PURPOSE & INITIATION OF THE ST. FRANCIS FUND OF FELICIAN SERVICES, INC.:

The purpose of the Fund is to provide financial assistance in developing new and positive initiatives to help address unmet or underserved community needs.

ROOTED IN STRATEGY

Ministry participation in the St. Francis Fund demonstrates our collective commitment to strategy which helps to bring about the Felician Sisters’ charism to imitate Blessed Mary Angela’s boundless love of God, surrender to God’s will in compassionate service, and live in total availability and concern for the salvation of all people

APPLICATION PERIOD

The application process opens annually on the first Friday of January and applications are due the first Friday of March. During this time, ministries my apply for a 1st Cycle Grant or apply for 2nd or 3rd Cycle funding. If a ministry is looking to complete 2nd or 3rd cycle funding because their grant is on-track and they are seeking additional monies, they don’t need to complete the Mid-Cycle Report on this page. Ministries not looking to seek additional 2nd or 3rd year funding must complete the Mid-Cycle Report (found on the bottom of this page) the last Friday of January.

FY24 St. Francis Fund Committee Members:

Dennis Walczyk (Committee Chair): Board Member; Retired CEO, Catholic Charities Buffalo
SM Rosita Brennan, CSSF: Committee Member; OLHP Councilor
Mariita Conley: Committee Member; Retired from public service in the Chicago Mayor’s Office
SM Elizabeth Imler, OSF: Board Member; VP Mission Integration and Ministry, St. Francis University
Nick Long: Committee Member; EVP Finance, Felician Services, Inc.
S Jeremy Marie Midura: EVP Mission Integration, Felician Services, Inc.
SM Geralyn Mroczkowski: CEO, Felician Services, Inc.
Mindy Nora: Board Member; Retired from private practice and medical director at Little Sisters of the Poor
Terry Schweizer: Committee Member; President, Felician Services, Inc.
Elizabeth Sobczyk: Committee Member; Project Director, CDC Cooperative Agreement – Raising Immunization Rates in Long-term Care

General Information

Application period will open again in January 2025.

Submit an Application

Important:

Beginning in 2022, the St. Francis Fund Committee elected to streamline the process for ministries returning for 2nd and 3rd cycles for grant projects previously awarded that are on track. This process removes the redundancy of completing a mid-year report for a grant awarded in a previous cycle.

Reporting

Important: Regarding Mid-Cycle Reports and 2nd/3rd Cycle Applications

Beginning in 2022, the St. Francis Fund Committee elected to streamline the process for ministries returning for 2nd and 3rd cycles for grant projects previously awarded that are on track. You can learn more about this process above. This process removes the redundancy of completing a mid-year report for a grant awarded in a previous cycle. If your grant is off-track, the SFF Committee asks that you get the grant back on track before re-applying and instead complete the Mid-Cycle Report here.