Catholic United Financial Foundation

In 2023, the Foundation grant program provided 26 grants to Catholic schools and parishes for technology and chastity & abstinence programs amounting to $14,830. Since 2001, more than $1.2 million has been awarded in through more than 2,286 grants to Catholic schools, parishes, and religious education programs. The Foundation's schuler seminarian fund provided 176 seminarians with $71,440 in scholarship support to aid in their continuing education towards becoming a priest. Since 1998, more than $1 million has been awarded to seminarians pursuing their calling towards ordination. The Foundation's Catholic United disaster response assists victims from natural disasters. The disaster response program has provided education and support for various community members and organizations so that they will be able to assist themselves and others in need following natural disasters. The disaster relief program is taking the place of this response activities where we will continue providing Financial support to all people in need due to natural disasters regardless of race, creed and/or religion. The Foundation also provides charitable gift annuities, donor advised funds, charitable deferred annuities, and charitable life insurance to Catholic United Financial members. The Foundation matches the members' giving and their finances, integrating giving into their overall Financial strategy while ensuring they can achieve their charitable goals through sound, conservative fiscal management. The Foundation also offers organizational advised funds to assist parishes and cemeteries with their long term and endowment management and investment needs. The program grants and distributions from these efforts provided almost $10 million in support of charitable organizations, churches and schools across the upper midwest in 2023.