The Fund for Belen
The Fund for Belen sustains the school’s commitment to quality education. Belen’s tuition does not cover the entire cost of educating each student. We rely on contributions to the fund to help close the gap between our tuition revenues and the higher cost of providing a top education infused with Jesuit excellence. Belen Jesuit is ranked by Niche as one of the state’s best college preparatory schools and Catholic high schools in the state of Florida. The Fund for Belen donors are vital contributors to Belen’s continued success.
The collective support of this campaign gives Belen the flexibility to support various initiatives. Virtually no aspect of our school, from arts, athletics, technology upgrades, faculty development, and others, is left untouched by contributions to the fund. Gifts help control tuition levels and make our school accessible to families of all financial statuses. It is important to remember that The Fund for Belen gifts are tax-deductible, whereas tuition increases are not.
We need and value our donors' support in every way. Your gifts help cover operating costs, provide additional resources to Belen, and encourage others to donate.
"Belen is only getting started. Already, the wheels have been turning in new and innovative directions that will help fulfill Belen’s plans for a brighter, more educationally robust future," said School President Father Guillermo M. García-Tuñón, S.J. '87. "Thank you for your prayers and contributions to Belen’s mission. What Belen has done and what Belen will continue to do has much to do with those who are committed to Jesuit education in Miami."
Explaining the "Gap"
To give, and not to count the cost; to fight, and not to heed the wounds; to toil, and not to seek for rest; to labor, and not to ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we do thy will” ― Ignatius of Loyola
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.