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November 5, 2013
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he Valley Catholic
Start a Donor Advised Fund with the Catholic Community Foundation!
As part of your end of the year plan,
think about starting a Donor Advised Fund
with the Catholic Community Foundation.
Key Benefits:
Enjoy immediate tax benefits
Recommend grants from the fund at a future time
Grants may be made to…
One of our existing funds
Your parish
Catholic ministries in Santa Clara County
Any qualified 501(c)3 charitable organization
Our Existing Funds:
Cathedral Basilica
Catholic Education
Diaconate Training
Lay Leadership
New Parish Acquisition
Parish Outreach
Parish Repair & Refurbishment
Parish Stewardship
Pastoral Ministry
Seminarian Training
Social Justice Education
Young Adult Ministry
Youth Ministry
“It’s like having your own family foundation without the hassle.”
Including
the newly formed:
To get more information for your client or yourself, please contact us!
777 N. First St., Suite 490 • San Jose, CA 95112 • www.cfoscc.org
Phone: 408.995.5219 • Fax: 408.995.5865 • [email protected]
St. Joseph the Builder Endowment
Apolonia Andre Fund for Liturgical Music
Notre Dame High School Endowment
Our Lady of Refuge Endowment
Catholic Extension Endowment
The Catholic Community Foundation partners with Catholic Extension
“Catholics may identify themselves locally with their parish,
but we know in our hearts that we are more than a
congregational church. To be Catholic is to be spiritually
connected to one another in Faith wherever the Church is, and
to be especially responsive to the presence of Christ in the poor.”
Reverend John J. Wall, President, Catholic Extension
Although the needs of our Catholic
community have changed over the years,
there has always been opportunity to
recognize the “larger Church.” We have
a long and rich heritage of helping
neighbors. Here in Santa Clara County,
many parish communities reach out to
others with fewer resources.
Across the United States, the
organization that enables Catholics to
reach out to each other and to share their
gifts is Catholic Extension. Founded in
1905, Catholic Extension first provided
funding to build churches in areas of the
country that were poor and isolated –
mission dioceses – and needed outside
support to establish faith communities.
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Today, Catholic Extension’s mission
has expanded to invest in people,
their ministries and their churches by
supporting a variety of needs. These
include seminarian education, lay
leadership training, youth and young
adult ministries, salaries for priests and
women religious, and much more.
Catholic Extension currently supports
91 mission dioceses, which represent
nearly half of the total number of dioceses
across the United States. In these dioceses,
the Catholic faith is thriving but resources
are scarce. Here in California, there are
four missions dioceses: Monterey, San
Bernardino, Santa Rosa and Stockton.
Every year, Catholic Extension provides
Father Jack Wall listens as Sister Gabriella Williams, OP, explains
the needs of migrant workers in the Diocese of San Bernardino.
generous grants to help strengthen their
ministries and programs.
We are pleased to announce the
addition of the Catholic Extension
Endowment to our funds. Through
our alliance, we hope to educate the
generous people of the Diocese of San
Jose about this important ministry and
to grow this important grantmaking.