Catholic Education Foundation

About Catholic Education Foundation

Catholic Education Foundation Inc’s grantmaking is built around Catholic elementary schools and parishes in the Archdiocese of Louisville, where it supports tuition assistance, school capacity, educator development, technology, and religious education. The foundation’s mission statement centers on making Catholic education available to families with demonstrated financial need, and the grant list shows that priority translated into repeated support for schools such as St Rita School and St Andrew Academy. Those school grants are part of a broad pattern of education funding that reaches both institutions and the programs inside them. Its work also includes support for parishes and school communities. St Rita Church appears alongside St Rita School in the recent grants list, showing that the foundation’s education grantmaking is not limited to classroom operations. Other recipients, including John Paul II Academy, St James School, and Notre Dame Academy, point to a portfolio organized around Catholic K-8 schooling in Louisville. The foundation also runs named awards and scholarship funds, which sit alongside its regular educational grants and help sustain Catholic education through both direct aid and designated support.

What Catholic Education Foundation Funds

Tuition assistance is a central part of the foundation’s work. Through its Catholic elementary school grants, it provides need-based aid for families with one or more children enrolled in or applying to a Catholic elementary school in the Archdiocese of Louisville, with applications submitted through FACTS. The foundation also funds school-based program support. Its School & Parish Grants program covers technology enhancements, professional development for educators and catechists, and religious education programming. That mix shows an interest in both classroom tools and adult formation inside Catholic schools and parishes. Teacher recognition is another thread. The Father Joseph McGee Award honors an outstanding Catholic school teacher in the Archdiocese of Louisville, and the Catholic Education Foundation Innovation Award gives a monetary award to innovative elementary teachers with 2–5 years of experience. Endowment and named scholarship funds add another layer of support for Catholic education.

How Catholic Education Foundation Gives