Endowment funds benefit our schools and make Catholic education more accessible

CHARLOTTE — The Diocese of Charlotte Foundation manages 92 endowments with a total market value of approximately $16.1 million that generate income to directly aid the diocese’s schools and their students:

Ad Meliora Endowment Fund: Financial support for facility improvements and beautification initiatives at Christ the King High School.
American Schlafhorst Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for students at Charlotte Catholic High School.
Archibong Family Endowment Fund: Provides for the general needs of Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville.
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.
Don and Mary Gay Brady Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Our Lady of Grace School in Greensboro.
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 Charities Asheville Endowment Fund: Provides for the general needs of this ministry in Asheville.
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.
Mary Gay and Don Brady Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance of faculty children for TRIAD schools.
George L. Repass Memorial Tuition Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students attending Bishop McGuinness High School.
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.
Bobbie Grant Memorial Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students attending Bishop McGuinness High School.
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 Family Catholic Church Scholarship Endowment Fund: Catholic school tuition assistance (K-12) for members of Holy Family Parish.
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.
Beth Maren Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance to Catholic students at UNC-Charlotte.
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
Reverend Enrique A. Mendez, S.D.B. Endowment Fund: Provides for needy alumni from Colegio San Julian, in Guines, Province of Havana, Cuba, and/or their families or persons associated with Salesian Schools.
Katelyn Mitchell Student Athlete Scholarship Endowment Fund: For the benefit of a student-athlete in sixth, seventh or eighth 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.
Victor Nussbaum Jr. Educational Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at St. Pius X School in Greensboro.
Chris and Margaret Onulak Endowment Fund: Provides for the general needs of Asheville Catholic School.
Our Lady of Grace School Endowment Fund: For the general needs of the school.
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School Fund: 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 Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for students at Immaculata School in Hendersonville.
Clark G. Ross Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for Catholic high school students from parishes in Mecklenburg, Iredell, Cabarrus and Rowan counties.
Clark G. Ross St. Therese Church Scholarship Endowment Fund: For the benefit of parishioners at St. Therese Church to provide college scholarships.
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.
Sisters of St. Joseph Endowment Fund: Tuition assistance for Bishop McGuinness High School students.
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. John the Baptist Church Memorial Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance to graduating high school seniors from this parish in Tryon for attendance at post-secondary schools.
St. Joseph Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for students at Asheville Catholic School.
St. Lawrence Council (1695) Student Scholarship Endowment Fund: Financial assistance for the educational needs of council members’ and deceased members’ children.
St. Leo School Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for St. Leo students.
St. Mark School Endowment Fund: For the general needs of the school.
n 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. Mary’s Church College Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarship assistance for students from St. Mary’s Church in Greensboro who attend Belmont Abbey College.
St. Matthew 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.
St. Therese Church Scholarship Endowment Fund: Support for post-secondary education for the youth of the parish, who have demonstrated a commitment to service within this parish in Mooresville and/or their community.
Theresa Lasecki Talbert Scholarship 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.
Sabrina Watt Endowment 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.
Yates-Murphy Educational Trust Scholarship Endowment Fund: Scholarships for students of Holy Name Church in New Bedford, Mass.
Sister Emma Yondura Endowment: For the benefit of St. Leo School in Winston-Salem.

Fund a named endowment

Interested in setting up a named endowment or adding to an existing endowment at your parish or Catholic school? Establish an endowment in the Diocese of Charlotte Foundation by leaving a bequest in a will; a beneficiary designation from a retirement plan; a gift of real estate; a gift of life insurance, cash or securities sufficient to set up an endowment; or a life income arrangement, such as a trust or annuity. For details, contact Gina Rhodes at 704-370-3364 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..