The Ave Maria Foundation is a non-profit foundation funded by Tom Monaghan.
Although best known as the founder of Domino's Pizza and former owner of the Detroit Tigers baseball franchise, Thomas S. Monaghan is currently devoting his attention full time to non-profit endeavors, specifically focused on underwriting Catholic higher education. This support primarily flows through the Ave Maria Foundation, which he founded in 1983 and for which he serves as chairman of the board. The Ave Maria Foundation is not able to award grants or support any other causes at this time.
Sources
- Tom Monaghan biography on Ave Maria University site, retrieved April 2009
- http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/02/19/070219fa_fact_boyer
In 1983, the year he bought the Tigers, Monaghan established a foundation (now called the Ava Maria Foundation) to support Catholic causes. Mentions Catholic writer Ralph Martin and Monaghan’s work in Nicaragua. Monaghan is a single-issue political partisan, and that issue is abortion.
