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Gifts to Cristo Rey Jesuit High School help make the dream of a college preparatory education a reality for students from low-income families in Baltimore City.

Cristo Rey Jesuit offers a path to success for our students and hope for the future of Baltimore. Five days per month, our students work in the offices of our corporate partners, helping to finance their education while acquiring real-world preparation for their future careers.
     

We invite you to join this powerful endeavor by making a gift. With your help, our school will have a transformative effect in the lives of our students, our neighborhood, and our city.

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Philanthropy in the News

-Charitable IRA legislation was signed into law on Oct. 3, 2008 and will be in effect for 2008 and 2009. This charitable option allows donors who are 70 ½ or older to move $100,000 per year from their IRA directly to an eligible charity without having to pay income taxes on the money. 

-In current bear market conditions financial planners are increasingly recommending charitable lead trusts as a giving option for donors. “What makes them especially attractive now is an historically low special rate that the Internal Revenue Service uses to predict how much your assets will grow in the trust. Estate-planning lawyers call it the ‘hurdle’ rate because investment gains beyond it can generally pass to heirs tax-free. The rate, which is adjusted monthly, remains locked in for the length of the trust.” Read "Giving Smarter While Helping Your Estate" in the Wall Street Journal for more information, and visit our new webpage on planned giving.

The Aysha Ring Memorial Scholarship Endowment

The Aysha Ring Memorial Scholarship Endowment has been established so that Aysha's spirit may live on in the hearts and minds of members of the Cristo Rey Jesuit community.

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