Please consider making a Gift to one of the following Catholic causes: Seminarian Formation Endowment – to support the formation of priests. Catholic Charities Endowment – to support social service ministries. Hope For The Future Catholic Schools Endowment Fund – to support Catholic Schools tuition assistance or to your favorite Catholic Endowment Fund. Donate now through the Catholic Community Foundation website or mail your donation to the Catholic Community Foundation, 111 Barilla Place, Suite 101, San Antonio TX 78209. Please indicate which mentioned endowment you wish your donation to go towards. For more information contact: Steve Oswald CEO/President at (210) 732-2153 or at [email protected]
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Like the parable of the talents, the Catholic Fraternity Fund’s commitment is to Service, Accountability and Results. Our Faith precedes Policy and Practice and calls us to a higher level of Stewardship.
Invest with Purpose
When you entrust your funds to the Catholic Fraternity Fund, they grow through socially responsible investments managed by financial experts – and are reinvested by you for the good of the Catholic community.
Catholic Socially Responsible Investing
When considering investing your assets, people of faith, Catholic parishes and Catholic organizations are often confronted with a dilemma. How do I invest my funds in a morally and socially responsible way and still receive competitive returns? How can I trust that the companies I place my assets with will invest them in ways that benefit and strengthen my Catholic community?
In Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops advises, “All economic life should be shaped by moral principles. Economic choices and institutions must be judged by how they protect or undermine the life and dignity of the human person, support the family and serve the common good.” Clients of the Catholic Community Foundation (CCF) and its subsidiary the Catholic Fraternity Fund (CFF), an autonomous pious foundation, can be confident that they will earn competitive financial returns while generating social returns in alignment with the teachings of our Catholic Church.
All CCF/CFF investments are over 99% aligned with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Guidelines on Socially Responsible Investing. Our Foundation provides parishes and Catholic organizations with Endowments, Donor Advised Funds and Planned Giving, while the Catholic Fraternity Fund offers investment funds which will support their mission and ministries. In 2018, through generous donations to CCF’s managed Endowment funds along with their excellent investment returns, $2 Million in grants were distributed to Catholic parishes and organizations of the Archdiocese of San Antonio.
At the Catholic Community Foundation, we believe we are the best possible stewards of your assets. We welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can assist you.
For more information, please contact Steve Oswald, CEO/President, Catholic Community Foundation at 210-732-2157 or at [email protected].
The Catholic Fraternity Fund – Three Investment Funds
Our ministry is a simple one: Through encounter and dialogue we form a covenantal relationship with our members to be the best stewards possible of their financial resources. We are committed to Socially Responsible Investing in accordance with the tenets of our faith, the highest level of accountability, transparency and performance while balancing preservation with innovation.
The Catholic Community Foundation (CCF), along with its wholly owned subsidiary, the Catholic Fraternity Fund, are committed to growing funds that strengthen our Catholic communities within the Archdiocese of San Antonio. The CCF/CFF are here to assist Catholic parish missions, ministries, and organizations be the best possible financial stewards they can be.
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CFF offers three investment funds that utilize Mutual Funds, Exchanged Traded Funds (ETFs) and Christian Brothers Investment Services. The three new diversified investment portfolio funds being offered are:
- Endowment / Equity Emphasis Fund
- Balanced Fund
- Income Emphasis Fund
You can view their risk as aggressive, medium and moderate, respectively. This simplification also helps clients in their risk aversion decisions by looking at time horizons for when their funds will be needed. An Investment Fund can be established for any amount over $25,000.
The three diversified funds have a very good risk/return profile and have many benefits including:
- competitive rates of return
- CCF/CFF funds guided by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) statement on Social Responsible Investing (SRI) with all funds achieving well over 99% compliance rate
- daily valuation with on-line access availability
- daily processing of deposits and withdrawals
- significant amount of passive investments of Catholic S&P 500 index, Catholic Russell 2000 Index, and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) Index
- reasonable money manager fees
Pershing LLC and Christian Brothers Investment Services are the Custodians of the funds. Sendero Wealth Management, a local San Antonio investment services firm is the Investment Advisor, statement preparer and on-line access provider.
The goals of the Catholic Community Foundation/Catholic Fraternity Fund are to offer you competitive investment returns, following USCCB SRI Guidelines. Our ministry is to assist you in being good stewards of your financial assets.
INVESTMENT FUND ALLOCATIONS
Endowment Fund and Equity Emphasis Fund Allocation
The Equity Emphasis Fund invests primarily in a portfolio of CUITs holding US and international equity securities. It may also invest in mutual funds that hold fixed income securities, mutual funds which focus on liquid alternative investments and ETFs that focus on exchange-traded real estate investment trusts, as well as in cash and cash equivalents.
Equity Emphasis Fund
Asset Class Weights
Cash 1.5%
Fixed Income 13.5%
Market Neutral 10%
Total Stability 25%
Domestic Equity 48%
International Equity 18%
Total Equities 66%
Real Estate 4%
Equity Long Short 5%
Total Diversifier 9%
Grand Total 100%
Balanced Fund Allocation
The Balanced Fund invests in a combination of mutual funds that hold fixed income securities. It may also invest in CUITs holding US and international equity securities, mutual funds which focus on liquid alternative investments and ETFs that focus on exchange-traded real estate investment trusts, as well as in cash and cash equivalents.
Balanced Fund
Asset Class Weights
Cash 1.5%
Fixed Income 38.5%
Market Neutral 10%
Total Stability 50%
Domestic Equity 35%
International Equity 12%
Real Estate 3%
Total Growth 50%
Grand Total 100%
Income Emphasis Fund Allocation
The Income Emphasis Fund invests primarily in mutual funds that hold fixed income securities. It may also invest in CUITs holding US and international equity securities, and ETFs that focus on exchange-traded real estate investment trusts, as well as in cash and cash equivalents.
Income Emphasis Fund
Asset Class Weights
Cash 5%
Fixed Income 65%
Total Stability 70%
Domestic Equity 20%
International Equity 7%
Real Estate 3%
Total Growth 30%
Grand Total 100%
PAST INVESTMENT RETURNS
CCF Endowment/CFF Equity Emphasis Fund – Annual Investment Returns after Money Manager Fees, before CCF Management Fees of the current Investment strategy
As of December 31, 2017 As of September 30, 2018
1 Year 18.2% 8.2%
3 Years 9.5% 11.7%
5 Years 11.7% 9.7%
10 Years 6.9% 9.0%
CFF Balanced Fund – Annual Investment Returns after Money Manager Fees, before CCF Management Fees of the current Investment strategy
As of December 31, 2017 As of September 30, 2018
1 Year 13.6% 5.9%
3 Years 7.2% 8.6%
5 Years 8.7% 7.4%
10 Years 6.2% 7.5%
CFF Income Emphasis Fund – Annual Investment Returns after Money Manager Fees, before CCF Management Fees of the current Investment strategy
As of December 31, 2017 As of September 30, 2018
1 Year 9.2% 3.7%
3 Years 4.6% 5.8%
5 Years 5.4% 4.8%
10 Years 5.3% 6.0%
For more information, please contact Steve Oswald, CEO/President, Catholic Community Foundation at 210-732-2157 or at [email protected].
About the Catholic Fraternity Fund – Investment Funds Brochure Download
An Autonomous Pious Foundation
111 Barilla Place, Suite 101, San Antonio, Texas 78209 Telephone: (210) 732-2157 Fax: (210) 828-5826 Email: [email protected]