Ohio Charity Foundation, Inc. Larry Moegling, Treasurer
Ohio Charity Foundation Governing Board composed of all living Past State Deputies, the current State Officers, and the current State Chaplain Richard Meyer, Legal Counsel Current Foundation Officers President State Deputy Bob Collins Vice-President PSD Gary Eckstein Treasurer PSD Larry Moegling Secretary State Warden Larry Droesch
Ohio Charity Foundation Directors Dennis Shonebarger Baci Carpico Al Hickey John Welch Roland Bator Gary Eckstein Larry Moegling Paul Upman Dave Helmstetter Ken Girt Bob Collins (SD) Kevin Miller Bob Byers Mark Siracusa Larry Droesch Fr. Janoch (SC) Dick Meyer (Legal)
Super Cash Bonanza Proceeds Where does the money go? Money is invested with. R. W. Baird, Cleveland, OH John Diemer, Financial Consultant
ASSET FUND GENERAL FUND PAST STATE DEPUTIES FUND (Discussed Later as an FYI) SCHOLARSHIP FUND
ASSET FUND $75,000 Deposited (First Turn-In) We Pay 20 Monthly Winners. $6,765.00 ($81,180.00) The Asset Fund Maintains Our Super Cash Bonanza Financial Liabilities.
GENERAL FUND Approximately $125,000 Deposited We Pay 4 Monthly Winners of Previous Charity Campaigns from This Account $411.00 Four Lifetime Winners averaging $102 each (per month). Some are winners from the 1960s.
A year has passed Sadly, Betty Phillips, a lifetime winner from the 1960s, passed away since the last year s SCB roadshows. Her last check was July 1, 2016.
GENERAL FUND Also, from the General Fund.. Yearly Grants State Squires Grant - $5,000 Matching Funds Grant - $25,000 Additional Religious Education Grant - $1,500 Foundation Directors Grants $12,000 Solicited Foundation Grants Varies (Change in Works) Diocesan Veterans Christmas Grants - $2,800
State Squires Grant $5,000 Written in June Sent to the State Father Prior Operation for the State Squires Program and Squires Officers Expenses
State Matching Funds $25,000 Added to the Local Council Diocesan Collections Cincinnati - $9,300.00 Cleveland - $8,738.51 Columbus - $12,210.56 Steubenville - $4,510.77 Toledo - $12,525.85 Youngstown - $6,099.41 These checks were presented at the January DD Meeting Banquet.
Additional Religious Education Grant $1,500 Byzantine Eparchy of Parma Religious Education 2016 Matching Funds ~ $54,885.10 ($52,848.78)
Foundation Directors Grants $12,000 $2,000 Each Diocese Written in November December Examples of Awarded Grants over the Years Cincinnati Elizabeth s New Life Center Center for Neurological Development The Athenaeum/Mount St. Mary Seminary Cleveland Bishop s Brunch Committee Franciscans of the Little Way Archbishop Lyke School Fund St. Augustine Parish Food Bank Columbus JOIN Newark Catholic High School Juvenile Diabetes Research Diocese Special Ed Religious Ed Steubenville Steubenville Diocese Catholic Charities Washington County Habitat for Humanity Area St. Vincent de Paul Society Toledo Chopin Hall St. Jude Helping Hand Crisis Navigator/Sandusky Catholic Charities Youngstown Bella Women s Center Massillon Knights Hot Lunch Program Second Harvest Food Bank (Mahoning Co.) Office of Vowed Religious
Additional Ohio Charity Foundation Grants Formal Application to the Ohio Charity Committee (Generally Chaired by the State Advocate) Routinely Selected at the January Meeting (Recommended by the Ohio Charity Foundation Grants Committee for Approval) Changed Emphasis to from Statewide Emphasis to Awarding Grants Totally on Merit Totally Dependent on Available Funds and/or Profits from Investments with the Asset Fund Example: 2009 Ohio Council of Bishops Conference on Marriage ($5,000)
State Veterans Grants $2,800 Written and Sent to the Diocesan Veterans Chairs in November to help with their Christmas programs Cincinnati - $400 (Anthony Roark) Cleveland - $400 (David Bowling Jr.) Dayton - $400 (Randolph O Connell & Bob Burns) Columbus - $400 (Bob Neider) Steubenville - $400 (Bernard Dyar) Toledo - $400 (Joseph McPeek) Youngstown - $400 (Mike Rogers)
Christopher Fund Scholarship Program Supreme Council Approximately 30 (Thirty) $1,000 Scholarship Awards Have Been Presented the Last Ten Years Winning Applications Submitted from Students Attending Ohio Catholic High Schools Selected by the Ohio Charity Foundation Scholarship Committed (Chaired by PSD Dennis Shonebarger) in December Check Presentations Made at Various K of C Functions All Operating Expenses Covered by the General Fund of the Ohio Charity Foundation
Additional Information
Seminarian Checks PSD Fund $10,000 ($15,000) Generally over 175 checks are written every Year in late November - early December Considered a Christmas check for Personal Use Often used for Family Christmas Gifts Names Submitted by Diocesan Vocation Directors Many Gracious Thank You s Received
Seminarian Christmas Grants Cincinnati 50 $3,250 Cleveland 65 $4,225 Columbus 35 $2,275 Steubenville 6 $390 Toledo 16 $1,040 Youngstown 18 $1,170 190 $12,350
Thank you! I would like to thank the Ohio Charity Foundation of the Ohio State Council Knights of Columbus for the beautiful letter and check I received the other day. The money will be helpful this time of year. Thank you for what you and the Knights of Columbus do for us seminarians. Please pass on the additional letter to Olivia..
Super Cash Bonanza $2.60 per ticket is sent to the Ohio State Council of which the proceeds are then used for the grants indicated in this program $2.40 per ticket is retained by the local council for its favorite charities and/or special community projects The entire cost of the Super Cash Bonanza program is paid for by the Ohio Charity Foundation/Ohio State Council
Please participate! Please return to your councils and explain our program. However, beware of the SEAGULL MANAGERS (fly in, crap on everything, and then leave), the ALCOHOL POISONERS (those who drink with you and put everyone and everything down), and the BUS WHEEL TREADERS (those who throw any activity suggestions under the bus). BE POSITIVE and PROMOTE!
Super Cash Bonanza Supports the State Squires program Supports diocesan vocation programs Supports diocesan seminarians (indirectly) Supports our veterans Supports diocesan religious education Supports Catholic high school education Supports diocesan and state charities Supports our priests and bishops
In Solidarity With Our Priests