The Pulte Family Charitable Foundation was founded by William J. Pulte, master home builder, quiet philanthropist, and devout Catholic. Through restoring these vital spaces and creating endowments, the Initiative carries forward Bill’s legacy of generosity, using resources to sustain and strengthen Catholic institutions for future generations.
The Foundation prides itself on not only being a deeply charitable organization but in embodying its Founder’s entrepreneurial spirit and problem-solving abilities in the way that it approaches philanthropy.
The Catholic Church faces a lot of challenges in America today. We see the decline in church participation, and Catholic parishes and schools are closing at record rates. That trend is going to continue unless something changes. These are issues that dioceses across the United States are dealing with.
The Catholic Initiative is an innovative, Vatican-approved funding model that takes a different approach to ensuring the long-term sustainability of vibrant parishes & schools. The crux of The Catholic Initiative is setting up not just a building that will live on beyond us, but a system that will live on beyond us. We see it as an opportunity to help transform the future of the faith by pioneering a new model and changing the way that we invest in and sustain these sacred places forever.
