The Need
To make a quality education affordable for all families, UCS works with each family and distributes financial aid according to annual household income. Since more than 47% of UCS families live on $15,000 or less, tuition covers only 11% of the annual operating expenses. Other school income, such as parent fundraisers and investment earnings cover an additional 22%. The remaining 67% needs to be covered by donations from individuals and corporations as well as through grants from foundations and other organizations.

Why Give to UCS

• UCS has been successfully accomplishing its mission since 1968
  * 91% of UCS students graduate high school
  * 62% proceed to college
• UCS is fiscally responsible - your money is spent wisely
• UCS students understand and appreciate the gift you give them
• UCS produces not only educated and productive adults but helps build strong moral character as well
• An investment in today's students is an investment in tomorrow's society

Ways to Help

• Annual Operating Fund
• Endowed Scholarship Fund
• Planned Gifts
• Gifts-In-Kind (non-cash donations)

Annual Operating Fund
The annual operating fund, as the name implies, is the vehicle for covering the yearly costs of running the school. For the 2007-2008 school year, the difference between the actual cost to educate one child at UCS ($6,200) and the amount covered by tuition payments and other school income ($2,000) is $4,200.

UCS accepts contributions of cash, check, credit card (Visa and Mastercard only), money order, securities and non-monetary resources. For information on donating stock or other appreciated securities, please contact the UCS Development Office at 216-939-8441. If you wish to mail a gift to Urban Community School, please direct it to:

Attn: Brian Driscoll
Director of Advancement
Urban Community School
4909 Lorain Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44102

Thank you for your interest in supporting the children of Urban Community School!

Endowed Scholarship Fund
The endowed scholarship fund ensures the financial stability and longevity of the school. The school uses earnings from this fund to provide scholarship support to UCS students.

Named scholarship funds are available for gifts of $120,000 or more. Each named scholarship fund generates enough annual investment income to pay for one UCS student each school year.

Planned Gifts - UCS Legacy Class
Planned giving is a means to accomplish both your personal financial and charitable giving goals, in addition to realizing substantial tax benefits.

UCS accepts a variety of planned gifts:

• Estate Gifts or Bequests
• Beneficiary Designations
  * Life insurance policies
  * Retirement gifts
• Charitable Trusts
  * Charitable Remainder Trusts
  * Charitable Lead Trusts
• Gifts of property (such as artwork or books)

Please visit our Planned Giving page or click on the above links to learn more about each option.

Gifts-In-Kind (non-cash donations)
UCS has a variety of volunteer opportunities available, as well as a constant wish list of non-cash items.

If you would like to learn more about UCS or the giving options detailed above, please contact Brian Driscoll, UCS Director of Advancement, at 216-631-4353.

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