Tuition Assistance Funds

CEF’s tuition assistance endowment funds allow more families to access to Catholic education and fosters a Christ-centered life and love of neighbor for youth in our community.

Designated Tuition Assistance Endowment Funds

  • Requires a minimum $25,000 fund balance to initiate distribution of tuition assistance to the selected school

  • Tuition assistance is determined by the Board of Directors each academic year based on the fund’s earnings

  • An amount attributed to the earnings of funds on deposit for the specified school will be made available each year for tuition assistance

General Tuition Assistance Endowment Funds

  • No minimum donation amount

  • Benefit a specified school, operational expenses, general needs of the deanery or a non-specified account

  • Proceeds can be distributed at the discretion of the Board of Directors

Named Foundation Funds:

  • Benefits: Lancaster Catholic High School

    Tuition assistance in the Dr. Albert Schreder (LCHS ‘1945) & Mrs. Ave Maria Schreder (LCHS ‘50) Fund benefits students at Lancaster Catholic High School (LCHS).

  • Benefits: Lancaster Catholic High School

    Tuition assistance in the Gerald (LCHS ‘67) and Suzanne (LCHS ‘67) Ganse Fund benefits students at Lancaster Catholic High School (LCHS).

  • Benefits: Lancaster Catholic High School

    The Renee K. Stadler Armstrong (LCHS ‘88) & George W. Stadler (LCHS ‘61) Fund benefits students at Lancaster Catholic High School (LCHS). Preference will be given to female students with an interest in the LCHS music program.

  • Benefits: Our Lady of the Angels School

    The Dr. Albert and Mrs. Ave Maria Schreder Fund benefits students attending Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School.

  • Benefits: Unrestricted

    Tuition assistance funds in the Clark (LCHS ‘72) & Beth Tomlinson Fund are unrestricted and can be used at any of our Lancaster Deanery partner schools.

  • Benefits: Lancaster Catholic High School

    Tuition assistance in the Michael Scott (LCHS ‘79) and Dyer Company Fund benefits students at Lancaster Catholic High School (LCHS).

General Foundation Funds:

  • Benefits: Unrestricted

    Tuition assistance funds in the Deanery Fund are unrestricted and can be used at any of our Lancaster Deanery partner schools.

  • Benefits: Operational Expense

    The Operations Fund allows for endowment of the operational expense of the foundation.

  • Benefits: Our Lady of the Angels

    Our Lady of the Angels Fund is for students attending Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School in Columbia, PA.

All tuition funds are managed by CEF. They are placed in investments consistent with the mission of CEF and the moral values of the Catholic faith. Any member of our community may contribute to an existing, general tuition fund or work with CEF to establish a Designated (Named) Tuition Assistance Endowment Fund.

CEF’s general or named tuition assistance funds are required to have a threshold endowment of $25,000 or more before income or appreciation is available for distribution annually. The goal of the Foundation is to safeguard the fund endowment and distribute most or all the fund income and growth as tuition assistance.