

The Centennial Fund for Saint Benedict Catholic School
Serving God’s Beautiful Children
Today, St. Benedict Catholic School serves more than 230 children, with surging parent demand boosting enrollment to near capacity and a retention rate above 95%. The school has worked responsibly to achieve strong financials, a $1M scholarship endowment (restricted), and has recently completed and retired the debt on major renovation work including a new roof, new windows and new lighting throughout the building. Being good stewards of our century-old school and ensuring that it remains an attractive place to learn and grow is key to the future of our school. In 2019, we launched the Centennial Campaign to raise $1 million to replace our failing HVAC system and re-envision our outdoor space to help serve both recreational and educational purposes. After a successful launch of our Centennial Campaign, we elected to suspend active fundraising during the COVID epidemic to focus on in-person learning and the health of our community. Today we have relaunched our campaign and have directed all campaign giving to helping us raise the $300,000 we need to renovate our much-loved and well-worn playground space.
Centennial Campaign
Please join us in taking care of our beloved St. Benedict and ensuring its vitality for the next century. All funding received now will go directly to the Campaign to fund our $300,000 playground renovation described below.
$300,000 Investment in Infrastructure
Our school is blessed to be situated in a beautiful urban environment in the heart of the Museum District, though it forces us to be creative in the use of our outdoor space. Reimagining our space will allow the school to offer additional outdoor learning opportunities, provide much-needed recreational and social space, and allow for enhanced safety and privacy.
There are four key components of this initiative:
1. Two new playground equipment sets, supported by a softer rubberized surface, will serve our students recreational and developmental needs as they grow from ages 4 to 13.
2. New fencing and privacy screening will surround the playground area for our students' safety.
3. An outdoor, shaded learning/gathering area will be added to the new playground space with transitional seating that can provide bench or picnic table seating.
4. The school’s largest outdoor space needs to be resurfaced with new asphalt.

$300,000 for HVAC System
St. Benedict was fortunate to receive a matching grant from The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation to help install a new HVAC system in the summer of 2020. Fortuitously, this project proved to be extraordinarily valuable during the COVID epidemic. Our new HVAC system allowed us to maintain in-person learning, while providing clean filtered air for students and staff. The school has made excellent strides paying off the debt of this major installation, but this reflects the remainder to be raised. (This remainder will be funded after the playground monies have been achieved.)
You can make a gift or pledge today or contact Gretchen Ridgely to discuss how your family would like to be a part of The Centennial Campaign for St. Benedict. Join in funding essential capital improvements as Saint Benedict School begins its second century of service to Richmond families!
Supporting the Centennial Fund
Preserving our parochial school for future generations can only happen with the full support of our Saint Benedict community. Contributions to The Centennial Fund can take place in several ways: outright gifts, family gifts, grants, and blended gifts, (including planned gifts).
Supporters at the Benefactor level and above may make their gift over a multi-year term. Gifts at this level will be honored in the permanent display in the lobby of our school. All donors to the campaign will be recognized on our website.
Founder - $100,000+
Legacy - $50,000+
Heritage - $25,000+
Charter - $10,000+
Leader - $5,000+
Benefactor - $2,500+
Friend - $1,000+
Supporter - $500+
Patron - Gifts up to $499
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Heritage
Anonymous (1)
Charter
Kathleen Burke Barrett
Dr. & Mrs. Andrew Chapman
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hancock, III
Mr. & Mrs. Dan Marks
Ms. Anne McEvoy
Mr. & Mrs. Tony McMunn
Mrs. Madelyn Stumpf
Leader
Mr. & Mrs. Dietrich Berling
Mr. & Mrs. Norbert Bliley
Mr. Frank D. Carpin
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Carter
Mr. & Mrs. Nickolas Coile
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Hahn
Dr. Michael Mariscalco & Dr. Kari Rudinsky
Mr. & Mrs. Keith Nichols
Mr. Alfred E. Pollard
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ramos
Mr. & Mrs. Chuck Ridgely
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Ross
Benefactor
Anonymous
Dr. & Mrs. Pasquale Accardo
Mr. James Boehling
Linda and Dickie Bunce
Drs. Chiedozie Nicholas Eke and Chinelo Eke
COL Mike & Mrs. Flanagan USA RETD
Dr. Elizabeth Hanson
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Mr. & Mrs. Ken Miller
Mr. & Mrs. William O'Connor
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Wheatley
Friend
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Susan Ruppel
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Anonymous (4)
Supporter
Anonymous(1)
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Mr. Mark Lange
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Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Olson
Nancy R Oswald
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Mr. & Mrs. Sean Priest
Ms. Frances Reidelbach
Mr. John Ripp
Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Sharp
Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Smith
Mr. Ben Wasson & Ms. Elizabeth Ferguson
Mr. & Mrs. Tomas Zbell
Patron
Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Acosta
Ms. Stacy Ahyoung
Mrs. Kellyn Alvarez
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Anderson
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Anderson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. John Anderson
Anonymous (16)
Krista Arnold
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Aryeh
Mr. Clyde Ash & Ms. Sanisha Bailey
Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Autry
Ms. Lorena Ayala
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Mrs. Suzanne Bailey
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Julie Baron
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Corey and Annie Benjamin
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Mrs. Leticia Bergin
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Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Buthe
Ms. Kathleen Callegari
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Ms. Coleen Causey
Miss Elizabeth W Chenery
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Mrs. Michelle Cisik
Richard Clary
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Jane Cook
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