The estimated cost to complete the Phase I construction and renovation work on the Parish Center, campus and school is $6,255,000. With an initial parish investment of $550,000, that cost can be reduced to $5,705,000. This investment includes a memorial gift from Monsignor Podesta ($455,000), a 2006 budget surplus ($45,000), and funds available from the building account ($50,000).

Two fundraising amounts are critical to this process: the Preliminary Goal and the Challenge Goal. During the prep phase it was estimated that the parish has the capacity and propensity to raise a preliminary total of $4 million. Like most organizations, Visitation's needs exceed the predicted amount to be raised. Therefore, with the sacrificial giving of all parishioners, the parish will strive to exceed our preliminary goal and reach our challenge goal. The gifts represented in the charts below offer a series of funding benchmarks which would help successfully build Phase I of the Master Plan:

Challenge Goal				Preliminary Goal
Gift Level	Commitments	Total		Gift Level	Commitments	Total
1,000,000	1	1,000,000		1,000,000	0	0
500,000	1	500,000		500,000	1	500,000
250,000	4	1,000,000		250,000	2	500,000
100,000	6	600,000		100,000	4	400,000
50,000	10	500,000		50,000	8	400,000
25,000	25	625,000		25,000	20	500,000
10,000	40	400,000		10,000	40	400,000
5,000	100	500,000		5,000	80	400,000
2,500	200	500,000		2,500	200	500,000
>= 2,499	630	630,000		>= 2,499	400	400,000
Total	1017	$6,255,000		Total	755	$4,000,000

Gift Amount	How much is this monthly over 5 years?	How much is this weekly* over 5 years?
$50,000	$833	$200
$25,000	$416	$100
$10,000	$167	$40
Gift Amount	How much is this monthly over 3 years?	How much is this weekly* over 3 years?
$25,000	$694	$167
$10,000	$278	$67
$5,000	$139	$33