Major & Leadership Gifts

Your Significant, Major and Leadership Giving levels of philanthropy are critical to helping the Claretian missionaries and ministries sustain their work and outreach.  Your generosity helps us achieve so much more and continues to support our mission.

Let us work with you to match your passions and interests with the ministry’s areas of greatest need.

Significant Gifts

With annual gifts totaling $2,500 or more, our Significant donors advance our mission, ministries and projects in communities often overlooked and left behind throughout the U.S., Canada 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 advance our mission, ministries and projects in communities often overlooked and left behind throughout the U.S., Canada 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 foundational support for the Claretian mission, ministries and projects in communities often overlooked and left behind throughout the U.S., Canada 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

Major and Leadership donors receive special access to our community and projects, 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:

• Stimulate interest in charitable giving for new and existing Claretian supporters with a matching gift “challenge” 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 faith and inspiration
• Designate program and project initiatives
• Brick and Mortar capital improvements that sustain Claretian communities
• Long-term patronage and endowment level program impact
• Create a personalized Blended-Giving Plan

Among the Benefits to You:

• A personal relationship with a Claretian and philanthropy officer who will plan with you to structure your transformational commitment
• In-person and phone updates on how your support is being used to its full potential
• Timely reports on the impact of your investment
• Exclusive invitations to web and in-person program site interactions
• Naming Opportunities