Lourdes Academy of Oshkosh, Inc. Education Foundation
Lourdes Academy of Oshkosh Inc. is a private faith-based school system with campuses in the city of Oshkosh. Its student body includes nearly 700 children at its facilities, which include two elementary schools, a middle school and high school. Lourdes Academy offers an education based on Catholic teachings and welcomes children of all faiths. Lourdes Academy Middle School and High School have a 100 percent graduation rate with 96 percent of graduates pursuing post-secondary degrees. The school system is affiliated with five parishes, three in Oshkosh, one in Omro and one in Winneconne. Lourdes Academy strives for a safe, Christ centered environment that prepares students for life, college and a relationship with God.
Fund Management
Lourdes Academy of Oshkosh Inc., known as United Catholic Schools until 2012, began its partnership with the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation in 2006. The Community Foundation manages two funds for the school system, Lourdes Foundation Fund and Lourdes Academy of Oshkosh Inc. Fund. There are numerous additional funds (listed below) that benefit the mission of these two funds.
The Lourdes Foundation Fund is a designated fund started in 2007 with the purpose of supporting the general operations of Lourdes Academy. The Lourdes Academy of Oshkosh Inc. Fund is a designated fund started in 2006 to provide tuition assistance for students to attend Lourdes Academy campuses, compensation for teachers and staff, support for teachers to upgrade their skills through professional development, and resources for the schools.
Lourdes Foundation Funds
Acorn Funds
Designated/Agency Funds
- Bill Behring Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Constance Misky/Virginia Schneider Scholarship Fund
- Corky Daniels Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Dennis and Karol Noone Family Fund
- Dr. Louis Graber Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Father Karl Buresh Scholarship Fund
- Florence Swan Scholarships Fund
- Helen M. Deniger Scholarship Fund
- James and Kenneth Eichstadt Endowment Fund
- John C. Stadler Memorial Fund
- John Dewane Scholarship Fund
- John F. Schatz Family Scholarship Fund
- John Kapral Memorial Scholarship Fund
- John W. Schmid Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Kemp Family Scholarship Fund
- Leo M. & Muriel M. Metzler Tuition Assistance Fund
- Louis Carpenter Memorial – Bishop Wycislo Scholarship Fund
- Lourdes Foundation Fund
- Lourdes Student Aid Fund
- Marlene Van Vuren Scholarship Fund
- Mary Jane Juzwiak Endowment Fund
- Oshkosh Tool Tuition Assistance Fund
- Patricia Lee Foust Memorial Fund
- Phair Family Scholarship Fund
- Stan Spanbauer Family Scholarship Fund
- The Staszkiewicz Family Scholarship Fund
- William Haidlinger Scholarship Fund
Scholarship Funds
- Harold Schumerth Scholarship Fund
- Jim Matejowec Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Judy Kuble Scholarship Fund
- Paul Kircher Memorial Leadership Scholarship Fund
Special Project Funds
Lourdes Academy of Oshkosh Inc. Funds
Acorn Funds
Designated/Agency Funds
- Alyssa Koelbl & Marissa Marx Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Douglas L. Posorske Memorial Fund
- Joan I. Bunks Tuition Assistance Fund
- John and Helen Schuster Lourdes Academy Fund
- John C. Stadler Memorial Band Fund
- Leonard Stadler Family Capital Improvement Fund
- Lourdes Academy Athletic Fund (Titan Stadium)
- Lourdes Academy Endowment Fund
- The Dr. E.J. & Donna Zmolek Tuition Assistance Fund
- The John E. and Valois M. Williams Tuition Assistance Fund
- Thomas A. Plein Annual Scholarship Fund
- Tim Purtell Tuition Fund
Scholarship Funds
Group(s): Lourdes Foundation
Type of Fund(s): Designated/Agency
Program Area(s): Education
Geographic Area(s): Winnebago County