Catholic Investment Services, Inc. (“CIS”) is a Delaware charitable non-stock corporation which
was formed in December 2013. As a non-stock corporation, CIS has no equity owners. CIS does
not seek to earn a profit, but recognizes that some retained earnings should be maintained to ensure
the ongoing viability of the organization. Fees that CIS earns are used generally to pay expenses
and build adequate working capital.
This Brochure provides information about CIS and its investment advisory business. CIS provides
investment management advice and supervisory services to privately offered limited partnerships
(“private investment funds”) and discretionary management services to certain other private
entities (“separately managed accounts”). Clients in separately managed accounts as well as
investors in private investment funds managed by CIS must become “members” of CIS. Members
of CIS are organizations exempt from Federal income taxes under Section 501(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) as organizations described in Section 501(c)(3)
of the Code and employee benefit plans maintained by members of CIS for their employees.
Interests in any private investment funds, managed or sponsored by CIS or an affiliate may be
offered and sold only pursuant to a definitive prospectus or offering memorandum (or similar
offering document), subscription materials and organizational documents for each such investment
fund (collectively, “Offering Materials”). This Brochure is only a summary and discloses only
certain items required to be disclosed herein, and this Brochure does not include all material
information necessary to properly evaluate an investment decision regarding any private
investment fund managed or sponsored by CIS or an affiliate. Before making any investment
decision regarding any private investment fund managed or sponsored by CIS or an affiliate,
members and prospective members should carefully review the Offering Materials applicable to
such private investment fund and should make any investment decisions regarding such private
investment fund solely on the basis of such Offering Materials. With respect to any private
investment fund managed or sponsored by CIS or an affiliate, this Brochure is qualified in all
respects by the more detailed information provided in the Offering Materials for such private
investment fund.
Specifically with respect to private investment funds, as of the date of this Brochure, CIS serves
as the general partner of the Catholic Endowment Fund, LP (“CEF”), CIS Diversifying Strategies
Fund LP (“CDSF”), CIS Global Equity Fund LP (“CGEF”), CIS Catholic Impact Fund, LP
(“CIF”), and CIS Catholic Impact Fund II, LP (“CIF II”) (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the
“Funds”) and is
responsible for the management and operations of the Funds. This includes, but
is not limited to: (i) formulating the socially responsible investment guidelines for the Funds; (ii)
admitting limited partners and accepting capital contributions; (iii) authorizing the payment of fees
and allocations of profits to money managers (as applicable) pursuant to the relevant governing
documents or agreements and any rebates or reductions of such fees or allocations, which shall be
for the benefit of the Funds; (iv) retaining any firm, entity or person as CIS may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, select from time to time, at the expense of the Funds, for the purpose of
maintaining the Funds’ books and records and performing administrative services on behalf of the
Funds; and (v) engaging personnel, whether part-time or full time, attorneys and independent
accountants or such other persons as CIS may deem necessary or advisable. CIS has other
responsibilities in connection with the Funds including, as applicable, the selection of advisers
and/or sub-advisers to manage a particular Fund (e.g., CEF) or selection of one or more underlying
funds into which a particular Fund may invest (e.g., CIF).
CIS has the ability to hire other advisers and sub-advisers to manage the assets of any Fund as well
as any separately managed account, which it does. These sub-advisors (each related and
collectively referred to as the “TAS”), are an unaffiliated third-party investment manager pursuant
to separate investment advisory agreements. TAS have the ability, as well, to hire other advisers
or sub-advisers to manage client account assets under the investment advisory agreements. In
addition, with respect to CEF, TAS has the ability to invest, typically, in a diversified group of
privately-offered collective investment vehicles that are managed by unaffiliated investment
managers (the “Underlying Managers”) seeking to generate returns through diversification across
multiple asset classes globally and active security selection. CEF may also invest in managed
accounts managed by Underlying Managers. With respect to CIF and CIF II, CIS determines
which underlying fund(s) to invest fund assets in. Initially, CIS has determined to structure each
of CIF and CIF II as a feeder fund that invests almost all of its assets in an unaffiliated private
investment fund.
Members of CIS and prospective members of CIS should refer to each Fund’s Offering Materials
for additional/supplementary information regarding the investment strategies of each Fund and the
advisory services provided by CIS.
Investors in the Funds cannot obtain services tailored to their specific needs.
As of December 31, 2022, CIS had assets under management of $1,564,183,123.00, all of which
were managed on a discretionary basis.