Knights' Work Around the World
• 1.85 million members worldwide.
• $170M+ given to charities in 2013
• 70.5M+ man-hours volunteered to charities in 2013
• $1.5B+ 10 year cumulative given to charities
• 682M+ 10 year cumulative man-hours volunteered to charities
• $382M+ over last 30 years given to programs for the intellectually & physically disabled (the largest being Special Olympics)
• $1.4M pledged for Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles in 2015
• 2013 relief funds started/continued for: Earthquake & Typhoon in the Philippines, tornado in Moore, OK, Floods in Alberta, Canada, factory explosion in West, TX, bombing at the Boston Marathon, Superstorm Sandy, Shootings in Newtown, CT, and earthquake in Haiti.
• Global Wheelchair Mission: 2,000 donated to Afghanistan+ for landmine victims, 1,000 donated to Haiti for earthquake victims, 45,000 donated total worldwide.
• $1.5M used in “Healing Haiti’s Children” initiative to provide prosthetic limbs and 2 years of rehab to Haitian kids who lost limbs in the earthquake. Partnered with Project Medishare (200 helped so far)
• In 1981, Knights created a $20M endowment, Vicarius Christi Fund, for the Pope’s personal charities (earning $36M+ to date)
• In 2014, created the KC Christian Refugee Relief Fund with $500k plus $500k match. Currently, total donations are $2M ($1M in public donations and $1M in K of C match).
• 411k pints of blood donated in 2013
• Knights funded the 113k sqr ft front facade of St. Peter’s Basilica
• Matthews & Swift Educational Trust Fund: Any military/police/fire Knight who dies in the line of duty, kids get 4 year scholarship to any Catholic university
• 9/11 and Katrina relief
• Councils donated over 4.4 million pounds of food & 500k man-hrs to help feed those in need.
• 500 ultrasound machines have been donated for pro-life pregnancy care centers by K of C from the K of C Ultrasound Initiative.
• K of C donated more than $33,000 to help (3) people who lost limbs in the Boston Marathon bombing.
• In 2013, over 1.4 million volunteer hours were given by Knights for Habitat for Humanity.
• $170M+ given to charities in 2013
• 70.5M+ man-hours volunteered to charities in 2013
• $1.5B+ 10 year cumulative given to charities
• 682M+ 10 year cumulative man-hours volunteered to charities
• $382M+ over last 30 years given to programs for the intellectually & physically disabled (the largest being Special Olympics)
• $1.4M pledged for Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles in 2015
• 2013 relief funds started/continued for: Earthquake & Typhoon in the Philippines, tornado in Moore, OK, Floods in Alberta, Canada, factory explosion in West, TX, bombing at the Boston Marathon, Superstorm Sandy, Shootings in Newtown, CT, and earthquake in Haiti.
• Global Wheelchair Mission: 2,000 donated to Afghanistan+ for landmine victims, 1,000 donated to Haiti for earthquake victims, 45,000 donated total worldwide.
• $1.5M used in “Healing Haiti’s Children” initiative to provide prosthetic limbs and 2 years of rehab to Haitian kids who lost limbs in the earthquake. Partnered with Project Medishare (200 helped so far)
• In 1981, Knights created a $20M endowment, Vicarius Christi Fund, for the Pope’s personal charities (earning $36M+ to date)
• In 2014, created the KC Christian Refugee Relief Fund with $500k plus $500k match. Currently, total donations are $2M ($1M in public donations and $1M in K of C match).
• 411k pints of blood donated in 2013
• Knights funded the 113k sqr ft front facade of St. Peter’s Basilica
• Matthews & Swift Educational Trust Fund: Any military/police/fire Knight who dies in the line of duty, kids get 4 year scholarship to any Catholic university
• 9/11 and Katrina relief
• Councils donated over 4.4 million pounds of food & 500k man-hrs to help feed those in need.
• 500 ultrasound machines have been donated for pro-life pregnancy care centers by K of C from the K of C Ultrasound Initiative.
• K of C donated more than $33,000 to help (3) people who lost limbs in the Boston Marathon bombing.
• In 2013, over 1.4 million volunteer hours were given by Knights for Habitat for Humanity.