The Catholic Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania, recently hit another growth milestone by opening its 100th endowment funds. The Blasi Family Trust provided the seed funding to create the St. Jane Frances de Chantal School Academic Excellence Endowment Fund. The fund provides support for academic awards and scholarships for students attending St. Jane Frances de Chantal School in Easton. The Blasi Family are the Catholic Foundation’s 73rd partner. As a 501(c)(3)…
Read MoreFoundation kicks off forum series with first conversation on young people and their faith. Generation Z doesn’t trust institutions, including religion. When asked in a recent survey to which religion they belong, 39 percent of 13-25-year-olds responded, “None.” It’s a stark finding, one of many found in the Springtide Research Institute’s new report, “The State of Religion & Young People 2020: Relational Authority.” It also formed the backdrop for a…
Read MoreHoly Family Parish supports an active community in Nazareth, one that requires more than faith and care to continue. It requires funding, and Holy Family has taken an aggressive approach toward providing it. Like a basketball program pursuing the Final Four of March Madness, Holy Family wrote a new playbook last year, one meant to secure the financial future of its parish, school, and youth ministry program. Holy Family’s game…
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All of their married life, Matt and Sandi Lloyd have been deeply engaged in their Catholic faith. The couple has played an active role in numerous Catholic institutions and causes close to their home in Reading and throughout the Diocese of Allentown. This deep engagement, and the impact these organizations have played in their life, led the Lloyds to create two new educational endowment funds with the Catholic Foundation of…
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