Grants
Through grantmaking, we are able to strengthen our community and allow focus to shift from financial insecurities to remain on Catholic ministry.
Grant making is the ultimate measure of success at the Catholic Community Foundation. We focus on strengthening the community through fund development and grant making in support of Catholic ministry. Our grants are made possible through the generous philanthropy of the donors who contribute to the funds of the Foundation.
Types of Grants
We make grants from a number of different sources. Below are the main types of grants that the Foundation generates:
Grant History
Grant Stories
First-Ever Catholic Impact Scholar Award Winner
By Marie Galetto-Dugoni The Catholic Community Foundation of Santa Clara County awarded the first-ever Catholic Impact Scholar Award to Ian da Silva of Bellarmine College Prep. This award is given to a junior who exemplifies the impact that a Catholic high school education has on a student’s future goals and view of the world around …
Distributing Food with Faith and Dignity
By Marie Galetto-Dugoni Click here to read this article in Spanish At the end of August, some members of the Foundation’s Grants Committee visited the Food Distribution Program at Our Lady of Guadalupe. This program received a grant in the 2018 and 2019 Spring Grant Cycle, and the committee was excited to visit this very …
Increasing the Impact of Parish Outreach
By Marie Galetto-Dugoni Last year, the Catholic Community Foundation made our first-ever Two-Year Grant to Our Lady of La Vang Parish. The program, titled “One Bread, One Body Ministry,” includes many activities that support people in need both in and outside their parish community. It was a brand-new program, and the Foundation felt that by …