2009-10 Annual Review The Epiphany School Foundation The generosity of our parent body has never been stronger. Making a Great School Greater From the Chair Financial Highlights Total Revenue 09/10 $ 715,714 08/09 $ 622,010 07/08 $ 777,629 06/07 $ 663,442 Total Donations + Special Events (Less Expenses) + Interest Income = Total Revenue Jim Capuano Total Donations Dear Friends of Epiphany School, TS H Let me begin by thanking you all once again for your continued, generous support. 09/10 $ 438,195 LIG H The Epiphany School wouldn’t be where it is today without it, and that’s a fact. 08/09 $ 387,574 As I mentioned during our Back to School nights this past September, you should feel extremely proud of the support you gave to the school and the Foundation last year. 07/08 $ 461,870 Even in the midst of a slow and painful economic recovery, one in which we all had to seriously consider where every dollar was going, you came through once again 06/07 $ 365,478 and enabled the Foundation to meet its 2009/2010 budgetary targets almost to the 2 FinANCIAL HIG 2 FinANCIAL Does not include donations or grants penny. That’s a pretty amazing achievement. And parental participation in organiz- relating to The Capital Campaign ing and running our events was at an all-time high as well. Exceptional teamwork. So how do we make sure 2010/2011 is as successful? Or, better yet, more successful? The obvious answer is we continue to play as a team. By now, we all know the story Special Events of Jack Rudin. Mr. Rudin has been an absolute angel to the Epiphany School over the years — with his annual contribution increasing from $50,000 initially, to $150,000 in the last several years. That money goes a long, long way to ensure that we continue to enhance curriculum and fund our expansion initiatives. Without it, we wouldn’t 09/10 $ 252,142 be able to sustain what we have today — let alone expand upon it. 08/09 $ 263,607 So, as we look ahead we need to continue to work together to identify additional benefactors. Back to my baseball analogy — we need to recruit home run hitters to 07/08 $ 313,722 bat cleanup while the rest of us continue to hit singles, doubles and triples and put 06/07 $ 243,184 ourselves in scoring position. New benefactors come in all shapes and sizes. They can be friends, acquaintances, employers or organizations — anyone who you think All Special Events are less expenses might be willing to step up to the plate and make an introduction. Or you can just offer ideas about whom our team can approach directly. Mr. Hayes and I, along with our Development Office, will take it from there. Here’s another fact: six hundred people working toward a common goal will absolutely Total Grants yield better results than a dozen or so Board members trying to make things happen on their own. Let’s make things happen — together. Thank you all so much for your support and, on behalf of the Board, I wish you and 09/10 $ 420,000 your children great success in the year ahead. 08/09 $ 421,150 As always, I can be reached via email, or, feel free to stop me on the street and I’ll be happy to listen to your ideas and talk through potential opportunities in greater detail. 07/08 $ 496,850 Sincerely, 06/07 $ 442,780 Jim Capuano Chair, Epiphany School Foundation [email protected] It’s a Liz Marsh Liz Marsh and husband Chris are new to The Epiphany School. FamilyAffair. Their daughter Ella is in Nursery. The 2009-10 Annual Review of The Epiphany School Foundation is a How much research report to its constituents and friends on the activities of the past fiscal year, did you do on a school for Ella? which ended June 30, 2010. The Foundation is enormously grateful, that in a time of tremendous challenge for Catholic education, there has been continued We considered a range of schools for Ella and support of The Epiphany School. The school remains in the enviable position decided that Epiphany of full enrollment (approximately 550 students) with a waiting list. was the right place for her. Having baptized her at the Church of the Epiphany, the school has always been on Much of the success and continued growth of the school is due to the foresight our radar. And, over the years, we’ve been fortunate to of a few Epiphany parents in the late 1990s, who worked with the Pastor and interact with families whose children attend Epiphany. Principal. They came together with the goal of finding a way to assure ongoing Why did you choose Epiphany? vitality for the school. The outcome was the creation of the Foundation, which We selected Epiphany for a variety of reasons. We was established as a tax-exempt charitable foundation in 1999. Its purpose is like the community that it fosters, and as a family to enhance the children’s educational experience and the faculty’s teaching who lives in the neighborhood, this is especially nice. 3 During the application process we were so impressed I NTRODUCTION environment by funding an array of programs that tuition does not cover. by the teachers and faculty that we met, by the engaged Therefore the Foundation’s fundraising activities are central to accomplishing students that we encountered, and by the bright and its mission, with the cornerstone being the Annual Fund Campaign. welcoming classrooms. The facilities are great. Are you pleased so far with your choice? The Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees, composed of current parents, We are very pleased with our choice of Epiphany School alumni and, in an ex-officio capacity, the Pastor of the Church and the Principal. for Ella. The teachers are warm and caring, and provide The Foundation is a distinct and separate entity from the school. A Development a stimulating and creative environment. They welcome Office housed in the 22nd Street location administers the Foundation’s work. parent engagement, and are very communicative. We get a weekly email updating us on what happened in The lifeblood of the Foundation, however, is the support of The Epiphany School school the past week, and what to expect in the week ahead. Ella loves going to school and runs into the parents. Even with the hard economic challenges that face our city and nation, classroom each morning. Ella cheerfully tells us about the generosity of our parent body has never been stronger. There is a real the friends she’s made, sings new songs that she’s collaboration between the Foundation, the school and its parents. There is a learned, and is constantly bringing home artwork and projects. Most importantly, she always has a smile on shared vision of how children should be educated and a shared dedication to her face when she talks about school. helping achieve excellence in every facet of that education. Has the impact of what the Foundation does resonated yet? So in this edition of the Annual Review, we will highlight five different stories of some go-to people who make things happen here at the Epiphany School. We are grateful to the Foundation’s efforts to help maintain the high quality of the education at Epiphany There are hundreds more like them — both current and past. We salute and while keeping the cost of tuition down. We realize that thank all of them. Without their support and service, the Foundation would so much of what they do allows Epiphany to be more never be able to achieve its goals. affordable than so many other private schools. This fall we participated in the first-ever Epiphany School Walkathon, a Foundation effort to raise money for new playground facilities. Not only was the event a huge success monetarily, but it was a fun way for us to spend time with the other kids and families from Ella’s class. The Foundation events foster a strong sense of community and they offer great opportunities to help raise money for our school, with the added bonus of having a good time and feeling good while doing it. Having grown up in a family with strong Catholic values and traditions myself, I’m glad that Ella is in a place where those values are being nurtured. The Spring Auction Committee Annual Fund Donations Jennifer Walther Jennifer Walther and her husband Lonny Levitz are Epiphany Society ($50,000 and up) Michael Emery and Jane Adams Jim and Kristi Gannon the parents of 3rd grader Emily and Jackson who is in Susan and Jack Rudin Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Fairhurst Arkadiusz and Beata Gasciewicz Kindergarten. She co-chaired the American Girl Fashion Tracy and Cody Fitzsimmons Mr. and Mrs. Filippo Giancotti Show in 2008 and 2009. This year she was co–chair of the Fellows ($10,000 and up) Chris and Maureen Flynn The Gillow/Scarpulla Family Anne Falvey and Dan O’Connell The Gândara da Silva Family Brian Gimlett American Girl Journal. Jennifer also co-chaired the 1st Mr. and Mrs. Christopher C. Deanne and Frank Glover Mr. and Mrs. Robert Greene Annual Walkathon, held this past October. She currently McGrath III Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hayes Kathy and Michael Gregg serves on the both the Communication and Develop- Barbara and Edwin McLaughlin Patrick and Eleanor Heraty Mr. and Mrs. Steven Heffner ment Committees of the Foundation. Mary Jane and Tim Higgins The Jaliff Family Founders ($5,000 and up) The Incitti Family Michael and Kerry Jones What made you select Epiphany for your children? The Borrelli Family Robert Jacob, Jr.