Jill Purisky, manager of advancement services, or call 978-774-6727.

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