The Wanda Catholic Heritage Foundation

We invite you to join us and our generous community of supporters to help build a legacy that will ensure a vibrant Catholic heritage in our community for generations to come!

Last year, in light of the challenges facing the Church of St. Mathias, our group of dedicated community members came together to form The Wanda Catholic Heritage Foundation. We have partnered with the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation—the largest community foundation in the state of Minnesota—to establish a permanently endowed charitable fund which will provide a stable and secure source of funding to support the ongoing operations of the Church, in perpetuity.

Through this partnership, we can leverage the generosity of our community to build an investment in our community. The fund is administered and invested by the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, and it distributes only a percentage of the balance each year to support the long-term growth of the fund, ensuring every gift to The Wanda Catholic Heritage Foundation continues to serve our Catholic community for years to come.* Additionally, decisions about how available funds should be used each year will be led and overseen by members of our committee. While the Diocese has supported the formation of the Wanda Catholic Heritage Foundation, we are an independent group, and our decision-making and use of the fund will be controlled by our local Wanda committee members.

In just one month, The Wanda Catholic Heritage Foundation has raised over $25,000 to establish this endowment. We hope you will consider joining our growing community of generous and passionate donors to help us meet our goal of $250,000 in endowed funds. This ambitious goal will allow the fund to distribute the dollars needed to cover the annual operating expenses of the Church (utilities, maintenance, insurance, etc.), and to provide the growth to meet the future challenges and opportunities for our Catholic community.

By joining us to meet this goal, you can help ensure our Church’s future by providing a steady, secure and independent source of ongoing support for its operations. Together, we can ensure the Church can be a place for prayer, weddings, funerals, weekly rosary, Stations of the Cross, Corpus Christi celebration, and other special occasions. With your support, we can build a permanent legacy for the Church and—as the fund grows—for other projects and services that help support a Catholic heritage in our community!

*Your irrevocable gift will be applied to a community fund advised by the Wanda Catholic Heritage Foundation, an affiliate of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. The Wanda Catholic Heritage Foundation can recommend grants to any qualified charitable organization.