Ways to Give

• For online giving please CLICK HERE.
• Prefer to pay by check? Please make checks payable to John Paul II Catholic School and mail to 4211 N Okatie Hwy, Ridgeland, SC 29936

For more information regarding the donation of stock to JPII please visit the Diocese of Charleston webpage.

PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP

John Paul II Catholic School believes that a Catholic education should be affordable and accessible to families of all faiths and backgrounds. The Promise Scholarship Program is designed to provide a faith-based education to students with financial obstacles that would otherwise prevent them from attending. This full-tuition scholarship enables a student with exceptional “promise,” who does not have the financial means, the opportunity of a lifetime to attend JPII. A Promise Scholarship recipient is a student deeply rooted in their Christian faith, committed to making the world a better place, and who possess gifts in the areas of academics and athletics or the arts. In other words, these are students who will make a difference in JPII as JPII makes a difference in them. 

The Promise Scholarship works this way: the donor “promises” to contribute one-half of the full-tuition cost and the JPII Tuition Assistance Fund will match the other half allowing the student to attend at no cost. Should the student need transportation, that cost will also be shared between the donor and the school. The donor must commit to this scholarship for the student’s entire career at JPII.

A commitment for the 2021-22 school year would be as follows:

7th - 8th Grade Tuition
$6,050 annually (50% of $12,100)
$500 transportation if required (50% of $1,000)

9th - 12th Grade Tuition
$7,037 annually (50% of $14,075)
$500 transportation if required (50% of $1,000)

If interested, please contact JPII Director of Finance Jill Heathcott at (843) 645-3838 or finance@johnpaul2school.org. 

Once a student is selected for this scholarship, we will provide the donor with annual updates as to the student's progress. The student will remain anonymous until graduation day when the donor and student will have the opportunity to meet for the first time. 

For more information regarding Bequests and Planned Giving for JPII please visit the Diocese of Charleston page at http://sccatholic.org/opportunities-your-planned-gift.

To implement your wishes, simply advise the plan administrator of your decision and sign whatever form is required. For an IRA or Keogh plan you administer personally, notify the custodian in writing, and keep a copy with your valuable papers.

• Naming JPII the primary beneficiary avoids all income and estate taxes.
• Partial savings when you give us a specific amount before giving family the remainder.
• Naming JPII the contingent beneficiary allows for greater flexibility.

Donating retirement plan a

A charitable contribution of real estate to JPII, whether it’s your personal residence, a vacation home, a farm, commercial real estate, or vacant land will give you numerous advantages.

• Income tax charitable deduction for the full fair market value.
• Avoidance of tax on the property’s appreciation.
• No hassle from trying to sell the property.
• No gift tax, plus a reduction of your taxable estate.

Corporate matching gifts are a great way for Donors, parents, and friends to maximize personal contributions to the John Paul II and increase the impact of their gift. By taking advantage of a company’s matching gift benefit, you may be able to double or even triple the amount of a contribution. Each company has its own guidelines for employees, spouses, retirees, and widows/widowers.

• Most corporate procedures are simple:
• Request a Matching Form from your company.
• Complete and submit the form to John Paul II Catholic School along with
• your gift.
• JPII will verify the completed form and return it to the company.
• The company issues a matching gift contribution to JPII.

Naming JPII the beneficiary of an existing life insurance policy that is no longer needed to provide for dependents offers a simple way to support JPII. If you have questions or would like to learn more about the many ways you can support JPII, please contact  Brian Quinty, director of development,  at 843-645-3838.

An endowment trust fund is a permanent, self-sustaining source of funding. Endowment assets are invested. Each year, a portion of the value of the fund is paid out to support the fund’s purpose, and any earnings in excess of this distribution are used to build the fund’s market value. In this way, an endowment fund can grow and provide support for its designated purpose in perpetuity. When you establish an endowment fund, you create a permanent legacy of support for John Paul II Catholic School.

Endowment trust funds can be designated and utilized for the following:

• Scholarships
• Paying operating expenses of the program
• Acquiring or leasing personal property need for the program
• Acquiring, leasing, renovating or constructing real property and improvements needed for the program
• Employing or contracting with any personnel needed for the implementation of the program
• Engaging in any and all lawful activities necessary or incident to the purposes, except as limited in any approved gift instrument

An endowment is an agreement between the donor and the school permanently defines the purpose of the fund. The agreement also outlines the school standard procedures for managing endowment funds.

You can name an endowment for yourself, your family, your friend, your favorite professor, your company – the choice is yours. Your endowment will be recorded as “The [Name of Your Choice] Endowment Fund.”

In order to establish an endowment trust fund an individual must make a gift of $10,000 or higher. The endowment trust fund can receive revenues from any source, including but not limited to contributions, donations, bequests and devises from wills with the approval of the School principal.

You can make a gift of any size to an existing endowment fund without signing an endowment agreement. There may be an existing endowment that reflects your interests and to which you can add your support. Also, many donors who have established endowment funds in the past continue making gifts to them over time. The larger a fund is, the more it can do each year.