Since its inception in 2000, The Pelican Group has established itself as both an innovator and an authority in Church-related project financing and financial matters. We have arranged project financing that has enabled over $1 billion of construction for 100 separate facilities including cathedrals, convents, monasteries, parishes, high schools, and Catholic Charities facilities. Additionally, The
Pelican Group has provided counsel on some of the most successful diocesan fundraising campaigns, raising nearly $1 billion in gifts and managing the efforts of tens of thousands of campaign volunteers. The Pelican Group is recognized by major money center banks, international investment banking firms, bond rating agencies, and insurance companies as the knowledge leader regarding Church finances. We are viewed as a trusted advisor to Catholic dioceses, religious institutes, high schools and universities regarding strategic planning, finance, capital project financing, development counsel, and stewardship education. ADVANTAGES
By lowering capital costs, mitigating risk, and applying appropriate and tailored financial strategies, The Pelican Group enables its clients to eliminate chronic liquidity challenges, develop more, and deeper donor relationships, build needed facilities sooner, accelerate growth, reach a greater audience, and realize their mission more fully. DEDICATION
The Pelican Group is dedicated to facilitating clients to more easily manage the growing financial complexity of their institutions, thereby enabling them to devote more time to the missions that originally inspired their vocations. SERVICES
The Pelican Group is a highly specialized financial services and development counseling firm that provides financial and strategic consulting, capital resource and investment management advisory services, development and fundraising counsel, and stewardship education to dioceses, Catholic schools and universities, religious orders, and other organizations related to and part of the Catholic Church.
