Catholic Community Foundation of Mid-Michigan

About Catholic Community Foundation of Mid-Michigan

Catholic Community Foundation of Mid-michigan directs its giving through a distinctly diocesan lens: support for Catholic schools, parish religious education, diocesan programs, seminarians and retired priests, and assistance for the poor and vulnerable. Its recent grant pattern shows sizeable operating support for Catholic institutions in the Diocese of Saginaw, alongside scholarship and clergy-support funds that are available year-round and accept unsolicited applications. The largest recent award in the dataset went to Bay Area Catholic Schools in Bay City for school operations, followed by substantial support for the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw for diocesan programs. Those grants sit alongside recurring funding for parish and school needs, including a long list of Catholic schools and parishes across the diocese. The foundation’s structure also reflects a blend of institutional support and named funds. The Fr. Charles L. Ganley Grant assists retired priests and seminarians, while the Hopeful Future Scholarship and Mother Teresa Endowment Fund direct assistance to pregnant women and new mothers. Community Grants extend beyond education and clergy support to organizations serving the poor and vulnerable.

What Catholic Community Foundation of Mid-Michigan Funds

Catholic education is a central theme in the foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $94,337 to Nouvel Catholic Central Schools in Saginaw for school operations, and $62,947 to St Brigid School in Midland for the same purpose. Earlier awards also supported school operations at Our Lady of Lake Huron School in Harbor Beach and St Mary School in Alma. Parish religious education is another recurring area. The foundation awarded $77,425 to Sacred Hearth Parish in Gladwin for religious education, $54,052 to St Dominic Parish in Saginaw for religious education, and $43,177 to Holy Spirit Parish in Saginaw for religious education. It also supports diocesan administration and program work. One recent grant of $283,238 went to the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw for diocesan programs, and the prior year the same grantee received $267,447 for the same category. These awards show institutional support at the diocesan level, not only parish- or school-based funding.

How Catholic Community Foundation of Mid-Michigan Gives