Support PCA Plano

The PCA Fund supports the very things that most likely impacted your decision to send your child or children to PCA: small classes, exemplary teachers, more personal attention, an unapologetic Christian environment and so much more! While tuition gives your child access to all of these benefits, gifts to the PCA Fund are necessary to help sustain and expand them. Every student at PCA benefits from the PCA Fund.

A gift of any size matters because what we do here matters. How much you choose to give is a personal decision that each family makes. Gifts made through pledges allow you to make smaller monthly payments throughout the fiscal year to fit within your budget. The more our community invests in the school, the more likely outside ogranizations will invest in us. Every gift is important and appreciated!

We are sensitive to the high cost of private school tuition. The model of underwriting the costs of a top quality education through both tuition and philanthropic support is one in which we deeply believe. This model offers our families the opportunity to give the extra that is needed with tax-deductible gifts to the PCA Fund that directly benefit their children and all PCA families. Tuition is not tax-deductible, but gifts to the PCA Fund are.

Sponsor-A-Lion is our annual giving opportunity that is designed specifically for the tuition assistance* needs of families and students. It is a goal of PCA that every student who demonstrates a desire to receive a Christian education be given every opportunity to do so. Before a family is rewarded the tuition assistance, there is a process that the parents must go through. The process requires submitting personal financial information from the past year to a third party company who reviews their information and will make recommendations to PCA on amounts they would qualify to receive.

Unlike the Sponsor-A-Lion program, the PCA Fund is a philanthropic initiative. The PCA Fund supports the annual operating budget and beyond by helping to underwrite items such as classroom supplies, grounds upkeep, utilities and teachers' salaries, benefits, professional development and educational technology.

*Full-time students in Kindergarten through 12th Grade are eligible for tuition assistance. Students must complete the admissions process before a financial aid decision is offered. 

The Office of Development exists to assist the Superintendent and the Board of Trustees in moving the school forward through building positive relationships with our families, friends, corporations, and foundations. One of the departments main goals is to secure charitable gifts. The Office of Development team helps educate our families on the importance of giving to the school beyond tuition, works with donors on gift details, maintains giving records and acknowledges generosity.

Specifically the Office of Development is responsible for...

• Charitable gift management, donor acknowledgement and donor recognition
• PCA's adherence to management and reporting standards for educational fundraising (mandated by Council for Advancement and Support of Education or CASE).
• Donor Confidentiality
• PCA's Alumni Program
• Grandparents Day
• Zig Ziglar Servant Leadership Award Banquet
• Corporate Partners Program
• Planned Gifts
• Capital Campaigns

You can make a gift using cash, check, credit cards, stock and more. We are happy to work with you on a giving plan that suits your needs. For example, some of our families choose to set up monthly credit card gifts in order to make smaller payments toward larger gifts and they can build points on their card. We accept stock gifts too and this offers advantages to our families. Giving long-term appreciated stock enables donors to give from a source other than cash by giving through a direct transfer. Donors can save the capital gains tax that would be owed if they had simply sold the stock and given the cash.

Many employers have a matching gift program and will match their employees' charitable contributions. Some companies also match retirees' or spouses' gifts. This is an easy way to double or even triple the impact of your gift. Check with your human resources department to see if your company has a matching gift program or you may check to see if your employer participates by searching your employer in our database.

You are encouraged to give the amount you are impressed to give. PCA's expenses increase each year so every little bit helps offset this increase.

It's never too late to begin participating in the PCA Fund! It would be wonderful if 100% of our parents supported the PCA Fund this school year!

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