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OLIH Foundation

Contact Information

Call the parish office if you would like more information on how you can be involved in the future of the church. Contact a foundation board member for assistance regarding information on wills, estate planning and contributing to the foundation.

Please contact Chuck Beard 515-512-3436 regarding information about the Foundation, grant requests, or donating to the Foundation.

Members (Who can join)

Call the parish office or contact one of the foundation board members if you are interested in serving.

Purpose / Mission

Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart Foundation is a permanent Endowment fund dedicated to providing ongoing long-term financial support, whereby only a portion is granted every year for the spiritual and physical needs of the parish. Larger amounts may only be used for a parish emergency or disaster.

Through this Foundation, individuals have an opportunity to give back to God in perpetual manner, a little of what God has given to them. Gifts may be given in celebration of or thanksgiving for new life, anniversaries, inheritances, in memory of deceased family or friends … specify certain stocks, securities, property or part of your life insurance to this worthy endowment … No gift is too small or too large.

Board of Directors

  • Fr. Michael Amadeo

  • Chuck Beard - President

  • Pat Martin - Vice President

  • Sara Doruska - Secretary

  • Pat Quinlin - Treasurer

  • Tom Friedman

  • Kim Sexton

  • Josh Devries

  • Kathy Lichteig

  • Kevin Smith


Donations

To donate now, please contact the parish office 515-964-3038 or visit to donate online to the foundation.

 

Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart Charitable Foundation…Wonderful gift!  When Father Gubbels was pastor (early 1980's), he established a parish Foundation to receive donations, bequests, and gifts that would be invested long-term for the future needs of the parish. Over the years a few donations were received, and then in 2005 the Foundation Board decided to work to increase awareness of the Foundation and solicit gifts. Through a series of workshops on charitable giving and estate planning, we know that the Foundation has been included in a number of estate plans among our parishioners. The Foundation also received several large donations totaling about $40,000 but the real growth of the Foundation funds has come through money we have received back from the diocesan capital campaign, Sharing God’s Gifts. When the bishop announced he would return 50% of the money raised to the local parish, our Parish Pastoral Council and Finance Council decided that $250,000 would be donated to St. Luke’s to help them get established and the remaining monies coming back from the diocese would be split between the Foundation and our ongoing building fund. This allowed the Foundation to grow to more than $500,000 in just a few years. The funds are invested through the Catholic Foundation of Southwest Iowa and are doing well. The goal of the Foundation is long-term investment. With the earnings from these investments, the Foundation Board can be of help with special needs and projects of the parish.

Any of the officers would be happy to visit with you about the Foundation.