Retirement Fund For Religious

The Retirement Fund for Religious (RFR) provides restricted grants to any religious institute in the U.S. that is listed in the religious institute section of the OCD with an identifying OCD number, and that has an unfunded past service liability. It distributes basic, supplemental and special assistance retirement grants from the fund to religious institutes based on a formula and criteria approved by the conferences of major superiors and bishops. Annual appeal  begun in 1988 and approved through 2017.