Grant Principles

The primary mission is to provide direct assistance to the poor, the sick, the elderly and the victims of natural disasters. Requests for this type of direct assistance will receive highest priority. The grant principles follow:

• Grants that will provide direct assistance to the poor and sick will receive the highest priority.
  
• Where possible, in-kind contributions of food, medicines, medical supplies and other relief supplies will be made. Matching grants are highly desirable and should be encouraged.
  
• Normally, grants will not be made to provide routine operating funds for established programs.
  
• Repeat requests from organizations are appropriate, but no organization should be led to believe that successive grants become entitlements. Where the Board wishes to give an amount of money over a period of time, it will be so specified.
  
• The programs selected for assistance should ordinarily be church-related and must be consistent with the spirit of the Catholic Church and the purposes of the Order.

Grant requests are due to the Federal Association Office by the 15th day of the months of September or March for submission to the Grants Committee. The committee will review the proposals, make their recommendations, and then forward the selected proposals to the Board of Directors for action.