Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
National Grants: United States
KNOM Radio Mission, Inc. $25,000 Nome, AK To purchase digital radio production equipment to replace aging, out-of-date analog radio equipment as part of the Digital Studios capital campaign to enlarge the radio facility.
Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School $6,000 Birmingham, AL To purchase Latin, Algebra, Pre-Calculus and Geometry books.
Pope John Paul II Catholic High School $10,000 Huntsville, AL To purchase iPads as part of the school's Technology Update Project.
Society of St. Edmund $25,000 Selma, AL Toward program expenses of the Bosco Nutritional Center, a soup kitchen serving the poor, 365 days a year.
St. Joseph the Worker (Job Service) $10,000 Phoenix, AZ Toward operating expenses of the Mobile Success Unit - a recreational vehicle designed to reach the homeless, low-income and other disadvantaged individuals with job development supplies and resources in an effort to help them become self-sufficient through quality employment.
Diocese of Tucson $22,500 Tucson, AZ Toward expenses for priests to attend a 3-day Pastoral Leadership Program: "Developing Servant Leaders for the Diocese of Tucson".
Salpointe Catholic High School $20,000 Tucson, AZ Toward a capital campaign to construct a new Student Center, including chapel, cafeteria, library/tech center, and counseling center.
San Miguel of Tucson Corporation $5,000 Tucson, AZ Toward expenses of the Campus Ministry program in order to enhance annual retreats for students.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
St. Bernard School $6,000 Bellflower, CA To purchase math and science textbooks as well as online learning tools for 5th-8th grade.
University Catholic Center $25,000 Los Angeles, CA Toward the salary of a full-time development professional to develop and execute a comprehensive fundraising strategy to increase operating funds and establish an endowment.
St. Francis Medical Center $20,000 Lynwood, CA Toward personnel salaries of the Health Benefits Resource Center.
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center $17,000 Mission Hills, CA Toward costs of the Faith Community Health Partnership Program, connecting parish communities to the Medical Center.
St. Francis High School $15,000 Mountain View, CA Toward a capital campaign to remodel the Raskob Memorial Gymnasium.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland $25,000 Oakland, CA Toward operating expenses of Catholic Charities East Bay (CCEB) to support diverse programs at the new service center in Richmond, CA, an area renowned for poverty and violence.
St. Martin de Porres School $15,000 Oakland, CA Toward expenses of the Family Support Program, which provides parent educational programming, family faith formation, as well as critical psycho-social counseling services for students and their families experiencing trauma and mental health issues.
Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange $18,000 Orange, CA Toward program expenses of Beyond Bethany, a graduate program providing emergency aid (rent, utilities, and food), educational assistance, transportation help, and medical care to prevent relapse into homelessness.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
Guardian Angel Catholic School $25,000 Pacoima, CA To purchase science, math, and language arts textbooks in accordance with the new Common Core Curriculum Standards.
Casa Cornelia Legal Services (Society of the Holy Child Jesus) $30,000 San Diego, CA Continued funding of the Children's Program which addresses the critical legal needs of indigent immigrant children in the community.
Catholic Charities (Archdiocese of San Francisco) $15,000 San Francisco, CA Toward program expenses for the Canal Family Support Program, providing after-school enrichment activities and targeted educational outreach, including a newly developed literacy and reading program, designed to help 120 at- risk youth in the San Rafael Canal District.
Good Shepherd Gracenter $12,500 San Francisco, CA Toward program staffing costs at this Recovery Residence for Women facility.
St. Vincent de Paul Society $15,000 San Mateo, CA Toward salary of a Restorative Justice Ministry’s Head Jail Chaplain and for program expenses of Catherine’s Center, a re-entry residence for recently released women.
St. Vincent's Institution $20,000 Santa Barbara, CA Toward expenses of St. Vincent's Family Strengthening Program, which provides housing and comprehensive services to low-income, abused, single, and/or pregnant homeless mothers and their children, ages five and under.
Catholic Charities (Diocese of Santa Rosa) $17,500 Santa Rosa, CA Toward operating costs of the Rural Food Project, to increase delivery of nutritious emergency food to serve 9,000 people in rural areas of northern California, and link food recipients with food stamp benefit programs.
The Nurturing Network $10,000 St. Helena, CA To continue to expand the program of life-affirming services available to working women and college students across the country who are facing an unplanned pregnancy.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
Catholic Charities of Central Colorado, Inc. $10,000 Colorado Springs, CO Toward program expenses of the Early Literacy Project.
One Simple Voice $15,000 Colorado Springs, CO Toward expenses of a Retreat Program, which includes individual follow-up sessions, and Sacred Conversations facilitation.
Partners In Housing, Inc. $20,000 Colorado Springs, CO Continued funding toward staff salaries/benefits to provide case management, life skills training, budget counseling, housing maintenance, and intake to homeless clients.
Escuela de Guadalupe Elementary School $15,000 Denver, CO For program expenses of Escuela Camp, allowing students to participate in unique and engaging learning activities, such as the Denver Zoo and Art Museum.
Little Sisters of the Poor -Denver $10,000 Denver, CO To purchase 20 new beds for residents in Intermediate Care in order to meet state requirements.
Mercy Housing Mountain Plains $10, 000 Denver, CO Toward costs of the Out-Of-School-Time-Activities program, providing parents a safe, healthy, and educational option for their children to attend at no cost, where additional homework assistance, healthy snacks, and mentoring services are provided.
St. Mary Hospital and Regional Medical Center $20,000 Grand Junction, CO Toward expenses to enhance/expand the Palliative Care Program.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pueblo, Inc. $20,000 Pueblo, CO Toward costs of the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), an evidence-based parent involvement/school readiness program that helps parents prepare their 3, 4, and 5 year old children for success.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
Catholic Academies of Bridgeport $10,000 Bridgeport, CT To construct a science lab at St. Mary School in Bethel, CT to allow students in Grades 6 through 8 to participate in hands-on learning.
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County (Diocese of Bridgeport) $15,000 Bridgeport, CT Toward the cost of restructuring New Heights Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program into a Recovery and Wellness Center in Danbury, CT in order to expand opportunities and allow for a more holistic approach for those served through the offering of curriculum-based classes to promote wellness, recovery, self-direction, and tools to aid in personal recovery.
Catholic Charities of Fairfield County (Diocese of Bridgeport) $15,500 Bridgeport, CT Toward the salary of an Immigration Counselor for the Immigration Services Program, providing affordable counseling and legal assistance throughout Fairfield County.
The Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor $25,000 Enfield, CT For roof repairs to the 42 year-old St. Joseph's Residence for the elderly.
St. Vincent de Paul Middletown $10,000 Middletown, CT Toward expenses of the soup kitchen and community assistance program.
Congregations Organized for a New Connecticut (CONECT) $30,000 New Haven, CT Continued funding of staff salary/benefits, and program expenses for 6 Catholic parishes to collaborate with Christian, Jewish and Muslim congregations to strengthen leadership development.
St. Rose of Lima Parish $25,000 New Haven, CT Toward the salary of a full time lay pastoral associate to work collaboratively with the pastor and lay leadership of this diverse Latino Catholic parish.
Naugatuck Valley Project $10,000 Waterbury, CT Continued funding for costs of the Elders/Caregivers Together Project - to improve home healthcare services, improve the jobs of home care workers, and to foster the civic engagement of both of these constituencies.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
St. Vincent de Paul Mission of Waterbury $20,000 Waterbury, CT Continued funding of the Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry program, providing meals to the poor at the Mission's Shelter facility.
Holy Family Monastery/Retreat $35,000 West Hartford, CT Toward expenses to launch the Copper Beech Institute and support the hiring of two positions: 1) Director of Community Outreach to build partnerships with area organizations to raise awareness of the Institute and mindfulness practice; and 2) a Senior Mindfulness Teacher at the Hartford Correctional Center (Hartford Jail) to teach mindfulness practices to staff and inmates.
Mercy Community Health, Inc. $25,000 West Hartford, CT Toward expenses of the Horizons of Hope Program, specifically salary/benefits of a social worker to extend outreach services to individuals transitioning from homelessness.
Northwest Catholic High School $13,150 West Hartford, CT Toward expenses of Northwest Catholic's Unified Theater and Volleyball programs with the Intensive Education Academy (IEA) of West Hartford, a school for students with physical and developmental challenges.
Father McKenna Center $15,000 Washington, DC Toward expenses of the Day Shelter Program, providing computer literacy classes, GED preparation and work readiness preparation to homeless men.
Georgetown University $30,00 0 Washington, DC Toward expenses of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life to reach out to a new generation of Catholic leaders to become “salt, light and leaven” in public life.
National Catholic Partnership on Disability $10, 000 Washington, DC For program expenses to develop a pilot (ParishNet) in 4 dioceses to track parish-based disability services in an online, searchable national database, with results to be displayed on a Google map.
Serviam Girls Academy $25,000 New Castle, DE Toward operating costs of this tuition-free, private middle school, providing quality education to underprivileged girls.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
Catholic Charities (Diocese of Wilmington) $25,000 Wilmington, DE Toward a capital campaign to reconstruct Casa San Francisco, a 150+ year-old homeless shelter and community service center in Sussex County, Delaware.
Family Counseling Center of St. Paul's $20,000 Wilmington, DE Toward program expenses to provide bilingual, culturally competent mental health care to impoverished and underserved Hispanics in the community.
Ministry of Caring $15,000 Wilmington, DE Toward a capital campaign to renovate St. Patrick's House, a former convent, to become the central location for the administrative staff.
Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine $25,000 St. Augustine, FL To repair/renovate Lourdes Hall retirement facility as well as the 140 year-old Motherhouse.
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School $7,000 Atlanta, GA To purchase and install four SMART Boards for two third grade and two fifth grade classrooms and provide SMART Board training for teachers.
Family Advancement Ministries $16,000 Macon, GA Toward program expenses to provide services to pregnant women and low-income families with children, six years- old and under.
Aid for Women, Inc. $12,000 Chicago, IL Toward program expenses for Monica's House, a new transitional maternity home.
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School $15,000 Chicago, IL To establish a music program at the school.
Dominican Volunteers USA $5,000 Chicago, IL Toward program expenses of the Keep 20 Kids Out of Gangs Project, serving at-risk urban youth at Casa Juan Diego’s after- school program in Chicago.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
San Migu el Febres Codero School $15,000 Chicago, IL Toward operating expenses for this tuition-free San Miguel middle school.
SisterHouse $15,000 Chicago, IL Toward program expenses to provide transitional housing and services to help women deal with substance abuse.
Caritas for Children, Inc. $18,000 Gurnee, IL Toward expenses to expand the geographic region of Catholic parishes to implement the CARITAS Evangelizing program - teaching local parishes to focus on developing relationships globally to impact faith locally.
Mayslake Ministries, Inc. $5,000 Lombard, IL Toward program expenses of the new First Responder’s Ministry.
Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit $14,000 Techny, IL Toward stipends of ESL teachers and a Domestic Abuse Case Manager, Domestic Abuse Program expenses, and supplies for fundraising activities of Holy Spirit Life Learning Center, a ministry in the north side of Chicago.
Franciscan Alliance Foundation $15,000 Mishawaka, IN Toward cost to install a computer lab at St. Monica's Home for its residents to complete high school coursework, as well as program expenses for the facility, offering residential services for pregnant teens (ages 12-19) in a medically sound and emotionally healthy environment.
St. Robert Bellarmine Church $8,000 North Manchester, IN Toward expenses of the Evangelization Outreach Program for both Hispanic and Manchester University populations.
University of Notre Dame $20,000 Notre Dame, IN For program expenses associated with the School Pastors' Institute (SPI), a leadership formation symposium for pastors of parishes with schools.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
University of Notre Dame $50,000 Notre Dame, IN To fund the partnership between Catholic Charities Fort Worth (CCFW) and the Lab for Economics (LEO) at the University of Notre Dame to implement the Padua Pilot: A Comprehensive Program to Permanently Move People Out of Poverty.
Catholic Charities (Diocese of Fort Wayne South Bend) $18,000 South Bend , IN Toward expenses of the Education Creates Hope & Opportunity Program (ECHO) of St. Joseph County, Indiana, promoting the best means for long term self-sufficiency for pregnant and parenting teens through educational achievement.
Our Lady of Be llefonte Hospital $10,000 Asland, KY Toward operating expenses of the Meals on Wheels program to provide meals to indigent, elderly clients.
Notre Dame Urban Education Center, Inc. $10,000 Covington, KY Toward program expenses to offer transformative education programs to underserved individuals and families at this community learning center.
Boys' Haven $25,000 Louisville, KY To support direct costs of the Independence Readiness Program for abandoned, neglected and abused boys and girls, ages 12 to 23 years.
Order of Preachers/Southern Dominican Province $35,000 Metairie, LA Toward expenses of the “Outreach for the Formation of Catholic Lay Leaders” project - for capacity building of rural, under-resourced churches in the U.S. and development of lay leadership based on the U.S. Bishops’ guidelines.
Boys Hope Girls Hope $15,000 New Orleans, LA Toward the salary of a Residential Counselor for the "Where Hope Lives" program, providing 8 young women from at-risk home environments with 24-hour nurturing parental and academic support.
Carmelite NGO $10,000 New Orleans, LA Toward expenses of participating in the 2015 international gathering of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
Covenant House New Orleans $13,000 New Orleans, LA Toward operating costs for the transitional living programs, Rights of Passage (ROP) and Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) for at-risk young men.
Ozanam Inn $15,000 New Orleans, LA Toward expenses of the Medical Transition Assistance (MTA) program, providing homeless men a place to stay while recuperating from illness or surgery.
The Jesuit Collaborative $7,750 Boston, MA Toward program expenses of the Escuela de Espiritualidad Ignaciana (School of Ignatian Spirituality) - offering innovative retreats and training programs to the Hispanic/Latino communities in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, NY and Charleston, SC.
College of Our Lady of the Elms $27,000 Chicopee, MA Toward program expenses of the ELMS caRe vaN to expand mobile health care to the homeless and underserved.
Holy Cross Parish $15,000 Springfield, MA To collaborate with Pioneer Valley Project (PVP) on "Welcoming the Stranger: PVP Immigrant and Refugee Community-Building Project": 1) improve access to education, housing and public safety for refugee and immigrant residents; 2) deepen the relationship between PVP’s three Catholic member parishes and their social justice work with immigrants and refugees; and 3) foster the civic engagement of refugee and immigrant residents.
Redemptorist Office for Mission Advancement $30,000 Annapolis, MD Toward the purchase of Raiser's Edge fundraising software to support the apostolic work of the Redemptorists, including seminarian formation, care of infirm confreres and missionary outreach to the poor and abandoned.
Franciscan Center, Inc $18,600 Baltimore, MD To install a wheelchair lift to enable the Center to serve disabled clients by ensuring access to all emergency assistance and other outreach programs.
Good Shepherd Center $10,000 Baltimore, MD Toward operating expenses of the Good Shepherd School, an educational facility for girls and boys, ages 13-21, with severe mental health and emotional disorders.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
Jesuit Volunteer Corps $20,000 Baltimore, MD Partial funding of a new Director of Ignatian Formation, as well as providing staff with formalized training in Ignatian Spirituality.
Loyola University in Maryland $20,000 Baltimore, MD Continued funding of Loyola University Maryland's School of Education in conjunction with the Institute for Urban Catholic Education to provide professional development for teachers and to increase/enhance in and after school programming with four designated high-need urban Catholic Schools.
St. Elizabeth School $25,000 Baltimore, MD For expenses of the Work-Based Learning program, a hands-on program for students to develop the skills needed to obtain jobs in their home communities.
St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart $30,000 Baltimore, MD To purchase/implement a new fundraising software system to enable the Congregation to research new donors and cultivate existing ones in order to promote a vibrant future for African American communities.
Bishop McNamara High School $20,000 Forestville, MD For program expenses to expand after-school tutoring and summer leadership development training in which students learn team building and conflict resolution strategies as part of Project PRIDE.
St. John Regional Catholic School $10,000 Frederick, MD Towards salary of Special Education Teacher.
St. Ann's Center for Children, Youth and Families, Inc. $20,000 Hyattsville, MD Toward the salary of a Residential Program Director of the Teen Mother-Baby Program which provides comprehensive residential services for vulnerable pregnant and parenting adolescents and their children.
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) $25,000 Silver Spring, MD To develop training tools to strengthen the knowledge and skills of new immigration legal service providers and to create a web-based library of legal immigration resources for parishes and other faith-based advocates serving immigrant communities.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
Corpus Christi Church $10,000 Waterville, ME Toward program costs of the Kennebec Valley Organization (KVO) Friends and Families on the Margin Project to develop leadership skills of the rural elderly poor and struggling young single parents.
Catholic Charities of Jackson, Lenawee & Hillsdale Counties $20,000 Adrian, MI Toward salaries for staff therapists to provide counseling services and/or specialized interventions to children in foster care, those transitioning into adoption, and homeless at-risk teens, all who have experienced severe traumatic events, abuse, or have serious behavioral disorders.
Manresa Jesuit Retreat House $10,000 Bloomfield Hills, MI Toward program costs for the Ignatian Formation Internship Program.
Livingston County Catholic Charities $15,000 Howell, MI To purchase an Electronic Health Record system and all related implementation to comply with the federal government's Affordable Care Act, which requires all health care providers to upgrade to an EHR system.
Guest House, Inc. $20,000 Lake Orion, MI Toward expenses to expand the activities/programs of the National Catholic Council on Addictions.
St. Michael the Archangel Regional Catholic Academy $1,200 Petoskey, MI To purchase statues of St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary for the Chapel of this newly-established school.
Christian Brothers Retreat Center $10,000 Marine on St. Croix, MN To provide free leadership training and personal development programs within a Catholic context for at-risk, inner- city youth of Chicago and Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Catholic Charities (Diocese of Kansas City -St. Joseph) $20,000 Kansas City, MO Towards salary/benefits of a Service Coordinator to provide one-on-one support and navigation for individuals/families in poverty and/or crisis.
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Cristo Rey Kansas City High School $12,500 Kansas City, MO Toward salary and benefits of a Director of the Corporate Work Study Program.
Catholic Charities (Archdiocese of St. Louis) $17,500 St. Louis, MO Toward the purchase of computers to update the office technology.
Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon $17,000 St. Louis, MO Toward operating expenses of the new Diocesan Vocations Office.
Franciscan Sister s of Our Lady of Perpetual Help $20,000 St. Louis, MO Toward salary of a Director of St. Anthony Food Pantry, serving approximately 653 households monthly.
Our Lady of Guadalupe School $10,000 St. Louis, MO Toward cost of resources to enhance and supplement the curricula and academic programs in English, Math, Science, and Language Arts.
School Sisters of Notre Dame $10,000 St. Louis, MO Toward a portion of a Sister's salary to implement Educating Behind Bars, a program being carried out in five Missouri correctional facilities for the 2014-2015 fiscal year.
St. Patrick Center $15,000 St. Louis, MO For program expenses of BEGIN New Venture Center, providing mentoring and business growth support for socially conscious low-income entrepreneurs in St. Louis.
Mercy Hospital Washington $15,000 Washington, MO To provide the salary of a dental assistant for the McAuley Clinic Dental program, serving economically poor children and adults from rural Missouri.
Immaculat e Conception Catholic Church $5,000 Deer Lodge, MT For repairs to the parish buildings, specifically the roof of the "Head Start" building, replace doors of the Religious Education building, and install an underground watering system among the children's graves at the Cemetery.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
St. Jude Thaddeus School $12,000 Havre, MT To purchase teacher manuals and textbooks to up-date the reading curriculum.
Madonna School $15,000 Omaha, NE Toward program expenses to implement employment programming and job coaching for teenagers and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Sacred Heart Parish $10,000 Lebanon, NH Toward expenses of United Valley Interfaith Project on Aging in Community Program.
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School $5,000 Asbury Park, NJ Toward teachers' salaries for the Mini-Stars program for grades K-3.
St. Vincent DePaul Society $8,000 Asbury Park, NJ To purchase freezers for the newly established Food Pantry located at St. Peter Claver Outreach Center.
Catholic Partnership Schools $50,000 Camden, NJ Toward operational costs of five Catholic elementary schools serving Camden, NJ.
Our Lady of Lourdes Health Foundation, Inc. $15,000 Camden, NJ Continued funding of a Coordinator of the Community Health Practice to serve as the liaison between the volunteer physicians and nurses who provide free medical care to the uninsured.
St. Peter's University $10,000 Jersey City, NJ To renovate the Campus Ministry's kitchen for the start of the Campus Kitchen Project, a national community service organization that works with students to recover food from cafeterias, grocery stores, and local restaurants and engage them in volunteering to prepare and deliver meals to the community.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
St. Peter's University $5,000 Jersey City, NJ Toward program expenses of Global Outreach: Service & Solidarity, a service learning project for students to volunteer in a third world country.
Life Choices, Inc. $50,000 Philli psburg, NJ To install a sprinkler system as part of a capital campaign to renovate an abandoned convent to create a safe home and childcare program for homeless pregnant women.
Order of St. Benedict $15,000 Abiquiu, NM Toward costs to construct and install a water treatment facility at Monastery of Christ in the Desert, as well as post- installation confirmation water tests.
Archdiocese of Santa Fe $10,000 Albuquerque, NM Toward expenses to train the staff of 92 parishes to manage Archdiocesan census data software and implement administrative processes.
Cristo Rey Albuquerque $25,000 Albuquerque, NM Toward recruitment expenses, office set up, and part time salary of a Director of Development for this Catholic learning community, educating low-income students from the South Valley of Albuquerque.
Santuario de San Martin de Porres $25,000 Albuquerque, NM Toward a capital campaign to construct a new facility to accommodate the growth in immigrant Mexican parishioners.
Sacred Heart Catholic School $12,000 Gallup, NM To purchase/replace access doors and insulated blinds for the school building.
Villa Guadalupe Home for the Aged $20,000 Gallup, NM To repair/upgrade the Home’s ecologically sound evaporative “swamp coolers” , a green cooling system, providing comfortable temperatures during the summer months.
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St. Joseph Mission School $30,000 San Fidel, NM For seed money to establish a Pre-Kindergarten Program.
Hilbert College $10,000 Hamburg, NY Toward the costs of Mission Integration activities in collaboration with St. Bonaventure University to provide: 1) a strategic plan; 2) research around student evangelization; 3) related resources; and 4) documentation to be used for future alliance efforts.
Cabrini Immigrant Services of New York City $40,000 New York, NY For program expenses of the English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program, Adult Literacy program, and/or college readiness program.
Catholic Big Sister s and Big Brothers $10,000 New York, NY Toward program expenses of the Social Justice Initiative, a youth-led advocacy and leadership group for mentees, ages 13-18.
Franciscans International $10,000 New York, NY Toward salaries, travel and communication expenses for Year 1 of Americas Program to assist with regional human rights strategies, including networking, information-sharing, capacity-building and international solidarity.
Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary $4,000 New York, NY To install a fence around the newly donated 2/3 acre land, expanding the Community Gardens Project which produces organic vegetables by and for poor Hispanic immigrants in this isolated colonia.
New York Encounter $35,000 New York, NY For facility rental in Manhattan Center for the New York Encounter 2015 event, an annual three-day public cultural festival.
Society of Jesus, New York Province $50,000 New York, NY For expenses to expand the 2015 Candidacy Program for the East Coast Provinces of the Society of Jesus.
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Xavier Mission Inc. $25,000 New York, NY Toward expenses, including salaries, of the L-Step (Life-Skills Training and Empowerment) and Coming Home Programs, providing assistance to the formerly homeless and/or incarcerated.
LifeWay Network, Inc. $37,000 Rego Park, NY Toward capacity building costs in the effort to stop human trafficking, specifically for donor development software, installation, training; website redesign and implementation; salaries, campaign materials, and volunteer training.
Molloy College $10,000 Rockville Centre, NY Toward project-related expenses for college personnel from Rockville, NY to provide services to the Tribal people of Quechan Reservation in Yuma, Arizona.
Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary $10,000 Tarrytown, NY To support volunteers serving low-income immigrant communities in Sleepy Hollow, NY and in Immokalee, FL.
Catholic Campus Ministry Association $30,000 Cincinnati, OH Toward expenses of restructuring CCMA by implementation of action steps, allowing for renewed financial health, increased membership, effective programming, better marketing and stronger leadership.
Elder High School $10,000 Cincinnati, OH Toward program expenses of Tech-Reach, an outreach program in collaborative, integrated adult education for the poor and disadvantaged.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Housing Facility, Inc. $10,000 Newark, OH Toward salary/benefits of a Case Manager at St. Vincent Haven, a 26-bed shelter facility for homeless men, assisting residents to overcome barriers to self-sufficiency and permanent housing through counseling, support, advocacy and referrals to community services.
Antonine Sisters Adult Day Care $10,000 North Jackson, OH For staff salaries at Antonine Village, a new assisted living and memory care facility.
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Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland $10,000 Pepper Pike, OH Continued funding for the Ursuline Piazza ministry, specifically for salaries of three Ursuline Sisters to provide psychosocial support services to indigent, HIV-positive individuals with mental illness and substance abuse issues.
Good Shepherd Catholic School $30,000 Oklahoma City, OK Toward salaries of Behavioral Interventionists, providing services to autistic children ages 3 to 8th grade.
San Miguel School of Tulsa $15,000 Tulsa, OK Toward expenses of the Literacy Program to empower disadvantaged children at this tuition free co-ed middle school.
Church of St. Michael the Archangel $20,000 Portland, OR Toward a capital campaign to seismically retrofit, renovate and expand the 119 year-old church building, including the pastoral offices and Community Center, to better serve those suffering from extreme poverty and homelessness in downtown Portland.
L'Arche USA $15,000 Portland, OR Toward partial salary of a L'Arche USA recruitment coordinator, travel expenses and promotional materials to implement a strategic recruitment plan wh ich includes outreach on the national level and support to local recruitment coordinators in the 18 L'Arche communities across the United States.
St. André Bessette Catholic Church $15,000 Portland, OR Toward salary of a Hospitality Program Coordinator and Program outreach costs.
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church $12,000 Seaside, OR To purchase food and supplies for the Sunday Supper Program.
Brothers of Charity $65,000 Laverock, PA Toward operating costs, including salaries, of the Homeless Veterans Project in Washington, DC.
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American Academy of the Sacred Arts $15,000 Philadelphia, PA Toward a capital campaign to construct a two story bronze image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Gesu School $10,000 Philadelp hia, PA Toward expenses of Youth Education for Tomorrow, an intensive after-school literacy program for students in Grades 1-3, who test 2 years below their grade level.
Good Shepherd Corporation $25,900 Philadelphia, PA To develop and implement a fundraising strategy for the GSMP Sustainability Project, Philadelphia's neighborhood justice center, empowering people to solve their own conflicts with the help of mediators.
St. John's Hospice for Men $20,000 Philadelphia, PA Toward program expenses to provide food to the homeless.
St. Mary of the Assumption Parish $15,000 Phoenixville, PA To install air-conditioning as the final phase of the recently renovated school.
McAuley Village $10,000 Providence, RI Toward expenses of the Housing Assistance & Parenting Program to provide services to homeless women, who are engaged in employment readiness activities, job search, financial literacy, and parenting skill development so that they may achieve self-sufficiency for themselves and their families.
St. Joseph Catholic School $7,640 Anderson, SC To renovate bathrooms.
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Charleston $20,000 Charleston, SC Toward program expenses for Save-A-Smile which provides subsidized dentures and basic dental health services for low-income individuals of all ages.
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Franciscan Center $20,000 St. Helena Island, SC To purchase building supplies and materials for the Center's Emergency Home Repairs Program, addressing safety and health hazards as well as accessibility for the elderly and disabled.
Benedictine Sisters of Mother of God Monastery $16,400 Watertown, SD For program expenses of the Benedictine Multicultural Center: (1) to expand the English proficiency of immigrant adults by providing classes in rural communities; (2) to provide assistance with USCIS applications and fees; and (3) provide emergency assistance with rent, utilities, transportation, and food.
The Ladies of Charity $10,000 Knoxville, TN Continued funding of the newly expanded emergency food assistance program to purchase fresh vegetables, meat and dairy products.
Catholic Charities of Tennessee (Diocese of Nashville) $10,000 Nashville, TN Toward expenses of the Loaves and Fishes Program, providing hot, nutritious meals at the South Nashville Family Resource Center, specifically to purchase three freezers, a refrigerator,150 dining chairs, hand-dryers for the bathroom and salary/benefits for a Food Security Coordinator.
ARISE Support Center $25,000 Alamo, TX Toward staff salaries to provide educational opportunities to disadvantaged immigrant children and youth in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas.
Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle $10,000 Amarillo , TX Toward the purchase of furnishings for the Pearl Longbine Emergency Youth Shelter, a facility for 16 children, ages 5 to 17.
Catholic Charities of Central Texas $15,000 Austin, TX Toward expenses of the Gabriel Project Life Center, providing parents with resources and education to strengthen their families and give their children a healthy start at life.
The John Paul II Life Center $10,000 Austin, TX Toward expenses of the Crisis Pregnancy Program, helping mothers who are facing unexpected pregnancies.
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Diocese of Beaumont $25,000 Beaumont, TX Toward the cost of the Hispanic Ministry Project, a direct evangelization project for Hispanics in three rural parishes.
Diocese of Beaumont $15,000 Beaumont, TX Toward expenses to expand the Prison ACTS Retreats, part of the Criminal Justice Ministry.
Guadalupe Regional Middle School $10,000 Brownsville, TX Toward the purchase of a bus to be used for various transportation needs of the School.
Eagle's W ings Retreat Center $10,000 Burnet, TX Toward the development and staffing costs of new retreats and programs.
Diocese of El Paso $15,000 El Paso, TX Toward support of the lay ministry educational training programs of Tepeyac Institute, which recognizes the importance of lay ministers and strengthens their theological presence in parishes.
Tigua Native American Ministry (Diocese of El Paso) $15,000 El Paso, TX Toward program expenses to provide outreach to Tigua Native Americans living on the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in El Paso County.
Catholic Charities (Diocese of Fort Worth) $20,000 Fort Worth, TX Toward program expenses of WORN, a knitting project that provides supplemental income for refugee women and an opportunity to rise above the poverty level.
Catholic Divorce Ministry $5,000 Fort Worth, TX Toward cost of a nationwide conference to be held in St. Louis, MO to provide resources and leadership training for lay leaders at the parish and diocesan levels to minister to separated and divorced Catholics.
Angela House $15,000 Houston, TX Toward the salary of a Program Coordinator for this transitional, residential facility serving women upon their release from prison; development of individualized treatment plans; and providing case management.
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Catholic Charities (Archdiocese of Galveston -Houston) $25,000 Houston, TX For program expenses of St. Francis Cabrini Immigrant Services Center to assist the families and children presently coming across the southern border.
Catholic Charities (Diocese of Lubbock) $10,000 Lubbock, TX Toward expenses of the Learn to Cook program, helping low-income families to modify unhealthy behavior.
Merced Housing Texas $15,000 San Antonio, TX Toward salary of a Resident Services Coordinator to provide supportive social services for very low-income apartment residents.
Oblate School of Theology $75,000 San Antonio, TX Toward program expenses of the Critical Ministerial Issues project, a research and education project to better understand, train and support priests by addressing issues critical to their ministries.
St. Agnes Catholic Church $12,500 San Antonio, TX Toward a capital campaign to construct a Parish Community Center.
Th e Village at Incarnate Word $15,000 San Antonio, TX For caregiver salaries and mileage to support Project Elder Help, the charitable program of Sisters Care, for in- home personal assistance for the frail and elderly.
University of the Incarnate W ord $30,000 San Antonio, TX For programmatic initiatives of UIW's Center for Civic Leadership, to continue the legacy of service through engagement in the local and global community by developing leadership skills in undergraduate, graduate and professional students.
Benedictine Sisters of Virginia $15,000 Bristow, VA Toward program expenses of BEACON’s adult literacy instructional program.
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St. Mary Star of the Sea School $20,000 Hampton, VA To replace windows in the primary classroom building.
Sojourner Place/Providence Pariseau $15,000 Seattle, WA Toward portion of a Care Manager’s salary and for travel expenses of the In-Home Family Support, helping previously homeless women transition to independent living with children newly returned from foster care.
Gonzaga University $15,000 Spokane, WA Toward faculty stipends for the Gonzaga Neighborhood Mapping Assets and Promoting Strengths Project (M.A.P.S.) - to implement a community-driven approach to urban neighborhood revitalization in Spokane’s poorest neighborhoods.
Transitional Programs for Women $5,000 Spokane, WA Toward staff salaries/benefits for New Leaf Bakery Cafe Job Training Program, providing job skills training for economically and/or emotionally oppressed women.
Holy Rosary School $15,000 Tacoma, WA To purchase literacy and assessment materials for the Two-Way Immersion program (Spanish/English).
Dismas Ministry $10,000 Milwaukee, WI Continued funding of expenses of the Pastoral Outreach to Inmates program - providing Catholic scripture, faith and prayer resources to inmates nationwide.
Nativity Jesuit Middle School $50,000 Milwaukee, WI Toward the cost of implementing a blended learning model of instruction, an innovative curriculum which integrates technology to individualize student instruction.
St. Benedict the Moor $25,000 Milwaukee, WI For expenses to implement a 2015 Leadership Training Program for low-income people, especially formerly- incarcerated people, transit-dependent people and immigrants, a collaboration between WISDOM (a faith-based organization empowering people to address the root causes of social injustice) and Milwaukee Inner City Congregations Allied for Hope (WI/MICAH).
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Wheeli ng Jesuit University $9,000 Wheeling, WV Toward expenses of the Health Care Service Immersion Project, in which students provide health care services to residents in two Appalachian counties.
Total National Grants : $3,332,140
International Grants: Bangladesh
Catechist Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Angels $20,000 (Shanti Rani Sisters) Dinajpur, Bangladesh For medical expenses to care for the elderly and infirmed Sisters.
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missi ons, Inc. (PIME) $15,000 Detroit, MI Toward expenses of the Tuberculosis Section of the Sick Assistance Center in the Diocese of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Bolivia
Solidarity Bridge, Inc. $15,000 Evanston, IL Toward expenses of the 2015 Neurosurgery Program to train and equip Bolivian surgeons at the Institute for the Development of Neurosurgery in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Brazil
Paroquia Santo Inacio de Loyola $10,000 Santo Inacio do Piaui, PI, Brazil To provide clean water to the rural community of Baixa do Tamboril.
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul - Province of Amazonia -Brazil $20,000 Belem, Para, Brazil Toward construction of an alternative educational facility to offer early childhood education to 60 children (ages 4-6) in this poor rural farming community of Rio Gelado.
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Cameroon
Medicines for Humanity $20,000 Rockland, MA Toward costs of program expenses, renovations and training to reduce child mortality in Cameroon.
Chile
Dioces e of Melipilla $17,000 Melipilla, Chile Toward expenses of the Hope and Solidarity Foundation's vocational training program to offer workshops for 100 rural and marginal urban young people in social and labor skills in order to improve their employment possibilities.
Sisters of Mercy $15,000 Santiago, Chile Toward expenses of Mercy Ministry, a program addressing the needs of disabled persons, specifically for 1) stipends for physiotherapists, physical trainer, and secretary; 2) equipment, maintenance, and materials; 3) gas heater and gas to provide heat for the therapy room in the Women´s House.
Congo
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul - Province of the Democratic $21,240 Republic of Congo Mougali, Brazzaville, Congo To renovate/repair the water and sanitation systems, and construct a security fence to enable the School and Cooperative at Brazzaville to effectively continue programs that benefit children with disabilities.
Cuba
Archdiocese of Santiago de Cuba $5, 400 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Toward facility rental to establish “Street Friends”, a temporary home to care for the homeless.
Democratic Republic of Congo
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Province of Congo $40,000 Kinshasa , Congo To install a 50 cubic meter cement water tank to provide potable water to the newly constructed Health and Maternity Center at the Catholic Mission of Opalay/Yaoleka in the Oriental Province of the DRC.
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Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate $25, 000 Washington, DC To construct five water wells to provide clean drinking water to St. Lwanga Mission in the Diocese of Idiofa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate $22,000 Washington, DC For program expenses to train women in agricultural production and nutrition in Mont Ngafula, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Democratic Republic of Congo; Nigeria
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur $30,000 Ipswich, MA For the African Photovoltaic Projects, specifically solar panel installation - the first of a 3 component project (electricity, clean water and communication) - to provide electricity, filtered water, and Internet connections in order to develop stability and sustainability for isolated communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.
Dominican Republic
Creighton University $18,000 Omaha, NE Continued funding toward cost of surgical procedures, materials for prosthetic limbs, staff salaries and program expenses for the University's medical mission with the Institute for Latin American Concern to continue to provide medical services to the indigent patients in the Dominican Republic.
Missionary Community of St. Paul the Apostle $13,300 Racine, WI To implement a piggery income-generating project for the rural communities in/around Sabana Yegua, Azua in the Dominican Republic.
Ecuador
Missionary Solidarity Sisters of the Poor $10,000 Ambato, Tungurahua Atocha, Ecuador For continued funding of expenses (salaries/stipends, food and lodging, transportation) for the Sisters to continue to teach the Catholic faith, encourage commitment to religious life, and assist the indigenous women in their efforts to improve living conditions of the rural poor.
St. Vincent d e Paul Major Seminary $16,000 Quito, Ecuador To renovate St. Vincent de Paul Major Seminary of the Province of Ecuador, specifically to repair the seminary's roof terrazzo.
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El Salvador
Archdiocese of San Salvador $6,000 San Salvador, El Sal vador Program expenses for an evangelization program for missionaries working in various ministries of the Archdiocese.
Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville $5,000 Amityville, NY Toward program expenses to expand the summer camp and after-school programs for under-privileged children in Sol Naciente del Japon, El Salvador.
Eritrea
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul – Province of Eritrea $26,066 Asmara, Eritrea Toward costs of the final year of the professional teacher educational training program for Catholic educators in Eritrea.
France
Depaul France $20,000 Paris, France Toward program expenses to provide outreach to the homeless in Paris.
Ghana
Africa Faith & Justice Network $100,000 Washington, DC Toward expenses to expand the program on Just Governance in Africa.
Africa Faith & Justice Network $15,000 Washington, DC Toward expenses to implement the first stage of a pilot program on Just Governance in Africa, in the Archdiocese of Accra, Ghana, specifically to conduct a Trainer of Trainers workshop for 45 participants.
Guatemala
Parroquia Sangre de Cristo $24,000 Departamento de Guatemala, Guatemala Toward operating expenses of the medical clinic in La Leyenda, part of the Sangre de Cristo Health Care Project, providing health care services to the uninsured.
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Volunteer Missionary Movement $20,000 Greendale, WI Continued funding of the Mayan Farmer Livestock Training Project, which teaches indigenous Guatemalan farmers effective animal husbandry practices to increase food security and income.
Haiti
St. Antoine School $25,000 Port -au -Prince, Haiti For computers, materials and program expenses to establish a computer lab enhance the curriculum and ensur e the sustainability of the after-school tutoring program.
PICO National Network $50,000 Oakland, CA Continued funding of program expenses to expand PICO-Haiti in less accessible mountain villages; and launch new economic development projects, creating jobs and grassroots leadership.
St. Patrick's Parish $7,500 Collinsville, CT Continued funding of the "Nourishing Minds-Nourishing Bodies" Feeding Program, providing a hot meal to 350 children at St. Therese School in Lilavois, Haiti.
Fonkoze USA $10,000 Washington, DC For program expenses and salaries of Haitian staff to manage and supervise the Alfa Bon Literacy Education program and Business Skills Training, part of Fonkoze's Staircase out of Poverty strategy, providing Haitians, primarily women, with financial and non-financial tools to lift their families out of poverty.
Renew Haiti $15,700 Tampa, FL To construct a safe residence for three religious Sisters who are integral to the ministry in St. Suzanne, Haiti.
Medicines for Humanity $25,000 Rockland, MA To provide healthcare services, nutrition, community-based care and education to children and pregnant women, including HIV positive pregnant women, in the slum communities of Cite Soleil and Sibert, Haiti.
St. Francis of Assisi Parish $15,000 Derwood, MD For medical expenses associated with the 2015 Haiti Medical Mission in Jeremie, Haiti.
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Visitation Hospital Foundation $15,000 Nashville, TN For salaries of community health personnel working in Petite Riviere de Nippes, Haiti.
St. Luke Foundation for Haiti $75,000 Dumfries, VA Toward the cost of medical care and humanitarian outreach to provide life-saving treatment of cholera at St. Luke's and St. Mary's Hospitals in Haiti.
India
Fervent Daughters of Sacred Heart of Jesus $13,000 Baksa, Assam, India For educational expenses and provision of safe drinking water for the children at St. Xavier’s Hostel.
Salesian Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (Sandur) $12,000 Bellary, Karnataka, India To provide training, education and awareness programs to the Devadasi tribal girls who currently work as prostitutes.
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Babupeth $9,200 Chandr apur , Maharashtra, India To provide nutrition programs for children infected with HIV and conduct HIV/AIDS awareness camps for the villagers.
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Bon Secours (Karayanchavadi) $14,500 Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets at Roman Catholic Mission Middle School, Karayanchavadi.
Franciscan Sisters of St. Aloysius Gonzaga (Avadi) $12,000 Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets and provide drinking water facilities at Michael Ansaldo Creche and Day Care Center.
Sagaya Madha Church (Thu raipakkam) $13,000 Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets for the children attending evening classes and catechism as well as SHG (self-help groups) meetings.
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Seva Missionary Sisters of Mary $15,000 Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India To purchase library books/educational materials, drill a bore-well and construct toilets for the children attending Infant Jesus Higher Secondary School.
Franciscan Sisters of St. Aloysius Gonzaga (Nagari) $14,000 Chitoor , Andhra Pradesh, India To construct toilets, dig a bore well and purchase motor pump to provide clean, safe water and sanitation facilities at Little Flower High School at Nagari.
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesians) $12,000 Dimapur, India For program expenses to establish a computer training course for tribal youth to acquire employable skills and provide gainful employment.
St. Paul the Hermit Church (VC Kurusady Mission Parish) $14,000 Dindigul , Tamil Nadu, India To provide drinking water and sanitation facilities for the parish community.
Holy Redeemeer Church (Rampachowdavaram) $21,000 East Godavari , Andhra Pradesh, India To implement a buffalo-rearing Income generating project for tribal families of Rampachowdavaram village.
Kollipa ra Parish $4,550 Guntur , Andhra Pradesh, India Toward operating expenses of the Children's Orphanage at this mission parish.
Franciscan Sisters of St. Aloysius Gonzaga $7,500 Guntur , Andhra Pradesh, India To dig a bore well to provide clean water to the postulants at Asha Deepam Formation House.
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) $9,000 Guwahati , Assam, India For program expenses of the Human Empowerment and Development Centre, providing education to poor tribal children.
Sahayagiri Hospital $1,500 Idukki , Kerala, India To construct a ramp at the rehabilitation center.
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St. Ann's Matriculation School $20,000 Kancheepuram , Tamil Nadu, India For materials and labor to construct toilets.
Fra nciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Bon Secours $12,500 Kancheepuram , Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets at St. Louis Home for Children.
Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Thirisulam) $12,000 Kancheepuram , Tamil Nadu, India For training, equipment/tools and raw materials to implement a hollow block-making income-generating project for the quarry workers at Thirisulam.
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Bon Secours $15,000 Kancheepuram , Tamil Nadu, India To construct bathrooms and provide drinking water facilities at St. Joseph Children's Home.
Archdiocese of Kottayam $13,000 Kannur , Kerala, India For Malabar Social Service Society (MASSS) to purchase cows and goats as an income-generating project to create sustainable income for 60 suicide victims' families of Vellamunda, Thondernad and Perikkalloor.
Archdiocese of Kottayam $16,000 Kannur , Kerala, India Toward program expenses of Malabar Social Service Society to implement income-generating projects in cattle rearing, in addition to constructing bio-gas plants to recycle household waste and cattle dung.
Devasagayam Nalvazhvu Nilayam $4,500 Kanyakumari , Tamil Nadu, India To purchase/install a Solar Power System at this facility for the mentally-ill and disabled population.
St. Mary's High School (Cheksolangso) $9,000 Karbi Anglong , Assam, India To construct toilets and provide safe drinking water for the students at the school.
Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (Diphu) $14,000 Karbi Anglong , Assa m, India For operating expenses of St. Francis de Sales Technical Institute to offer vocational programs for school dropout tribal youth.
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St. Paul's Catholic Mission (Jagtial Parish) $17,000 Karimnagar , Andhra Pradesh, India To construct toilets and urinals at Jubilee Hostel, where poor rural children live while attending school in Jagtial Parish.
Kavali Parish $5,600 Kavali , Nellore, India For sewing machines, materials and tools/equipment to train 50 school drop-out girls and unemployed women in tailoring and embroidery.
Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Mudinepalli) $11,000 Krishna , Andhra Pradesh, India To install a mineral water plant for Sahayamatha School and dig bore wells to provide clean drinking water for six villages.
St. Paul's Cathedral $18,400 Krishna , Andhra Pradesh, India To empower women working at the stone quarry by establishing a push-cart income generating project as an alternative self-employment income generating opportunity.
Chillakallu Catholic Mission (All Saints Catholic Church) $7,450 Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India To purchase/install a water plant system to provide safe, drinking water to the students at All Saints English Medium High School.
Holy Cross Ch urch (Siluvagiri Nagar Parish) $20,000 Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India To construct a block of toilets with bathrooms and urinals for the students as well as the parish community.
St. Thomas Church, Ramanakkapeta $21,000 Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India To construct toilets, urinals and two compound walls at three elementary schools in sub-stations of Gudipadu, Akkireddigudem and Ramanakkapeta.
Franciscan Sisters of St. Aloysius Gonzaga/Little Flower Boarding Home $14,000 Krishna, Andhra P radesh, India To construct toilets, bathrooms and bore well at Little Flower Boarding Home for Girls.
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Our Lady of Lourdes Church (Bhyravapatnam Parish) $4,000 Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India To implement ram lamb units as income-generating projects for poor families.
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Vatsavai) $21,000 Krishna, Andhra Pradesh, India To purchase desktop computers and computerized embroidery machines to offer vocational training courses for rural school girls.
Missionary Sisters of Mother Mary (Maseedupuram) $21,000 Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India To purchase embroidery machines and desktop computers to offer a self-employment opportunity for rural girls at St. Anthony's Vocational Training Center, Maseedupuram.
Society of the Divine Word $11,500 Medak, Andhra Pradesh, India Toward operating expenses of Asha Jyothi, an HIV/AIDS home-based care & support centre for infected orphaned children.
Diocese of Muzaffarpur $20,000 Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India For program expenses of Muzaffarpur Diocesan Society to provide safe drinking water, sanitation facilities and conduct awareness camps on environment conservation, health and good hygiene practices.
St. Joseph's Upper Primary School $9,820 Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh, India To construct 14 additional toilets at the school.
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Gandamvarigudem) $6,200 Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh, India To drill a bore well, construct an overhead tank and purchase a motor and water purifier to provide safe, drinking water to the children living at Prema Nilayam Boarding Home.
Divine Mercy English Medium School (Chalakurthy) $8,500 Nalgonda , Andhra Pradesh, India To dig a bore-well to provide safe drinking water and sanitation facilities.
Corpus Christi Church (Vepalasingaram Parish) $18,000 Nalgonda , Andhra Pradesh, India To purchase buffaloes to implement a dairy income-generating project for 50 socially and economically poor women of the parish.
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Franciscan Sisters of St. Aloysius Gonzaga (Motakondur) $14,000 Nalgonda , Andhra Pradesh, India To construct toilets/bathrooms at St. Joseph's Boarding School in Motakondur.
Rogationist Fathers of the Heart of Jesus $8,335 Nalgonda , An dhra Pradesh, India To purchase a vehicle to be used at Rogate Sneha Bhavan, the first mission station of the Rogationist Indian Quasi Province, to provide vocational training for the street children, dropouts and working children.
Bethlemite Sist ers $14,500 Nellore , Andhra Pradesh, India To construct toilets and bathrooms at Bethel Orphanage, a home for over 100 children.
Diocese of Nellore $28,300 Nellore , Andhra Pradesh, India To implement a sheep-rearing income generating project to help 67 leprosy families living in the leper colonies at Amancherla, Vetapalem and Rapur to become self-reliant.
Sacred Heart Catholic Mission (Sullurpeta) $15,000 Nellore , Andhra Pradesh, India To construct toilets at Holy Cross High School.
Sacred Heart Catholic Mission (Sullurpeta) $14,000 Nellore , Andhra Pradesh, India To implement a goat rearing income-generating project for Tribal women.
Franciscan Sisters of St. Aloysius Gonzaga $13,000 Nellore , Andhra Pradesh, India To dig a bore well, install a motor and accessories, and construct toilets to provide safe drinking water and sanitary facilities for the students and teachers at Infant Jesus School at Dakkili.
St. Mary's Parish (Catholic Mission Somasila) $10,800 Nellore , Andhra Pradesh, India To purchase 25 dairy units to establish income-generating projects for 25 tribal families.
St. Ann's Church (Rebala Parish) $6,400 Nellore , Andhra Pradesh, India For expenses to implement income-generating projects for young girls and unemployed women.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church/Josephpet Parish $14,500 Nellore , Andhra Pradesh, India To establish a self-help dairy income-generating program for 35 poor families.
Infant Jesus Shrine (Tada) $10,500 Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India To construct an over head water tank to provide clean water for the Boarding Home and visiting pilgrims.
St. Louis Roman Catholic Mission $11,100 Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India To implement a goat-rearing income-generating project for the people of Nazareth Leper Colony.
Catholic Bishops' Conference of India $13,300 New Delhi, India To conduct awareness programs on income-generating projects and provide assistance to 200 women for start-up programs.
Diocese of Ootacamund $12,000 Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India For program expenses of Udhagamandalam Social Service Society to purchase goats to implement an income- generating program for Tribals and Dalits.
Bethlemite Sisters $7,500 Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, India To dig a bore well, purchase a pump, water storage tank, pipes and accessories to provide water to Vilaflor Hostel for Young Girls.
Franciscan Sisters of St. Aloysius Gonzaga $12,500 Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh, India To drill a bore well and construct toilets at Assumption Boarding Home.
Our Lady of Good Health Church (Eganivayal Parish) $10,000 Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, India To dig a bore well, purchase a motor, and construct toilets at St. Mary's Middle School.
Daughters of Mary Immaculate (Saswad Mission) $10,000 Pune, Maharashtra, India To dig a bore well, purchase a pump, syntax tank and construct toilets at St. Joseph's Children's Home at Saswad Mission.
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St. Anthony's Church, Bettada Halasoor $17,0 00 Ramanagara, Karnataka, India To purchase milch animals as an income-generating program for 50 poor families of Bettada Halasoor village.
Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (Olaikuda) $12,000 Ramnad, Tamil Nadu, India To drill a bore well, construct toilets and purchase a motor and water purifier to provide safe, drinking water to the children studying at St. Mary's Primary School, Olaikuda.
Khanapur Mission Station (St. Joseph's Boarding Home) $11,000 Ranga Reddy, Andhra Pradesh, India To construct toilets and urinals at St. Joseph's Boarding Home and Orphanage.
St. Sebastian Church (Koottathupatti) $10,800 Salem Tamil Nadu, India To dig a bore well to provide safe drinking water and sanitation facilities for the parish community.
Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Salesian Sisters) $30,000 Senapati, Manipur, India To construct toilets and bathing rooms at Auxilium Convent Hostel where tribal rural girls stay while completing their studies.
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Kombadimadurai) $12,000 Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets at St. Eugene High School, Kombadimadurai.
Alangaramatha Church (Rajakembiram Parish) $17,000 Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets and urinals for the students at St. Mary's Higher Secondary School at Rajakembiram.
Pidathapolur Catholic Mission (Infant Jesus Church) $18,000 SPSR Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India To purchase cows to establish an income-generating project for Dalit women.
Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyons $10,000 Surguja, Chhattisgarh, India Continued funding of program expenses of the free mobile clinic, providing preventive and curative health care to tribal communities.
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Daughters of Mary Imm aculate (Maria Sadan) $35,800 Tanjavoor, Tamil Nadu, India To implement skill development trainings and income-generating projects to empower young women of Sivapuram and South Pudur villages.
Don Bosco Matriculation School (Madarpakkam) $13,000 Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets, dig a bore well, purchase motor and water tank to provide drinking water and sanitation facilities at the school.
Roshanagaram Parish (St. Ignatius Catholic Mission) $15,000 Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India For cows, transportation, insurance and training costs to implement a cattle-rearing program for 37 widows.
Our Lady of Refugee Church (Uthukottai Parish) $14,000 Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets and bathrooms for Our Lady of Refuge Boys' Home.
Kallambedu Parish (Christ the King Church) $14,000 Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets at St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Middle School.
Daughters of Mary (Perambakkam) $13,000 Thiruvallu r, Tamil Nadu, India To drill a bore well, purchase a motor and construct 15 toilets at St. Mary's School, Perambakkam.
Sacred Heart Mission (Kilacheri) $11,000 Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets at St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Mission Primary School.
Brothers of the Sacred Heart (Athipet) $15,000 Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets at St. Joseph's School and Boarding Home, Athipet.
Divine Mercy Church (Yingkiong) $15,000 Upper Siang, Arunacha l Pradesh, India To construct a water tank to provide clean water to Divine Mercy School.
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Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Bon Secours (Palanipet) $14,000 Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets at Infant Jesus Children's Home.
Mary Help of Christians Church (Uriyur Kuppam) $14,000 Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets at the parish school, Roman Catholic Mission Middle School, Uriyur Kuppam.
Mary Help of Christians Church (Uriyur Kuppam) $16,000 Vellore, Tam il Nadu, India To implement a cattle-rearing project for poor, rural women.
Our Lady of Health Church (Attipakkam Parish) $10,750 Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India To implement a vocational training program for rural Dalit girls.
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Bon Secours (Siruthanur) $14,000 Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India To construct toilets at Roman Catholic Mission Primary School, Siruthanur.
Divine Mercy Catholic Church (Parkal Mission Parish) $10,000 Warangal, Andhra Prades h, India To implement an income-generating dairy program for the Scheduled Caste women of the parish.
Arogyamatha Church (Karunapuram Parish) $12,000 Warnagal, Andhra Pradesh, India To purchase dairy animals to establish income-generating projects for leprosy patients in Karunapuram Parish.
Holy Trinity Major Seminary (Nadipalli) $4,000 West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India To purchase milking buffaloes to provide milk for the seminarians.
School Sisters of St. Francis $7,000 Mi lwaukee, WI Toward operating expenses of Asha Bhavan, a residence for destitute, abandoned women.
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Iraq
Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) $120,000 New York, NY To provide medical aid to Christian families displaced by the new wave of violence in Iraq.
Ireland
Diocese of Limerick $7,500 Limerick, Ireland { Republic } For program expenses of a pilot program of the Limerick Youth Service to provide hands on assistance to individuals and their families for further education, housing and in some case subsistence.
Israel
Mar Elias Educational Institutions $5,000 Ibillin , Galilee, Israel Toward program expenses of a collaborative educational program between Mar Elias and Leo Baeck schools to establish a steel drum band of musicians involving Jewish, Christian and Muslim school students.
Holy Family Hospital of Bethlehem Foundation $10,000 Washington, DC Toward expenses of the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit at Holy Family Hospital in the West Bank.
Italy
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace - Holy See $15,000 Vatican City, Italy Toward post-conference expenses to implement a communications strategy as follow-up on the World Gathering of Popular Movements Encounter.
Order of Friars Minor $10,000 Vittorio Veneto, Treviso, Italy Toward living expenses to provide psychological counseling and spiritual formation to clergy who are struggling with their vocation.
Jamaica
St. John Bosco Children's Home $25,000 Manchest er, Jamaica To upgrade the outdated kitchen/catering equipment at St. John Bosco Home, a residential facility for abandoned, orphaned, neglected and abused boys in Mandeville, Jamaica.
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Grants Approved Report - 2014
Kenya
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA $25,000 Washington, DC Toward program materials, seminars and training sessions for JRS/USA to collaborate with JRS/East Africa on an initiative to provide psycho-social services and education to urban refugee children in Nairobi who are susceptible to sexual and gender-based violence and other forms of exploitation.
Lebanon
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul - Province of the Middle East, $20,000 Lebanon Achrafieh, Sioufi, Beirut, Lebanon To purchase and install a solar energy system at St. Charles Orphanage for Girls in Lebanon.
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul - Province of the Middle East, $25,000 Lebanon Achrafieh, Sioufi, Beirut, Lebanon Toward expenses of the "Hot Lunch Program", providing meals to more than 500 malnourished school children at St. Vincent Free School in Beirut, Lebanon.
Good Shepherd Mission Development Corporation $16,000 St. Louis, MO To install a solar hot water system at the Congregation's shelter for women and children at Ain Saade Lebanon.
Malawi
Society of Jesus - Malawi $73,500 Lusaka, Zambia To construct a classroom block to accommodate additional students at Loyola Jesuit Secondary School in Kasungu, Malawi.
Mexico
Centro de Ayuda para la Mujer Juarense $27,500 Ciudad J uarez, Chihuahua, Mexico Continued funding for program expenses to conduct sexual education programs for the youth.
Hospital San Carlos $15,000 Altamirano, Chiapas, Mexico Toward salaries, equipment and program expenses to provide medical services to tuberculosis (TB) patients.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
Jesuit Mission of Bachajón $20,000 Chilón, Chiapas, Mexico Continued funding of operating expenses and program costs of the Healthy Families Project - assisting families move toward self-sufficiency and healthy homes.
Catholic Net Inc. $11,000 Huixquilucan, Edo. de Mexico, Mexico Toward operating expenses to provide technical and administrative support for an Internet site promoting evangelization.
The Association of Volunteers in International S ervice USA, Inc. (AVSI - $15,000 USA) New York, NY Toward expenses to support the nutritional and educational programs for the marginalized community at Centro Maria de Guadalupe in Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Mozambique
Daughters of Charity o f St. Vincent de Paul - Province of Mozambique $78,000 Gaza, Mozambique Toward the construction of a state-of-the-art, bio-molecular laboratory at Carmelo Hospital to reduce maternal and child mortality by providing advanced health testing and treatment, especially to prevent transmission of HIV from pregnant women to their unborn children.
Myanmar {Burma}
Agency for Basic Community Development $7,300 Yangon, Myanmar {Burma} Toward program and administrative expenses to conduct vocational skills training and psychosocial support and traumatic healing workshops for 300 orphans.
Nicaragua
Catholic Relief Services $25,000 Baltimore, MD For program expenses to assist the Nicaraguan Coffee Growers families in the Diocese of Esteli, whom are affected by the outbreak of the coffee leaf rust disease.
Fabretto Children's Foundation, Inc. $15,000 Alexandria, VA For program expenses of Fabretto's Vocational and Life Skills Education Program in its Estelí Education Center in northern Nicaragua.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
Peru
Catholic Bishops Conference of Peru $15,000 Lima, Peru To publish and distribute catechetical texts to children, adolescents and young adults.
Prelature of Sicuani $5,000 Sicuani via Cusco, Peru Toward perating expenses of Casa Nazaret, a boarding facility for 31 children from poor, rural families, who board while attending school.
Prelature of Sicuani $15,000 Sicuani via Cusco, Peru Toward the purchase of a vehicle for use by APAINE (Association for the Care of Exceptional Children), to transport children with mental retardation, audio/language deficiencies and motor disabilities from their group residence to San Miguel School, and for therapists to visit remote homes and communities.
Centro Crist o Rey del Niño y Adolescente $18,000 Tacna, Peru Toward program expenses, including salary of a Learning Specialist, to implement a Psychological Support Program, offering alternative methods of education to students who have fallen behind in their formal schooling.
Philippines
Diocese of Mati $30,000 Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines Toward program expenses for relief efforts to assist parishioners in re-establishing their farms after the devastation of Typhoon Bopha.
Salesian Siste rs of the Sacred Hearts $15,000 Antipolo City, Philippines For office supplies and administrative expenses of the Spiritual Development Formation program for deaf students.
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul - Province of the Philippines $35,000 Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Philippines To construct permanent shelters for 150 displaced families affected by Typhoon Washi/Sendong in Iligan City.
Liceo de Liliw School $20,000 Liliw, Laguna, Philippines Toward cost of constructing three classrooms at this mission school for poor children.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
The Institute of the Incarnate Word $20,000 Lipa City , Batangas Province, Philippines Toward construction costs to complete the building of the Seminary of Our Lady of Sheshan.
Poland
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul - Province of Krakow $15,000 Krakow, Poland Toward operating expenses of the Helping House Day Care Center, providing basic needs to disadvantaged children, ages 5 to 18.
Slovakia
School S isters of St. Francis of Assisi $20,000 Zilina, Slovakia Toward the purchase of materials/equipment to provide electricity in the gym at St. Francis High School.
Depaul Slovensko $12,500 Bratislava, Slovakia Toward staff salaries at St Vincent’s Shelter, a facility for the homeless.
South Africa
La Salle International Foundation $25,331 Washington, DC For emergency humanitarian needs as a result of a platinum miners strike in South Africa’s northwestern province.
Spain
Instituto Servidoras del Senor y de la Virgen de Matara $15,000 La Olleria, Valencia, Spain Toward the installation of a heating system at the Sisters' monastery.
St Lucia
Archdiocese of Castries $6,000 Castries, St Lucia To purchase/install solar air conditioning units at Cardinal Kelvin Felix Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre.
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.
Grants Approved Report - 2014
Thailand
Good Shepherd Sisters $16,000 Nongkhai, Thailand Toward the cost of activity programs at Friendship Center, caring for 160 adults and children, infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Ukraine
Archdiocese of Ivano -Frankivsk $10,000 Ivano -Frankivsk, Ukraine Toward the purchase/installation of a heating system for the Archdiocesan Theological Seminary.
Servants of the Lord and the Virgi n of Matara $10,000 Ivano -Frankivsk, Ukraine Toward the installation of a heating system and water supply at a facility for single mothers and their children in Horokholyna village, Western Ukraine.
Uruguay
Daughters of Mary Help of Christian s (Salesian Sisters) $14,400 Canelones, Uruguay To purchase educational materials/notebooks to upgrade the technology at the Instituto Maria Auxiliadora.
Zambia
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Province of Zambia $35,000 Woodlands, Lus aka, Zambia To purchase farming equipment for the DeMazenod House of Formation in Zambia in order to produce most of the food needed for the seminarians.
Total International Grants : $2,839,042
Total International and U.S. Grants $6,171,18 2