The Bellarmine Fund provides essential resources, beyond tuition, which are critical to the operation of the school and our ability to provide outstanding academic and co-curricular programs. Unrestricted gifts contributed to The Bellarmine Fund support and advance educational opportunities for our students in a variety of programs, including athletics, visual and performing arts, speech and debate, robotics, campus ministry, and transformative immersion journeys. In short, The Bellarmine Fund is essential to providing each student with a unique "Bellarmine experience."

Bellarmine is deeply committed to educating qualified students, regardless of the financial circumstances of their families. Our need-based Tuition Assistance Program continues to play a vital role in maintaining the school's cultural and socio-economic diversity. In academic year 2022-2023, with approximately 25 percent of our students receiving tuition assistance, Bellarmine's Tuition Assistance budget is nearly $6 million. Donations designated each year to the Direct Tuition Assistance Fund help meet the need of our students and their families.

When you make a leadership gift through Annual Giving, you help create exceptional experiences for today's Bellarmine students. Annual donors who give most generously are recognized at the following levels:

The benefits of giving at these levels includes invitations to special recognition events during the year, plus inclusion in Bellarmine's Annual Report of Giving.

This campaign will result in the Wade Academic Center, named in honor of Fr. Jerry Wade, S.J.,'55 and his parents, which will feature 21-classrooms, the Jim Harville '63 Speech and Debate Hub, Fr. Dick Cobb, S.J. Center for Adult Spirituality, and the V. Ronald Pine '57 Lobby. The Campaign will also provide a new Jesuit residence, improved campus entrance, and will grow the school's endowment. To make a gift in support of this Capital Campaign, please click here.

The Steve Pinkston Endowment supports and promotes faculty diversity at Bellarmine. To read more about this larger initiative, please click here. To make a gift to the Pinkston Endowment, please click here. All proceeds from this Endowment Fund will benefit the Pinkston Fellowship program.

Bellarmine's exemplary quality of education is made possible largely by the financial support received beyond the cost of tuition, which only covers a portion of the full cost of education. Supporting Bellarmine helps us create an inclusive and diverse environment, deliver the Bellarmine experience, and continue to expand and deepen offerings.

Whether making an unrestricted donation to The Bellarmine Fund, helping fill the gap between tuition and the actual cost of education; contributing to the Direct Tuition Assistance Fund, providing tuition assistance to nearly one in every four of our students; or remembering Bellarmine in your estate planning, securing the future of our school for generations to come; please know that a gift at any level truly makes a difference.