Catholic Women’s Giving Circle membership and grant applicant information

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Membership

Catholic women are invited to become members of Catholic Women’s Giving Circle.

Those who contribute $1,000 have full voting membership in the circle. Contributors who give $250 are eligible for a quarter-vote.

Those who choose to join at the $1,000 membership level can pay in one installment or four quarterly installments of $250 each. Payments can be made by check, securities (IRA, DAF or stock gifts) or securely online by credit card.

This is an annually renewable commitment. Membership commitments for this cycle are due on June 30.

Grant applicants

One-time, one-year grants of $25,000 will be available to eligible archdiocesan-supported agencies and ministries. The membership response will determine the number of $25,000 grants to be awarded.

Interested agencies and ministries will complete a grant application by Aug. 15. (Applications are now available at www.archindy.org/womensgiving.)

A selection committee of member volunteers will select three to five finalists. The archdiocesan Office of Stewardship and Development will work with these selected finalists to prepare a short video to be presented at a grant selection event on Oct. 29 at the Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara Catholic Center, 1400 N. Meridian St., in Indianapolis.

“We will vote and announce winners at our voting event on Oct. 29 at the Catholic Center,” noted Kim Pohovey, director of major and planned gifts for the archdiocese. “At the voting event, we will hear from last year’s grant recipients and how their grant impacted their ministry.  We will also view videos from this year’s finalists. And then the group votes.”

Grant awardees have until Oct. 1, 2026, to target completion of their project, and will be asked to complete an impact report. Awardees may be asked to present their report at a future gathering of the Giving Circle. Awardees will be eligible to apply for future funding. 
 

(For more information about membership or the grant application process, go to www.archindy.org/womensgiving or contact Kim Pohovey at 317-236-1568 or kphovey@archindy.org.) †

 

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