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   our faith

The Catholic Community Foundation of San Diego (CCFSD) exists to encourage and facilitate stewardship and Catholic charitable giving in our Catholic communities in San Diego and Imperial Valley. The Foundation provides an easy way for Christian stewards to gratefully give back to God by supporting Catholic organizations that formed and guided them in their faith development throughout their lives.

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Our

Gratitude

Independent from the Diocese of San Diego, funds are created by individual donors and organizations to support our 98 parishes, 50 Catholic schools, vocations and the numerous social service organizations that provide much-needed services to our Community. These funds can be short-term and liquid in nature or they can be permanent, long-term endowment funds that can benefit not only this generation of Catholics but also future generation of Catholics. Funds are invested in a manner consistent with the socially-responsible investment principles instituted by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

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   our Community

   Our future

Our Catholic community is blessed to be comprised of more than 41% baptized Catholics and our Catholic population is growing. CCFSD provides a great opportunity for Catholics to create and support funds that are spiritual, meaningful and purposeful to them. CCFSD also provides an easy way to create a Catholic Legacy by leaving a bequest as part of an Estate Plan to benefit our Catholic community for many, many generations to come.

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A Message From Our Ceo

Thank you for joining us today to joyfully celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Catholic Community
Foundation of San Diego. We exist to support Christian stewardship in San Diego and Imperial Valley.
Through the generosity of many Catholics in our community, the Foundation current has more than $80
million under management and we are excited to have made an impact in our community by
distributing more than $14 million in grants supporting Catholic and non-Catholic causes.


With gratitude to our many donors, the Foundation has already created more than 80 permanent
endowment funds to support Catholic organizations in our community. I hope that you will prayerfully
consider creating a new endowment fund or supporting an existing fund to support current and future
generations of Catholics in our community. Endowment funds offer great support to Catholic
organizations especially during difficult economic times or during the suffering produced by a pandemic
as we all recently experienced.


We are happy to share our achievements as well as our vision of the opportunity available to all good
stewards of their Catholic faith to become involved in their Catholic Foundation. Talk to us about
creating your Catholic legacy. Please give us a call.

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  "This iS your

    Foundation"

"I am proud of the work that is done by our

Catholic Foundation, and excited to serve alongside you

as together we continue building the Kingdom

of God in the Diocese of San Diego."

 

Bishop Robert W. McElroy


Read The Full Letter From Bishop

5 Years

in review

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    Our Catholic      Community

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    Parishes

    The Foundation supports the 98 parishes and missions in San Diego and Imperial Valley. Our parishes provide us with a place to assemble, where faith-filled Catholics worship together with a strong sense of community.
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    Catholic Education

    The Foundation supports the 43 K-8 and 6 Catholic High Schools in San Diego and Imperial Valley. Our Catholic schools are dedicated to educating the whole child – mind, body and spirit.
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    Vocations

    The Foundation supports the ongoing support for the Seminary, Religious Life, and Holy Orders and for our retired Religious. Our vocation programs are critical to develop our future clergy.
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    Social Services

    The Foundation supports the various Catholic social ministries in San Diego & Imperial Valley. We partner with many Catholic organizations to help promote the great work being done in our community.

Click Here to Learn More

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DONOR & BENEFICIARY SPOTLIGHT

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After meeting with the Executive Director of the Foundation over a period of months, we felt very comfortable and confident in becoming a founding member.  We were happy to learn that Foundation assets are invested consistent with Catholic values.  We have found our partnership to be very rewarding.” Rev. John H. Howard, CJM

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FACTS ABOUT OUR CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

  • X Element

    Support

    Created to encourage Catholic support of its institutions in San Diego & Imperial Valley.

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    1.4M

    baptized Catholics in San Diego & Imperial counties.

  • X Element

    Growing

    Among the fastest growing independent Catholic Community Foundation in the United States.

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    Faith

    Faith-based organization adhering to Catholic values.

  • Y Element

    Startup

    Grown from a startup organization to a well-established, independent Catholic Foundation supporting more than 250 Catholic institutions in the San Diego region.

  • Y Element

    Investing

    All investments adhere to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) guidelines for Catholic values investing.

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5 YEAR IN REVIEW

  • $80M

    Assets Under Management (AUM)

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The Four Primary Beneficiary Groups

Breakdown

of the

$14.3 Million 

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investment returns growth and balanced pool

Investments

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Seminars For the Foundation

Offered in English and Spanish.

 

With just a little planning, you can have peace of mind knowing you have taken care of your family and secured their future. One of the most effective ways to care for your family is with a current estate plan. If you own property, have dependents, or have recently experienced life changes (marriages, divorces, births, deaths, etc.), you will want to visit an estate planning attorney to create or update your will and trust document. 


Over the past five years, the Catholic Community Foundation of San Diego has hosted over 60 seminars on the topic of Estate and Legacy Planning. Through these seminars, we have been able to reach community members throughout the region and assist them in planning their estates through the lens of Catholic giving. Here are a few details about those seminars:

67

Total Seminars

49

Physical Seminars

18

Virtual Seminars

1218

Total Number of Attendees

For more information visit

CCFSD Events

Donor & Beneficiary SPOTLIGHT

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"FIAT exists to provide a quality Catholic Education through a collaborative team of eleven Catholic Parishes and six K-8 elementary schools. Generous donors throughout the South Bay seeded each of the six schools with a $5,000 gift to establish a new endowment fund for the six schools...These new endowments will be help our schools for many generations in the future." -Steve Stutz, FIAT Catholic Schools Administrator

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        3 Year

        Vision

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    Parishes

    We will seed an endowment fund at each of the 98 parishes to permanently support their ongoing operations.
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    Catholic Schools

    We will seed an endowment fund at each of the 48 Catholic schools to permanently support their ongoing operations.
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    Tuition Assistance

    We will develop and grow a tuition assistance endowment fund with the long-term goal of offering tuition assistance to any child that wishes to receive a Catholic education.
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    Catholic Ministries / Catholic Partnerships

    We will strengthen our relationships local, Catholic organizations to help promote and grow their ministries.
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    Catholic Community Outreach

    We will raise "impact funds" to be used to invest in specific areas of need in our Catholic community

Donor & Beneficiary SPOTLIGHT

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“We feel privileged to be among the earliest donors to the Catholic Community Foundation and to be a part of the ‘Founders’ Circle’. We chose to establish a Donor Advised Fund so we could continue to support the organizations we are involved with while also supporting the Catholic Community Foundation’s mission to encourage Catholic Philanthropy in the community of San Diego... We’re looking forward to growing our relationship with the Catholic Community Foundation as we work together to fulfill our family’s philanthropic goals while seeking to live out our faith in the community we love.” -Dan and Susan Carter

SEE OUR EXISTING FUNDS

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HOW TO GET INVOLVED

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IMMEDIATE          IMPACT

Make your immediate impact today by donating to the “Catholic Community Program Fund” or one of our other existing funds.

Give Today

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START A PERSONAl/FAMILY FUND

Create your own legacy by establishing a fund of your own. Learn more about your fund type options below

Create Your Catholic Legacy

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TYPES OF

Gifts

The Catholic Community Foundation of San Diego can accept various types of gifts including: appreciated securities, real estate, IRA rollovers, and many more. Learn more about your giving options by visiting the link below.

Gift Types

MATCHING OPPORTUNITY

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the Catholic Community Foundation of San Diego will donate an additional $5,000 for every NEW $5,000 endowment established for a Catholic Parish or Catholic K-8 school located in San Diego/Imperial County. We hope that if you have not already established a fund with CCFSD that you will consider it today!

 

If adding to an established endowment we will match up to $5,000 dollars.


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