FAQ

Burroughs' fiscal year runs July 1 through June 30.

It's easy to give online through this giving platform but you can also consider a gift in other ways:

• credit card on line
• mail in a check to John Burroughs School, 755 South Price Road, St. Louis, MO 63124
• send stock/securities with these instructions
• estate gifts by leaving your legacy

There are many ways to financially support students, faculty and staff at Burroughs. Giving opportunities through the endowment, scholarships, special funds and facilities can be found on our website.

When you include Burroughs in your estate plan, your generosity opens doors of opportunity for our students to help them reach their full potential. Thank you for ensuring that JBS can prepare our graduates to change the world well into the future.

Gift matching is an easy way to increase the value of your charitable gift through your employer. The impact to Burroughs may be doubled or possibly tripled!  If you or your spouse work for a matching gift company, please request a matching gift form from your company’s coordinator and enclose it with your gift.

The federal government allows you to deduct a charitable donation to a qualified organization if you don’t get anything in return for the donation. 

Under 2018 tax law, you could deduct donations that exceeded 60% of your contribution base—meaning your adjusted gross income (AGI). For 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) replaces the 60% of AGI charitable contribution limit with 100% for cash contributions to any public charity. The higher limit applies to contributions made directly to charitable organizations and does not apply to contributions to donor advised funds, supporting organizations or private foundations. As always, please consult your accountant for qualified financial advice.  

The Annual Fund is a source of unrestricted funding that comprises ten percent of the annual operating budget. The Annual Fund makes up the difference between the cost of tuition and the actual expense of sending a student to school, which for the 2022-23 school year is a gap of $4,100.

Current parents, alumni, parents of alumni, grandparents and friends all contribute to the Annual Fund every year.

Last year 33% of alumni, 93% of current parents, 20% of parents of alumni and 20% of grandparents collectively gave $2.4 million.