Organization
Founded in 1911, Rosati-Kain High School was the first all-girls Catholic high school in the St. Louis region to racially integrate in 1947. Today, it has a racially, ethnically, and economically diverse population. Graduates attend and receive tuition support from some of the most well-respected Catholic universities in the country. In 2022, Rosati-Kain was closed by the Archdiocese of St. Louis as a part of its new, strategic consolidation plan. School officials decided to re-establish themselves as an independent Catholic school, now called Rosati-Kain Academy (RKA), and it continues to be the only all-girls Catholic high school in the city of St. Louis. Rosati-Kain Academy provides a comprehensive college preparatory secondary education program for high-achieving high school girls from all over the greater St. Louis area. Rosati-Kain offers a full academic program, including AP or ACC college credit classes. Rosati-Kain’s theology department focuses on developing each student through catechesis to form a theological basis for moral choices, personal spirituality, and service to others. The schools also offers a well-developed arts program and several athletic programs.
Partnership #1 (2018)
The school approached Brown Sisters Foundation with a plan of developing a Women Giving Society, aimed at increasing gifts from alumnae. Funds raised will go directly to ensure a diverse student body by supporting student scholarships. The Foundation awarded a challenge grant to help the school attract new and increased donations from its alumnae.
Partnership #2 (2023)
With their recent separation from the Archdiocese and re-establishment as Rosati-Kain Academy, The Brown Sisters Foundation issued a challenge grant to support their tuition assistance program, which will help them continue to provide a quality, private school education to economically and demographically diverse young women from all over the St. Louis region. The grant will also be utilized to stimulate new and increased gifts from their alumnae and other donor bases.
Partnership #3 (2024)
Rosati-Kain Academy (RKA) experienced tremendous fundraising growth, as well as increased enrollment after their first year independent from the Archdiocese. In order to empower students with cutting-edge tools and innovative approaches that foster critical thinking, creativity, technical proficiency, and passion for disciplines like coding, robotics, and science, RKA requested funding to bolster their STEM curriculum. Exposure to quality STEM education in high school makes students more likely to pursue post-secondary degrees in STEM with higher earning potential, which is critical for many of the RKA students who become first generation college students in their families. The Brown Sisters Foundation issued a challenge grant to enhance their STEM curriculum, as well as stimulate new and increased gifts from their donor base, such as alumni and other individuals in the community.