185 DONORS NEEDED TO QUALIFY FOR $450,000

James F. Strange Center

Thanks to our generous members, ASOR has raised funds to finance part of the purchase price for a new ASOR home in Alexandria, VA—The James F. Strange Center. Moving into our new home was and is an amazing accomplishment (see moving article), but we are not quite finished. In addition to paying off the debt and furnishing the building, we need a successful Annual Fund (ends June 30th) in order to cover one-time expenses associated with moving from Boston to Alexandria.

Fortunately, we have received an extraordinary challenge pledge of $450,000 that will ensure our success for the building—but we need to earn this gift by meeting two challenges:

• First, we must demonstrate that we are all behind ASOR’s many  initiatives by securing “450 for $450,000”: that’s 450 donors donating $10 or more to ASOR in this fiscal year (July ’18-June ’19). As of May 29th, we have reached 265 donors.
• Second, we need to match the challenge of $450,000 by raising $225,000 in new gifts and pledges for the building (made after February 1st). We are well on our way, as we have received pledges and gifts of $163,000 in the past three and half months—so we only need $62,000 more.

Your membership in ASOR is crucial to our shared success, and we thank you for that partnership. Your donations enable ASOR to carry out our mission at a higher level and with greater impact. Even modest gifts add up to create significant support for ASOR, and the high level of donor participation from our memberships helps us attract gifts from foundations and major donors. Truly, every donor is important, and every gift is meaningful. This year, every gift helps us earn an additional $450,000!

If you are one of the 265 people who has already made a gift to ASOR this fiscal year, thank you so much for your support. If you have not yet made a gift between July 1st and June 30, please consider joining the ranks of ASOR donors (click here to see the donors from last year—Fiscal Year 2018). We have just over five weeks to reach our goal, so please make a gift today!