Diocese of Des Moines Funds
To guide you in giving, the CFSWIA has established funds that benefit areas within the Diocese of Des Moines that we think are continually in need of support. If you feel called, you may make an online donation to any of the funds by clicking on the fund name. If you’d like to make a donation through other assets, please contact us.
The Ministries Fund:
This fund receives, solicits, collects, invests, manages, and disburses funds to aid and promote the spiritual, educational, and charitable aspects, and other interests of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines.
The Catholic Foundation Operating Fund:
This fund is to assist in financial support of annual operations for the Catholic Foundation of Southwest Iowa. This consists of printing, equipment, and travel expenses related to assisting parishes, schools and other organizations within the Diocese of Des Moines and their established funds within the CFSWIA.
The Faith Journey and Catechetical Institute Fund:
This fund is to provide financial support for faith formation programming that enhances and enriches faithful Christian witness of the employees of the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Des Moines. This fund supports programs offered by the Catechetical Institute in order to help people deepen their Catholic faith and further their spiritual formation.
The Catholic Charities Fund in Honor of Larry Breheny:
This fund is to aid and promote the spiritual, educational, and charitable aspects, and other interests of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Des Moines in conformity with the specific instructions of donors who have contributed to this fund.
The Hispanic Ministries Fund for the Diocese of Des Moines in Honor of Reverend Thomas Pfeffer:
This fund provides for Spanish resources, training for Spanish Religious Education teachers, outreach events to help integrate Hispanic residents into the community, and assistance to parishes that have not traditionally ministered to Spanish speaking parishioners.
The Priests Medical Fund:
This fund is to assist in providing medical care for priests who are serving or have served the Diocese of Des Moines.
The Seminarian Fund:
This fund is to promote the seminary program of the Diocese of Des Moines in conformity with the specific instructions of donors who have contributed to this fund.
Agency Funds
This is a list of the Catholic parishes, schools, and organizations in the Diocese of Des Moines that have established funds with the CFSWIA. If you feel called, you may make an online donation to any of the funds by clicking on the fund name. If you’d like to make a donation through other assets, please contact us.
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Funds – Granger, Iowa
- Basilica of St. John Foundation Fund – Des Moines, Iowa
- Catholic Charities Charitable Fund
- Christ The King Parish Foundation Fund – Des Moines, Iowa
- Clergy Residences Capital Improvement Fund
- Corpus Christi Building Fund – Council Bluffs, Iowa
- Diocesan Campus Ministry Fund
- Diocesan Capital Replacement Fund
- Diocesan Group Property Insurance Plan Fund
- Diocesan Reserve Fund
- Diocesan Health and Welfare Program Trust
- Dowling SGG Fund – Des Moines, Iowa
- Emmaus House Investment Fund
- Holy Spirit Funds – Creston, Iowa
- Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery Investment Fund – Exira, Iowa
- Holy Trinity Funds – SE Warren County
- Iowa Catholic Conference Unemployment Insurance Fund
- Iowa Catholic Radio Foundation Endowment Fund
- Our Lady of the Americas Foundation Fund – Des Moines, Iowa
- Our Lady of the Americas Fund – Des Moines, Iowa
- Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart Funds – Ankeny, Iowa
- Priests Pension Fund
- Sacred Heart Funds – Chariton, Iowa
- Sacred Heart Parish Fund – Woodbine, Iowa
- Senior Housing Corporation Fund
- Serra Club Funds – Des Moines, Iowa
- St. Albert SGG Fund – Council Bluffs, Iowa
- St. Ambrose Cathedral Investment Fund – Des Moines, Iowa
- St. Boniface Catholic Church Fund – Waukee, Iowa
- St. Boniface Reserve Fund – Westphalia, Iowa
- St. Clare Investment Fund – Clarinda, Iowa
- St. Francis Fund – Corydon, Iowa
- St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Foundation Fund – West Des Moines, Iowa
- St. John the Apostle Fund – Norwalk, Iowa
- St. Joseph Funds – Des Moines, Iowa
- St. Joseph Charitable Support Fund – Earling, Iowa
- St. Malachy Funds – Creston, Iowa
- St. Mary Cemetery Fund – Lacona, Iowa
- St. Mary Cemetery Fund – Rosemount, Iowa
- St. Mary – Holy Cross Investment Fund – Elkhart, Iowa
- St. Mary Iowa Endowment Fund – Red Oak, Iowa
- St. Mary Funds – Shenandoah, Iowa
- St. Mary of Nazareth Funds – Des Moines, Iowa
- St. Mary of the Assumption Agency Fund – Panama, Iowa
- St. Mary Skalla Catholic Education Fund – Portsmouth, Iowa
- St. Michael Funds – Harlan, Iowa
- St. Patrick Charitable Fund – Neola, Iowa
- St. Patrick Funds – Audubon, Iowa
- St. Patrick Funds – Corning, Iowa
- St. Patrick Irish Settlement Cemetery Fund – Cumming, Iowa
- St. Patrick Parish Endowment Fund – Imogene, Iowa
- St. Patrick Skalla Fund – Dunlap, Iowa
- St. Patrick Skalla Fund – Missouri Valley, Iowa
- St. Peter Parish Skalla Fund – Defiance, Iowa
- St. Pius X Parish Foundation Fund – Urbandale, Iowa
- St. Thomas More Center Funds – Panora, Iowa