Making a Sunday Giving Commitment to MSW is an important part of what it means to be a good steward. Your contributions are more than just support for the basic operating needs of MSW Parish. They represent a tangible expression of gratitude for God’s role in your life and the part the Church has played in deepening your spirituality.

Your commitment enables the parish to support the many programs, ministries, and services that promote prayer, service and giving to others within and beyond the MSW community.  

We ask that you make a Sunday Giving commitment and support our parish in one of these ways:

• Become a Sustaining Steward by providing monthly support for Mary, Seat of Wisdom
• Return the traditional offertory envelopes through mail or drop off at the Parish Office on a regular basis.

We hope you will support MSW Parish as generously as you are able so that together we can move forward through these difficult times.

Click here to make a Sunday Offertory gift or to become a Sustaining Steward

Second Collections

Second collections help support the Church's pastoral work at home and around the world. The following collections are approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for the specific needs of the Church. These collections are taken up in parishes as a second collection after the Sunday offertory:

Click here to give online and select from the dropdown menu

You can have a significant impact on the future of MSW by including the parish in your estate planning.

Please consider designating MSW as a beneficiary in your will or trust.

Giving Options:

• A gift of cash, securities, real estate or other property.
• A gift of a specific dollar amount or asset.
• A gift of a percentage of your estate.
• A gift from the balance or residue of your estate.

Bequest Language:

"I give (amount/percentage/asset/item) to the Catholic Bishop of Chicago for use and benefit of Mary, Seat of Wisdom Parish, located at 920 W. Granville, Park Ridge, IL, 60068. Tax ID 36-2367983."

With more than 60 years of faith, ministry, education and fellowship as our heritage, it is no wonder that Mary, Seat of Wisdom is a parish known for looking ahead while treasuring a wonderful past.

The Wisdom Fund, our parish’s educational endowment, was established to ensure that our educational ministries will always be supported and sustained to carry on our Catholic values. 

We know that building our endowment is the one of the most important investments we can make. The power of an endowment is in its continuity.  

Your gift to The Wisdom Fund creates a personal legacy and permanently supports the educational projects and activities available to parishioners and friends of all ages. Withdrawals from The Wisdom Fund will support nearly every aspect of our Catholic faith and our parish community. 

Click here make a direct gift to The Wisdom Fund. Thank you for your ongoing support of parish operations and for helping create a foundation for faith.

While tuition and fees are our school's largest sources of revenue,  each year MSW requires additional funds outside of tuition to support the unique MSW School experience for all students.

Tuition is set as low as possible to remain competitive and to make this faith-based education accessible to as many children as possible. This means that each year there is a gap between the cost of tuition and the cost of each child's education. 

MSW depends on the charitable support of its parents, parishioners, grandparents, alumni and friends for annual operating needs.

The MSW Fund helps support the daily needs of our parish school and program enhancements. Donations go towards:

• Professional development for faculty
• Enrichment programs and services
• Facilities maintenance and upkeep
• Catholic Identity and Service Learning 

Make a gift of support by clicking here!

Online Giving/Sustaining Steward
One of the most helpful things you can do as a faithful steward of our parish is donate through recurring electronic gifts.  Enroll today!


Donor Advised Funds
Recommending a gift to MSW through your Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is simple. You can donate directly to MSW by providing the specific information, found below to the sponsoring organization of your fund.

Each organization will have the appropriate forms to complete these donations, which you can usually access through an online portal or working with your fund adviser. Your sponsoring organization can then complete the transaction to distribute funds to MSW.

Information to Make a Donor Advised Fund Gift

Legal Name: Mary, Seat of Wisdom Parish
Federal Tax ID: 36-2367983
Mailing Address: 920 W. Granville | Park Ridge, IL 60068

Be sure to specify the desired amount of your gift.

Please request for your name and address to be included. We recommend that you contact MSW to inform us of your gift, so we can thank you for your generosity.

IRA Charitable Rollover

Reduce Your Taxes While Increasing Your Impact

If you are 70 ½  years of age or older and have a traditional individual retirement account (IRA), you can make an immediate impact at MSW through an IRA Charitable Rollover Gift. While there have been recent changes to the tax laws regarding traditional IRAs, owners of these accounts still have the opportunity to make qualified charitable distributions of up to $100,000 in the calendar year.

• Make a gift directly from your IRA to MSW;

• Satisfy part or all of your annual RMD from your IRA, and exclude part or all of that distribution from your Federal taxable gross income

For your gift to qualify:

• You must be 70 ½ years of age or older at the time of your gift.

• The transfer must be made from your IRA directly to MSW.

• Your total annual IRA Charitable Rollover gift(s) cannot exceed $100,000 in the calendar year of the gift.

• Your gift must be made to MSW by December 31 in the year you decide to make the gift.

• Your gift must be outright. Gifts from your IRA to donor-advised funds or life-income vehicles such as charitable gift annuities or charitable remainder trusts do not qualify as IRA Charitable Rollover gifts

Making Your Gift is Easy:

Before December 31 of this year:

• Contact your IRA custodian.

• Ask that your distribution be a charitable rollover to MSW.

• To ensure that we can promptly and accurately credit your gift, ask them to include your name, address and how you would like the gift allocated in the transfer.

Distributions can be mailed to:

Mary, Seat of Wisdom Parish
Development
920 W. Granville
Park Ridge, IL 60068

Gifts of Stock
Gifts of stock are appreciated by Mary, Seat of Wisdom. Giving through appreciated stock is a simple two-step process. 

1. Notify Jamie Chabura, Director of Development ([email protected] or 847.825.3153) of the number of shares and name of security that you intend to transfer.

2. To facilitate the transfer, you or your broker will need the following information.

National Financial Services – DTC #0226
Account Number – ESR-005570
Catholic Bishop of Chicago Account
For the benefit of (F/B/O): Mary, Seat of Wisdom Parish, Park Ridge, IL

Click here for additional information and the letter of intent you'll need to submit in order for Mary, Seat of Wisdom to be notified of your gift. 


Matching Gifts
Many companies match charitable donations of their employees. Parishioners and friends of Mary, Seat of Wisdom can maximize their generosity through matching gifts. Most corporations' matching gifts programs simply request tax information from the beneficiary of the gift (Mary, Seat of Wisdom). We are happy to supply all of the necessary information to your company's Human Resources department to facilitate a matching gift. 


Memorial or Tribute Gifts
A thoughtful way of remembering someone special and creating a living legacy is by making a gift to The MSW Wisdom Fund.

The MSW Wisdom Fund is an endowment that sustains educational projects and activities available to parishioners and friends of all ages. Support of the endowment will benefit all members of our parish community. The purpose of the fund is to deepen understanding of, familiarity with, and love of the Lord, with an expectation that all will come to actively share in the mission of the church.