CHARLOTTE — The Diocese of Charlotte Foundation manages 75 endowments with a total market value of approximately $15 million that directly aid the diocese’s 19 schools and their students:
- American Schlafhorst Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for students at Charlotte Catholic High School.
- Asheville Catholic School Foundation Endowment Fund: Financial support to enable the school to retain quality teachers, offer scholarship assistance, provide continuing education for teachers, and enhance the school’s curriculum.
- Joseph and Margaret Baldi Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for children of St. Leo Parish families to attend St. Leo School in Winston-Salem.
- Bishop McGuinness High School Endowment Fund: Financial support for the education of students at this school in Kernersville.
- Joan W. Books Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for children of Immaculate Conception Parish to attend Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
- Elizabeth Allen Brown Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Asheville Catholic School.
- Molly Cassidy Scholarship Fund: Tuition assistance for Triad area Catholic school students.
- Catholic Education Endowment Fund: Scholarships for students attending Catholic elementary schools in the diocese.
- Charlotte Catholic High School Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarships for graduating seniors to attend a college of their choice.
- Charlotte Catholic High School Alumni Association Board Discretionary Endowment Fund: Financial assistance, at the board’s discretion, to Charlotte Catholic High School students.
- Charlotte Catholic High School Endowment Fund: Benefits Charlotte Catholic High School.
- James P. and Eunice S. Cherry Scholarship Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students to attend St. Michael School in Gastonia.
- Cornelius Alexander Davis Fund: Tuition assistance for students at St. Leo School in Winston-Salem.
- Digger Dawson Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for students from Immaculate Conception Church attending Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
- Derhofer Endowment Fund: For drama department productions, capital needs related to the drama department, and tuition assistance for students at Bishop McGuinness High School.
- Deussen Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarships for Catholic high school education in the greater Charlotte area.
- Stephen and Jessica Dey Options Endowment Fund: Benefits the “Options” programs at the diocese’s schools.
- Faucette Endowment Fund: Financial assistance for the educational ministry of the diocese’s schools.
- ‘Forward in Faith, Hope, and Love’ campaign endowment: Tuition assistance
- Gayden and Janell Gauthier Fund: Tuition scholarship assistance for students at Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
- O’Brien and William Edwards Gibbs Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Asheville Catholic School.
- Gismondi Family Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for children of St. Mark Church parishioners to attend Christ the King High School in Huntersville.
- Megan Healy Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for students at St. Patrick School in Charlotte.
- Edith and George Hilbert Endowment Fund for Asheville Catholic School: Financial support for the education of students at Asheville Catholic School.
- Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School Endowment Fund: Supports the general needs of Holy Trinity Middle School.
- Immaculata School Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for students at Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
- Immaculate Heart of Mary School Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in High Point.
- Roger Kavanagh Tuition Assistance Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at St. Pius X School in Greensboro.
- Leeolou Family Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools families.
- LeFeber Endowment: This fund provides tuition assistance to students at Immaculata Catholic School in Hendersonville.
- LoBianco Family Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at St. Therese of Lisieux Church in Mooresville and St. Mark Church in Huntersville to attend Christ the King High School.
- Manley Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students of families at St. Eugene Church to attend Catholic elementary school.
- Sister Terry Martin Scholarship Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students matriculating in higher education from Clay and Cherokee counties.
- Catherine McAuley Endowment Fund: Scholarships to Catholic students attending Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools.
- Francis J. McGrail Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance to students of Immaculate Heart of Mary School in High Point.
- Lee McGuiness Endowment: Benefits the Charlotte Catholic High School Alumni Association.
- Sandy McMonagle Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Our Lady of Mercy School in Winston-Salem.
- Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools Education Development Council: Assistance to the nine MACS schools in the Charlotte area.
- Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools (MACS) Special Needs Endowment Fund: For Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools’ students with special needs.
- Katelyn Mitchell Student Athlete Scholarship Endowment Fund: TFor the benefit of a student-athlete in 6th, 7th or 8th grade at St. Pius X School in Greensboro.
- Monsignor Lawrence C. Newman Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Our Lady of Mercy School in Winston-Salem.
- Vic Nussbaum Jr. Memorial Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at St. Pius X School in Greensboro.
- Onulak Endowment: Tuition assistance to students at Asheville Catholic School.
- Our Lady of Grace School Endowment Fund: For the general needs of the school.
- Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School: For the general needs of Our Lady of the school.
- Poutre Family Endowment Fund: For the general needs of Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
- Quinn Family Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
- Clark G. Ross Scholarship Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for Catholic students from Catholic parishes in Mecklenburg and Iredell counties to attend Catholic high schools in these counties, Davidson College or Queens University.
- Sacred Heart School Endowment Fund: For the general needs of the school.
- Sheridan-Mangan Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Asheville Catholic School.
- Sisters of Mercy Scholarship Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at St. Michael School in Gastonia.
- Victoria Sleeman Endowment Fund: Scholarships for students of Immaculate Conception Church to attend Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
- Frank Spinks Endowment Fund: For professional development activities for the staff at Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
- Mary Spinks Endowment Fund: For scholarship assistance to minority students at Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
- Michael Sullivan Endowment Fund: Scholarships for graduates of Charlotte Catholic High School.
- St. Ann School Endowment Fund: For the general needs of the school.
- St. Gabriel School Endowment Fund: For the general needs of the school.
- St. Mary Church Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for children of St. Mary’s parishioners attending Our Lady of Grace and St. Pius X schools in Greensboro and Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville.
- St. Joseph Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for students at Asheville Catholic School.
- St. Leo the Great School Endowment Fund: Financial assistance for the general needs of the school.
- St. Mark Catholic School Endowment Fund: For the general needs of the school.
- St. Matthew Catholic School Endowment Fund: For the general needs of the school.
- St. Michael School Endowment Fund: For the general needs of the school.
- St. Pius X School Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at the school.
- Theresa Lasecki Talbert Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville.
- Remo and Carolyn Termini Endowment Fund: Scholarships for students attending Asheville Catholic School.
- John Michael Thompson Endowment Fund: For the benefit of Sacred Heart School in Salisbury.
- F. Joseph Treacy Endowment Fund: For scholarship assistance for students in all nine MACS schools.
- Triad Educational Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance to students attending a Catholic elementary or high school in the Triad area.
- Villalon Family Endowment Fund: Financial assistance for students at Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville.
- Sabrinia Watt Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
- Sister Paulette Williams Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarships for graduating seniors from Charlotte Catholic High School to attend a college of their choice.
- Woelfel Family Endowment Fund: Financial assistance at Our Lady of Grace School for student educational purposes, such as purchasing textbooks or technology needs.
- Wos-Dejoy Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at St. Pius X School in Greensboro.
- Sister Emma Yondura Endowment: For the benefit of St. Leo School in Winston-Salem.
Endowments aid students, schools
$4,041,854 has been distributed from 75 endowments managed by the Diocese of Charlotte Foundation that directly benefited students and schools