Foundation’s News
Grateful For Your Service!
At the Catholic Foundation of Central Florida, we’re all about impact. Impact to our community, impact to our donors, and the tremendous impact that our board has on the organization. Board service terms for Mr. Orlando Evora and Mr. John Kacilia expired in November 2022, and we are so eternally grateful for the impact that they’ve had on The Catholic Foundation. Orlando joined The Catholic Foundation Board of Directors in 2011 bringing legal expertise and a passion for Catholic education. He was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors in November 2016. Thank you, Orlando Evora! During his Chairmanship, the Board of Directors welcomed new clergy members and lay women expanding to 20 members. The Catholic Foundation celebrated their…
Thank You For Service To The Foundation!
Thank You For Service To The Foundation! We offer our deep gratitude to the outgoing board members who have contributed so much to the Foundation: Father John Giel and Father Richard Trout. Both joined The Catholic Foundation board in May 2019 and have served a full three-year term and an additional six months. Father John Giel, pastor of St Stephen Catholic Church and Vicar General of the Diocese of Orlando, and Father Richard Trout, pastor of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and Vicar for Priestly Life and Ministry, also serve on the Diocesan Finance Council. Their deep experience in the diocese and parishes helped The Catholic Foundation board understand how they can best serve the community. We are grateful for their…
Ministry Spotlight : Giving Tuesday Results – Thank You!
Thank you to the 430 donors who supported their favorite Catholic Ministries and donated over $102,000! View the winners of our #CatholicGivingTuesday Grants here: Catholic Giving Tuesday 2022 Grant Winners
Industry Spotlight : 3 Big Benefits of a Donor Advised Fund
What are the 3 ways a Donor Advised Fund can help you with your charitable giving? 1.) Time: I Don’t Have Enough Time Before Dec 31st!No worries! If you haven’t made up your mind about which ministries you want to support this year and need a little more time to research or pray about it, you can open up a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) at The Catholic Foundation which will allow you to take any tax deductions you are eligible for. This gives you all the time you may need to do your research and prayerfully consider your charitable giving! 2.) Bundling: I Want to Maximize My Charitable Deductions by Bundling My Donations.Depending on your level of standard deductions and…
Joy in Giving
Joy in Giving Foundation board, planned giving advisory council, staff and partners collected over 97 pounds of food and over $2200 worth of childcare items for Catholic Charities of Central Florida’s Walking with Moms in Need campaign. Pictured from left to right are Leidy Rivas, director and Paulina Palacio, administrative assistant of the Culture of Life Ministry.
Welcome! Nia Herald Joins The Foundation Team as CFO
Welcome! Nia Herald Joins The Foundation Team as CFO Nia Herald joins the Foundation as our new Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Foundation, she supervised claim recoveries at North American Risk Services, held several supervisory roles as a tax accountant and also worked with retirement investments. Nia lives in Oviedo and is a parishioner of Most Precious Blood parish. We are grateful to have Nia on our leadership team!
November NightCap Event
November NightCap Event The Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) is an elite designation which provides ethical and technical training for advisors and nonprofit executives to support philanthropists from a multi-discipline and multi-sector perspective. CAP professionals help to do more in our Central Florida community through philanthropy. NightCAPs are a professional networking event which engages existing CAPs in Central Florida as well as the cohort members in the CAP Study Group. This month we welcomed the new CAP Program Director at The American College of Financial Services, Jennifer Lehman, at our NightCAP event. Jennifer shared her background as a JD and her studies for her PhD and her hope for CAP Study Groups across the US as the results show how…
2022 Foundation Board Retreat
2022 Foundation Board Retreat Each year our board of directors gather with partners and staff to deepen our faith and continuously improve our governance and programs to better serve our community. This year our board selected San Pedro Development Center for the venue and found the conference and meeting rooms, lodging and food services to be wonderful for us to gather in a spiritual place, grounding our work in our faith. Over the course of the day and half retreat and meetings, Father Ivan Olmo, our spiritual director, guided us on preparing to receive the Eucharist and recognizing the presence of the Lord in our work and lives. The Foundation team members shared pertinent program information and updated the board…
National Philanthropy Day 2022
National Philanthropy Day 2022 National Philanthropy Day is a celebration each November across the U.S. recognizing the profound impact philanthropy has on the fabric of society. It is the compassion and selflessness of local heroes that the Association of Fundraising Professionals is proud to recognize through National Philanthropy Day. The program honors individuals, corporations, foundations, civic and service groups, and nonprofit organizations in Central Florida whose efforts change the face of our community. This year our own President & CEO, Kimberlee Riley, was recognized as a champion for collective philanthropy and was awarded the Terri S. Chastain Award for Outstanding Fundraising Professional. Kimberlee was nominated by Karen Monteleone who served as Vice President for Board Relations at UCF and is…
Transformed By Grace
Transformed By Grace “For the grace of God has appeared, saving all and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately, justly, and devoutly in this age, as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as his own, eager to do what is good.”-Titus 2:2-4 It’s a conversion that happens every time we give of ourselves, we are transformed by grace-the grace of God. We are called to that conversion every time we approach the altar at the Eucharist. For some of us the…