Welcome Geoff Geis!

Seasoned Operations Professional Joins Catholic Foundation Team Geoff Geis, Operations Manager The Catholic Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania welcomes Geoff Geis to the newly created position of Operations Manager. He is responsible for creating and monitoring operational processes designed to improve efficiency and build upon the Foundation’s existing success. In addition, he will collaborate on both short- and long-term strategic goals for the Catholic Foundation and assists in driving organizational milestones…

Welcome Ann Marie Surovy!

Seasoned fundraising professional joins Catholic Foundation team as a Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer The Catholic Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania welcomes Ann Marie Surovy as a Major Gifts and Planned Giving Officer. In this role Ann Marie is responsible for identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding major gift and planned giving donors and prospects with the goal of establishing or increasing endowment funds for Catholic Foundation partners. Ann Marie has…

Students Honored With Academic Awards & Scholarships

For students in our Catholic schools, graduation marks the culmination of years spent in an environment where academic rigor is deeply intertwined with faith and values. Catholic schools form not just minds, but hearts, preparing students for a life of purpose, leadership, and service. These outcomes are important to the donors of the Catholic Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania. Almost 50 percent of the endowment funds managed by the Catholic Foundation…

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Partners Providing Lasting Impact by Investing in Forever

Retired Doctor Starts Seminarian Education Endowment

While Dr. Bonita “Bonnie” Bachl was doing her physician’s residency in pathology in New York City, she attended Mass at St. Catherine of Siena located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The Dominican Friars ran the church. It was during her time at St. Catherine, while in her residency and then later after she retired as head of laboratory medicine at a major New York area hospital, that Bonnie…

Donor’s planned gift creates lasting scholarship support

Seventeen students from three Catholic high schools were part of the inaugural class of scholarship recipients from the Bernard Schramko Memorial Scholarship Fund managed by the Catholic Foundation. These annual scholarships awards are made possible through a bequest from the estate of Bernard M. Schramko. Bernard Schramko Memorial Scholarship Fund Mr. Schramko, a 1951 graduate of Allentown Central Catholic High School, died July 2019. He stipulated in his will that…

Age 70 1/2? Support Catholic Causes and Avoid Taxes With Qualified Charitable Distributions

Supporters of Catholic causes can ensure their favorite organization continues fulfilling its missions by directing distributions from their tax-deferred retirement accounts to an endowment or donor designated fund managed by the Catholic Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania. This is a win for both the Catholic organization and the donor/taxpayer. With qualified charitable distributions, they can begin as young as 70 1/2 years old. What Are Qualified Charitable Distributions? If you are age 70½…

David Bosich, Parishioner and Donor at Holy Family Parish, Nazareth

The Catholic Foundation helped me realize my dream of helping youth in our parish. By starting the Youth Ministry Endowment Fund now, I could see the impact while I was still alive. By also including the endowment fund in my will, as a beneficiary for my insurance and investments, and as a preference for memorial gifts, the impact for your in the future will live on forever. Holy Family Youth…

Michael and Christine Ippoliti, Parishioners of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Bethlehem

Knowing the impact Catholic education had on our lives, Christine and I wanted current and future OLPH students to have the same opportunity. I quickly discovered that the Catholic Foundation’s independent professional approach, investment expertise and passion for helping Catholic parishes and schools remain viable cannot be matched by any other organization in our region. The establishment of this donor designated fund will ensure the long-term financial sustainability of Our…

Bill Kirwan, Chairman of the Nativity HS Board of Directors, Pottsville

It made sense for Nativity High School to open these funds with the Catholic Foundation. The board is considering establishing other scholarship endowment funds to keep the cost of tuition affordable for our families. (more…)

Author: Margo Trott Collins