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Endowed Giving

Thank you for donating to the Catholic Peoples Foundation serving the people and the Catholic faith in the Diocese of Gallup New Mexico and Arizona. Each year generous people such as yourself provide futures and opportunities for thousands of families and and Catholics in our diocese.

Endowed Giving: Giving to one of our endowments ensures that these causes have adequate funding for generations to come. Below is a list of current endowments funds that you may make a donation to. Click "Donate Now" to donate to a fund of your choice.
Seminary Fund: The Seminary Fund is used to finance the cost of the Diocese of Gallup seminary students' tuition, room, meals, books and other school supplies, priests' continuing education courses, and Deacon Candidate formation programs.
Diocesan Priest Health and Retirement Fund: This fund provides medical care for Diocesan Priests in the Diocese. This fund also serves as the Priests' retirement fund.
Servant Fund: This fund is used to provide support for those who empower all of us to proclaim the Gospel. This fund will also be used to reach out to the poor, the needy, the outcast, and the suffering.
Diocesan Building Fund: This fund is used to repair the many aging structures in the Diocese as well as add new mininstorial buildings in parishes.
Evangelization Fund: This fund is used to support processes that help people worship. Also, these resources will help us reach out to those Catholics who have falled away and to those who do not yet know Christ.
Fr. Walter Opalewski Memorial Fund:For programs and activities where the focus is recruitment and formation of future priests for the Diocese of Gallup
Fr. Walter Opalewski Vocations Recruitment Fund:For programs and activities where the focus is recruitment and formation of future priests for the Diocese of Gallup
St. Paul’s Catholic Mission Endowment:To carry out the mission of St. Paul’s faith community in the areas of: Spiritual renewal, scholarships, facility improvements, and charitable work among Native American people of the Crownpoint area.
Drug and Alcohol Education in Elementary and Secondary Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Gallup Fund:to combat drug and alcohol abuse and encourage healthy life style choices through fitness, nutrition and positive decision making.
Gallup Catholic High School Building Improvement Fund: For the overall structural improvement of Gallup Catholic High School.
Gallup Catholic High School Tuition Scholarship Fund: For tuition scholarships to attend Gallup Catholic High School
Gallup Catholic Elementary School Tuition Scholarship Fund: For tuition scholarships to attend Gallup Catholic Elementary School.
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School – Gallup Tuition Scholarship Fund: For tuition scholarship to attend St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School in Gallup.
Catholic Charities of Gallup, Inc. Fund: To provide funds to Catholic Charities of Gallup, Inc., for programs and services which are sponsored and serviced by Catholic Charities of Gallup –priority given to programs and services specifically ministering to the elderly and children.