2025-07-14T06:13:37-07:00 2024-12-31 541972062 DUNHAM AUKAMP & RHODES PLC 4443 BROOKFIELD CORPORATE DRIVE SUI CHANTILLY VA 20151 990 2024-01-01 510612966 MATER ECCLESIAE FUND FOR VOCATIONS INC MATE 8775566338 101 E GAY STREET UNIT 376 WEST CHESTER PA 19381 DENNIS MCGONIGLE Treasurer 2025-07-14 true true MICHAEL D AUKAMP CPA P00723879 7036318940 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X 101 E GAY STREET UNIT 376 WEST CHESTER PA 193815029 1351849 false X FUNDFORVOCATIONS.ORG X 2006 VA THE MATER ECCLESIAE FUND FOR VOCATIONS(THE FUND)AWARDS GRANTS TO MEN AND WOMEN WITH VOCATIONS TO THE CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS LIFE, WHO ARE PREVENTED FROM BEGINNING OR CONTINUING THEIR FORMATION BY THEIR STUDENT LOANS. 8 8 3 8 0 1003591 1283036 0 11065 36578 0 1014656 1319614 199659 253375 0 220530 298973 0 138794 267612 265078 687801 817426 326855 502188 1366334 1888891 24959 45328 1341375 1843563 THE MISSION OF THE MATER ECCLESIAE FUND FOR VOCATIONS(THE FUND) IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MEN AND WOMEN IN CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS LIFE BY AWARDING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE VOCATIONS TO THE CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS LIFE, BUT WHO ARE PREVENTED FROM BEGINNING OR CONTINUING THEIR FORMATION BY THEIR PRE-EXISTING STUDENT LOANS. false false 376317 253375 THE FUND OPERATES THE ST.JOSEPH STUDENT DEBT RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM FOR MEN AND WOMEN WITH VOCATIONS TO THE CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS LIFE(INCLUDING THOSE MONASTERIES OR OTHER COMMUNITIES WHOSE MEMBERS MAKE VOWS OF POVERTY, CHASTITY AND OBEDIENCE AS WELL AS THOSE IN SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE, WHOSE MEMBERS DO NOT MAKE SUCH VOWS)BUT WHO ARE PREVENTED FROM BEGINNING OR CONTINUING THEIR RELIGIOUS FORMATION DUE TO THEIR PRE-EXISTING STUDENT LOANS. IN 2024, THE FUND AWARDED 35 NEW GRANTS. IN TOTAL, 53 MEN AND 115 WOMEN WERE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THIS PROGRAM IN 2024. AT DECEMBER 31,2024, THESE GRANTS ARE REFLECTED IN A CONTINGENT LIABILITY OF $1,878,698 FOR FUTURE GRANT PAYMENTS. 248293 THE FUND CONDUCTS AN ONGOING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO INFORM MEMBERS OF THE CATHOLIC FAITHFUL ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS PROBLEM FACING MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE PREVENTED FROM PURSUIBG THEIR VOCATIONS TO THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD AND/OR THE FUND CONDUCTS AN ONGOING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO INFORM MEMBERS OF THE CATHOLIC FAITHFUL ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS PROBLEM FACING MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE PREVENTED FROM PURSUING THEIR VOCATIONS TO THE CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD AND/OR RELIGIOUS LIFE BY THEIR STUDENT DEBTS. IN 2024, APPROXIMATELY 120,000 CATHOLIC HOUSEHOLDS WERE CONTACTED THROUGH A DIRECT MAIL PROGRAM (INCLUDING BOTH POSTAL MAIL AND EMAIL) ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND ABOUT THE SOLUTION DEVELOPED BY THE FUND. THE FUND ALSO OPERATES THROUGH ITS WEBSITE, FUNDFORVOCATIONS.ORG, AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDING FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN AND YOUTUBE. FACEBOOK PAGES LOGGED APPROXIMATELY 45,200 PAGE REACHES AND OVER 4,900 VISITS. INSTAGRAM REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 241,000 PAGE REACHES AND OVER 10,900 VISITS. LINKED IN, THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND THE WEBSITE ALL EXPERIENCED POSITIVE ACTIVITY IN 2024. 256 VITA CONSECRATA EVENT : IN JULY 2024, THE FUND HOSTED A DINNER MEETING TO MEET AND TO THANK MEN AND WOMEN IN RELIGIOUS LIFE OR THEIR LIVES OF PRAYER, SACRIFICE AND SERVICE TO THE CHURCH AND TO THE WORLD, AS WELL AS TO FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH THE WORK OF THE FUND. THE EVENT WAS HELD IN CONJUCTION WITH THE VITA CONSECRATA INSTITUTE , A JOINT PROJECT OF THE INSTITUTE ON RELIGIOUS LIFE AND THE NOTRE DAME GRADUATE SCHOOL OF CHRISTENDOM COLLEGE IN FRONT ROYAL, VIRGINIA.APPROXIMATELY 60 MEN AND WOMEN IN RELIGIOUS LIFE, TOGETHER WITH FACULTY AND STAFF ATTENDED THE EVENT. 624866 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false true false true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false true 0 0 false 3 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 8 8 true false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true true true true false AK AL AR CA CO CT FL GA HI IL KS KY MA MD ME MI MN MS NC ND NH NJ NM NV OH OR PA SC TN UT VA WA WV X X X CORINNE TERRA 8775566338 101 E GAY STREET UNIT 376 WEST CHESTER PA 193815029 MARY RADFORD Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 154000 0 8385 ANNE FOLAN President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 SR ANN DOMINIC MAHOWALD Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DENNIS MCGONIGLE Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 RACHEL MCGONIGLE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TERENCE O'DAY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN O'DAY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY FLANIGAN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BECKY TOPP Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 154000 8385 1 false true false 0 1283036 32235 1283036 0 35877 35877 0 0 0 32936 32235 701 701 701 0 0 0 0 1319614 36578 0 241825 241825 11550 11550 0 154000 107800 7700 38500 0 124157 102999 419 20739 0 0 20816 16112 600 4104 0 0 0 0 0 0 54440 14950 24540 14950 1475 1450 25 7967 5130 42 2795 0 0 5158 3360 598 1200 25408 17197 5895 2316 0 24976 24976 0 0 825 825 1013 1013 Printing and Publications 82487 48341 130 34016 Postage and Shipping 33383 17865 2941 12577 MAILING LIST RENTAL 11904 7142 4762 SUPPLIES 5124 1302 3822 10918 2867 5216 2835 817426 624866 53766 138794 X 93439 55058 38381 120708 135214 1203917 1697672 20000 10000 0 0 0 0 0 20727 44470 6603 5068 982 1535 0 0 0 0 0 1366334 1888891 24959 45328 24959 45328 X 1286736 1782719 54639 60844 1341375 1843563 1366334 1888891 502188 X false true X false false X 706731 868790 858980 1003591 1283036 4721128 0 0 706731 868790 858980 1003591 1283036 4721128 1225313 3495815 381 912 2869 10941 35877 50980 0 0 4772108 0.73260 0.72040 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 6603 5068 1535 1535 X 1319614 1319614 1319614 817426 817426 817426 Part X : FIN48 Footnote SCHEDULE D PART X, LINE 2 - UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS - AS OF DECEMBER 31,2024, THE FUND HAD NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT QUALIFY FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE TAX YEARS SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE TAXING AUTHORITIES ARE THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 THROUGH 2023. true NORTH AMERICA 0 0 GRANTMAKING ST JOSEPH GRANT PROGRAM 4795 EUROPE(INCLUDING ICELAND) 0 0 GRANTMAKING ST JOSEPH GRANT PROGRAM 4751 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 0 0 GRANTMAKING ST JOSEPH GRANT PROGRAM 2004 11550 11550 ST JOSEPH STUDENT DEBT RELIEF E ASIA AND THE PACIF 3 PMT ON LOANS NONE NONE ST JOSEPH STUDENT DEBT RELIEF EUROPE(INCLUDING ICE 6 PMT ON LOANS NONE NONE ST JOSEPH STUDENT DEBT RELIEF NORTH AMERICA 6 PMT ON LOANS NONE NONE ST JOSEPH STUDENT DEBT RELIEF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 1 PMT ON LOANS NONE NONE false false false false false false true 0 0 ST JOSEPH GRANT PROGRAM 152 241825 NONE NONE Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used SCHEDULE I, PART 1, LINE 2 - THE FUND FOR VOCATIONS OPERATES THE ST. JOSEPH STUDENT DEBT RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE PREVENTED BY THEIR PRE-EXISTING STUDENT LOANS FROM BEGINNING OR CONTINUING THEIR FORMATION FOR THE CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS LIFE. APPLICATIONS FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM ARE ACCEPTED YEAR-ROUND, WITH GRANTS AWARDED FOUR TIMES PER YEAR. THE ONLINE APPLIACTION INCLUDES (1) AN APPLICATION FORM PROVIDING CONTACT INFORMATION, TOGETHER WITH EDUCATIONAL AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION (2) NARRATIVE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE APPLICANT'S PROGRESS IN REDUCING HIS OR HER DEBT (3)AN ESSAY TELLING ABOUT THE APPLICANT'S RELIGIOUS VOCATION (4)A LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE FROM THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY THE APPLICANT WISHES TO ENTER (5) RELEASES FOR INFORMATION NEEDED IN THE EVALUATION OF THE APPLICATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE POTENTIAL GRANT AND (6) DOCUMENTATION OF ALL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE APPLICANT'S STUDENT LOANS. false false false false false false false false false MARY RADFORD Executive Dir. 154000 8385 162385 X 4 32235 MARKET QUOTE false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 THE FOLLOWING BOARD MEMBERS ARE SPOUSES: DENNIS AND RACHEL MCGONIGLE; TERENCE AND SUSAN O'DAY. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b THE ENTIRE FORM 990 PACKAGE IS DISTRIBUTED BY EMAIL TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH SUFFICIENT TIME TO ALLOW FOR COMMENTS, CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND ARE AWARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO DISCLOSE ANY ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a SALARY EXPENSES ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 COPIES OF GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, ALL ORGANIZATION POLICIES, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REASONABLE WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE FUND. 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