Giving and Events

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Our Sponsor a Villa Girl program is a four  year commitment in which a donor helps an eligible Villa candidate to attend VVA.  This can be paid via check, credit card or debit card or can be set up for automatic payments via PayPal. This is an excellent way for a benefactor to make a difference in a student’s life.  Contact the Advancement Office at 609-882-1700 ext. 419 for more information.

A commitment form can be found here: Sponsor a Villa Girl form

A brochure detailing the program can be found here: Sponsor a Villa Girl Brochure

The levels of sponsorship are:

1. $6,000.00 annually (or $500.00 per month)
2. $3,000.00 annually (or $250.00 per month)
3. $1,200.00 annually (or $100.00 per month)
   
   

Double the impact of your gift by connecting with your employer’s philanthropic giving program. Many companies match up to 100% of gifts or volunteer hours donated by their employees. Please contact your HR department to see if your employer will match your gift to VVA! Past participating companies include Oracle, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Exxonmobil Corporation and Comcast.

An estate gift provides significant support to the future of Villa Victoria. You can provide for our school in your will or trust and the full value is deductible for federal estate tax purposes.

You may give a gift in memory or honor of classmates, parents, friends or the Religious Teachers Filippini. When a memorial or honorarium gift is made, Villa Victoria notifies the honoree’s family member(s). Unless otherwise stated, the gift is allocated to our Annual Fund. When prompted by PayPal to give special instructions please type the name of the person for the memorial or the honorarium.

IRA owners ages 70½ or older to directly transfer up to $100,000 per year, tax free, to charity. You must be 70½ and transfer funds directly to VVA from a traditional or Roth IRA. Please notify VVA of your plans and contact your IRA custodian to authorize your donation.

You may name Villa Victoria the beneficiary or co-beneficiary on an existing life insurance policy. In the event of your death, Villa Victoria receives the proceeds of the policy as a bequest, generating federal estate tax benefits. If you also make Villa Victoria the owner of the policy and relinquish all incidents of ownership, you can claim an income tax deduction for the cash surrender value.

Appreciated securities that you have held for more than twelve months can be gifted to Villa Victoria and you can benefit by claiming a charitable income tax deduction for the full value of the shares and avoiding the capital gains tax that would have been due if the shares were sold. Gifts of stock are sold upon receipt. You will be credited for the value of the stock on the date the gift is made. Please contact us and we can provide the information on our brokerage account.

Background:  Lara Enright, a member of the administration at Villa Victoria Academy (2009-2021) passed suddenly on May 12, 2021, leaving behind a loving husband, Robert, and daughter, Ellie, a member of Villa Victoria Academy’s Class of 2022. Lara, like Villa Victoria Academy, believed that life is a gift from God and should be safeguarded. Every person, created in the image and likeness of God, possesses inherent worth and deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. Every person has the ability to learn and reach her potential. Children are our community’s most valuable asset and have a right to safety, love, and learning.

Education is a shared responsibility of the school community which consists of the administration, faculty, parents, and students. The academic and spiritual formation of girls is vital to the human family. Effective education develops the whole person – spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, socially, and physically.

Overview: The Lara Jo Hammerstone Enright Memorial Scholarship is established through the generosity of friends, family and Villa Victoria Academy. This scholarship shall be awarded to an incoming 9th grader for her entire time at Villa Victoria Academy. 

Qualifications:

1. Admitted student in the  9th grade;
2. Score in the top 10 percent on the HSPT;
3. A family’s financial need is considered

Contributions to The Lara Jo Hammerstone Enright Memorial Scholarship may be received through:

1. Additional Gifts on an ongoing basis from the initial founders;
2. Gifts by any individuals

You can give directly to the The Lara Jo Hammerstone Enright Memorial Scholarship right here.

The Villa Class of 1998 has established a scholarship in loving memory of their classmate and friend Katherine Albe Shaftel ’98. This scholarship will be given to a young woman who gives back to her community through contributions in volunteering, fine arts, leadership, mentorship or being a good friend and ally to those in need. One award will be given per year to an incoming freshman. The award is for one year.

Kate was an actress and singer at VVA and then graduated from Westminster Choir College, where she earned a BA in Music and sang under the batons of some of the greatest conductors of our time.  In her career, she was an award-winning fine-arts fundraiser who was essential to the ongoing transformation of the Ohio University College of Fine Arts. Prior to that she helped alumni and friends to make positive change as a fundraiser at Westminster Choir College and the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey. During her lifetime she raised over $15 million to support the arts.

Contributions to The Katherine Albe Shaftel Memorial Scholarship may be received through:

1. Additional Gifts on an ongoing basis from the initial founders;
2. Gifts by any individuals