The Endowment for Excellence Fund was created by the Most Reverend Thomas C. Kelly, Archbishop of Louisville, who founded the Catholic Education Foundation in 1995. As part of an archdiocesan-wide appeal, the Endowment for Excellence was originally funded with nearly $16 million as a means to perpetuate the mission of the organization.
Today, this fund remains the Foundation’s single-largest named endowment fund and has provided millions in tuition assistance to Catholic school families in need across central Kentucky.