Major & Leadership Gifts

Significant, Major and Leadership Giving levels are crucial to enabling the Claretian Missionaries and St. Jude League sustain their ministries, grow and meet needs crucial to achieving our mission.

Major and Leadership gifts represent a special investment to fund lasting community, social and spiritual development. At this level of giving, the impact of your donation will ripple throughout entire communities, unlocking their greater potential.

Let us plan with you to match your passions and interests with areas of need we address in our funded programs and projects.

Significant Gifts

With annual gifts totaling $2,500 or more, our Significant donors support vital needs for the Claretian ministries and St. Jude League funded programs that deliver life-changing care to thousands of people we support locally, throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Significant Gifts of Hope Wall

Dana Martin – $3,500 designated to Chicagoland Youth After-school Leadership and Enrichment Programs
Anonymous – $3,000 designated to Areas of Greatest Need

Major Gifts

With annual gifts totaling $5,000 or more, our Major donors provide foundation-building support for Claretian ministries and St. Jude League funded programs that deliver life-changing care to thousands of people we support locally, throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Major Gifts of Hope Wall

Diane Lutfy Frierdich – $5,000 designated to Food Insecurity Programs

Leadership Gifts

With annual gifts totaling $10,000 or more, our Leadership donors provide transformative support for Claretian ministries and St. Jude League funded programs that sustain and plan for the future of Claretian-led initiatives for those in need we support locally, throughout the U.S. and around the world.

Leadership Gifts of Hope Wall

Anonymous – $50,000 designated to Affordable Housing and Emergency Shelter Programs
Anonymous – $10,000 designated to clean water and well projects in Cameroon
Alumni Association – $500,000 (and growing!) for capital improvements and quality of life care at Dominguez Seminary Community, CA

Major and Leadership donors receive special access to our work, receiving insider letters from our leadership, invitations to events, webcasts, meetings and other unique opportunities to connect directly with our team and mission delivery staff.

Ways your Gift Can Have Impact:

• Create growth for new and existing donor with a matching gift initiative
• Accelerate the work of our overall mission by substantially contributing to the solid foundation of program expenses for a designated project
• Propel students in elementary and secondary schools to the next level by providing tuition assistance
• Empower choices for refugee families of forced mirgration, as they are able to diversify and increase their sources of income
• Invest in the continuity and expansion of youth after-school programs proven to increase graduation rates and college-bound enrollment
• Fund our work in a designated program or fund a significant portion of a project best matching your values and inspiration
• Designated program choices
• Brick and Mortar community investment and capital improvement projects
• Long-term patronage and endowment level program impact
• Structure Blended Giving Plans

Among the Benefits to You:

• A personal connection with a relationship manager and Claretian steward who will collaborate with you to structure your transformational commitment
• In-person and phone updates on how your gift is being used to its full potential
• Timely reports on the impact of your support
• Exclusive invitations to web and in-person program community-based engagements
• Naming Opportunities