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Donor Impact 2024-25

Donor Impact Report

2024-25

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Welcome Friends of St. Stephen′s,

I am thankful for our vibrant community and the ways that your gifts helped strengthen the experiences of our students, faculty and staff during the 2024-25 academic year. This past year was filled with moments that strengthened bonds, brought great joy and deepened our sense of community. I am profoundly grateful for the generosity of the Spartan family that helped us reach several milestones in Lasting Impact: The Campaign for St. Stephen’s, including the full funding of the St. Stephen’s Aquatic Center and Spartan Loop, as well as a matched challenge gift to our new Science and Technology Center and Annual Fund.

Chris Gunnin, Head of School

Chris Gunnin, Head of School

Leadership

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Financials

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Endowment

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*In an effort to maintain privacy, our donor lists are password-protected. The password was included in the Donor Impact Report email announcement distributed by the School. If you have questions, please contact Sharon Sparlin at 512.327.1213 x158 

$5 Million Matching Challenge Met

Momentum builds for St. Stephen’s new Science and Technology Center! Spartans matched an anonymous alumni donor’s $5 million leadership gift by the end of 2024, bringing total commitments to this top campaign priority to over $10 million and enabling St. Stephen’s to open the facility for students as soon as 2028. The donor increased their total giving to the project to $7.5 million following the community’s enthusiastic response.

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Lasting Impact: The Campaign for St. Stephen’s

On May 9, 2025, the Board of Trustees voted to approve an $85 million, three-year comprehensive campaign, Lasting Impact: The Campaign for St. Stephen’s. Campaign priorities include improved facilities—a new Science and Technology Center, a Student Support Center, and expansion of and renovations to the Chapel, increased endowment funding for programs and people, and a stronger annual fund. In fiscal year 2024-25, donors pledged or gave over $14 million. The campaign publicly launched in September of 2025 in tandem with the school’s 75th anniversary.

 

 

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$85M

Lasting Impact Goal

$14.1M

Gifts to Lasting Impact in FY24-25

$56.6M

Overall Gifts to Lasting Impact at FYE

65%

Campaign Goal Met at FYE

Clay Family Challenge Met

Multi-Generational Gift Inspires Spartan Generosity

In February, the Clay family pledged to match every gift to Lasting Impact: The Campaign for St. Stephen’s in 2025, up to $1 million. With over 50 donors committing more than $1.2 million, the challenge was not only met but exceeded, a testament to the power of collective generosity in shaping the School’s future.

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Thank you for a Strong Annual Fund!

Donors generously supported the Annual Fund, giving $1.92 million in gifts in the 2024-25 academic year. Gifts to the Annual Fund support the day-to-day needs of the school: faculty development and salaries, academic and co-curricular programs, athletics, arts, campus sustainability and financial aid and scholarships. The generosity of trustees, alumni, parents, grandparents, faculty, staff and friends made a powerful impact in advancing the continued excellence of a St. Stephen’s education.

$1.92M

2024-25 Annual Fund

1,061

Total Donors

$973K+

Parent Giving

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$525K+

Alumni Giving
25% Increase

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*In an effort to maintain privacy, our donor lists are password-protected. The password was included in the Donor Impact Report email announcement distributed by the school. If you have questions, please contact Sharon Sparlin at 512.327.1213 x158.

Do you have questions about philanthropy at St. Stephen’s?

Contact April Speck-Ewer, Director of Advancement,
at 512.327.1213 x118