Malachi House Launches Endowment Campaign

With gratitude for past generosity and confidence in future support, we are excited to announce the Endowment Campaign effort is underway.  Our goal is to raise $5 million over the next three years so that we can continue to serve our residents (as always, at no cost to them) well into the future.

A most generous lead gift $1 million was donated by Tom and Sandy Sullivan.  Friends of Malachi House since our founding, the Sullivans provided the spark to get this special effort off the ground.  Then, the Board of Trustees worked quickly to match this donation, keeping the momentum building.  At this time, early gifts from individuals and foundations bring our total to $2.4 million – nearly half of our goal – and we have only just begun!

Malachi House continues to be one-of-a-kind, serving those no one else serves.  A home for the terminally ill who are without caregivers or financial resources, we provide love, care and companionship to those less fortunate who have no place else to go.  Over 17 years ago, Fr. Paul Hritz and Kaki O’Neill developed the idea for Malachi House, and both of them are still very involved today.  Fr. Paul answers phones and brings donuts to the residents every Wednesday, and Kaki works diligently securing financial support for the house.

“The same spirit is alive today as it was those early days,” says Fr. Paul.  “The response of the people, in every regard, still surprises me.”

 The campaign is being co-chaired by George Blaha, Jerry Murphy and John Sullivan, and the following individuals are serving as committee members:  Jim Gulick, Diane Kennedy, Joe Lee, John Norris, John Opdycke, Kaki O’Neill and Jim Roop.

 The plan for Malachi House has always been to have a strong endowment that would provide half of the necessary funds for operating the home.  Since the expansion nearly doubled our capacity to serve more people, we are growing our endowment so that we may stay on this plan.

 “My hope for Malachi House would be that the spirit of the place, the love that pervades the place, may continue well into the future,” says Fr. Paul.  Our endowment effort should go a long way in helping to make this happen.

Malachi House 2810 Clinton Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113