Cross Catholic Outreach President, Michele Sagarino, speaks with a group of children at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Mission in Kavisuni Village, Kenya.
Cross Catholic Outreach, a 501(c)(3), is an official Catholic ministry that partners with bishops, priests, religious sisters and lay workers to provide food, water, housing, education, orphan support, medical care, microenterprise assistance and disaster relief — and the love of Christ — to the poorest of the poor in more than 30 countries around the world. Our in-country partners use a community-oriented aid strategy to create lasting change and to increase the self-sufficiency of the poor.
Our vast ministry connections and global impact make us a perfect resource for clients of yours who are looking to protect their future interests and leave a lasting legacy of support for the world’s poor. We offer an array of gift-planning tools that enable you to tailor a targeted plan to meet each client’s specific needs. To get started or to learn more, contact our experienced gift-planning team.
Cross Catholic Outreach’s executive leadership and board of directors from left to right: Most Rev. Stephen D. Parkes, Bishop of Savannah, Most Rev. Joseph J. Tyson, Bishop of Yakima, Most Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski, Chairman and Archbishop of St. Louis, Jim Cavnar, Co-Founder and CEO of Cross Catholic Outreach, Michele Sagarino, President of Cross Catholic Outreach, Most Rev. James R. Golka, Archbishop of Denver, Most Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, Most Rev. Timothy P. Broglio, Archbishop of the Military Services, USA.
Cross Catholic Outreach is led by a board of directors composed of archbishops and bishops who advise and support our senior leadership team. From the foundation of our ministry, our Catholic identity has been core to our compassion for the poor and our resolve to provide them with works of mercy.
Our board assures our supporters that Cross Catholic Outreach is following the teachings and direction of the Church. When your clients partner with us, they can be confident that they are blessing the poor through Christ-centered ministry partners.
Cross Catholic Outreach’s mission is to mobilize the global Catholic Church to transform the poor and their communities materially and spiritually for the glory of Jesus Christ. In our Crossroads Newsletter, individuals, parishes and bishops can learn more about our ministry and see the impact we are making in the developing countries we serve.
The Crossroads Newsletter explores how we work to transform communities and the lives of families around the world with the help of our in-country ministry partners and the generous support of our donors.
At Cross Catholic Outreach, we pledge to be fully accountable to donors regarding how we use funds entrusted to our ministry. Our commitment to financial accountability assures your clients that their long-term planning and gifts will be used as they intended. Our commitment includes providing complete documentation about how gifts support works of mercy in developing countries around the world. Details of our financial accountability and our financial reports are provided through the links below.
All proceeds are restricted to the specific project for which they were given. In the event that more funds are received than are required for a specific project, additional funds will be used to meet the most urgent needs of the poor.
Our annual report offers only a snapshot of the many ways we were able to serve the poorest of the poor with the help of our generous Catholic donors. We pray you are blessed as you see how God took heartbreaking situations and used humble vessels like us to turn them around with Christlike love.
Cross Catholic Outreach, Inc., is recognized as a tax-exempt organization under IRC § 501(c)(3). Our principal mailing address is:
Contributions to Cross Catholic Outreach, Inc., are tax deductible for federal income tax purposes. Requests for copies of recent financial statements or other information may be directed to the Compliance Officer at the address and telephone number listed above.
As part of our sacred trust to wisely use our donor’s gifts, we monitor the activities of our ministry partners and require those who receive our cash grants or in-kind donations (food, medicine, etc.) to report their activities and results on a regular basis.
Partners that receive large grants are required to submit multiple reports each year, while partners receiving smaller grants (typically $6,000 and under) must provide reports annually. In addition, our international project officers make site visits at least once a year to evaluate project partners.
Partners who receive goods in kind of a lower dollar value are visited approximately every three years. Through this exacting process, we gather data, track the progress of the projects, build case studies on results, and celebrate the spiritual awakening that is achieved as we spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ among families that previously knew nothing but the daily struggle for survival.
We aim to provide not only quantity but also quality and to match donations with the ministries that have the need and the capacity to use them, so that every gift has the maximum impact on the poor.
For example, to ensure that in-kind donations are used wisely and effectively, we only accept truly useful items (typically preapproved by an overseas partner) and require the overseas ministries to submit feedback reports on each shipment.
Through this proactive, thoughtful approach to working with our ministry partners, it is our goal to empower the Church’s social outreaches all over the world, growing and improving the impact of the dedicated priests, sisters and Catholic lay leaders working “in the trenches” for the benefit and blessing of the poor.
Cross Catholic Outreach launched its ministry in 2001 to provide material and spiritual blessings to those in need around the world. Since then, thousands of lives and communities have been transformed by God working through its mission of mercy.
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Your clients can create a lasting legacy of compassion and spiritual blessings by designating Cross Catholic Outreach in their gift planning. With this act of mercy, they will become members of our St. Isidore Legacy Society and will know that they are providing relief, comfort and hope to impoverished children and families, even after they have gone to be with the Lord.
Their Catholic estate planning — whether it’s setting up a will or giving a gift of stocks and bonds — can leave our world a better place and continue to transform the lives of the poor for years to come. Your clients’ membership in the St. Isidore Legacy Society will make their planned giving intentions clear and true to what Jesus taught in Matthew 25 by feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, sheltering the homeless and much more.
Speak to one of our Planned Giving staff members today.
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William E. Fenton, Jr.
Senior Director of Gift Planning
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Patricia Finkbohner Vahle
Director of Gift Planning
Aracely Alvarez
Gift Planning Officer
Katherine Harrison
Estate Settlement Administrator
Rev. David Caron, OP, D. Min.
Vice President of Spiritual, Cultural and Staff Development
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Legal Address:
Cross Catholic Outreach
PO BOX 273908
Boca Raton, FL 33427-3908
Physical Address:
Cross Catholic Outreach
600 SW 3rd St Suite 2201
Pompano Beach, FL 33060
65-1156061
This online form may be used to notify Cross Catholic Outreach staff of an estate plan.
Yes. Click here to learn about this giving option and the potential benefits.
Your client can make an IRA rollover gift this year and in future years thanks to Congress enacting a permanent qualified charitable distribution. Click here to learn more.
Click here for some basic bequest language to share with your client.
To contact Cross Catholic Outreach’s planned giving team, fill out our online form. You can also call us at 800-914-2420.
In addition, we provide helpful information and videos for your client at the following links:
