New Endowments in 2025

With grateful hearts, The Catholic Community Foundation for Eastern South Dakota celebrates the gift of 29 new endowments entrusted to us in 2025. Each of these funds represents a lasting act of faith and generosity, created to support cherished causes for generations to come.

• The Dugan Family Tuition Assistance Endowment
• The Paul Byorth Endowment
• The St. Joseph Cathedral Rectory Care & Maintenance Endowment
• The Troy and Mary Lou Claussen Family Endowment
• The Mitchell St. John Paull II School Tuition Assistance Endowment
• The Donna Pottebaum Endowment
• The St. Mary Parish, Stickney SD, Cemetery Endowment
• The Mitchell, St. John Paul II School George, Laverne & Jerry Carey Memorial Scholarship Endowment
• The Mitchell, St. John Paull II Roller-Bailey Family Scholarship Endowment
• The Mitchell, St. John Paull II School Diann Simon Memorial Scholarship Endowment
• The Mitchell, St. John Paull II School William and Ann Walsh Memorial Endowment
• The Deacon Roger R., Diane, & Scott Heidt Endowment for St. Lambert Parish
• The Bill and Kitty Wilka Family Endowment
• The Dennis A. Dingman Family Endowment
• The H.J. Ulrich Family Endowment
• The Norbert and Joan Fritza Family Endowment for Tuition Assistance at St. John Paul II School
• The Mike and Mary Kay Bannwarth St. Lambert Parish Endowment
• The Joseph Short Seminarian Education Endowment
• The Msgr. Doyle FOCUS Missionary Endowment
• The Fr. Flannery Staffing Endowment
• The St. Agnes Cemetery Endowment
• The Ave Maria Discipleship & Evangelization Endowment
• The Barry and Teri Mack Family Donor Advised Endowment
• The Pro Ecclesia Sancta, Mitchell Endowment
• The Barry and Teri Mack Family Endowment Supporting Holy Trinity School
• The Greg Krech Family Donor Advised Endowment
• The Lynne Stricherz Family Donor Advised Endowment
• The Bruce Pody Educational Endowment
• The Bruce and JoEllen Herman Endowment for the Conde Cemetery Association

We are deeply thankful to the donors who have placed their trust in us to carry forward their legacies and ensure enduring support for the ministries and missions closest to their hearts. Your generosity is a powerful witness to faith, hope, and the enduring strength of Catholic philanthropy.

If you feel called to create your own Catholic legacy fund or to contribute to an existing endowment, we would be honored to walk with you. Please contact us at (605) 988-3788 or foundation@ccfesd.org to learn more.