The Magnalia Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable and educational foundation established in Atlanta in 2013 with the aim of promoting cultural, social, and educational activities. The foundation’s programs have a Christian orientation and are inspired by Catholic social teaching.
Our Mission
To teach and instruct men and youths irrespective of race, color, creed or nationality in the arts, sciences, religion, and letters and to foster their ethical, spiritual and character development through group and individual activities including, but not limited to, personal counseling, classes, seminars, sports, religious and other activities.
To conduct and operate supplemental education centers, clubs, and similar institutions, including the powers to lease or purchase necessary facilities, to employ the lecturers, professors, teachers, counselors, and other persons as may be appropriate, and to purchase necessary books and materials for the operation thereof.
To make distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Why do the programs of Magnalia Foundation, Inc. have a Christian orientation?
Magnalia Foundation, Inc. was founded and organized as the initiative of a group of Christian citizens who desire to promote a Christian view of life that recognizes the dignity of the human person, the inherent goodness of the created world, the value of human work, and the God-given moral law. In all of its activities, Magnalia Foundation, Inc. ensures that a true Christian spirit is present.
A Letter From Jerry Drisaldi
Chairman – The Magnalia Foundation, INC.
Dear Friends,
On behalf of the Board of Directors, our Technology Steering Committee and our Webmaster, I want to welcome you to the new and totally improved Magnalia Foundation website! The website address is exactly the same as before, but nearly everything else has changed… for the better. Please take some time to explore! We’ve added a Resources page where you can conveniently find favorite websites and visit them with just a click. The Newsletters page will give you access to past Newsletters from the Foundation. The FAQ page has been updated in an effort to more accurately answer your questions about who we are, what we do and why you should care. Finally, and most importantly, the new website is easier to navigate, and friendlier in terms of it’s presentation. All of us at the Magnalia Foundation hope you will visit the new website often and stay on the site, checking out what’s new, for a long time!
As always, we are interested in your feedback, so after you’ve visited, let us know what you think by going to the Contact page.
Sincerely,
Jerry Drisaldi
Chairman
The Magnalia Foundation, Inc.
Board of Directors
Officers
“Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.”
Albert Einstein