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CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

EIN 61-1294640 LOUISVILLE, KY

Revenue 2024
$8,669,337
Expenses 2024
$7,475,204

Program services were 75.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B82Z
Classification
1700
Street
401 W MAIN ST STE 806

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE (EIN 53-0196617). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CATHOLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO THE GROWTH AND VITALITY OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LOUISVILLE. THE FOUNDATION ADVANCES ITS MISSION PRIMARILY THROUGH TUITION ASSISTANCE GRANTS TO FAMILIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE FULL COST OF TUITION IN CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH AND VITALITY OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LOUISVILLE.

  • GRANTS WERE PROVIDED FOR TUITION ASSISTANCE TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL FAMILIES, TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS AT PARISHES AND SCHOOLS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FACULTY AND STAFF, AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $5,645,378 · Grants $5,433,231

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • RICHARD A LECHLEITER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $352,264
    From this org
    $322,945
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,319
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $322,945
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,579
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,740
    Filer's total
    $352,264

  • JULIE E BAUM

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $259,097
    From this org
    $238,838
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,259
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,838
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,411
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,848
    Filer's total
    $259,097

  • GIL A WENTZEL

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $152,405
    From this org
    $144,450
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,955
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,950
    Bonus
    $32,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,955
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $152,405

  • ELAINE A EIFLER

    DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $130,559
    From this org
    $116,385
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,174
    Hours/week
    40

  • MICHELLE M DOHRMAN

    DIRECTOR OF TUITION ASSISTANCE

    Total calculated
    $119,012
    From this org
    $104,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,433
    Hours/week
    45

  • VALERIE T FOWLER

    DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $118,130
    From this org
    $104,692
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,438
    Hours/week
    45

  • JOSEPH L LANDENWICH

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JOSEPH W DOUGHERTY

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MOST REV SHELTON J FABRE

    VICE-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANE C MORREAU

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DIANE M GAHAFER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT D CECIL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN C JAMES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUGLAS J ABELL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DR MARY BETH BOWLING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW W OTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS A PERRONE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • STEPHEN D SAUTEL III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • CHARLOTTE K STENGEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHAD E DOBSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTOPHER J REID

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK W RAQUE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER M STINNETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VERY REV ANTHONY L CHANDLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REV SHAYNE R DUVALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,669,337
    Expenses
    $7,475,204
    Contributions
    $7,566,340
    Grants paid
    $5,433,231
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,014,826
    Expenses
    $6,906,854
    Contributions
    $10,268,124
    Grants paid
    $5,028,225
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,348,400
    Expenses
    $6,641,243
    Contributions
    $7,818,495
    Grants paid
    $4,849,053

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,681,774
    Expenses
    $6,122,696
    Assets (EOY)
    $34,954,329

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,016,503
    Expenses
    $5,227,065
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,599,863

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,607,518
    Expenses
    $5,050,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,007,085

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,381,542
    Expenses
    $4,957,563
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,811,687

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,077,954
    Expenses
    $5,115,232
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,639,393

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,997,455
    Expenses
    $4,382,070
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,568,493

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,884,432
    Expenses
    $4,075,068
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,579,347

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,136,626
    Expenses
    $3,310,604
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,169,226

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,097,579
    Expenses
    $2,883,360
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,161,164

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,693,979
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,284,694

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.