Grants

Bishop Ward High School

Purpose of Grant: Enhance the production of a marketing and fundraising video celebrating Bishop Ward High School’s 100th Year of Football for alumni and donors.

Amount of Grant Award: $2,500

Outcome: CFNEK funding allowed Bishop Ward High School to extend and enhance the quality of its anniversary video, featuring interviews with 32 former players and coaches. The video was showcased at a sold-out auction attended by more than 215 guests and later reached over 700 YouTube views and 6,000+ social media views with more than 100 likes and shares. The campaign also inspired increased donor engagement, including a first-time $10,000 major gift, memorial donations totaling $2,750, and new participation from alumni donors, strengthening future alumni relations and fundraising efforts. Watch the video here: www.wardhigh.org/page/cyclone-night

Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas

Purpose of Grant: Support the purchase of Instrumentl, a new grants management system to enhance grant tracking and identify new funding opportunities following the loss of federal funding for refugee and immigration services.

Amount of Grant Award: $1,000

Outcome: The full grant was applied toward CCNEK’s first-year Instrumentl subscription, enabling the organization to strengthen its grant-seeking efforts and identify new private funding sources. In less than four months of use, CCNEK applied to more than a dozen new grant funders, improving its ability to connect with organizations that support critical social services for vulnerable individuals and families in Northeast Kansas.

Christ the King Parish

Purpose of Grant: Support Christ the King Parish’s Sloppy Joe Bingo Fundraiser, a revived tradition inspired by the former school’s quarterly PTO dinners and designed to reconnect alumni and strengthen parish community support. Grant funds were used to purchase t-shirts for resale.

Amount of Grant Award: $2,000

Outcome: The fundraiser was very well attended, successfully bringing together parishioners and former alumni in support of the parish while reviving a cherished community tradition.

Cor Christi Catholic Center at Washburn University

Purpose of Grant: Supplies, decorations, and food for Cor Christi’s first benefit dinner/gala, the 2025 Evening of Hope.

Amount of Grant Award: $2,500

Outcome: The grant helped cover catering and snacks for the event. The Evening of Hope successfully raised awareness for Cor Christi, with 142 attendees, including 18 student volunteers serving in various roles throughout the evening. The event also secured 22 sponsors and sold 57 single tickets. Cor Christi’s first Evening of Hope generated a net profit of $52,362.39.

Corpus Christi Catholic School

Purpose of Grant: Offset food costs for the Donum Fidei Auction.

Amount of Grant Award: $2,000

Outcome: The grant will be used to pay a portion of the catering bill to Maceli’s for the Donum Fidei Auction. The event aims to raise at least $100,000 toward the construction of a new school vestibule to enhance safety and security measures.

Donnelly College

Purpose of Grant: The grant was used to support initial purchase, implementation and training costs for replacing Donnelly's outdated accounting software, Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, with Blackbaud's Financial Edge

Amount of Grant Award: $3,000

Outcome: The implementation is proceeding on schedule. The test environment is projected to be ready by April 1, 2025, and the software is scheduled to go live on July 1, 2025, the first day of Donnelly’s new fiscal year.

Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Purpose of Grant: To increase offertory giving

Amount of Grant Award: $3,400

Outcome: We have averaged a 30% monthly donation increase