The annual Fund-a-Need, introduced at the Maroon & Gold Gala each year, is envisioned to be a fundraising effort to procure something exciting, glitzy, a very cool enhancement for all our students to use. In some ways, the Fund-a-Need really has been more like a Fund-a-Want! Those efforts have led to some really wonderful and exciting things for our school. This year however, we really are putting the “Need” back into “Fund-a-Need.”

For the past five years, we have been able to provide a LaSallian education to students who wouldn't be able to afford the full cost of attending Montini Catholic through the Invest in Kids Act Tax Credit Scholarship Program. This program allowed donors to direct scholarship funds to schools in exchange for a 75% credit on their Illinois State taxes.

Here’s the problem - the state has abruptly ended the Invest in Kids Act program. This effectively means that all funding for these students - which totaled more than $630,000 this past year - has gone away without any plan to assist the families moving forward. This is why we NEED your help. Why these students NEED your help. And why this effort is the centerpiece of our Fund-a-Need - this truly is a need - providing a means for these students to remain at Montini, where they belong and where they’ve had such an awesome impact on our school.

We’re committed to making this possible! After graduating 11 of these students at the end of this year, we have 36 students set to return next year who need our help ($344,000). You can support this year's Fund-a-Need by making an online donation below, via Venmo @montinicatholic or by sending in a check to Montini Catholic 19W070 16th St, Lombard IL 60148 Attn: One Montini Fund.