Clara O. Corpus Foundation, Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit foundation originally registered in June 1988 as Rafael Corpus Memorial Foundation, Inc. initially by the Corpus family who were interested in giving financial assistance for the education of poor seminarians, and for the distribution of priestly vestments and altar items to parishes. In honor of the memory of the Family’s Matriarch’s first death Anniversary, the foundation’s name was changed to Clara O. Corpus Foundation. The change of name and filed and approved by SEC on May 22, 2001. It is a grant-making organization. Its main office is located at Unit 203 La Maison Rada Condominium, #115 Rada Street, Legaspi Village Makati City. The foundation has 2 volunteers and 5 members of the Board of Trustees.
This is the Foundation’s fifth (5th) renewal for PCNC Certification. The following are the dates of its certification:
1st application – 1 year certification – (October 26, 2001 – October 25, 2002)
1st Renewal – 3 year certification – (Dec 23, 2002 – Dec 22, 2005)
2nd Renewal – 3 year certification – (May 30, 2006 – May 29, 2009)
3rd Renewal – 3 year certification – (August 10, 2009 – August 9, 2012)
4th Renewal – 3 year certification – (October 17, 2014 – February 4, 2016)
Its purposes, among others, are “to assist institutions and persons performing spiritual and community services”. The Foundation’s programs now focus on the following areas: Financial assistance for the education of needy seminarians and support to other NGOs involved in social welfare projects.
