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        <Explanation>JOHN W. O'REILLY, JR. - 1410 S. DIETRICH LOOP, LAKE CHARLES, LA 70605-7211. DONALD R. KEHOE - 158 SLOPER LANE, CHESHIRE , CT 06410.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: THE CATHOLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM - PROMOTES FIVE KINDS OF ASSISTANCE TO THOSE SEEKING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CATHOLIC RELIGION: ADVERTISEMENTS IN LARGE-CIRCULATION SUNDAY SUPPLEMENTS OF SECULAR NEWSPAPERS AND ON THE INTERNET; FREE DISTRIBUTION OF RELIGIOUS PAMPHLETS TO THOSE ANSWERING THE ADS; INSTRUCTIONS ON CATHOLIC FAITH THROUGH THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FILMS; A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE ON THE BASIC BELIEFS OF CATHOLICS; AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSES TO THOSE WHO SEEK CONFIDENTIAL COUNSEL. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MEASURE THE FULL RESULTS OF THIS PROGRAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN JANUARY OF 1948. IMPRESSIVE STATISTICS SHOWING OVER 9 MILLION INQUIRIES AND MORE THAN 800,000 ENROLLMENTS IN THE HOME STUDY COURSES OVER THE YEARS INDICATE THE WIDE INTEREST AND POPULARITY OF THE PROGRAM. HOW MANY WERE LED TO THE CHURCH THROUGH READING THE PAMPHLETS AND STUDYING THE COURSES NEVER WILL BE KNOWN.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: THE ITALIAN WELFARE FUND - THE KNIGHTS ESTABLISHED FIVE PLAYGROUNDS IN PRIOR YEARS ALL OF WHICH ARE LOCATED IN ROME, ITALY, WHICH ARE USED BY BOYS AND GIRLS. THE AFOREMENTIONED COSTS INCLUDE THE ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS OF THE PLAYGROUNDS. THESE RECREATION CENTERS INCLUDE FIELDS FOR SPORTS, A GYMNASIUM AND OTHER BUILDINGS.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SCHOLARSHIPS - FRANCIS P. MATTHEWS AND JOHN E. SWIFT EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND - IN 1944, THE KNIGHTS ESTABLISHED ITS MILLION-DOLLAR EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND TO PROVIDE A COLLEGE EDUCATION TO THE CHILDREN OF MEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED OR PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED IN WORLD WAR II. LATER THIS BENEFIT WAS EXTENDED TO CHILDREN OF MEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED OR DISABLED IN THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS. THE BENEFITS WERE FURTHER EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT AND MILITARY CONFLICTS IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. IN 1970, THIS PRIVILEGE WAS DEVELOPED FURTHER TO INCLUDE CHILDREN OF MEMBERS OF THE ORDER WHO WERE KILLED OR PERMANENTLY AND TOTALLY DISABLED AS A RESULT OF CRIMINAL VIOLENCE WHILE FUNCTIONING AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND, IN 1971, TO THOSE WHO WERE KILLED OR DISABLED AS A RESULT OF CRIMINAL VIOLENCE WHILE PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES AS FULL-TIME FIREFIGHTERS. IN 1977, THE BENEFITS WERE FURTHER EXTENDED TO INCLUDE THE CHILDREN OF STATE OFFICERS WHO SUFFER ACCIDENTAL DEATH OR TOTAL AND PERMANENT DISABILITY AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT WHILE ACTIVELY ENGAGED DURING THEIR INCUMBENCY ON BUSINESS OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. THESE SCHOLARSHIPS INCLUDE TUITION, ROOM AND BOARD. TOTAL STUDENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR IS 6 AMOUNTING TO $233,192. FOURTH DEGREE PRO DEO AND PRO PATRIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - UNDER THE CURRENT PROVISIONS OF THE PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION ANNUALLY AWARDS $1,500-A-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS ON THE BASIS OF MERIT TO 62 MEMBERS OR THE SONS OR DAUGHTERS OF MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING OR WHO WERE SO AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH. TWELVE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE FOR USE AT THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON, D.C.; WITH PREFERENCE BEING GIVEN ON TWO OF THOSE TWELVE TO COLUMBIAN SQUIRES; THE REMAINING SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE USED AT A CATHOLIC COLLEGE OF THE RECIPIENT'S CHOICE WITH COLUMBIAN SQUIRES RECEIVING PREFERENCE ON TWO OF THOSE FIFTY. THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE COMPETITIVE AND ARE AWARDED FOR ONE YEAR AND ARE RENEWABLE FOR EACH YEAR OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDY TO A TOTAL OF 4 YEARS SUBJECT TO EVIDENCE OF SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. TOTAL STUDENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR IS 185 AMOUNTING TO $287,850. BISHOP CHARLES P.GRECO GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS - THE FELLOWSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1973, BY THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FOR SPECIALIZATION IN THE FIELD OF TEACHING MENTALLY RETARDED CITIZENS. THIS FUND HONORS THE ORDER'S LATE SUPREME CHAPLAIN FOR HIS PIONEERING WORK IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF CATHOLIC-ORIENTED FACILITIES FOR MENTALLY RETARDED INDIVIDUALS. THE GRANT PROVIDES $500 A SEMESTER AND IS RENEWABLE FOR A MAXIMUM OF FOUR SEMESTERS. AN ELIGIBLE CANDIDATE MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OR THE SON OR DAUGHTER OF A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING. THE CANDIDATE ALSO MUST BE ENGAGED IN OR PLANNING A FULL-TIME GRADUATE STUDY LEADING TO A MASTER'S DEGREE IN THE FIELD OF TEACHING THE EDUCATIONALLY HANDICAPPED WITH EMPHASIS ON PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION. THERE WERE NO SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED FOR THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR AS THERE WERE NO APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. FATHER MICHAEL J. MCGIVNEY VOCATIONS SCHOLARSHIP FUND - EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31, 1999, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES, INC. VOTED TO DIVIDE THE VOCATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND INTO TWO PARTS, KNOWN AS THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS VOCATIONS FUND AND FATHER MICHAEL J. MCGIVNEY VOCATIONS SCHOLARSHIP FUND. THE EARNINGS OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS VOCATIONS FUND ARE TO BE USED TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS TO LOCAL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS UNITS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS REFUND SUPPORT VOCATIONS PROGRAM. THE EARNINGS FROM THE FATHER MICHAEL J. MCGIVNEY VOCATIONS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ARE TO BE USED FOR THE DIRECT BENEFIT OF STUDENTS STUDYING FOR THE PRIESTHOOD IN A DIOCESAN OR RELIGIOUS SEMINARY AND OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN FORMALLY ACCEPTED BY A RELIGIOUS ORDER OR CONGREGATION WITH A COMMITMENT TOWARD A RELIGIOUS PROFESSION. THESE $2,500-A-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH INCLUDE TUITION AND ROOM AND BOARD, ARE AWARDED FOR ONE YEAR AND ARE RENEWABLE FOR A MAXIMUM OF FOUR YEARS UPON EVIDENCE OF CONTINUED ENROLLMENT AND NEED. TOTAL STUDENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR IS 86 AMOUNTING TO $190,000. VIRGIL C. AND ANN L. DECHANT SCHOLARSHIP FUND - THE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1996 BY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES, INC. THE EARNINGS FROM THIS FUND ARE TO BE USED TO PROVIDE $1,500-A-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS TO MEMBERS OR SONS OR DAUGHTERS OF MEMBERS OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE TO BE AWARDED TO ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS ATTENDING THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS: THOMAS MORE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL, HAYS, KANSAS; PONTIFICAL COLLEGE JOSEPHINUM, WORTHINGTON, OHIO; NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGE, ROME, ITALY; AND NEWMAN COLLEGE, WICHITA, KANSAS; OR ANY OTHER CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AS APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND. PREFERENCE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS IS TO BE GIVEN TO RESIDENTS OF RUSH COUNTY, KANSAS AND SEMINARIANS FROM THE DIOCESE OF DODGE CITY, KANSAS. IN ANY YEAR THAT THE SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDED ARE NOT EQUAL TO THE EARNINGS OF THE FUND, GRANTS MAY BE GIVEN TO OTHER CATHOLIC CHARITIES. THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED FOR ONE YEAR AND ARE RENEWABLE FOR EACH YEAR OF UNDERGRADUATE OR PREPARATORY STUDY TO A TOTAL OF FOUR YEARS SUBJECT TO EVIDENCE OF SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. TOTAL STUDENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR IS 13 AMOUNTING TO $17,250. ARTHUR F. AND ANNA BATTISTA SCHOLARSHIP FUND - THE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1997 FROM A BEQUEST RECEIVED BY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES, INC. THE EARNINGS FROM THIS FUND ARE TO BE USED TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS, UNDER CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS, TO GRADUATES OF THE CORNWALL COLLEGIATE AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN CORNWALL, ONTARIO, CANADA WITH PREFERENCE TO SONS, DAUGHTERS, GRANDSONS OR GRANDDAUGHTERS OF A MEMBER OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. SCHOLARSHIPS ARE TO BE AWARDED BASED ON ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, FINANCIAL NEED AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. FIFTEEN $2,000-A-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL BE AWARDED EACH YEAR TO GRADUATING STUDENTS CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION AT A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY PROGRAM IN THE YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING GRADUATION. IN ADDITION, FIFTEEN $1,500-A-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS SHALL BE AWARDED EACH YEAR TO GRADUATING STUDENTS CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION AT A TWO OR THREE YEAR COLLEGE PROGRAM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING GRADUATION. THESE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE RENEWABLE FOR ONE ADDITIONAL YEAR SUBJECT TO EVIDENCE OF CONTINUED ENROLLMENT AND GOOD STANDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE OF THE STUDENT'S CHOICE. TOTAL STUDENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR IS 60 AMOUNTING TO $98,711. ESTATE OF PERCY J. JOHNSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND - THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES, INC. VOTED THAT $1,500-A-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED FROM THE EARNINGS OF THE BEQUEST RECEIVED FROM THE ESTATE OF PERCY J. JOHNSON BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE RULES GOVERNING THE FOURTH DEGREE PRO DEO AND PRO PATRIA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY BE MADE AVAILABLE BASED UPON NEED TO YOUNG MEN ATTENDING CATHOLIC COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. TOTAL STUDENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR IS 21 AMOUNTING TO $27,750. BISHOP THOMAS V. DAILY VOCATIONS SCHOLARSHIP FUND - THE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1998 BY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES, INC. THE EARNINGS FROM THIS FUND ARE TO BE USED TO PROVIDE $2,500-A-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SEMINARIANS OFFICIALLY ENROLLED WITH ECCLESIASTICAL APPROVAL IN MAJOR SCHOOLS OF THEOLOGY. THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED ANNUALLY TO STUDENTS IN THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF THEOLOGY AND ARE RENEWABLE EACH SUCCEEDING YEAR UP TO A MAXIMUM OF FOUR YEARS UPON EVIDENCE OF CONTINUED ENROLLMENT. TOTAL STUDENTS CURRENTLY RECEIVING SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR IS 31 AMOUNTING TO $62,500. JOHN W. MCDEVITT (FOURTH DEGREE) SCHOLARSHIP FUND - THE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1998 BY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES, INC. 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