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| Keywords: Wikipedia Article on FADICA 001.jpg en An article on the principal philanthropic organization for private foundations assisting Catholic actitivities From FADICA Francis J Butler 10/06/2010 Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities FADICA A consortium of private family foundations established in 1976 to help its members become more effective in directing their philanthropy toward Catholic causes and activities The organization �s members account for nearly two-thirds of all U S based foundation giving to Catholic causes FADICA has effectively represented lay philanthropic perspectives in a number of ways in its interaction with the Catholic hierarchy and with leaders of national and international charity organizations In her book Being Catholic Now Kerry Kennedy interviews FADICA �s president Dr Frank Butler about the scope of FADICA �s interaction with the Catholic church The charitable group according to Kennedy �s interview managed to provide a constructive and catalytic influence in a number of areas including the just treatment of Catholic sisters FADICA has been a force for financial accountability and transparency within the Catholic church by being instrumental in starting the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management and influencing the hierarchy to adopt stronger stewardship policies FADICA Guides Catholic Grantmaking By Katherine Noble Goodman Foundation News and Commentary July/August 2002 Vol 43 Number 4 Pp 16-17 The Catholic Philanthropic Tradition in America Mary J Oates Indiana University Press Bloomington IN 1995 p 139 ff Being Catholic Now Prominent Americans Talk About Change in the Church and the Quest for Meaning Kerry Kennedy Random House 2009 pp 88-92 Ibid p 88 Governance Accountability and the Future of the Catholic Church Francis Oakley and Bruce Russert ed Continuum Press New York 2004 pp 153-160 Text pages | ||||
