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COMMUNITY
September 10, 2019 | The Valley Catholic
ON A FIRM FOUNDATION: Stories from the Foundation
By Mary Quilici Aumack
Chief Executive Officer
The Catholic Community
Foundation of Santa
Clara County
In this issue of The Valley Catholic, as
is our tradition, we publish our annual
newsletter. Read this piece to learn
more about the work of the Foundation
and the success stories of our wonder-
ful grantees and donors.
Grantees? Yup, these are the par-
ishes, schools and other organizations
who have received grants from the
Catholic Community Foundation.
The Foundation is first and fore-
most a grant maker. We grant from
institutional funds (think Parish and
school endowments) and from family
funds. One thing is the same in all our
grant making: Through developing
and granting from these funds, we are
able to connect generous people with
important and effective programs.
Let me tell you a few stories:
In 2016 we introduced our $1 million
match for parish endowments. We now
manage 38 parish endowments and
have granted over $100,000 from these
funds since 2016.
We are working with individuals
and families as they develop their
philanthropic strategies for today and
as part of their legacy plan. When
you open a family charitable (Donor
Advised) fund with us, you become a
grant maker! This can have measurable
impact on a family, moving them from
“givers” to “philanthropists.” We see
it every day. Using a Donor Advised
Fund, parents can talk to their children
about giving and strategize a family
philanthropy plan.
The best stories are those of col-
laboration - when people come together
with a shared goal of providing perma-
nent financial support. Such is the case
with the tuition assistance endowment
for Saint Simon, which is featured in
our newsletter. This was also true when
Saint Justin School came together to
honor George Santich for 50 years of
service and started an endowment to
mark the occasion. We have stories of
charitable funds started to honor the
ministries of Father Rick Rodoni, Fa-
ther Hao Dinh, Father Enzie Lagatutta
Have you named
the Church in
your estate plan?
Become a member of the
Society of Saint Joseph
We want to thank you for your
generosity and welcome you as a
member of this honorary Society.
SAVE THE DATE:
Second Annual
Legacy Mass & Reception
October 12, 10:30am
Mass with Bishop Cantú
Formal invitation to follow
for Society memebers
in partnership with
To learn more:
visit cfoscc.org/SocietyofSaintJoseph
call 408.995.5219
email [email protected]
and Father Saju Joseph. I have too many
stories to share here but would love to
tell you about them.
At the Foundation we do not pro-
vide direct services. We do not house,
clothe, or educate people. We develop
funds for those who do. We work with
families to increase the capability,
reach, and impact of our funds and
grants.
Sometimes when I am talking to an
individual, couple, finance committee,
or pastoral council, one person will say,
“This is the answer to my prayers.” He/
she may be talking about the establish-
ment of an endowment for a parish, or
perhaps a family charitable fund. But
most often it is when talking about
how the Foundation can partner in
implementing a legacy plan. We are
the perfect partner to help you think
through a legacy gift to a parish, school
or other ministry. There is great joy in
remembering effective ministries when
we die. These are the organizations that
helped form our families, sustained
us in joy and sorrow, facilitated our
gospel-based outreach. By making a
legacy gift, we provide what we call
FOREVER VALUE, enabling us to for-
ever remain a part of those ministries.
THIS is the face of Catholic phi-
lanthropy. We internalize our Gospel
values. We live in constant gratitude
for our personal friendship with Jesus.
We go out to be the body of Christ in
the world.
I hope that you will take our news-
letter in the center of this issue, read it,
and keep it around. I hope you will be
inspired to:
• Find out if your parish has
an endowment, and perhaps
donate
• Support a school endowment
• Think about a Donor Advised
Fund, and a family philan-
thropic plan
• Talk to us about your legacy
Please call me (408) 995-5219 if you
have questions or ideas. We ARE a gen-
erous people. Thank you for everything
you do to strengthen this community.
We are grateful to be your partner.
Visit our website: www.cfoscc.org.
Bay Area Conference of Associates and
Religious (BACAR, Inc.) Conference
to Feature Sister Simone Campbell, SSS
Bay Area Conference of Associates
and Religious (BACAR, Inc.) announces
its 16th conference to be held Septem-
ber 21 at Notre Dame High School,
Belmont, CA.
Entitled “A Call to Engage this Cha-
otic and Painful World,” all Associates,
Religious, and friends are invited to
join us in this eventful day. Karl Rahner
stated, “in the future, Christians will
be contemplatives or they will not be
at all.”
This conference will explore the
contemplative practice and the result-
ing action that is required. Through
examining Pope Francis’ writing, we
will explore the mandate for political
engagement and the challenge to live
21st century holiness. Prayer is not a
private practice, but rather one that
impels us into action. Let us together
explore the call to engage this chaotic
and painful world.
The conference is privileged to
welcome Sister Simone Campbell, SSS
(Sister of Social Service), as our keynote
speaker and leader for this conference.
Sister Simone Campbell, Executive Director
of Nuns on the Bus.
Sister Simone is a lawyer, lobbyist and
executive director of NETWORK. She
is known as an outspoken advocate
for social justice and the Nuns on the
Bus campaign. She founded the Com-
munity Law Center in Oakland, CA
in 1978.
All are welcome.
General Advance Registration: $60
($10/lunch). Student Advance Registra-
tion with Lunch: $30
For more information, email Kathy
Noether, registrar at [email protected]
or visit www.bacar2.org.