How are contributions to HCA distributed?
Once each year, National Directors of the world’s Pontifical Mission Societies meet in Rome to review requests for funding from mission dioceses throughout the world. All mission dioceses receive an ordinary subsidy based on the total amount of money available from HCA’s general fund. Sometimes, mission dioceses ask for additional funds to help support such projects as building schools or orphanages or buying books and medical supplies. Grants made in response to these requests are known as extraordinary subsidies. These extraordinary subsidies are also allocated based on need. Once provided, the bishop of each mission diocese that receives this aid administers the funds, and send reports to HCA national offices to describe in detail how the funds are being used to help children. Funds collected in the United States are distributed directly to the missions. No money is sent to Rome.
