Giving to Rocky Hill School Endowment and Planned Gifts
	Help strengthen our fiscal foundation for future generations. Gifts to the School's Endowment are invested and professionally managed. Interest earned on these funds helps support the operating budget of the School. Planned gifts are a meaningful way to leave a legacy by including Rocky Hill School in your will or by establishing a charitable trust.

	Endowment
	There are some options to consider when you make an endowment gift: Unrestricted Endowment - A gift to the Unrestricted Endowment Fund is added to the School's professionally managed invested funds. Income generated from the fund is used at the School's discretion, where there is the greatest need. Permanently Restricted Endowment - Several permanently restricted funds have been established in the School's Endowment. Examples include the following: The Mariners' Scholar Fund - this fund was created with a $250,000 grant from a private foundation in 2004. Beginning in 2005, this fund made available full-need financial aid for an upper school student applying from an area public school. The goal is to increase the fund to over $1 million in order to enroll a new Mariner Scholar each year. Endowed Teaching Chair Program - To emphasize a commitment to our faculty, Rocky Hill School has established the Endowed Teaching Chair Program. We have set a goal to establish a minimum of 15 or more; one chair in each grade and/or department throughout the School through fundraising. This is a priority of the Mariners' Campaign and offers donors the opportunity to make a permanent investment to support outstanding teaching at Rocky Hill School in perpetuity. The Endowment also includes several named scholarship and award funds. For more information on how to make a gift to the Endowment, please contact Beth DeGerlia, Director of Development, at bdegerlia@rockyhill.org or by phone at 401-884-9070 ext. 129.

	Planned Giving
	The Rocky Hill School Foundation - Leaving a legacy to the people and charitable institutions you believe in is the single most important thing that anyone can do to insure continued care and support for their well being into the future. In other words, your will is the necessary document that lets you decide about the distribution of your assets. Otherwise, the government will make these decisions for you. With this in mind, members of the Rocky Hill School community may wish to join others who have included Rocky Hill School in their financial planning by making a bequest. While there are many ways to create a legacy to benefit Rocky Hill, adding the School as a beneficiary of your estate is the simplest, and can be easily accomplished by talking to your attorney. Click here for an example of a simple bequest form is available for you to review and discuss with your attorney and/pr financial advisors.
There is no better way to influence Rocky Hill School's future than by making a gift to the School's Endowment through your will or other deferred gift plan. For more information about how you might participate, please call Beth DeGerlia, Director of Development at 401-884-9070, ext. 129. Leave a Legacy ® is a national initiative endorsed by the Planned Giving Council of Rhode Island and Rocky Hill School.

updated 2/09