Anthony McLaughlin, Treasurer
Anthony McLaughlin brings many years of experience working with Catholic nonprofit foundations. He currently serves on the Investment Advisory Committee for the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music. Before joining the Friends of the Vatican, Mr. McLaughlin spent the past 25 years as a member of the New York Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, and has helped fund the restoration of several important works of art – namely, Perugino’s the Resurrection of Christ.
Mr. McLaughlin has a long professional history in the finance industry. In 1979, he worked as a partner overseeing sales traders for Furman, Selz on Wall Street, New York City. From 1990 until 2002, he traded equity securities for wealthy individuals, after which he worked as a minority partner and consultant for Andover Equity in Massachusetts. After Andover Equity merged with UBS Financial Services in 2017, Mr. McLaughlin began performing financial consulting services for a range of businesses.
Mr. McLaughlin has been in service as a Hospitalier in Lourdes for nearly 27 years. He earned a masters degree in Theology from the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, and is a Long Island native, where he still lives in Port Washington with his wife, Patti. They have two children and five grandchildren.
The Endowment for Long Term Stability
Safeguarding the financial future of the Friends of the Vatican is essential to carrying out its mission long-term, and gifting to the Foundation’s Endowment is the best and most impactful way to safeguard that future. Each year, the Board of Directors takes a percentage of the investment income from the Endowment to make grants towards its mission of ensuring the preservation of Vatican City.
Gifts to the Endowment are perpetual, as the Board of Directors never draws from the corpus of the gift, but rather only uses a portion of the investment income generated to make grants while continuing to compound the fund. This ensures long-term financial stability and growth for the Friends of the Vatican.
Donating to the Foundation’s Endowment is a gift for the future, as its impact will continue to be realized forever. Investing in the Foundation’s Endowment helps to create a sustainable future for the Friends of the Vatican’s initiatives and for the preservation of Vatican.
