Since the first Mardi Gras Ball in 1991, more than $14.1 million (including endowment earnings and net Mardi Gras Ball proceeds) has been awarded to provide an Ursuline education to girls who otherwise would not have been able to attend. This school year, the Academy granted approximately $810,000 in financial assistance and merit awards to 159 deserving young women as a result of endowment earnings and the net proceeds from the 2009 event.

Recognition of endowed scholarship donors at Mardi Gras began in 1998 when Mary Lee and Fritz Duda presented the first Mardi Gras endowed scholarship from The Duda Family Foundation. More than 60 endowed scholarships and faculty endowments have been established through Mardi Gras over the past ten years.

ENDOWment

Each year the Mardi Gras Ball recognizes new named endowed gifts to the Ursuline Scholarship Endowment and Faculty Endowment. Named endowed gifts are established with a single contribution, or pledge with multi-year payment options, or several donations totaling $50,000 or more.

To learn more about how you can make a heartfelt gift by establishing a named endowment that will be celebrated at Mardi Gras 2010, contact Christy Frazer, Director of Institutional Advancement at 469.232.3584 or cfrazer@ursulinedallas.org.

Scholarship Endowment
Named Endowed Scholarships

Since the early 1980s, hundreds of young women have benefited from the generous support of those who have given endowed scholarships to Ursuline Academy of Dallas. Each year, thanks to these donors, the Academy is able to provide financial assistance and merit scholarship awards for deserving students.

Endowed scholarships are established with a single major gift or pledge with multi-year payment options, or several donations totaling $50,000 or more. The endowed principal amount needed to annually fund a full scholarship award is $300,000.

The John P. Flavin Endowed Scholarship Society was created to honor all donors who have given endowed scholarships to Ursuline. Mr. Flavin, a strong believer in Catholic education, is a major donor who has funded multiple scholarships. He has bequeathed Ursuline in his will to ensure his annual scholarship awards will continue in perpetuity.

Benefits for Scholarship Endowment Gifts

To donate at the Diamond or Emerald level, please contact Christy Frazer, Director of Institutional Advancement, at 469.232.3584 or cfrazer@ursulinedallas.org.

Hispanic Endowed Scholarship Program

In 2004, two Ursuline families came to Sr. Margaret Ann Moser to express their desire to establish a Hispanic scholarship program for the Academy. A Leadership Council was established with a commitment to raising $3 million.  David and Martha Alameel launched the Hispanic Endowed Scholarship Program with the first gift of $300,000.

The Leadership Council members invite other individuals in the Dallas community to join them in this effort to educate young Hispanic women leaders. A $3 million endowment will ultimate provide 10 full scholarships annually.  The principal amount needed for one full scholarship is $300,000.  Gifts of any amount are welcome.

John P. Flavin Endowed Scholarship Society

Ursuline Academy gratefully acknowledges the many individuals who support the following scholarships:

• The Ackels Foundation Endowed Scholarship in memory of Isabel Z. Ackels
• The Alameel Family Endowed Scholarship
• Alumnae Endowed Scholarship
• Anonymous
• Mary Kay Ash Endowed Scholarship
• Sr. Lois Bannon, O.S.U. ’32 Endowed Scholarship
• The Katherine Bolka Endowed Scholarship for Academic and Visual Arts Excellence
• T. Bone Endowed Scholarship
• Louise Buhrer ’35 Endowed Scholarship
• Jill Peterson Burns ’89 Endowed Scholarship
• The Butzberger Family Endowed Scholarship
• Sr. Catherine Chandler, O.S.U. ’36 Endowed Scholarship
• Jerome J. and Rhea McCoy Crane Endowed Scholarship
• David M. Crowley Endowed Scholarship Fund
• Father Jack Deeves, S.J. Science Endowed Scholarship
• Jenny Vilfordi Dove ’76, Brittany ’03, Lindsey ’05 and Lana ’12 Dove Endowed Scholarship
• Grant A. and Peg Brady Dove Foundation Endowed Scholarship
• The Duda Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship
• Employee Legacy Endowed Scholarship
• Isabel and Eduardo Esteve Endowed Scholarship
• The Esteve Grandchildren Endowed Scholarship
• The Fechtel Family Endowed Scholarship in honor of Alicia ’65, Mary Lou ’67 and Marguerite ’75
• T.J. and Charles Fechtel, Jr. Family Endowed Scholarship
• John P. Flavin Endowed Scholarship
• Friends of Ursuline Endowed Scholarship
• Sr. Helen Marie Gallagher, O.S.U. Class of 1920 Endowed Scholarship
• Kelly Peterson Gasink ’93 Endowed Scholarship
• Jennifer and John Gates Endowed Scholarship
• The J. Thomas and Margaret M. Haden Family Endowed Scholarship
• The Haggar Family Foundation Endowed Scholarship
• The Hanratty Family Endowed Scholarship
• Agnes Mary Hayes Endowed Scholarship
• Mary Lynch Healy ’42 Endowed Scholarship
• The Hirl Family Endowed Scholarship
• Hispanic Scholar Endowed Scholarship
• Judith Browne Huff ’58 Endowed Scholarship
• Dr. and Mrs. George C. Kreymer Endowed Scholarship
• Elizabeth Jean Schenewerk Kurilecz ’42 Endowed Scholarship
• The Mark S. Maske Memorial Endowed Scholarship
• The Robin ’67 and Tim McCormick Family Endowed Scholarship
• Jean Schaffnit Melton ’39 Endowed Scholarship
• The Tony and Rosemary Messineo Family Endowed Scholarship
• The Morgan Family Endowed Scholarship
• Robert E. and Alice Ingels Morgan Endowed Scholarship
• Allie Morgan Dunklin ’04 and Dr. William Dunklin III Endowed Scholarship
• The Sister Margaret Ann Moser, O.S.U. ’56 Endowed Scholarship
• The Lou and Audrey Munin Family Endowed Scholarship
• Student Council Endowed Scholarship
• Helen Eisenhardt and Agnes Gleason Peterson Endowed Scholarship
• Gale Peterson Endowed Scholarship
• The Aileen and Jack Pratt Foundation Endowed Scholarship
• Amy Fox Pugh ’79 Endowed Scholarship
• Sr. Dolores Marie Ramsey, O.S.U. Promising Writer Endowed Scholarship
• Beth Rayfield Endowed Scholarship
• The Rodriguez-Kendall Hispanic Endowed Scholarship
• Rudy’s Tortillas Hispanic Endowed Scholarship
• The Ryan Family Endowed Scholarship
• Catherine O’Connell Schulze ’32 Endowed Scholarship
• Roberta M. Snyder Endowed Scholarship
• Marianne and Roger Staubach Endowed Scholarship
• Minority Endowed Scholarship from The Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable Trust
• The Templeton Family Endowed Scholarship in memory of Patricia Templeton
• The Mike and Mary Terry Family Foundation Scholarship
• Louie and Laura Tomaso Endowed Scholarship
• William E. and Josie Toogood Endowed Scholarship
• Ursuline Sisters Endowed Scholarship
• Mary Pat Vetter-Winn ’65 Endowed Scholarship
• Laura Lyons Wallander Memorial Endowed Scholarship
• Laura Fox Williamson ’73 Endowed Scholarship

Faculty Endowment

“Great Teachers Make a Great School” is one of the five goal areas of the Ursuline Academy of Dallas strategic plan. A key strategy in support of this goal is to establish a Faculty Endowment of $10 million that will help Ursuline achieve the following:

• Provide competitive faculty salaries and benefits, while keeping tuition as affordable as possible.
• Maintain professional development funding to 1.5% of the Academy operating budget, a standard for Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS) member schools.
• Establish special faculty programs to encourage curriculum development and research activities.
• Expand programs for visiting scholars and speakers.

A strong Faculty Endowment will help Ursuline Academy ensure excellence in Catholic education for decades to come.

Benefits for Faculty Endowment Gifts

To donate at the Diamond or Emerald level, please contact Christy Frazer, Director of Institutional Advancement at 469.232.3584 or cfrazer@ursulinedallas.org.

St. Angela Endowed
Faculty Society

Ursuline Academy is grateful for the leadership and generosity of the following donors who designated gifts and pledges to the Ursuline Faculty Endowment Fund:

• Anonymous – Friends of Ursuline Faculty
• Robert Elder Family
• Lewis and Paulette Frazee
• Christine Jack ’82
• Jim and Audrey Jack
• Barbara and Earl Latimer
• Doug and Vicky Pitts Lattner ’69
• Robert and Maggie Bray Murchison ’75
• Eryn Murphy ’08
• Robert and Susan Hayes Raffo ’74
• Alex R and Joi Stowe Family
• Richard and Mary Templeton
• The Vetter Family

For additional information, please contact Christy Frazer, Director of Institutional Advancement at 469.232.3584 or cfrazer@ursulinedallas.org.