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- EIN 41-1893463
- (651) 765-4135
- 3499 Lexington Avenue North St Paul MN 55126-7055 USA
- www.catholicunited.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Philanthropy
Mission: The foundation, inspired by the gospel of jesus christ, serves the members, employees, and friends of catholic united financial, a not-for-profit fraternal benefit society, by:- being accountable to our donors and faithful to our church's mission,- supporting catholic schools and parishes with technology grants,- providing support for chastity education,- bringing a catholic presence to natural disaster sites with our disaster response team, providing training and equipment for spontaneous volunteers,- supplementing the cost of educating and training men for the priesthood.
Programs: The foundation grant program provided 162 grants to catholic schools and parishes for technology and chastity & abstinence programs amounting to $100,000. The foundation's schuler seminarian fund provided 152 seminarians with $50,000 in scholarship support to aid in their continuing education towards becoming a priest. The foundation catholic united disaster response assists victims from natural disasters. The disaster response program 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. A trailer equipped with the tools and equipment necessary to assist with clean up and recovery after disasters was deployed providing us the ability to serve all people in need regardless of race, creed and/or religion. The disaster response unit deployed for 18 days in 2014 to respond to flooding disasters. The longest was to rock county minnesota which lasted 7 days. More than 250 volunteers provided more than 1,500 hours of direct clean-up support to 52 homeowners. 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.