About the Katie Fund
Your gift to the Katie Fund goes immediately where it is needed most — to current students in all of the University's schools and colleges. Katie Fund gifts ensure that each year St. °µÍø½ûÇø is able to provide support for: Access and Success, Katie Scholarships, the Center for Intercultural Development, Student Athletics and Co-curricular programs, Student/Faculty Collaborative Research and the University's greatest needs.
Your gift makes an immediate and profound difference at St. °µÍø½ûÇø. Katie Fund gifts reach out to all corners of the University, helping shape every student's experience. Each year, your gift ensures that current St. Kate's students have all the tools and support they need to leave the University prepared to lead and influence.
Organizations that rank U.S. colleges and universities look at alumni participation as an indicator of the quality of an institution. In addition, many foundations and corporations look at alumni participation as a basis to determine whether the University is a good investment. Your gift, when combined with the thousands of other gifts from alumni and friends, adds up to big support for St. Kate's students. Your gift makes a statement that St. °µÍø½ûÇø is an institution worth investing in.
Tribute gifts are a wonderful way to remember someone who has had a special connection to the University. It is a great way to remember your favorite faculty member, a mentor, a roommate or a friend. When you make your gift, by check or credit card, indicate whom the gift honors and where you would like us to mail a note about the tribute gift.
Yes. St. °µÍø½ûÇø is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit and all gifts are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
It's easy. You can make a gift with a check or by phone with a credit card. You can also make a credit card gift on our secure online site and . The University also accepts stock transfers.
Mail checks to:
St. °µÍø½ûÇø
Institutional Advancement, Mail F-12
2004 Randolph Ave
St. Paul MN 55105-1789
Absolutely. Many companies sponsor matching-gift programs to encourage employees to support charitable organizations. Some companies will match your gift dollar for dollar; it is an easy way to significantly multiply your gift to St. °µÍø½ûÇø and enhance the education of our students. Not sure whether your employer or your spouse's employer has a matching-gift program? . Please check with your employer's Human Resources office to initiate a matching gift to St. Kate's. You may also direct questions to matchinggifts@stkate.edu.
Meet the Students in the Digital Engagement Center
Our mission is to increase alumni participation and support, as well as keep you connected to the University. The Digital Engagement Center is staffed entirely by current Katies, who provide a first-hand perspective on St. Kate's, as well as
- thank donors for their financial support
- secure gifts and pledges for St. Kate's Katie Fund
- update records
- provide information about St. Kate's news and events
If you have any concerns about the validity of your call, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. For more information, contact us at 1 (651)690-8143 or katiefund@stkate.edu.
"Working in the Digital Engagement Center makes me realize how much giving back matters. Even if I can't give back monetarily, I can give back my time by volunteering." - Tomi Ola '23
"To our donors, I would like to say thank you so much for your generosity! You are helping students like me receive aid to have the ability to continue my education." – Gabrielle Agbenyiga '24
"I want to give thanks to our donors from the bottom of my heart. I’ve been able to attend St. Kate's with the help of scholarships. It really makes a huge difference!" - Daisy Arroyo Ambrosio, '25
"The best advice I ever received from an alum was to keep persistence in school and to pursue what I would want to do for myself." - Adora Khang, '25
"I am grateful to our donors because they allow me to attend St. Kates. If it wasn't for our donors I wouldn't be here." - Maria Johnson '27
"What I love most about working in the D.E.C is the community that I have gained and the friends I have made. I also love talking to alumni and hearing about their lives. They always have very interesting stories to tell." - Tarryn Bell ’26
"I have received scholarship through St. Kates donors that have allowed me to pursue my higher education at a well-established institution. Without you I would not be able to attend St. Kates, nor would I be able to live on campus and enrich myself in the culture of my community." - Anna Wigren ‘27
Consider giving to help a student or faculty member reach their dreams.
If you want to help make St. °µÍø½ûÇø a better place, you can make your gift now.